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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: UK: Women March Against Violence
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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:24:23 GMT


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from the European Counter Network (ECN) London

15 December 1992

THE WOMEN ARE MARCHING

November 25th is the International Day to End Violence Against
Women. In Britain, on Saturday 28th, women marched
to Trafalgar Square in London to protest against the global
attacks on women's rights and bodies. The numbers started at
around 2000 but swelled to 4000 as women joined the march.

In the square, speakers were hampered by the fact that the
Department of the Environment (the government department
responsible for Trafalgar Square) would not allow the
electricity to be switched on. Thus the speakers, from a diverse
number of groups, organisations and campaigns, were forced to
shout into a megaphone. A woman speaker from Yugoslavia
was visibly distressed s she was forced to shout atrocities
inflicted on women in the war, into a crowd that still could not
hear her.

Violence against women is global. It ranges from domestic
violence to the international sex trade, to imperialism such as
the British occupation of Northern Ireland, to pornography, to
the new colonialism, to the physical and political violation
that is the 'disabled health service', to female genital
mutilation.

As all these women, from all these internationally focused
campaigns, spoke of struggle and resistance to a cheering
audience, it was impossible not to realise that women must
stand up and link across the world. Isolated, we fight alone,
together we are an unstoppable force.

There followed a minute's silence, to remember the women who
have had their lives taken from them. Last year the song
"I will survive" was then played and women danced in Trafalgar
Square. There being no electricity, this year we sang it.
We finished by making a minute's noise- because women have
always been silenced.

It was an incredibly moving and uplifting experience. I personally
felt profoundly exhilarated and re-energized. Across the world:
Women's Tradition; Struggle not Submission.

for information contact: November 25th Women's Action, 52 -54
Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8DB.

(written by Sam Murdoch, from: 'Bad Attitude'- radical women's
newspaper, 121 Railton Road, London SE24 OLR)


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   "To derail concern over whether you should _support_their_policy_,
the PR system focuses attention on whether you _support_our_troops_ --
meaningless words, as empty as the question of whether you support the
people of Iowa.

   "That of course, is just the point: to reduce the population to
gibbering idiots, mouthing empty phrases and patriotic slogans, waving
ribbons, watching gladiatorial contests and the models designed for
them by the PR industry, but, crucially, not thinking or acting.

	--Noam Chomsky, "Post War Teach-In," _Z_, Apr. '91

[For more about Z, email harelb@math.cornell.edu]


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From: Hank Roth <odin@halcyon.halcyon.com>
Subject: Report hate crimes on Hateline
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:49:35 GMT

                           R E P O R T    
 
                           A   H A T E  
 
                            C R I M E 
 
 
              If you have been a victim or a witness
          to bigory, racism, or homophobia, or you have 
                seen evidence in your community of 
                       KLAN, NAZI, SKINHEAD,
             or other organized hate group activity, 
 
        Please call National Hate Crimes Statistics line:
 
                        1-800-347-H A T E
 
 
                        In North Carolina
 
                               CALL
 
                    North Carolinians Against 
                  Racist and Religious Violence
 
                          1-800-253-5812
 
 
                   (If you have a number of an 
                 organization in your state that 
                  opposes Racism, list it here.)
 

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Subject: Cuba Newsbriefs 12/21 ed-lp
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:21:06 GMT


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From el diario/La Prensa 12/21/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Cuba Elects Provincial Representatives

The National Electoral Commission said on Dec. 20 that at
least 75% of the 7 million people of voting age in Cuba voted in
the regional elections for delegates to the municipal assemblies.
Nearly 14,000 delegates were elected from among 28,000 aspirants.
They will represent 169 municipalities. Fidel Castro said he was
satisified with the way the elections were carried out. According
to Castro the new elections kindled the interest and attraction
of the population even in the difficult times the country is
experiencing. (edlp 12/21/92 from NOTIMEX-EFE)


Former Cuban Major Removes Family from Cuba

A Cuban Air Force Commander who left Cuba two years ago in
his Mig-23 jet and took up residence in Florida returned to Cuba
on Dec. 19 to retrieve his wife and children. Orestes Lorenzo
Perez landed a small private Cessna 310 on a highway near
Varadero in Havana, where his wife and children awaited him, then
took them to Miami. (edlp 12/21/92 from AFP) Lorenzo said he had
to get them in this manner because numerous legal efforts to have
them join him in the US were unsuccessful. The airplane was
loaned to Lorenzo by the Valladares Foundation*. (edlp 12/21/92
from EFE)

[*We have no futher information as yet on the Valladares
Foundation.  -- NY Transfer]



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"My country is the world and my religion is to do good."
          -Thomas Paine

[Submitted by foy@aerospace.aero.org  (Richard Foy)]


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From Chapter 16 (the Media) in Sexton's _The War on Labor and the Left_:


    Conservative views are distributed to the public via the
    business-owned mass media -- a media more tightly monopolized by
    big business than in any comparable democracy.

