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Page 4 Portland Observe» Thursday. September 27. 1979 African National Prisoners Organization forms local group by Stephanie L. Michael NATE NICKERSON Nickerson heads clinic Nate Nickerson. 58, deputy direc lo r o f the Urban I eague, w ill become the new executive director ot the Center for Community Mental Health on October 15th. Lonnie Bates, chairman o f the board, an nounced Nickerson s selection to succeed Ocie 1 rotter, who served nine years from the center's begin ning and recently resigned to enter private consulting. “ I expect to maintain the work the Center has done and continue its The formation o f a new organi zation has emerged in the Portland area. The African National Prisoners Organization (A N P O ), was the brainstorm o f the African People's Socialist Party. Earlier this month the socialist party group held a meeting in Louisville, Kentucky to discuss national strategy. Members from at least 15 states and 25 cities were represented at the international meeting. ANPO was designed as an organi zation to form ulate research and proof for the ongoing Black struggle in America. The groups main goal is to show a relationship between the Am erican prison system and the co lo nia l/ge no cida l system used against Black Americans. Last week the organizers o f ANPO held their first meeting. The session was held at the Black Educational Center, 4919 N .E. 17th. Guest speaker for the occasion was Joseph W aller, C hairm an o f the A fric a n People’ s Socialist P arty. W aller classified the A fric a n N ational Prisoners Organization as one o f the leading pro-independence groups for Black people. He has begun conduct ing a special national tour to discuss alleged practices o f genocide used toward Blacks. Waller says the title o f his tour w ill be “ Death Penalty U.S.A., We Charge Genocide." “ I plan to address the c ritic a l questions o f our existence and how the legal and illegal use o f the death penalty has been implemented in America and around the world from a historical view. Members of ANPO and the A fric a n People’ s Socialist Party feel black people are a nation behind bars. In America today there is no black family that hasn’ t had a relative in prison, know someone who has been sent up the river, or has a friend who doesn't know someone who’ s been sent to the lock-up. “ The government makes predic tions each year concerning the num ber o f black males that w ill go to prison. The last figure stated for this year showed that one out o f every four black males w ill serve out a prison term. But the government fails to say how they can make this prediction so accurately.” Waller says new legislation, like proposition seven and other forms ol unofficial capital punishment, like murders by prison guards, is a sign o f the ultim ate o b lite ra tio n o f Blacks. “ D uring slavery times massive lynching and beatings were used to keep blacks under control. As time progressed more sophisticated torms o f legal k illin g laws have been developed. The Black Power movement is a good example. When the move began to take hold in the 1960s and to win over the U.S. government, an attempt was made to smash the movement. The FBI created ‘ C o in te lp ro ,’ which m ur dered and jailed black leaders and destroyed numerous black organiza tions. Today there are still thousands o f black p o litic a l prisoners in American jails and prisons. “ Blacks today have moved from Africa to Attica. The desire to have absolute control over the life and death o f African slaves is still alive. Today’ s move is very similar to the thoughts o f the slave master and his slaves. Sixty per cent o f the people in Ametican prisons today are black and we, as a people, only make up 11 per cent o f the population. Since 1930, 54 per cent o f those executed for crimes have been black. Statistics also show that 90 per cent o f black prisoners are serving sentences for allegedly killing white people. A very few number o f white counterparts are serving time for identical crimes. rhere have been tremendous amounts of illegal and legal killings concern ing black males accused o f raping white women. But to this day no white man has even been executed for raping a black woman. Maybe only a handful have been sent to jail for the crime o f raping a black woman.” Portland chapter organizers say the African National Prisoners Orga nization has an ultimate goal o f win ning back the minds ol American Blacks. They say a total anti-colonial struggle to independence and self destination w ill be developed on a grass roots level. Group founders say Black people in P ortland, and nationally must be brought to an un derstanding that sutvival is not enough, and as human beings that is an obligation Blacks owe to them selves. Local organizers say the m ili tary defeat in the 1960’ s will be used as a lesson to learn from , to form new guerilla strategy for the future. The first steps for the local chapter will be helping others develop a self concept o f being Black from an ideological, p o litic a l and cultural standpoint. Interested in current books about African Liberation? Visit: JOHN REED BOOK STORE In the Dekum Building 519 S.W. 3rd Avenue Sixth Floor Or call: 227 2902 growth,” said Nickerson. ‘ ‘ We want to continue to be responsive to the community, and hope they will con tinue to make referrals and sugges tions.” Nickerson, a P ortland resident since 1945, graduated from high school in C olorado, and holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from Bishop College, Dallas, Texas. He has also done graduate work in counseling at PSU. McCoy opens office M ultnom ah County Commis sioner Gladys McCoy began regular meetings with her constituents with a special reception at the Portland Community College C ascade Center Wednesday. Following through on a campaign commitment ol accessibility to the people in the county, Commissioner McCoy plans to spend the second and fourth Wednesday mornings at the college center to meet the people, hear their concerns and receive sug- gestions on county policy. 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