This section of the Fifth Estate has been prepared in recognition of Cuba, the first liberated territory in the Americas. July 26th is Cuba’s national day—and because Cuba is what she is, the 26th of July has become an international …
NEW YORK (LNS) The FBI has arrested one of the twelve top Weathermen who were indicted for conspiracy to riot in Chicago last October.
PNOMPENH, CAMBODIA (LNS)—Several hundred unarmed men, women and children are shot down in the village of Prasauc near the Cambodian border. The bodies of over 400 Vietnamese roped together are found floating down the Mekong River near the Cambodian capital. …
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (LNS) — GIs United Against the War in Vietnam are sponsoring an anti-war action here on May 16. The action is part of the “Nine Days in May,” a nationally coordinated program of primarily anti-war and anti-imperialism actions …
NOTE: Several troopers recently were court martialed at Quan Loi, South Viet Nam, headquarters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division’s 3rd Brigade, for refusing to fight. During the last four and a half months of 1969, a total of 109 …
TACOMA, Wash. (LNS)—Over 100 men in the Fort Lewis stockade boycotted meals in the stockade mess hall here April 15th. They released the following statement:
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. (LNS)—Huey P. Newton, co-founder and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party, has been denied parole by the California Adult Authority. Huey is now in his second year of a 15-year term for manslaughter in …
a review of Do It! by Jerry Rubin. $2.45, Simon and Schuster, 256 pp.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (LNS)—The Bakersfield City Council recently voted the death penalty for a second conviction for selling marijuana or illegal drugs. But the action is not expected to have any direct legal effect, since felony legislation has been preempted by …
Editor’s Note: The following is an LNS interview with Sisana Sisane, a leader of the Pathet Lao. The Pathet Lao is the military arm of the Laotian liberation movement known as the Neo Lao Haksat.