    [...] 

    In 1982, only fifty corporate giants controlled half or more of
    the U.S. media, including magazines, daily newspapers, television
    stations, radio stations, book publishers, and movie studios, and
    these fifty had interlocking financial interests with other giant
    corporations and with a few large international banks. By 1986,
    the fifty were down to only twenty-nine, and by 1987, to
    twenty-six...

    The media monopoly makes an absurdity of conservative claims about
    "freedom of the press" and bring into question the major
    constitutional privileges grated the press on the premise of
    diversity and open competition.

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Subject: PRESS RELEASE: WOMEN'S PEACE DELEGATION
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                                     PRESS RELEASE

                  WOMEN'S PEACE DELEGATION OF THE 
                   MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE

DECEMBER 21, 1992		CONTACT: PENNY ROSENWASSER
					                   9722895085 PHONE
						              9722894023 FAX

	The Women's Peace Delegation to Israel and Palestine, 
sponsored by the Middle East Children's Alliance, consisting of 
women from the United States and Great Britain, today issues 
the following statement.
	"We are outraged by the illegal deportation of over 400 
Palestinians from their rightful homeland and demand the 
Israeli Government's immediate compliance with U.N. 
Resolution 799.  We further demand that the U.N. and our 
governments enforce the U.N. Resolution.
	"We have witnessed the inhumane conditions in refuge 
camps, the effects of military actions on unarmed children, the 
institutionalized denial of basic human rights, and the 
"administrative detention" of teenagers.  We have seen the 
sealed homes and the confiscated lands and have witnessed 
the systematic discrimination of the Palestinian people.
	"As women we are appalled by the recent action of the 
Israeli Government and we call upon women from around the 
world to protest this injustice."

	Signed:	Gloria Al-Ajarmoh, Brighton, England
			Joyce Bacon, Corona, California
			Ellen Barfield, Dallas, Texas
			Amy Beth, Brooklyn, New York
			Janet Coe, Mill Valley, California
			Reem Diab, Chicago, Illinois
			Lindsey Dobson, St. Paul, Minnesota
			Patricia Dobson, Chicago, Illinois
			Arla Ertz, San Francisco, California
			Diane Goldstein, San Francisco, California
			Augustine Grodson, Tucson, Arizona
			Esther Neuwirth, San Francisco, California
			Toni Roberts, New York, New York
			Penny Rosenwasser, Oakland, California
			Dorothy Sauber, Minneapolis, Minnesota




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Subject: Asian women on strike in England
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from: ECN London

15 December 1992

BURNSALLS STRIKE

-Asian women at Burnsalls, a metal finishing company in
Smethwick, have been on strike since June for better health and
safety, equal pay, and union rights. Conditions in the factory
were so bad that one worker suffered a miscarriage after her
request to be transferred to lighter duties was refused by
management.

The women have had strong community support with over 300 people
attending picket lines on Saturdays. On 28
November hundreds of people joined a march through Birmingham in
support of the strikers. The women are determined
to continue with their struggle. In the words of one striker,
Kuldip Dhaliwal, "We're not going to leave the picket line till
we win".

Strikers have faced intimidation from management and scab
workers. A striker's car was recently sprayed with acid.

send donations/ messages of support to: Burnsalls Strike Fund,
GMB Will Thorne House, 2 Birmingham Road, Halesowen
B63 3HP.

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Internet Connection to Congress
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Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:01:38 GMT

/** pn.announcemen: 50.0 **/
** Topic: Internet Connection to Congress **
** Written 10:38 pm  Jan  1, 1993 by peacenet in cdp:pn.announcemen **
~From: <peacenet>
~Subject: Internet Connection to Congress

/* Written 11:10 pm  Dec 30, 1992 by jlohrmann@igc.apc.org in igc:elections.usa */
~From: <jlohrmann>
~Comments:     Originally-From: loeb@ai.mit.edu (Eric Loeb)
~From: Lee Sakkas <URLS@MARISTC.BITNET>
~Subject:      News from Eric Loeb on Congress/Internet connectivity

This came this morning from Eric Loeb at MIT via one of the
Clinton servers.  It is definitely a step in the right direction
and I think he has the right idea on how we can utilize our
skills to good advantage to help promote and nurture it.
Lee Sakkas
--------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------

It turns out that all members of the House of Reps.
are going to have the option of accepting email over
an internet gateway to the House system as of January.

The new House system (ISIS) will be released then.  It
is in test now.

I would recommend that we all go out and volunteer to help
our local congressional district office with their
computers.  At some point we will also each need to take
some responsibility for getting a good lobbying effort
going within our districts, so that our congress-people
will know that the Internet connection is desired by the
constituents.


eric

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        "The Salvadorian Government maintains that `death squad'-style
killings are the work of extremist groups beyond its control. However,
there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that the squads are made up
of regular troops and police -- that they form an intrinsic part of
the security apparatus" [Back cover]

	--Amnesty International, _El Salvador: ``Death Squads'' -- A
	Government Strategy_ 
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From el diario/La Prensa 12/21/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.

