BLANCO
Six professors at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University in Philadelphia were the signers of a letter circulated in the Pennsylvania area last month. The letter appealed to other pronminent academicians to si a message to President Francisco Belainde Terry of Peru asking for the release of Hugo Blanco and his fellow prisoners. More than 30 signatures were obtained from professors and other academic figures.
In their appeal, the original six professors explained:
"We are writing to you on behalf of Hugo Blanco, a courageous Peruvian fighter for the rights of the common man, now imprisoned by the dictatorial government of his native country and facing possible summary execution."
After explaining the facts of Blanco's work as a peasant organizer, his arrest, long imprisonment and trial before a military court, the professors ask their colleagues to "join this international campaign to save a brave and humane man's life and become a signer of a letter from the Philadelphia area to the President of Peru demanding immediate release for Blanco."
Pointing to the urgency of the appeal, the six warn:
"Only his death, the government
feels, will close the books on a figure
commanding so much popular support. The
military court is only testing the winds,
waiting for an opportune moment to catch
unawares the Peruvian people and defend-
ers of civil liberties and human rights
around the world. Then they will murder
Hugo Blanco."
The appeal was signed by Prof.
Robert Rutman, Dept. of Chemistry, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania; Prof. leo Hurvitch,
Psychology Department, University of
Pennsylvania; Prof. Thomas Bradley
Swarthmore College; Prof. Gaylord leroy,
English Department, Temple University;
Prof. Carl Niebyl, Department of Business
Administration, Temple University; and
Prof. Edward Herman, Department of Fi-
nance, University of Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile in Madison, Wisconsin,
200 students braved a rainstorm to par-
ticipate in a salute to Cuba July 26.
Organized by the Young Socialist Alliance,
the meeting at the University of Wiscon-
sin heard an appeal for the liberation of
all Latin-American political prisoners,
including Américo Martin and Félix Leonet
in Venezuela, Hugo Blanco in Peru, Régis
Debray and Hugo Gonzfles Moscoso in
Bolivia, Adolfo Gilly in Mexico and the
new victims of the Mexican witch-hunt
recently arrested there.
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In this issue
Detroit, the Biggest So Far -- An Eyewitness Account -- by Evelyn Sell U.S. Citizen is Deported from Mexico -- by Manolo Sarmiento A Flaw in the Pentagon Strategy? Stokely Carmichael at OLAS A Salute to the Cuban Revolution from France U.S. Figures Send Greetings to OLAS Régis Debray Case: Bolivian Judge States "Debray is as Good as Dead"
Assesses Balaguer's First Year -~ by Antonio Valdés Dominican Communist Party Is Guillermo Lobatén Still Alive? Mexican Government Launches New Witch-Hunt Victims of Mexican Witch-Hunt Imprisoned Without Trial Witch-Hunt Prisoners Charge Brutal Physical and Mental Torture What McNamara Said After His Trips to Vietnam Hugo Blanco Case: