Screed 9 THE FOSTER FOLLOW-UP
A few days after the death of Marcus Foster, the Oakland Board of Education voted not to deploy police advisors in the schools and not to institute the system of voluntary identification cards. The Board had continued to meet vigorous opposition from organizations of Blacks and other racial minorities, and may have yielded to these pressures more readily after the death of the moderate and intelligent Foster. Though filled with cyanide buckshot, Blackburn was still alive. In Comniunique No. 2, this time a mere 'Notification", the SLA "Court of the People" responded to both the new developments. Vaguely but unmistakably, it took credit for blocking the two security measures. And since its appeal was to uneducated and easily impressed people, it felt able to insinuate that Blackburn had either died with Foster or been kept alive by medical treatment available only to the "rich ruling caste".
SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY
WESTERN REGIONAL YOUTH UNIT
Communique No. 2
Notification: Court Order
Subject: The board of EducationDate: November 15, 1973
Issued By: The Court of the of the People
It has come to the attention of The Symbionese Liberation Army and The Court of the People that the fascist Board of Education has made an attempt to heed and respect the rights and wishes of the people by stating that they will not continue to take part in crimes committed against the children and the life of the people. Therefore, it is the decision of this court that the SHOOT ON SIGHT warrant issued November 6, 1973, be rescinded, and that all forces of the S.L.A. and the People's Army halt their attack on this aspect of the fascist enemy state. However, in the event that the fascist Board of Education does attempt to disguise their intentions and at any time reinstates programs of Political Police Forces in our schools, Forced Youth Identification cards, and contributions to the Internal Warfare Identification Computer System, then the Death Warrant Order is to be immediately reactivated without warning.
The Forces of The Symbionese Liberation Army commend people for their courage in refusing to fall prey to offers of ibery and rewards to be given for information which the enemy then use against the defenders of the people. We praise the spirt determination and strength of the vast Black, Chicano, Asian and conscious white communities of the Oakland-Berkeley area, and remind the enemy rich ruling class that the people will always understand the effectiveness and tactics of revolutionary justice, and will never be deceived by the distortions and lies of the fascist news media. Marcus Foster has been likened to one of our slain leaders. We ask, who has ever heard of a Martin Luther King on the Philadelphia Crime Commission? Who has ever heard of a Martin Luther King having an aide who is a CIA agent, formerly acting as director of education for the Peace Corps in East Africa? We are all well aware that the fascist news media seeks to condition us by repressing the truth.
The people have seen no evidence to indicate that Deputy Superintendant Blackburn is in fact still alive. Traditionally, the facist news media is quick to display photographs of members of enemy state who have managed to survive revolutionary justice and the will of the people. Usually we would see the enemy as he
lays [sic] in his plush, private hospital room, while the wounds of oppressed people remain unattended. However, if Blackburn is alive, we, The Symbionese Liberation Army and The Court of the People wish to point out the contradiction between the medical care received by those who represent the rich ruling class, and that received by members of the poor and oppressed communities. It is obvious that medical technology does exist and that is a question of who receives the benefits of such care? Tyrone Guyton was shot down, handcuffed, and allowed to bleed to death in the gutter. For too long we have seen our people die from the enemy's bullets.
"DEATH TO THE FASCIST INSECT THAT PREYS UPON THE LIFEOF THE PEOPLE."