Panama Observes Third Anniversary of US Invasion

The third anniversary of the US invasion of Panama, which took
place in December, 1989, was observed by a mass in front of the
common grave of 108 military and civilian victims of the invasion.
Hundreds of people who had lived in the El Chorrillo neighborhood
in Panama City, the area most damaged by the invasion, were left
homeless. They attended a mass in the Church of Fatima and had a
vigil and procession with candles and torches on Dec. 19.

According to the Panamanian and US governments, over 500 people
were killed as a result of the invasion. [Other sources place the
figure much higher. See the film "The Panama Deception," among
other sources.] According to this AP story appearing in el
diario/La Prensa, some 2,722 families were affected by the bombing
of the Central Headquarters, the main offices of defeated General
Manuel Noriega. The Church said that although Panama is living in
"democracy and freedom" and if 2,135 families have been given
homes, there are still families of victims who have not been
indemnified and others who have not been compensated for the
damaged done to their homes. (edlp 12/21/92 from AP)



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    "One evening I walked along Kham Thiem Street where at ten
minutes past ten on the night of December 26, 1972, a bomb had struck
every third house; and every day since an old nicotine-stained figure
had kept a vigil at one of these gaps.  His name was Hoang Van Dung
and he alone survived where 283 died in a crushed block of flats.
'We were mostly the old, women and children.  There was no time to
reach the shelters,' he said.

    "Then he asked, 'Are you Russian?  German?'  I said I wondered
what he would say if I was American.  At this, the small crowd that
had followed me pressed forward to hear his reply.  'If you are an
American,' he said, 'I shall ask you to inform your presidents that
before they bomb us again, they should remember that a reed has two
choices: it must bend or grow stronger.  Some of us died, but we did
not bend.  And one other thing.  Your presidents should not forget
about the singing.  All through the night we sang. All the children
and me with my terrible old voice.  Singing, you see, is louder than
bombs.'"

-- John Pilger recounting his conversation with a survivor of Nixon
and Kissinger's "Christmas Bombing" of Hanoi, 1972 (ibid. *Heroes*
Sydney: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1986)

From: "Sleep furiously. Dream from the neck down." <M.Lane@sheffield.ac.uk>


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Subject: Timor: Xanana's "appeals" a forgery
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/** reg.easttimor: 350.1 **/
** Written  2:50 pm  Dec 28, 1992 by gn:tapol in cdp:reg.easttimor **
Xanana's alleged surrender appeals are forgery
 
Memorandum to Solidarity Groups from Jose Ramos-Horta
28 December 1992
 
1.   I completely endorse John MacDougall's analysis of Xanana
Gusmao's alleged letters appealing to FALINTIL fighters to
surrender. Therefore I do not need to elaborate further.
 
2.   Courtesy of TAPOL I received a faxed copy of the alleged
letters published by 'Jawa Pos' on 6 December 1992. I did not
need to have a closer look to conclude that the letters are
very amateurish forgery.
 
3.   I have numerous hand-written letters from Xanana and
others that are type-written with his signature dating from at
least two years ago till as recently as the first week of
November 1992, two weeks before his capture. None of these
letters bear a remote resemblance to the ones published by
Jawa Pos. Xanana's signature is not that easily forged. There
are some details in the signature which only I and Xanana know
about that indicate whether a signature had been or not
forged.
 
4.   Regarding certain statements emanating from Lisbon and
Maputo, I have written a piece for Diario de Noticias which I
believe answer all the questions. I believe that it had been
published. I hope that CDPM will provide an English
translation.
 
5.   Wish you all a Happy New Year!
 
Jose Ramos-Horta,
Special representative, CNRM
 
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From Chapter 16 (the Media) in Sexton's _The War on Labor and the Left_:

The newspaper owner, Liegbling writes, "is a rather large employer of 
labor," is "forced to deal with unions in all department of his 
enterprise, and is as unlikely as any other employer to be on their 
side" 

...Most important is the general climate of opinion created by the 
[corporate] media: good news about business and bad news, or more 
often no news at all, about labor. Typically, the media slight news 
about corporate crimes (or bury it in drab business pages) and give 
prominence to union misdeeds; they celebrate business leaders and 
commit labor leaders to limbo or worse. In recent times, the media 
have withdrawn reporters from labor beats, so that labor news is 
either blacked out or distorted by reporters unfamiliar with 
the labor scene. 

In a 1939 book, New Deal "brain truster" Harold Ickes claimed that the 
press's lack of sympathy for unionism ranged "from the polite 
unfriendliness of the dignified New York Times to the vociferous 
hostility of the reactionary Los Angeles Times" 

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By Professor Patricia Cayo Sexton 
Westview Press -- Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford 
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