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The repression in Guatemala is more acute than
in other Latin American countries because the Unit
ed States used Guatemala as a laboratory to test
insurgency, said a former resident of the country.
Miguel Cifuentes said Wednesday that he was sig
nificantly involved in Guatemalan union strafes.
He was vice chairman of the National Confederation
of Workers and general secretary of the Tobacco
Workers' Union. In 1 979, he left Guatemala after the
secret police attempted to kidnap him. The speech
was sponsored by the Latin American Solidarity
Committee and Ncbraskans for Peace.
Guatemala was a democracy from 1944 to 1954,
until the government was overthrown by the efforts
ct ttiree corporations United Fruit, the Interna
tional Railroad Company and the electric company
and the CIA, Cifuentes said.
Since then, Guatemala has had nine governments,
eight of which were military dictatorships, Cifuentes
said. In Guatemala, the military decides the next
government, either by coup d'etat or fake elections,
he said.
A new era began in 1 976 when people, for the first
time since 1954, mobilized in the streets, Cifuentes
said. At this time, the National Committee of Trade
Union Workers became the vanguard of the resist
ance struggle, he said.
Another hallmark of this period was the organiza
tion of the miners' struggle in 1977.
In 1978, the government organized a new type of
death squad in the form of secret police, Cifuentes Ey Limy C. Ecilly
said. The government began a policy of selective
. repression and . published a . list., of people .they . .
wanted to kill because they represented the struggle
against government.' he said.
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afternoon.
Pop music and rock bands promote
attitudes 'destructive to all' Dobldn
Cifuentes said his name was on the list in December
1 978, and he learned what it was like to be in exile in
hi3 own country. In April 1979, the secret police
attempted to kidnap him in the capital city, he said.
After he escaped from the secret police, Cifuentes
said he found refuge at the city hall until His friends
could sneak him out to the country. Soon after this,
he left Guatemala, he said.
In the summer of 1930, 44 officials of the Trade
Workers' Union were kidnapped, Cifuentes said.
This, however, represents only repression in the
capital city rural areas are just as repressed, he
said.
One factor hurting the Guatemalan resistance is
the country's 22 different dialects and ethnic groups,
Cifuentes said. An effective struggle must be unified,
and it is hard to unite with language differences.
This lingual barrier is also a disadvantage because
it helps the government form an army, Cifuentes
said. The government can recruit young people from
one ethnic group and send them to fight a different
ethnic group. The soldiers dont realize they are still
fighting Guatemalans, he said.
The doors of democracy are closed, but the strug
gle in Guatemala slowly gains force, Cifuentes said.
A civil war has developed, of which the outside
world is not fully aware, he said.
Two programs presented in celebration of Wo-
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hating, Racism and Violence in the Tcp-Fcrty" and
"Mentoring and the Old Girl Network" provided new
insight into important women's issues.
Alix Dobkin, a writer, producer and performer
from New York, said that much of today's popular
music is "very destructive to all people."
Dobkin said today's popular music puts pressure
on men to perform sexually and is especially dan
gerous and damaging to women.
Many of the messages we hear in the mass media
are banal and stupid, Dobkin said. Much pc
music promotes the lowest level of infantile, boring
relationships, the worst attitudes and minimal men
tality. . ".
Along with her lecture, Dobkin presented a slide
show with offensive album cover examples and
popular music examples.
Dobkin cited examples of popular music which
promote violence against women. Michael Jackson's
Thrillsr video is based on a woman being terrorized,
Dobkin said.
Kick Springfield's hit "An Affair of the Heart" has
an offensive meeeege repeated softly over and over
in the background of the song: "I am the controller. I
want to seize you. I want to rape you," Dobkin said.
Nick Lowe's hit single, "Cruel to be Kind" has three
lyrics: "When I knock you down on the floor, you look
up at me and ask in your plaintive way. Thy do you
hit me over and over again?' And I reply that it is a
mystical thing. But you've got to be cruel to be kind,
it means I love you, baby."
Dobkin said people should learn to analyze what
"' thvre listening to and really heir what it is saying.
She encouraged everyone to talk back, assert them
selves and their identity by calling up radio stations
and complaining about offensive popular music or
mass media messages.
Barbara Kerr, Associate Professor of Educational
Psychology and Social Foundations, spoke about
the need for mentors amoung professional women
Thursday morning.
Mentoring and the Old Girl network is "what
women have always done and it is very feminine.
Women have always used relationships to make
decisions," Kerr said.
Kerr said that in college, there is a direct relation
ship between hard work and success. It is usually
after college that professional women need to iden
tify a mentor.
A mentor is also beneficial, "when youVe lost
direction in your field, or when you want to strike
out in a new field," Kerr said.
Kerr discussed ways in which a mentoringrelation
ship can begin: by offering new ideas or nelp that
would not be perceived as an obligation, by asking
for help in your field, by demonstrating excellence,
or by specializing in your work,
"Women networks are usually very diverse," Kerr
said. "In diversity there's strength. You can learn
about every field in a female network while male
networks are very specialized.
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Informative, thought-provoking, provacative.
These words have been used to describe public
television's question-and-answer program, Firing
Line. These words also can describe the show's host,
William F. Buckley. Jr.
Bucldey was in Lincoln this week to tape several
Firing Line shows at the NETV building on East
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' In an interview, ' Buckley talked about politics, .
presidents, and political parties. He said he has
"drawn fire" in the past for his controversial political
views presented on his weekly show and in hi?
column "On The Eight," which is syndicated in 300
newspapers throughout the world.
Buckley spent only 12 hours in Lincoln, which
included taping two one-hour sessions of Firing
Line, one with Nebraska Gov. Bob Kerrey, and one
with journalists from Lincoln; Des Mcines, Iowa; and
Kansas City, Mo. The topics discussed included
education, interest rates and farm programs, which
were part of the "Does America Have an Inferiority
Complex?" program.
Buckley has been the. show's host since it first
aired in 1966. Buckley describes the show's format
as an exchange of opinions.
The show's 18-year run has taken Buckley to such
places as London, Tel Aviv, Manila and Lincoln.
"I really enjoy coming to Nebraska," Buckley said.
"Two of my brothers married girls from Omaha, you
know."
Buckley said in the past, he spent a lot of time in
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"I really enjoy coming to Nebraska," Buckley said.
"Two of my brothers married girls from Omaha, you
know."
Buckley said in the past, he spent a lot of time in
Nebraska. ' . ". - . - ; . - .
"People have the image of Nebraska that you
would think they do: an agriculture state," Buckley
said. "And, of course, there is the football team."
Buckley said Nebraska is noted for its political
leaders, citing William Jennings Bryan. Buckley said
there have been only 10 or 15 political leaders since
Bryan.
There's only 50 states, so not many states do have
political leaders," Buckley said. - .
. The Nebraska Firing Line episodes will air May 6
at 5 p.m. and May 13 at 5 p,m.
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