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Middle Earth page two Editor and Publisher -- Erik Moore Artwork, lettering, cover, ... Dave and Linda Robinson Photography -- Marc Hess Shelley Blum Staff Writers -- Steve Hiat Mac Tom McMenamin Ben Kinsey Amos Glanz Shelley Blum Hot chocolate, coffee, apple cider, cookies, etc. -- Sharon Layout, paste-up, etc. -- Marc Firstenberg What do you think? In a recent interview with the Daily Iowan I was quoted as saying that MIDDLE EARTH is more than just an underground newspaper, but that it was a movement in itself. I was quoted correctly. MIDDLE EARTH is a movement, or at least it has he potential. All that MIDDLE EARTH needs is inhabitants. We feel that the kind of people who would wan to inhabit MIDDLE EARTH are those who simply cannot accept anything that calls itself a movement today. They feel the national politic is not even worth talking about; that hippiedom is a cop-out; and that organizations such as SDS are so divided from within and devoid of coherent philosophy as to be meaningless. The people who would inhabit MIDDLE EARTH are concerned about other people. They are those who would work and sacrifice for civil rights, justice for the poor, meaningful educational programs for the young and old, fair practices in such matters as housing and jobs, and more. But these programs as they exist are so screwed up as to make any work for them meaningless, too. Yet there must be a base from which people can do those things that give their lives meaning. If you want to do good for people, if you think you can, perhaps there is a place for you within the context of a MIDDLE EARTH. That context is less an organization or a system, than it is a life-philosophy; an assumption of ideals and concepts under which the work of life can be carried out. Perhaps together we can learn to exemplify a truly meaningful and relevant lifestyle. What do you think? Erik R. Moore Doughboy Kissinger goes to War Liberation News Service Guardian CHICAGO (LNS) -- Clark Kissinger, sporting a World War I doughboy uniform, and accompanied by 250 supporters and a band, reported for induction at Chicago October 24. Kissinger is a correspondent for the Guardian and a former national secretary of SDS. Speaking to the press, Kissinger denied that he was a pacifist, but said that he would refuse to go to Vietnam unless he could be guaranteed a "clear shot at Marshal Ky." He then addressed the crowd about the need to support GI's, charging them with the responsibility of building a "people's Chicago" while he worked to build a "people's army." Kissinger and friends handed out copies of Vietnam GI, blanketing the induction center. Kissinger was seperated from the other inductees and placed under guard when he refused to stop handing them out. An organizer from the Chicago Area Draft Registers (CADRE) was captured in the hall rapping to inductees. Finally, when it was discovered that someone had stolen a copy of the Armed Forces Qualifications Exam during the morning testing period, the building was sealed off and the FBI and the military intelligence personnel were called in. The test wasn't found. For some reason, Kissinger didn't pass his physical, and was ordered to return in two weeks after additional medical tests. Letter to the American People By the South Vietnamese People's Committee for solidarity with the American People. (C.S.A.P.) On the occasion of its firts founding anniversary. (October 16, 1967 - October 16, 1968) Published in the US by: Liberation News Service Dear American Friends: One year has gone by since October 16, 1967, the day when the South Vietnam People's Committee for Solidarity with the American People was founded, in the high tide of the struggle of the American people for an end to the war in Vietnam. The South Vietnamese people have followed with warm sympathy and appreciation the strong development of the anti-war-movement in the United States, from the October 21st confrontation at the Pentagon, the confrontation on the opening day of Congress of the Joannette Rankin Brigade, the numerous demonstrations and petitions of the academic and professional community against Dr. Benjamin Spock's trial, to the recent seething and bloody anti-war demonstration at the Democratic Convention in Chicago... The South Vietnamese have also followed with great attention and sympathy the anti-war acts developing among the GI's in South Vietnam and US troops across the Pacific and in Europe, and right in the United States, especially the 50,000 strong demonstration by war veterans and GI's in San Fransisco, demanding an end to the war in Vietnam and the return home of all the GI's, who refuse to kill and be killed in an unjust and criminal war. On this occasion, C.S.A.P. wishes to extend its affectionate regards and admiration to those GI's and American youths now in jail because they deserted, refused induction or refused to go to vietnam, as well as to their families. We believe you will have the moral strength necessary to defend truth and justice in the face of all the man, repressive [schemes?] of the US Administration. The last year also marked in the strengthening of friendship LETTER continued on page nine--
