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Phony "VVAW"

By VVAW

We have heard, from a few areas of the country, that the Revolutionary Communist Party is continuing to pretend to be VVAW. These throwbacks to the cult of James Jones in Guyana and very like the Moonies have tried before to use VVAW's names to push their nonsense and sound legitimate. VVAW took them to court where they agreed to stop using the symbol, the name and our masthead for THE VETERAN.

Of course their word was worthless. Most places they stopped using the name out of a legitimate fear of VVAW, but in areas where VVAW is weak or where there is no chapter, they still try to steal the name. So, if you hear of some pimply-faced 19-year-old claiming to be VVAW or see some bedraggled individual, donation can hung around his/her neck, a button of Bob Avakian (their guru) on his/her chest, with newspapers in one hand and strange posters in the other—that' not us!