VOL 8. NO 4. WINTER 1986 S T A F F ^^o-ed itors David Milholland Lenny Dee Associate Editors Jim Blashfield, Michael Helm Paul Loeb Washington State Coordinator Judy Bevis Art Direction David Milholland Design Tim Braun Guest Designers Candace Bieneman Reed Darmon Cover Preparation Sharon Niemczyk Cover Photographer Bill Bachhuber M Sales—Oregon Dru Duniway, Rhonda Kennedy Ad Sales—Washington Judy Bevis, Deborah Goldhaft Ad Production Coordinator Stacey Fletcher Ad Production Jane Jovett, Joyce Fletcher Liz Towlll Camerawork Tim Braun, Laura Di Trapani Typesetting Archetype, Harrison Typesetting, Inc., Lee Emmett, 4M, Sherry Swain Office Assistant Michele Hall Contributing Artists John Callahan, Margaret Chodos-lnrine Keith Jellum, Stephen Lefiar Bruce McGillivray, Jack McLarty Barbara Sekerka. Carl Smool Contributing Photographer Jorge Garcia intern Lianne Hirabayashi Printing Tualatin-Yamhill Press Thanks Andy Allen, Dave Ball, Rachel Bishop Edward/Natalle Diener, Jeannine Edelblut Steve Hood, William Jamison, Craig Karp Deborah Levin, Peggy Lindquist Theresa Marquez, Melissa Marsland Doug Milholland, Kevin Mulligan Bill Nagel, Jan Micholson Oregon Arts Commission, John Pickett Laura Vemum, John Wanberg The Clinton 500 ON THE COVER Cover—Tom Cramer Artist Cramer lives in Portland where his totems and paintings can be seen at the Jamison- Thomas Gallery. Sketch by Stephen Lefiar. White Stones—Timothy Ryan A visit to Tunisia brings the desert world into new light. The Snap Revolution—James Fenton On the scene in Manila as Marcos falls. Was he tripped or did he pull the strings? The Clinton St. Quarterly is published in both Oregon and Washington editions by CSQ— a project of Out of the Ashes Press. Oregon address: P.O. Box 3588, Portland, OR 97208, (503) 222 6039; Washington Address: 1520 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, (206)682 2404. Unless otherwise noted, all contents copyright© 1986, Clinton St. Quarterly. E D I T O R I A L f he term neo-colonialism surfaced some 20 years ago, to describe the status of many Third World nations after the breakup of the European empires. Though Britain, for example, continues to hold such bastions as Hong Kong and the Falklands, the post-WWII po litica l reality is totally altered. Ex-colonies, however, soon found themselves dependent again on the very nations who'd ushered in their manumission, dependent more economica lly than politically. Thus neo-colonialism. A less-discussed form o f neo-colonialism has emerged in the twilight days of the Reagan era. Large sections o f the U.S. have fallen out o f the national co-prosperity sphere. Both producers o f capital-intensive manufactured goods (automobiles, farm equipment, major appliances) and raw-materials find themselves buffeted by international competition and high costs. Locales as disparate as Detroit, Houston and Portland are watching their basic economic underpinnings reel. And because most of the cap ita l investment is from outside these production centers, they too have become neo-colonies. The Pacific Northwest is sorely pressed to maintain wages and employment at national levels. Most o f its basic industries have floundered throughout the 1980s. Only Boeing, the military installations and those portions o f the computer industry strongly linked to the military buildup have escaped the long Reagan downturn. The wood products industry has waited for a trickle that never came. Few ag ricultural producers have stayed on top of credit and land costs incurred in the inflationary 70s. Commodity prices are stagnant. Outside of a growing service economy at low or minimum wages—concentrated in a few urban, suburban and recreation centers— most communities have slumped into a lingering malaise. No end in sight. Unions are being closed out of company after company, Sucharitkul Two brothers find themselves coping with alien invasions. Thailand has never been the same. Inside the Cage—T.R. Healey An examination of courage. Fluid Metal—Keith Jellum Sculptor Jellum describes the roots and aims of his work. A first-person piece sponsored by the Oregon Arts Commission. store after store. Many businesses, especially those owned by outside investors, have folded up shop. The rise of Japan, its allies in the Far East, and most of Europe to economic parity with the U.S. has opened our nation to competition it had not prepared to face. One popular effort to turn around the region's economy has been to search out investment from the Far East. Despite some success, the impact has been slight. Wages pa id are seldom even near previous union levels. True, the entire West Coast economy will increasingly reflect its proximity to the Orient. But the transition will be gradual. A more fruitful long-term strategy will arise in reaction to the growing fragmentation of the U.S. economy. To prevent ongoing loss of jobs and business, cap ital will have to be generated and controlled regionally. Though lega l structures to do this are not yet in place, we can already see that waiting for a national solution leaves us in far too precarious a position. Neo-colonies such as Oregon, Washington, Northern California (even British Columbia) are going to find links to eastern financial and governmental centers diminishing as they become more self-reliant and intertwined regionally. The first evidence o f this shift is still fragmentary. The region is at odds with national po licy on many fronts. One case in po int is the increasing dissatisfaction with the decision to Son II Season of the IJSFL—Sharon Doubiago A sequel to one of our most commented features. Pro-football and the mother-son relationship. The Emergent Economy—Paul Hawken Our declining industrial economy is being replaced before our eyes. This story helps us understand (and prepare for) its replacement. Health Care in Nicaragua—Andrew Himes The Seattle Connection. Nuclear Christmas—John Callahan Our favorite cartoonist gives us a glowing version of an old chestnut. Ad Index make the Hanford Nuclear Reservation a final candidate for repository for the entire nation’s nuclear wastes. Strong regional support has arisen also for the anti-nuclear positions of Seattle’s recently demoted Archbishop Raymond Hunlhausen. Such anti-federal, anti- papist dissent is but the tip o f the iceberg. It remains for us to develop a workable long-term strategy for turning such negative feelings into the backbone o f a po licy which provides full employment outside the war economy. With the exception o f parts o f Western Washington, our region exports a far greater share o f our federal tax dollars than come our way. If even a portion o f that money was creatively invested locally, we’d soon feel the difference. It takes more than lotteries and federal programs to keep our economy healthy. It ’s up to us, right here at home, to continually renew a world in which we a ll want to live. DM Clinton St. Quarterly 5
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