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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Appeal for Chen Yu Poems - Urgent!
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:37:11 GMT

/* Written  8:52 am  Sep  8, 1992 by peacenet in cdp:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "Appeal for Chen Yu Poems - Urgent!" ---------- */
From: <peacenet>
Subject: Appeal for Chen Yu Poems - Urgent!

From hrcoord Mon Sep  7 14:40:43 1992
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>

/* Written  3:29 pm  Sep  7, 1992 by gn:robbieb in cdp:reg.china */
    TIN China News         7th September, 1992

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       APPEAL FOR CHEN YU POEMS - URGENT!
Lawyers acting for Liu Yijun, a Chinese poet facing deportation by the
British authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday, are appealing for someone
to provide a copy of her poems.

Just one of her poems, which were circulated amongst student protestors
in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 demonstrations, could save the 29
year old writer from being deported to China on Thursday.

Chinese students and pro-democracy activists who escaped from China
after 1989 may have kept a copy of her poems, and  universities with
collections of pro-democracy material from China are being asked to
search through their archives.

Especially important is a copy of a pamphlet containing Chen Yu's poems,
distributed amongst by students in the Square. The pamphlet included a
photograph of the writer and would show that she was involved in the
pro-democracy movement.

Mrs Baker appealed for anyone who has copies of the poems to contact her
urgently at the offices of Knight and Ho in Hong Kong (Room 906, Ritz
Building, 625 Nathan Rd, Kowloon, Hong Kong; fax: (852) 770 1331).
For full text, please see conf: <reg.china>.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Solidarity and Aid to Nicaragua
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 04:18:28 GMT

/* Written  7:49 pm  Sep  4, 1992 by web:acosbey in cdp:carnet.alerts */
/* ---------- "Solidarity and Aid to Nicaragua" ---------- */
From:
Zonny Woods
International Institute for
Sustainable Development (IISD)
Winnipeg, Canada
(204) 958-7723

Latest news re: earthquake in Nicaragua reports that the
magnitude of the quake was 7.2 on the Richter scale.  It affected
an area of 250 km from Puerto Corinto to San Juan del Sur. In
total 37 communities have been affected, 1,500 people injured. 
120 people are confirmed dead, and a further 180 are missing,
most of them children.  753 homes were destroyed.

The Red Cross in Costa Rica is organizing assistance.  If you
would like to help with donations of blankets, powdered milk and
other supplies, please contact: 

Alfredo Jimenez Montero
tel (506) 36-81-80  (home)
    (506) 24-65-25  (office)
fax (506) 24-65-25
E-mail: apid@huracan.cr
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Guatemala: Dateline Covers Guat Tonight
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Organization: PACH
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:46:54 GMT

/** reg.guatemala: 86.0 **/
** Topic: Dateline Covers Guat Tonight **
** Written 12:48 pm  Sep  8, 1992 by nisgua in cdp:reg.guatemala **




NISGUA -- The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
1314 14th St., NW
Washington, DC  20005
telephone:  202-483-0050 
fax:  202-234-1656
e-mail:  nisgua   


NBC's "Dateline" Program for September 8, 1992 to Cover the Issue
of US Corporate Responsibility in the Developing World, Including
Fuller Glue Co. and Central America. 


Tonight's "Dateline" program, on NBC stations at 10pm eastern,
9pm central, will include a segment about US corporate
responsibility.  The show will reportedly touch on the sale of
Resistol glue by the Minnesota-based manufacturer, Fuller Glue,
in Central America.  This glue is frequently used as an
intoxicant by street children in Guatemala.  
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Economic Democracy: CREDIT UNIONS (I) (autopost)
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Organization: PACH
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:30:04 GMT

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What Are Credit Unions?
[Based on a pamphlet:]

	"Do you know who pulls' the strings at _your_ financial
	institution? At a credit union, the control is in YOUR HANDS"

Credit unions are people-oriented financial institutions. Formed as
not-for-profit cooperatives, they operate for a single purpose: to
server their membership.

Americans saw the first U.S. credit uion established over 80 years go.
Since then, the credit union movement has grown to include over 60
million memberts nationwide. Credit unions are the fastest-growing
sector in the financial marketplace, and members hae the advantage of
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Credit unions exist to serve their membership, not to make a profit
for stockholders. The general membership, not a few shareholders,
elect the boards of directors and other committess that run credit
unions. Each member has one vote and an equal say in the credit
union's mission and operation. [I.e., "one member, one vote" not "one
dollar, one vote"] The benefits you receive as a member/owner of this
coperative effort include: lower interest charges on loans, higher
dividend rates, personal service and a wide variaty of products.

