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...Perhaps the American Indian has some right to be indignant at being misnamed by "some dumb honky who got lost," to use the words of a Berkeley student whom TIME ironically refers to as a "Sioux"-a good old honky name for the Lakota or Dakota people. But then, so would the Innuit, who were misnamed "Eskimo" by their traditional enemy, the "Indians." No racial insult was intended in the first misnaming-I'm sure plenty was intended in the second! And by the way, the artist whose photo you show is probably no more an Indian than...
Cops in most cities have harassed our meeting places: bars and baths and parks. They set up entrapment squads. A Berkeley brother was slain by a cop in April when he tried to split after finding out that the trick who was making advances to him was a cop. Cities set up "pervert" registration. which if nothing else scares our brothers into the closet deeper...
...announcement of the verdict brought an immediate reaction from the defendants' supporters around the country. About 1500 demonstrators marched to the court house in Seattle, Wash., yesterday breaking windows and fighting with police. Other demonstrations were reported in Chicago, New York, and Berkeley...
...wild five-minute victory celebration. The Independent Front countered the moderates' chant of "Bring the Troops HomeNow!" with cries of "Bullshit! Bullshit!" The convention was uncontrollable for several minutes. Delegates attempted to seize the microphones, and fist-fights erupted in different parts of the room. Dan Siegel, the former Berkeley student body president who chaired Sunday's session, eventually brought the meeting back to order...
...Democratic appointee, Poole had served in Northern California since 1961 and has twice been blocked by politics from ascending to the federal bench. The last occasion was when his appointment by Lyndon Johnson was withdrawn after the Republicans took office. He was recently appointed a professor at Berkeley's law school, and Madigan hints that the indictments were designed to mollify his liberal new associates at the university. The accusation is weak, considering Poole's excellent law-enforcement record. But Sheriff Madigan, 61, faces re-election this June in a county where the hard line wins votes...