UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DIS'N LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE "PROGRESSIVE" MOVEMENT IN AMERICA SUFFERS FROM AN ENTRENCHED INFERIORITY COMPLEX ACQUIRED BY SUCCUMBING PARTLY TO THE FORCES AND RHETORIC OF THOSE IN POWER BUT EVEN MORE SO TO TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF PACIFIST NON-VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION RHETORIC OF THEIR OWN CRE- ATION RESULTING IN A REACTIONARY PATHOS FOR SOCIAL STRATEGY. THEY ARE ALSO LABORING UNDER THE PAROCHIAL LONG TERM CONCEPT OF "THINKING GLO- BALLY AND ACTING LOCALLY" WITH INCREASING FUTILITY, WHEN THE PROBLEMS AND THE SOLUTIONS EXIST PRIMARILY IN THE NATIONAL ARENA. THE RADICAL MOVEMENT HAS LOST THE ABILITY TO INTERACT,MOBILIZE,EDUCATE OR KEEP EACH OTHER INFORMED OR EFFECT NATIONAL CHANGE. THINKING AND ACTING PERIPHER- ALLY HAS RESULTED IN FRAGMENTATION,DIVISION AND LOSS OF THE EMPOWERING SENSE OF "WE THE PEOPLE" AS A WHOLE, IN THE FACE OF A DISSOLUTE,CONFUSED CORRUPT MINORITY IN POWER; WHICH THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HATE. THE MOVE- MENT IS STILL CLOUDED IN ITS THINKING AND TACTICS BY OLD LEFT AND HU- MANIST IDEOLOGY, AND INTELLECTUALISM. THE MOVEMENT MUST "GET REAL". RIOTS AND CIVIL CONFLICTS DURING BUSH ADMINISTRATION. MIAMI, 3 DAYS, RELATED TO POLICE SHOOTING OF SUSPECT. DEC. '88, BEFORE BUSH WAS SWORN IN. A SMALL TOWN IN LOUISIANA OVER SHOOTING OF BLACK YOUTH, 2 DAYS LOOTING. 1989 1989-FALL RIOTING IN LOWER EAST SIDE NYC OVER GENTRIFICATION. 1990-FALL POLICE INSTIGATED RIOT IN THOMPKINS SQ. 1989 TWO RIOTS BERKELEY, BOTH POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. 1990 CHICAGO, TWO DAYS OF LOOTING IN GHETTO AREA DURING BLACKOUT. ECONOMICALLY MOTIVATED. SAN DIEGO, 1990 POLICE INSTIGATED CONFLICT WITH BEACH PEOPLE, TWO DAYS. CHICO, CA. 1500 YOUTH FOUGHT WITH POLICE FOR 6 HOURS. 1990 1989-90 DETROIT, BOTH YEARS, 3 DAYS OF DEVILS NIGHT, ARSON ETC. 1990 NJ RIOTING TWO NIGHTS OVER POLICE SHOOTING OF YOUTH. 1991 LA,LOOTING AND VANDALISM RELATED TO MOVIE 'NEW JACK CITY'. 1991 APRIL, LACROSSE, WISC. 2000 YOUTH BATTLE POLICE BURN COP CARS. 1991 WASH. DC., CINCO DE MAYO, TWO DAYS OF LOOTING, VANDALISM CONFLICT WITH POLICE OVER SHOOTING OF HANDCUFFED SUSPECT. COP CARS BURNED, 1 COP CRITICALLY STABBED, 6 WOUNDED. 1991 JANUARY, SF DOWNTOWN AREA VANADALIZED IN REACTION TO GULF WAR. CAUSES, 1. POLICE ABUSE. 2. ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM. 3. POVERTY,INEQUALITY. MAJORITY WERE TRIGGERED SPONTANEOUSLY. OCCURED IN KNOWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE MAY BE MANY UNDERLYING AND CONTRIBUTIVE CAUSES AND MOTIVATION. THERE IS A CUMULATIVE REALITY. THREE TO FIVE A YEAR HAVE BECOME 'NORMAL'NONE OF THESE CONFLICTS RESUED IN SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES DEMANDED BY THE PARTICIPANTS. ALL WERE CONTAINED AND CONTROLED BY POLICE. PARTICIPANTS RELIED ON RIGHTEOUS ANGER AND MORAL INDIGNATION TO SUCCEED AGAINST SUPERIOR WEAPONRY AND TRAINED MANPOWER. THEY FAILED TO TARGET EFFECTIVELY. SPONTANEOUS,RANDOM DESTRUCTION. PARTICIPANTS FAILED TO SEE THAT POLICE OR SOLDIERS UNDER PRESSURE OR FIRE DO NOT MAKE MORAL SOCIAL JUDGEMENTS. THEY ONLY EXERCISE THEIR PRIME DIRECTIVE. HISTORY:140? KILLED DURING GHETTO RIOTS OF THE SIXTIES. 43 UNARMED MEN SHOT TO DEATH AT ATTICA 4 KILLED AT KENT STATE. SEVERAL MOVE MEMBERS KILLED AT PHILLY HOUSE 36 BLACK PANTHERS KILLED BY POLICE I ROUGH GUESS THAT SINCE 1975 (16 YEARS) 20,000 INDIVIDUALS ACTING ON THEIR OWN AND MOTIVATED BY ANGER AND FRUSTRATION OVER POVERTY,INEQUALITY HATRED OF POLICE, ANTI- AUTHORITY; HAVE BEEN KILLED IN STANDOFFS WITH POLICE. I'M SURE THIS IS A LOW FIGURE. ONLY THE BERKELEY, SF, AND LOWER EAST SIDE CONFLICTS INVOLVED POLITICOS. NATIONA-L NETWORK TV CARRIED ONLY THE CHICAGO AND MIAMI CONFLICTS AS NEWS BERKELEY AUG 1991, FIVE NIGHTS OF RIOTING, SMASHING WINDOWS, SOME LOOTING, IN RESPONSE TO VOLLEYBALL IN PEOPLE'S PARK, GENTRIFICATION OF SOUTH SIDE. POLICE GUARD COST $400,000 PLUS. REPEATED SMALLER INCIDENTS THROUGH SEPT. SEPT. 29, PROTESTS AND SMASHING STATE OFFICE BLDGS IN L.A. AND SF IN PROTEST OF GOV. WILSONS VETO OF GAY EQUAL RIGHTS BILL, AB 101 MIAMI, HAITIAN COMMUNITY RIOT AND LOOTING IN RESPONSE TO BLOODY COUP IN HAITI. HAITIANS IN U.S. THIN-K U.S. GOVT HAD FOREKNOWLEDGE AND COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE TAKEOVER. DENVER, COLORADO, MLK JRS' BIRTHDAY. PROTESTORS CLASH WITH POLICE, SMASH COP CARS. 20 INJURED. 1991. BERKELEY, 3-8-92, 200-SOO PEOPLE BREAK WINDOWS, LOOT STORES. RIOTS AND CIVIL UPHEAVAL DURING BUSH ADMINISTRATION APRIL 29-92. LOS ANGELES. SOUTH CENTRAL, IN RESPONSE TO ACQUITTAL OF FIVE WHITE COPS FOR THE BRUTAL BEATING OF RODNEY KING, PEOPLE BEGIN FOUR NIGHTS OF LOOTING, ARSON, KILLING, AND ARMED ATTACKS ON POLICE. GOV. CALLS IN NAT'L GUARD. PRES. SENDS IN ARMY AND FEDERAL RIOT POLICE, 1000 FEDERAL POLICE, MARINES ON STANDBY. MARTIAL LAW AND CURFEW FOR 5 DAYS. 55 PEOPLE KILLED, 2200, INJURED.13,000 ARRESTS. 2000+ FIRES SET. 300 + BLDGS BURNED TO GROUND. 1800 BUSINESSES DESTROYED. TOTAL COST EST. $550 MILLION TO $1 BILLION. 