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held at the end of January.     But Coffeebreak,  an
organization of Detroit office workers held a pot-
luck supper in  celebration  of International Women's  Day. , •  "     " "     "■  # #
In Madison women organized a five-day celebration which began on March 6 with a speech by Joan
Roberts, a professor recently denied tenure  at the
University of Wisconsin becuase of her strong feminist  activities.
In the next few days there were many different
workshops  and on Friday night, a dance with the
lesbian band, Family'of Women."   Saturday*night there
was  a "cultural extravaganza" with local women doing plays, music and dancing.    Sunday there was
guerrilla theatre about abortion and an art ahd
photography exhibit by women.    There were also 3
workshops  run by and for men on sexism that were
well-attended,    s
.#
Portland, Oregon women  organized a pot luck
supper for March 8 where  they all showed the  film
"Salt of the Earthj" played bluegrass music  and
performed skits.     That same night  a women's  theatre
group  called Womancraft put  on^a play  called
^Changelings,"     Childcare was provided by a group
of about  30 men who have organized themselves to
provide  «hildoare  for all feminist activities in
Portland.
The night before,  several women held a candlelight march and rally at the Pacific, Light and
Power Co.  protesting the utility's recent rate hike
requests.
Perhaps the most exciting event-'-.in the California Bay Area was  a Third World Women's  Celebration  on Sunday night, March 10 in East Oakland.
Many.groups participated in the planning of the
event which included songs, short speeches, skits,
ethnic foods  and exhibits.     The overflow crowd of
500-1,000 people varied widely in  age  and was mostly Third World women although the celebration was
open to  all.
Elsewhere  in the Bay Area there were picnics,
cultural events,  and workshops  at the University
of California at Berkeley, including one on prostitution led by an ex-prostitute.    Sunday afternoon
outside on campus"Gertrude Stein is a Rock Band"
played.
In the early evening of March 7, a bomb,
placed by the Women's  Brigade of the Weather Underground blew out  a wall in the office of the Health
Education and Welfare   (HEW)  office in San Francisco.     In   their communique the Brigade explained that
the  action  against HEW was taken  "For all women
who:    Wait in lines  for too few food stamps  and
brave  food distribution lines because our families
have to eat*...   and especially for Minnie and Mary
Alice Reif," two black girls  aged 1 .  and 12 who
were sterilized in a Montgomery, Alabama family
planning  clinic  funded by HEW.
LIBERATION News Service
[See graphics section for photos to go with
this story.]
NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED ABOUT THE 1969 RAID IN
WHICH PANTHERS FRED HAMPTON AND MARK CLARK WERE KILLED
CHICAGO (LNS)--In the past few months, new information has come out in the raid on a" Black Panther Party apartment over four years ago, which
left Illinois Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton
and Panther Mark Clark dead. First, the Chicago.'
Panther Chief of Security at the time of the raid
was revealed to be an FBI informer.  Secondly, newly
released FBI documents ominously suggest FBI plans
for"t_föübiesö*_ie',i'''blackr militants.
At 4:45 am on the morning of December,4, 1969,,
14 members of a special elite corps of policemen from
the Illinois State's Attorney's office burst in on
an apartment(Wccupred by membe'fs of the Chicago Panthers.
Armed with a Thompson submachine gun with 11U
rounds of ammunition, 5 shotguns, a carbine, 20 .38
caliber pistols and a .357 caliber pistol,  the raiding party had come with a search warrant to "check
for illegal weapons". Ten minutes later, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, a Panther from Peoria, Illinois,
were dead, and four other Panthers were wounded.
The killing of Hampton and Clark became one of
the most widely-known examples of government repression directed* towards the Panthers, involving an
immense cover-up operation participated in by city.^J
state and federal law enforcement agencies, city government and the judiciary.  From the beginning the
Panthers described the raid as a "search and destroy
mission."
A few months ago during another trial, it was
revealed that the Chief.ôf Security" of the Chicago
Panthers at the time of the raid on the Panther apartment was an FBI informer named William O'Neal.
Such a revelation is not that shocking in itself
for government informers, infiltrators and provocateurs have been discovered in nearly every left or
left-leaning organization in the country in the past
few years.
However, it must be remembered that the reason
given for the raid was a search for illegal weaponry,
on the tip of an FBI informer. And O'Neal's job A
as 6hief of Security was to make sure all Panthers^
were properly armed and their weapons working, and
to ferret out possible informers.
At the beginning of January, because of a $47
million civil rights suit brought by the families of
Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, defense lawyers won the
right to question O'Neal. They had also filed suit
to get copies of documents pertaining to FBI Intelligence on the Chicago Panthers before the 1969 raid.
