CLF vol. 4, NO. 1 STAFF CoEditors Jim Blashfield Lenny Dee Peggy Lindquist David Milholland Design and Production Jim Blashfield Production Assistant David Milholland Proof Reader Walt Curtis Ad Production Peggy Lindquist Stan Sitnick Ad Sales JoLynn Amstutz Denny Chericone Lenny Dee Craig Karp Randy Shutt Pat Sumich Sandy Wallsmith Typesetting Jill Wilson Publisher’s Friend Thanks — Archetype Camerawork Publisher’s Friend Paul Diener Contributing Artists Jon Norris Henk Pander Mary Robben Isaac Shamsud-Din Contributing Photographers Mark Albanese Shunkichi Kikuchi Laurie Meeker David Milholland Jamahata Yosuke Consultant Craig Karp EDITORIAL In late winter, a small baby (4 lb. 4 oz.) was born in my home. My brother and his new wife came to Portland, on return from a sojourn in Panama, to have their child in a city noted for its home birthing facilities. Some two weeks before the due date, we were awakened CONTENTS ^A/elcome back Northwest Artists Workshop. After months without a home base, a new show curated by Cover, Jim Blashfield Spring Component, Michael Moran Seattle’s Roscoe Louie Gallery opens the Workshop’s refurbished digs at 522 NW 12th Ave. by an excited shout, “The waters have broken. ” Labor commenced immediately, and later that day I was summoned from work, to arrive just moments after Amanda’s emergence from the womb. In the euphoria, there was little room for concern about anything happening beyond that room. A brand-new baby in the house makes the future loom large. It turned out that she loves music, loves to dance, and as she grew, ounce at a time, we considered her chances of dancing on her own. At the moment, the road looks rocky, but hopeful. For in the face of official madness, the resourcefulness of Americans who care about the future is emerging. Despite years of steady buildup, the nuclear issue had been on the back burner since the early 1960s, until the Reagan troops trotted out the concept of a winable nuclear war. With that in the air, and most of Europe hastily mobilizing against the dire possibility, a group of local doctors brought the issue home to us. In publicizing their upcoming conference, the Portland Physicians for Nuclear Responsibility created a poster “Ground Zero: Portland,” which documents the potential effect of a nuclear drop at the center of our city. Radiating circles described zones of destruction caused by the initial impact of such a bombing. Several weeks after her birth, we planted a small flowering shrub in the side yard with Amanda’s placenta at its base, Laotian style. It lies well within the first circle of total destruction. Indeed everything in the urban core would be demolished, and we annihilated along with it. Seems unreasonable. Extraordinary. Unimaginable. Yet we have learned to live with this potential, to “love the bomb," because it was happening all around us, even despite us. And the elected representatives of this civilized nation have voted appropriations to escalate an arms race long beyond overkill, year after year. The unimaginable has been normalized. The good doctors have pointed the way. It’s clearly time to bow out of this insanity, to declare, as much of Europe has already done, our state and region a nuclear- free zone. And then we must work to make that a reality. Some individuals will choose to write to our elected officials; others to seek political office with that concern first and foremost; yet others will demonstrate, practice tax resistance and civil disobedience. But whatever the path, the important choice is making oneself heard, making sure such decisions are not made with your acquiescence. We're happy to be back with you this spring, the start of our fourth year in print. We’d like to remind you that our advertisers, here in record numbers, most of which are small businesses, make this venture possible. If you appreciate the CSQ, let them know. Better yet, support them. Have a good read. Rust Never Sleeps, David M ilholland................. Joe Uris, The Carrot Without the Stick, Peggy Lindquist............... Bye Bye Baja, Leanne Grabel............... Zagone and Fornara Chew the Fat..................... 4 5 8 13 Straight Ahead Mel Brown, Lynn Darroch. Killing Our Own, 17 Norman Solomon and Harvey Wasserman... 24 Gardens and computers, my street and my planet, politics and love, I’ll take it all!, Brice Lalonde, Penny A lle n ............. 29 Laurie Anderson: Bringing High Tech to the Masses, Barbara Bernstein.... Lynda Barry..................... El Salvador: First Person, Carolyn Forche...... The Application Please, Mark Sargent.......... Letters from Nepal, M a rjo rie .................. 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THE REMOVALISTS is written by Australia's most successful stage and screenwriter, David Williamson. During the last decade he has produced twelve plays and eleven screenplays. GALLIPOLI is his most recent cinematic achievement. Brilliantly crafted, the play moves swiftly from black comedy to absurdism to the deadly serious. QV F \ THE REMOVALISTS opens April 3rd and plays Saturday evenings at 8:00 and Sundays at 7 :0 0 through the 16th of May. Photograph by Laurie Meeker Clinton St. Quarterly 3
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