It is requested that any issues remaining on her Militant subscription be sent to a worker behind bars. She has also requested that donations be sent to the Militant Fund campaign so that others will be able to read the truth about the cruelty of capitalism and the fights that workers are waging against it in order to create a humane world.

Sylvia Hansen

Santee, California

More on O.J. Simpson
A co-worker, after reading Naomi Craine's commentary on the second O.J. Simpson trial, began a conversation with me strongly disagreeing with the position taken in the article. He also raised arguments similar to one's made by Kathleen Denny printed March 31.

One of the differences between the Simpson re-trial and those inaugurated by the federal government in the l960s is that, in those days, perpetrators of bigoted inspired violence were always found innocent by all-white juries no matter how blatant the crimes were that they committed against Blacks in the South. The initial trials were not trials at all.

There is another matter at stake in the civil action against Simpson. I believe class conscious workers are in favor of individuals being able to sue corporations and the capitalist state for financial compensation for the suffering and hardship caused by their actions and it goes without saying that the individuals involved in these actions should be held criminally liable. However, I don't think class conscious workers favor either the state or private individuals being able to sue other individuals for financial compensation.

This is aimed at trying to pauperize the working class and represents, therefore, a danger to the class regardless of whether the person is innocent or guilty. It also only one step away from reinstituting debtor's prison, a thing abolished with the American Revolution of 1776.

John Votava

Chicago, Illinois

Notes from subscribers
I did not renew sub to People's Weekly World. It indirectly supported President. Clinton, by not criticizing him during the November election. That did it! For the revolution...

J.E.

Hot Springs, Montana

Less coverage about problems with capitalism - we know this. Talk about solutions - what we can do to help, in our communities, in a realistic way. (Positive promotion of socialism).

G.L.

Pontiac, Michigan

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