In the middle of March, the U.S. Attorney agreed to
hand over what he called a "semi-truck load" of documents. However, the FBI reserved the right Co censor what they called "privileged" parts of the documents so it's not clear how much of the story will
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Full text held at the end of January. But Coffeebreak, an organization of Detroit office workers held a pot- luck supper in celebration of International Women's Day. , • " " " "■ # # In Madison women organized a five-day celebration which began on March 6 with a speech by Joan Roberts, a professor recently denied tenure at the University of Wisconsin becuase of her strong feminist activities. In the next few days there were many different workshops and on Friday night, a dance with the lesbian band, Family'of Women." Saturday*night there was a "cultural extravaganza" with local women doing plays, music and dancing. Sunday there was guerrilla theatre about abortion and an art ahd photography exhibit by women. There were also 3 workshops run by and for men on sexism that were well-attended, s * .# Portland, Oregon women organized a pot luck supper for March 8 where they all showed the film "Salt of the Earthj" played bluegrass music and performed skits. That same night a women's theatre group called Womancraft put on^a play called ^Changelings" Childcare was provided by a group of about 30 men who have organized themselves to provide «hildoare for all feminist activities in Portland. The night before, several women held a candlelight march and rally at the Pacific, Light and Power Co. protesting the utility's recent rate hike requests. Perhaps the most exciting event-'-.in the California Bay Area was a Third World Women's Celebration on Sunday night, March 10 in East Oakland. Many.groups participated in the planning of the event which included songs, short speeches, skits, ethnic foods and exhibits. The overflow crowd of 500-1,000 people varied widely in age and was mostly Third World women although the celebration was open to all. Elsewhere in the Bay Area there were picnics, cultural events, and workshops at the University of California at Berkeley, including one on prostitution led by an ex-prostitute. Sunday afternoon outside on campus"Gertrude Stein is a Rock Band" played. In the early evening of March 7, a bomb, placed by the Women's Brigade of the Weather Underground blew out a wall in the office of the Health Education and Welfare (HEW) office in San Francisco. In their communique the Brigade explained that the action against HEW was taken "For all women who: Wait in lines for too few food stamps and brave food distribution lines because our families have to eat*... and especially for Minnie and Mary Alice Reif" two black girls aged 1 . and 12 who were sterilized in a Montgomery, Alabama family planning clinic funded by HEW. —30- Page 2 LIBERATION News Service [See graphics section for photos to go with this story.] NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED ABOUT THE 1969 RAID IN WHICH PANTHERS FRED HAMPTON AND MARK CLARK WERE KILLED LIBERATION News Service CHICAGO (LNS)--In the past few months, new information has come out in the raid on a" Black Panther Party apartment over four years ago, which left Illinois Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark dead. First, the Chicago.' Panther Chief of Security at the time of the raid was revealed to be an FBI informer. Secondly, newly released FBI documents ominously suggest FBI plans for"t_föübiesö*_ie',i'''blackr militants. At 4:45 am on the morning of December,4, 1969,, 14 members of a special elite corps of policemen from the Illinois State's Attorney's office burst in on an apartment(Wccupred by membe'fs of the Chicago Panthers. Armed with a Thompson submachine gun with 11U rounds of ammunition, 5 shotguns, a carbine, 20 .38 caliber pistols and a .357 caliber pistol, the raiding party had come with a search warrant to "check for illegal weapons". Ten minutes later, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, a Panther from Peoria, Illinois, were dead, and four other Panthers were wounded. The killing of Hampton and Clark became one of the most widely-known examples of government repression directed* towards the Panthers, involving an immense cover-up operation participated in by city.^J state and federal law enforcement agencies, city government and the judiciary. From the beginning the Panthers described the raid as a "search and destroy mission." A few months ago during another trial, it was revealed that the Chief.ôf Security" of the Chicago Panthers at the time of the raid on the Panther apartment was an FBI informer named William O'Neal. Such a revelation is not that shocking in itself for government informers, infiltrators and provocateurs have been discovered in nearly every left or left-leaning organization in the country in the past few years. However, it must be remembered that the reason given for the raid was a search for illegal weaponry, on the tip of an FBI informer. And O'Neal's job A as 6hief of Security was to make sure all Panthers^ were properly armed and their weapons working, and to ferret out possible informers. At the beginning of January, because of a $47 million civil rights suit brought by the families of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, defense lawyers won the right to question O'Neal. They had also filed suit to get copies of documents pertaining to FBI Intelligence on the Chicago Panthers before the 1969 raid. In the middle of March, the U.S. Attorney agreed to hand over what he called a "semi-truck load" of documents. However, the FBI reserved the right Co censor what they called "privileged" parts of the documents so it's not clear how much of the story will [CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 -?■ --r- ] "(#597) March 16, 197^ more . . .
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