The cooperative spirit of credit unions is being threatened by other
finacial institutions and the U.S. Government. Pressue is being put on
our legislators to make credit unions just like other financial
institutions; they are attacking our "not for profit, but for service"
philosophy and the entire cooperative nature of credit unions. Any
change in the current status of credit unions couldmean higher loan
rates, lower savings rates, reduced services and control of your credit
union by a few wealthy shareholders. Let your legislators konw that
you support your member-owned cooperative. Support the credit union
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[Presented by the Finger Lakes Credit Unions, working together to
educate our members]


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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: IPS: Results of Nicaragua Tidal Wave
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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 14:36:32 GMT

/* Written 12:11 am  Sep  5, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:ips.englibrary */
/* ---------- "NICARAGUA: TIDAL WAVE SLAMS AN ALRE" ---------- */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Reference: Trade & Finance
Title: NICARAGUA: TIDAL WAVE SLAMS AN ALREADY DEBILITATED ECONOMY


san jose, sep 2 (ips/latin american desk) -- tuesday night's
tidal wave brought more human and material destruction to a
country whose gross domestic product (gdp) slumped from four
billion dollars to 1.5 billion dollars between 1970 and 1990.

the downward plunge in nicaragua's economy in that twenty-year
period was the cumulative result of natural disasters, social and
political conflict and environmental destruction.

the cycle of calamities to which the 15-metre waves that
flogged nicaragua's pacific coast on tuesday added their
destructive might, began with an earthquake that smashed the
capital, managua, in december 1972, killing 10,000 people and
razing the town almost entirely.

the nationwide insurrection in 1978-1979 against the
dictatorship of anastasio somoza, whose army bombed nicaragua's
main towns in trying to put down the rebellion, was followed by a
period of hope after the anti-somoza coalition won in july 1979.

but these illusions were nipped in the bud by a low intensity
war waged by anti-government rebels (contras), supported by the
administration of u.s. president ronald reagan, in the 1980s.

and as nicaragua battled with hyperinflation, the consequences
of the new civil war and a u.s.-imposed trade blockade,
'hurricane joan' swept through the country's atlantic coast in
1988, devastating tropical forests and destroying ports and
villages.

an protracted drought this year and now the tidal wave dim
even further the prospects of nicaragua's 3.5 million
inhabitants, flagellated by natural, political and economic
tragedies.

as a corollary to this cycle of disasters, the mismanagement
of harvests and post-harvest in nicaragua's agricultural sector
during the 11-year war against the contras irreparably damaged
the country's natural resources in addition to causing its
economy to lose millions of dollars.

according to nicaragua's agriculture ministry, national
problems have been aggravated by the degradation of water sources
caused by deforestation, wind and water erosion -- which led to
the disappearance of the best agricultural lands -- and the ill
effects of agrochemicals, pesticides and fertilizers.
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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: Who Were the "Contras" ? (V)
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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 09:54:13 GMT

Who Were the "Contras" ? (V)


"..The contras cross the border from their bases in Honduras to commit
acts of sabotage: burning cooperatives, blowing up bridges, killing
and kidnapping teachers, health workers, and farmers.

"The victims of contra terror include people like the Barreras, a
couple in their 60's who were well known and respected in the town of
Esteli'. Last year the Barreras volunteered to help pick coffee near
the boder because they felt this was part of their duty as
Christians.

"The couple was kidnapped by contras and taken to a town in Honduras.
There they were kept outside for four months and tortured daily as an
example --their torturers said-- of what would happen to Christians
who support the revolution. Later, other coffee pickers who managed to
escape brought back word that the Barreras were dead.

"By September, 1983, the contras had killed nearly 700 Nicaraguans and
had caused $600 million in damage to the economy..."

--Oxfam America report _Facts for Action_ -- "Nicaragua: Development
Under Fire" Sept. 1983


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* Nicaragua
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  FSLN     ACHIEVE   Documented: achievements of the Nica. revolution
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  NICA-84  ELECTION  Documented: Fair under Sandinistas; US subversion
  FAIRNESS NICA-USA  Flwup:`Is Nicaragua More Democratic than the US?'
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From: nyxfer%panix.com@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (N.Y. Transfer)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: NEWS:Anti-gay boss changes tune /WW
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:09:06 GMT
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>



Via The NY Transfer News Service ~ All the News that Doesn't Fit

Solidarity makes anti-gay boss change his tune

Bob McCubbin
San Diego

Gas station attendant Tom Delp was forced to quit his job at the
Unocal 76 in the heart of Hillcrest, San Diego's lesbian and gay
community, after three months of anti-gay harassment. Some
backward, bigoted men who worked at the gas station with Delp had
waged a terror campaign against him, one even putting a knife to
his throat.

