Tom L. notes: >Tomorrow, April 28th is workers memorial day. Workers Memorial Day is dedicated >to the people who get killed and injured everyday on the job. On April 28th 1987, Ben Linder was out doing his job: taking water measurements on wier he had built, to determine the potential for small hydroelectric plant development in norther Nicaragua. Laying in wait was a contra "task force". Shots were fired, grenades thrown, and 3 were killed: Ben and two Nicaraguan co-workers. Some months later his folks got an envelope from the State Department; in it were his watch, wallet and a few other things. When asked who was responsible for his son's death, David Linder, Ben's father, responded "someone, who was paid by someone, who was paid by someone ... and all the way down the president of the United States." Ben and I were close; we shared a room in Mataglapa; his wake was held in the office I shared with three nicaraguan co-workers. I was still doing architecture then; my first bit of design work actually built in Nicaragua was the structure around is tombstone. Tomorrow night at the local factory workers union meeting hall we'll be talking about Nicaragua, Ben, teh future. Take a moment tomorrow for Ben; and for all the others sacrificed on the alter of profit of reasons of state. Thanks- Tom Tom Kruse Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-4) 248242 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