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Middle Earth page two Editor and Publisher -- Erik Moore Artwork, lettering, cover, ... Dave and Linda Robinson Photography -- Marc Hess Shelley Blum Staff Writers -- Steve Hiat Mac Tom McMenamin Ben Kinsey Amos Glanz Shelley Blum Hot chocolate, coffee, apple cider, cookies, etc. -- Sharon Layout, paste-up, etc. -- Marc Firstenberg What do you think? In a recent interview with the Daily Iowan I was quoted as saying that MIDDLE EARTH is more than just an underground newspaper, but that it was a movement in itself. I was quoted correctly. MIDDLE EARTH is a movement, or at least it has he potential. All that MIDDLE EARTH needs is inhabitants. We feel that the kind of people who would wan to inhabit MIDDLE EARTH are those who simply cannot accept anything that calls itself a movement today. They feel the national politic is not even worth talking about; that hippiedom is a cop-out; and that organizations such as SDS are so divided from within and devoid of coherent philosophy as to be meaningless. The people who would inhabit MIDDLE EARTH are concerned about other people. They are those who would work and sacrifice for civil rights, justice for the poor, meaningful educational programs for the young and old, fair practices in such matters as housing and jobs, and more. But these programs as they exist are so screwed up as to make any work for them meaningless, too. Yet there must be a base from which people can do those things that give their lives meaning. If you want to do good for people, if you think you can, perhaps there is a place for you within the context of a MIDDLE EARTH. That context is less an organization or a system, than it is a life-philosophy; an assumption of ideals and concepts under which the work of life can be carried out. Perhaps together we can learn to exemplify a truly meaningful and relevant lifestyle. What do you think? Erik R. Moore Doughboy Kissinger goes to War Liberation News Service Guardian CHICAGO (LNS) -- Clark Kissinger, sporting a World War I doughboy uniform, and accompanied by 250 supporters and a band, reported for induction at Chicago October 24. Kissinger is a correspondent for the Guardian and a former national secretary of SDS. Speaking to the press, Kissinger denied that he was a pacifist, but said that he would refuse to go to Vietnam unless he could be guaranteed a "clear shot at Marshal Ky." He then addressed the crowd about the need to support GI's, charging them with the responsibility of building a "people's Chicago" while he worked to build a "people's army." Kissinger and friends handed out copies of Vietnam GI, blanketing the induction center. Kissinger was seperated from the other inductees and placed under guard when he refused to stop handing them out. An organizer from the Chicago Area Draft Registers (CADRE) was captured in the hall rapping to inductees. Finally, when it was discovered that someone had stolen a copy of the Armed Forces Qualifications Exam during the morning testing period, the building was sealed off and the FBI and the military intelligence personnel were called in. The test wasn't found. For some reason, Kissinger didn't pass his physical, and was ordered to return in two weeks after additional medical tests. Letter to the American People By the South Vietnamese People's Committee for solidarity with the American People. (C.S.A.P.) On the occasion of its firts founding anniversary. (October 16, 1967 - October 16, 1968) Published in the US by: Liberation News Service Dear American Friends: One year has gone by since October 16, 1967, the day when the South Vietnam People's Committee for Solidarity with the American People was founded, in the high tide of the struggle of the American people for an end to the war in Vietnam. The South Vietnamese people have followed with warm sympathy and appreciation the strong development of the anti-war-movement in the United States, from the October 21st confrontation at the Pentagon, the confrontation on the opening day of Congress of the Joannette Rankin Brigade, the numerous demonstrations and petitions of the academic and professional community against Dr. Benjamin Spock's trial, to the recent seething and bloody anti-war demonstration at the Democratic Convention in Chicago... The South Vietnamese have also followed with great attention and sympathy the anti-war acts developing among the GI's in South Vietnam and US troops across the Pacific and in Europe, and right in the United States, especially the 50,000 strong demonstration by war veterans and GI's in San Fransisco, demanding an end to the war in Vietnam and the return home of all the GI's, who refuse to kill and be killed in an unjust and criminal war. On this occasion, C.S.A.P. wishes to extend its affectionate regards and admiration to those GI's and American youths now in jail because they deserted, refused induction or refused to go to vietnam, as well as to their families. We believe you will have the moral strength necessary to defend truth and justice in the face of all the man, repressive [schemes?] of the US Administration. The last year also marked in the strengthening of friendship LETTER continued on page nine--
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