Following is a list and brief description of the 22 sections that
make up the electronic version of the seventeenth issue of the
Partisan,
the newspaper of the California
Peace and Freedom Party.
The locations of the contents in the printed version,
which also includes graphics that we do not attempt to reproduce
here, are in parentheses.
- "Special Election October 7, 2003" lists P&F
positions in the election and explains opposition to recall, by staff
(page 1)
- "No on Proposition 54", by staff
(page 2)
- "C T Weber for Governor" includes photo,
brief biography and list of some of his positions, by staff
(page 3)
- "A Dialogue on Proposition 53" explains P&F
opposition to this measure, by staff
(page 4)
- "End the Occupation of Iraq", the position of
the Peace and Freedom Party, with a box announcing September 28th demonstrations,
by staff
(page 8)
- "Israel and Palestine: a real 'road map
for peace'" the position of the Peace and Freedom Party, by staff
(page 8)
- "Meanwhile, in Afghanistan ..." excerpt from
May 16th speech by RAWA representative
(page 8)
- "Affirmative [Distr]Action", by Mumia Abu-Jamal,
looks at the Supreme Court decisions in the University of Michigan affirmative
action cases
(page 2)
- "At long last -- Justice for Judi Bari!" on
verdict and partial settlement in suit against FBI and City of Oakland, by Tom Condit
(page 2)
- "Peace and Freedom Party Short Platform (March 2003)"
gives the short form of the P&F platform approved by the State Central Committee in
March 2003, not subject to change until the August 2004 convention, by staff
(page 3)
- "Stop Privatization and Contracting Out" explains
why government services should be provided by government employees, by C.T. Weber
(page 4)
- "San Diego Snakedance -- Students fighting for
education" describes March 5th action at San Diego City College, by Jeremy Prickett
(page 4)
- "California's Continuing Budget Crisis" looks at
both the 2003-04 budget and at general budget issues, by Marsha Feinland
(page 5)
- "Campaigning for Police Review in National City"
describes the San Diego area Committee Against Police Brutality and its work with
Terry Hanks to campaign for a police review board in National City,
by Janice Jordan and Miriam Clark (page 6)
- "Free Speech Fight in Santa Cruz: City makes tabling
illegal", by Steve Argue
(page 7)
- Notable Quotes from famous socialists Helen Keller and
Eugene Debs, compiled by staff
(pages 2 and 7)
- "The People of California by the Numbers" lists
miscellaneous statistics on the economic situation of our state's people, by staff
(page 5)
- "Remember Prop 13" explains how the passage
of Proposition 13 in 1978 has hurt public services, by Marsha Feinland
(page 5)
- "Who Wants to Be a Candidate?" answers some
questions about how to be a P&F candidate in the 2004 election, by Cindy Henderson
(page 7)
- "Around the Peace & Freedom Party" includes brief
reports from our state chair and several local P&F groups, together with the party's
local contact information from throughout the state
(page 6)
- ad for Peace and Freedom Party bumper sticker, "Be a
Peace & Freedom PARTISAN", by staff (pages 15 and 16)
- staff box and subscription blank (pages 2 and 15),
and back issue information (not in printed version)