The boss ignored Delp's complaints about verbal and physical
harassment. And when the group Queer Nation organized pickets to
challenge the anti-gay campaign, the station's owners issued a
defiant statement denying the charges and calling Delp a
"disgruntled" worker.

Five days and thousands of dollars in lost gas sales later, their
tune changed.

Gays and straights alike refused to cross the daily picket line
to buy gas. The sounds of car horns beeping support for the
boycott could be heard for blocks.

The settlement came on Aug. 16, after six days of picketing. It
was an important victory for the lesbian and gay community, and
for the workers' struggle.

Delp didn't want his job back. But the station owners agreed to
write a letter of apology to the lesbian and gay community and
send it to all the local media. The anti-gay workers who had
harassed and threatened Delp didn't recant or apologize, so they
were fired.

The gas station management also made a $1,000 donation to the
local Lesbian and Gay Community Center, and agreed to require all
bosses and workers to attend sensitivity training sessions at the
center.

(Copyright Workers World Service: Permission to reprint granted
if source is cited. For more info contact Workers World,46 W. 21
St., New York, NY 10010; "workers@igc.apc.org".)

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From: jym@mica.berkeley.edu (EcoNet via Jym Dyer)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment,ca.environment
Subject: NEWS: "God Squad" Never Saw Key Economic Study
Date: 15 Sep 92 06:53:38 GMT
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Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet sc.natlnews Conference]

=> Sep  3, 1992 by cdp:econet in web:sc.natlnews
=> God Squad Never Saw Key Economic Study

The U.S. Interior Department "failed to inform" members of the
so-called "God Squad" -- which voted in May to override the
Endangered Species Act and allow logging in 13 spotted owl-
inhabited forests in Oregon -- about a study showing that
logging would produce little economic benefit, according to
a report in the Portland Oregonian.

Members of the cabinet-level Endangered Species Committee --
commonly referred to as the God Squad -- were not given a
specially prepared economic analysis of proposed government
timber sales on the 13 Bureau of Land Management forests.

The study -- which showed that logging would boost income and
employment in the affected counties by less than 1.5 percent --
was prepared by Interior Department staff specifically to aid
the committee in its decision. But the study was not included
in the packets of information given to committee members by the
Interior Department. Committee members had to request the study
separately.

An Interior Department spokesman told the Oregonian that some
members of the committee did request the data. But other members
of the committee said they never heard of the study.

Under the Endangered Species Act, the God Squad is allowed to
exempt certain areas from the Endangered Species Act only if the
economic benefits "clearly outweigh the benefits of alternative
courses of action consistent with conserving the species or its
critical habitat."

Alex Levinson, litigation coordinator for the Sierra Club, which
is suing the Bush administration over the God Squad's actions,
called the study's findings "further evidence that the God Squad
decision was based primarily on election-year politics, rather
than economic or environmental considerations, as is required
under the law.

"This is a shining example of the administration's desire to
undermine the Endangered Species Act," Levinson said.

Vic Sher, a Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund attorney who
represented environmentalists during the God Squad proceedings,
told the Oregonian that the administration's actions with regard
to the economic study were "consistent with the manipulation of
the process that we've seen from the start."

Despite the God Squad decision, the forests may still not be
logged anytime in the near future due to a federal injunction.
The injunction affects all Oregon BLM timber sales in spotted
owl habitat since Jan. 1 of this year.

In issuing the injunction, U.S. District Judge Helen Frye ruled
that the BLM's environmental impact statements for logging on
these lands were inadequate -- a violation of the National
Johnson in the Sierra Club's Northwest office at 206/621-1696.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Richard Koch <rkoch@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Update on Senate IMET decision
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:27:20 GMT

/* Written 10:49 pm  Sep 14, 1992 by cscheiner in cdp:reg.easttimor */
/* ---------- "Update on Senate IMET decision" ---------- */
The battle over military aid to Indonesia still goes on.

Although the House of Representatives unanimously voted to cut US-provided
military training for the Indonesian army for next year, the Senate has
been under a lot of pressure from General Electric, AT&T, and other
groups which profit from Indonesia's repression.