260 CRITICALLY INJURED FIREMEN SHOT. POLICE SHOT AT. 4500 BUSINESSES DAMAGED. 14,000 TROOPS USED TO CONTAIN IT. S.F., 5-1-92. RIOTING AND LOOTING IN THE UNION SQ. AND MARKET AREA. 1100 ARRESTED. CURFEW AND STATE OF EMERGENCY IMPOSED. 400 ARRESTED AT DEMO IN MISSION. EAST BAY/ BERK. DEMONSTRATIONS AND LOOTING AND VANDALISM ONE NIGHT. 2 DAY CURFEW IMPOSED. PROTEST MARCH ORIGINATING FROM BERK RESULTS EST. $1 MILLION DAMAGE. SF, 350 PEOPLE TAKING OVER BAY BRIDGE FOR A FEW HOURS. ALL ARRESTED. OAKLAND. SOME DEMOS AND MINOR LOOTING. MADISON, WISC. SOMEONE VANDALIZES 38 POLICE CARS IN CITY GARAGE. LAS VEGAS, LOOTING RIOTING, ARSON. 3 KILLED. DEMONSTRATIONS AND CIVIL UPHEAVAL IN MINNEAPOLIS, ATLANTA,NEW YORK, CHICAGO, BOSTON, PROVIDENCE R.I., SEATTLE, TAMPA FLA., PASADENA-5-3-92, PEOPLE SHOOTING AT POLICE COPTER. INNOCENT MAN KILLED IN CROSSFIRE. CAL. LEGISLATURE EXTENDS 48 ARRAIGNMENT HOLDING PERIOD TO 7 DAYS, TO PROCESS 13,000 ARRESTED IN LA. TORONTO, TWO NIGHTS OF RIOTING AND LOOTING IN RESPONSE TO RODNEY KING CASE. MINNEAPOLIS, 5-6-92. RIOTING AND MOLOTOV COCKTAILS FOLLOWING SHOOTING OF 13 YEAR OLD BY PROPERTY OWNER. BUSH BLAMES SOCIAL WELFARE REFORMS OF SIXTIES FOR TODAYS RIOTS. GORBY POSES WITH REAGEN AT REAGEN , SIMI VALLEY PRES. LIBRARY, IN FRONT OF BERLIN WALL CHUNK. WHAT HYPOCRISY. 3 GUN STORES LOOTED.1700 TO 3000 GUNS TAKEN. CRIPS AND BLOODS FORM ALLIANCE AGAINST POLICE. 100,000 GANG MEMBERS IN LA, 16,000 POLICE. POLICE RAID MEETING OF 600 GANG MEMBERS IN LA. FBI SETS UP GANG INTELLIGENCE COMMAND CENTER IN LA. BUSH DOES A DRIVEBY, 5-6-92. RIOTS DURING BUSH YEARS 5-10-92, SEVERAL HOURS OF RIOTING, MINOR LOOTING WASH. DC. MT. PLEASANT SECTION. SAME AREA AS LAST YEAR. MASSIVE POLICE FORCE CALLED IN. SF. MAY 1, MAY 8 , 300-& 500 DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED BEFORE THEY COULD FINISH THEIR MARCH. 5-10/5-11, TWO NIGHTS OF FIGHTING WITH POLICE, ALSO SHOT AT. LAS VEGAS, WEST SIDE. LAS VEGAS, 5-17. ANOTHER NIGHT OF RIOTING, SHOOTING. 40 ARRESTED. JUNE '92, CHICAGO. RIOTING AND LOOTING IN STREETS. 90 COPS INJURED, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE FOLLOWING BULLS VICTORY. 1000 ARRESTED. SAME DAY BELMAR, NJ. 75,000 DUNE BUGGY FANS RAMAPAGE IN SMALL TOWN. 28 ARRESTED. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NYC, 7-5/6-92, TWO NIGHTS RIOTING, THROWING ROCKS & BOTTLES AT COPS, SHOOTING AT COPS, 1 BUILDING BURNED, TWO CARS. 2 DEAD. IN RESPONSE TO POLICE SHOOTING OF SUSPECT. BERKELEY, SEPT. TWO NIGHTS OF LOOTING RIOTING BY TEENS. 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