VOL. 9 NO. 4 L‘T;’ WINTER 1987 ^ ■ h s.v & A ^Zo-Editors David Milholland Lenny Dee Associate Editors Jim Blashfield, Paul Loeb Washington State Coordinator Judy Hines Bevis Art Director David Milholland Designers Candace Bieneman, Tim Braun, Reed Darmon Proofreader Walt Curtis Contributing Artists Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Stephen Leflar, Carel Moisiewitsch, Musicmaster, Isaac Shamsud-Din, Lisa Stone, Melinda Thorsnes Account Representatives — Washington Cameron Hopkins, Philip Minehan Oregon Rhonda Kennedy Ad Production Robert Williamson, Stacey Fletcher, Lisa Springer, Qualitype Typesetting Harrison Typesetting, Inc., Luria Dickson, Lee Emmett, Marmilmar, Qualitype Camerawork Laura Di Trapani, Craftsman Lithoplate, Inc. Cover Photographer Bill Bachhuber Cover Separations Portland Prep Center, Inc. Printing Tuala !n-Yamhill Press Editorial Assistant Margaret M. Dunn Thanks Judy & Stew Albert, Dave Ball, Randy Clark, Helen DeMichiel, Dru Duniway, Jeannine Edelblut, Anne Hughes, Maria Kahn, Craig Karp, Lawrence Gallery, Deborah Levin, Peggy Lindquist, Kimbark MacColl, David Madson, Julie Mancini, Theresa Marquez, Melissa Marsland, Doug Milholland, Kevin Mulligan, Julie Phillips, Sherry Prowda, Jeremy Rice, Julie Ristau, Missy Stewart, Sandy Wallsmith, John Wanberg, The Clinton 500 W ON THE COVER As the winter rains settle into the Pacific Northwest, erasing all The Snap Revolution— James Fenton On the scene in Manila as Marcos falls. Was he tripped or did he pull the strings? Women, Feminism & Social Justice—Sevin Hirschbein A look at the state of current feminism and how feminists can build coalitions and produce needed change. Cover image: “Sunday at the Alibi.” Art- ist Melinda Thorsnes, a native and resi- dent of Portland, studied at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. She’s had re- png cent one-person shows in Philadelphia ! ; >jp and Portland. In Seattle she’s repre- sented by the Lynn McAllister Gallery, p/i-j This is a self-portrait. i r ?1 The Clinton St. Quarterly is published in Oregon, Washington and National editions by CSQ—A Project of Out of the Ashes Press. Oregon address: P.O. Box 3588 , Po rtland , OR 9 7 20 8—(503) 222-6039. Washington address: 1520 K Western Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101— ^ 2 0 6 ) 682 -2404 . Unless otherw ise Tnoted , all contents copyright ®1987 g Clinton St^Quarterly. ml mi mi mi IK<H Iv.i’i1 ?: * &» ■ m // w ' Monodological JusticeMark Schoofs A philosophical inquiry into the way of thinking that condemns a far higher ratio of blacks to death for murder than whites. Si memory of the drought, a siege mentality seeps into our bones. In many cases people become distinctly para- n o id . In o th e r s , th e o p p o s i te emerges—a need to settle accounts, smite the devil and expose villains. With the greyness filling our souls, it ’s u n d e rs ta n d a b le , bu t i t can be irresponsible. A surprising case emerged a few weeks ago. Willamette Week, a Portland newspaper of generally liberal disposition, unveiled a heavy attack on Michael Stoops, who has worked for years with the down and out, and created something of a one-man empire of the poor. In years previous he has been deeply involved in anti-draft counseling. In short, he’s been a very effective activist. He spent this past winter in Washington D.C., living outside in protest of federal policies toward the homeless. On his return, having moved Congress, he was treated as a conquering hero. Heroes are never perfect. None of us are. Few of us rise to prominence, however. This past year has seen a series of revelations exposing to public scrutiny the private lives of such national figures as Senators Hart and Biden, judges Bork and Ginsberg and TVangelist Bakker. Gary Hart even had the affrontery to ask the media to find him out. It’s become a field day for the press, with the Miami Herald, the NY wl ’ll See America— ’ \ Musicmaster / \ A roadmap for the open-minded adventurer. Why leave home when so many things are up in the air. A Call for Economic Justice For All—Rev. Jesse Jackson^ f Opening the “progressive coalition” to all those Americans who wonder why they're falling behind during our nat io n ’s longest period of economic recovery. R p i Between the Covers Brief takes from writers and presses of the West. Break Dancing in the Lam o f j Sandino—Patty Somlo Michael Jackson meets the Sandinistas on their stomping grounds. The beat goes on; the Revolution learns to pop and sway. ww vw Times and your hometown rag competing face up with the gutter tabloids. So when Willamette Week unveiled Mr. Stoops’ “ pedophilia,” a charge largely based on claims of disgruntled ex-employees, every local TV station and even i t ’s slow-moving competitor, the Oregonian, rushed into the fray with claws bared. The serious underlying charge, abuse of authority, is of course deserving of scrutiny. In this period, however, with the AIDS epidemic bringing homophobia out of the closet, the timing is suspicious. Now, apparently, homosexual behavior is fa ir game. “ Good people” are of course sympathetic to the plight of AIDS victims, but with rare exceptions, public policy has remained dormant as the disease ravaged the gay community. In Portland, no less than any U.S. city, hundreds of young men survive by going to “ The Wall,” but no family newspaper has seen fit to exam- ine the p l igh t of those inv is ib le victims. S im ilar a llega t ions aga inst Mr. Stoops were dismissed three years ago, but no media outlet saw f it to bring the case forth then. It does seem odd that the story appears just as Baloney Joe’s, Mr. Stoops' most visible project, has put down i t ’s first payment on a building that would bring that home of the homeless back into the downtown core area. What better time to sully if not destroy the reputation of the project’s figurehead and J ’S >21 >- ; v w ; S T OI-*.The Motorcycle Accident— Walt Curtis A Christmas story of life pulled from the abyss. % Max—Rick Mitchell§ Max Gordon, owner of the world’s greatly est jazz club, the Village Vanguard, % fondly reminisces on youth in the North- $ west and success in the Big Apple E principal fundraiser. This kind of attack threatens us all. It effectively eliminates not only homosexuals but anyone who has ever used illicit substances, had an abortion, or ever taken an unsafe political position, from the public forum. It encourages only the most circumspect, and thus the blandest, to speak out or run for office. It virtually guarantees mediocrity in our political process, something we can at no time afford. In the meantime, my cousin, a lovely young woman in her mid-thirties, is ravaged with the Elephant Man’s disease, neurofibromatosis. She’s had literally dozens of operations to remove tumors, two of which involved major brain surgery. She's one of the thousands of young people who grew up in the Hanford area. Only now, 40 years after radioactivity began pouring into the sky and water, is the plight of her peers, who are suffering from cancer and other life-destroying diseases at rates far beyond the national norm, a concern of the media. There are dozens of similar situations to be exposed and explored, far more compelling than the private behavior of public individuals. We reap what we sow. It is a critical time to plant the seeds of hope, to struggle actively for a better world. Happy holidays. DM St. Quarterly—Winter, 1987 3
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