As of Monday afternoon, the Senate Appropriations Foreign Operations
Subcommittee has bucked reponsibility for the decision up to the full
Appropriations Committee. The vote will not be tomorrow, as we had thought,
and probably not this week at all. 

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), Committee Chairman, seems to be wavering in his
opposition to cutting IMET. He could use as many phone calls as possible, to
his Appropriations Committee staff (Mark D'Amato) at 202-224-7200.

All Senators can be called through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
In addition to calling Byrd and the nearest appropriations committee members,
the Senators from your home state should be called, as there is likely to be
a floor debate and vote on this issue, perhaps next week.

Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee are:

Stevens     Ted          Alaska         R 
DeConcini   Dennis       Arizona        D 
Fowler, Jr. Wyche        Georgia        D 
Inouye      Daniel K.    Hawaii         D 
Grassley    Charles E.   Iowa           R 
Harkin      Tom          Iowa           D 
Johnston    J. Bennett   Louisiana      D 
Mikulski    Barbara A.   Maryland       D 
Cochran     Thad         Mississippi    R 
Bond        Christopher S.Missouri      R 
Kerrey      J. Robert    Nebraska       D 
Reid        Harry        Nevada         D 
Rudman      Warren B.    New Hampshire  R 
Lautenberg  Frank R.     New Jersey     D 
Domenici    Pete V.      New Mexico     R 
D'Amato     Alfonse M.   New York       R 
Nickles     Don          Oklahoma       R 
Hatfield    Mark O.      Oregon         R 
Specter     Arlen        Pennsylvania   R 
Hollings    Ernest F.    South Carolina D 
Gramm       Phil         Texas          R 
Garn        Jake         Utah           R 
Leahy       Patrick J.   Vermont        D 
Gorton      Slade        Washington     R 
Adams       Brock        Washington     D 
Byrd        Robert C.    West Virginia  D 
Kasten      Robert W.    Wisconsin      R 

-- Charles Scheiner, ETAN/US

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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: Strike in Sri Landa's "Free Trade Zone"
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:44:44 GMT

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Topic 200       Sri-lanka: Strike in FTZ 
jagdish apc.labour      10:41 pm  Sep 14, 1992 
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Subject: Sri-lanka: Strike in FTZ 
From: Jagdish Parikh <jagdish@chasque.apc.org> 

Dear friends, You may find following news interesting. Jagdish Parikh 
(Labornet on-line coordinator) 
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 23:57:19 PDT 
From: kashyapa@iris-8.ce.berkeley.edu (K.A.S. Yapa) 
Message-Id: <9209140657.AA01276@iris-8.ce.Berkeley.EDU> 
To: labornet@igc.apc.org 

09/04 0723  OVER 500 EMPLOYEES IN SRI LANKA'S FREE TRADE ZONE ON STRIKE 

COLOMBO (SEPT. 4) XINHUA - Dismissal of a local employee by South 
Korean  managers  of  a free trade zone (FTZ) factory triggered a 
strike of 500 Sri Lankan  employees  Thursday,  local  newspapers 
reported today. 
   The workers who said the managers were maltreating  the  local 
staff  demanded better pay and more amenities if production is to 
resume in the leather bag factory near Colombo international air- 
port. 
   The worker  was  dismissed  because  he  was  absent  for  two 
minutes,  his  fellow  workers  said.   He  also charged that the 
management deprived him of his chance to explain as  required  by 
Sri Lankan labor law. 
   Free trade zone sources said that the issue is  being  handled 
cautiously  with  a  view to normalizing the situation as further 
spread of labor unrest could harm the island's ambitious  invest- 
ment program. 
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From: Greg Dunkel <JOSCU%CUNYVM.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject:      NEWS: Successful protest against Bush's Haitian policy
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:17:22 GMT

According to press reports here in New York, 95 people -- most prominent
being Arthur Ashe -- were arrested in front of the White House,
Wednesday Sept. 9.  There were over 500 people, mainly African Americans
and Haitians at the demonstration.

The protest was called to say "Haitians are locked out because they're
Black and want true democracy with the unconditional return to power of
President Jean Bertrand Aristide."  The call for the demo also said
"Bush's refugee policy is racist."

The sponsors of the demo were TransAfrica, NAACP and the Coalition of
Haitian Organizations.

I think it is very significant that such a large and militant demonstra-
tion took place at the start of the national election campaign;  the
activists who were arrested, or even present, were saying that voting is
not enough -- to change policy you have to get into the streets.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,alt.politics.elections