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From: Ron Buckmire <buckmr%rpi.edu@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: BOYCOTT COLORADO!
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:19:52 GMT



    Please support the boycott of all of Colorado by purchasing fabulous
"Boycott Colorado!  The HATE State"  postcards, designed after our
state license plates.  On the back the caption reads, "On November 3,
1992, Colorado became the first state in the nation to add legalized
discrimination against Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals to its constitution.
Colorado Governors' office (303) 866-2471
Colorado Department of Tourism (800)433-2656"

   Send $1 per 5 cards plus $1.50 postage and handling to:

      Project VisAbility
      P.O. Box 1823
      Boulder, CO
      80306
      USA

Buy as many as you like and make sure all your friends get the word!
We need your help so this legislative backpedaling doesn't spread to
other states... like yours!


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RON BUCKMIRE
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From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
Subject: Union Urges Bush to Give Christmas Eve Leave to Federal Workers
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 23:22:38 GMT

Here is a press release from the National
Treasury Employees Union (NTEU).

 Union Urges Bush to Give Christmas Eve Leave to Federal Workers
 To: National Desk, Labor Writers
 Contact: George King or Sue Holliday, 202-783-4444 or
          202-508-3730 or after hours: 703-849-8737 (King) or
          301-608-0374 (Holliday)

   WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The leader of the National
Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today asked President Bush to grant
administrative leave to all non-essential federal employees on
Dec. 24.
   "From Operation Desert Storm to the relief efforts for Hurricane
Andrew, federal employees have proven their dedication to helping the
nation in times of need," wrote NTEU President Robert M. Tobias in a
letter to Bush. Tobias said granting the paid leave would "show your
appreciation for your employees' dedication and hard work" and "would
be a most appropriate and welcome gesture."
   Tobias added that federal employees "continue to perform at high
quality levels despite often difficult budget constraints."
   "Federal employee productivity increased by 2.8 percent from 1989
to 1990 while productivity in the non-farming business sector
decreased by 0.3 percent (according to the most recent data available
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics)." Tobias also wrote.
   NTEU is the largest independent federal employees union,
representing more than 140,000 federal workers in the Internal
Revenue Service, Customs Service, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and
other federal agencies.
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From: "Steve Carr" <rthr427%emx.cc.utexas.edu@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: FTP site with handicap information
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:14:45 GMT



Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 00:46:07 GMT
From: philm@tenet.EDU (Phillip Montgomery)
Subject: RE: hello
Organization: The Texas Education Network

Their is a ftp site that specializes in handicaped infomation, the address
is as follows:

 ftp handicap.shel.isc.br.com
 ftp 129.189.4.184

The day I logged on it seemed to have a variety of different files.

This might be of interest to all teachers of Special Students.

Phillip Montgomery, Technology Coordinator
Physics, Physical Science Instructor
Cotulla ISD     VC: (210) 879-2374
P.O. Box 699     FAX: (210) 879-2454
Cotulla, TX 78014    TENET: philm@tenet.edu

      =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
      |Steve Carr                         carr@emx.cc.utexas.edu|
      |Dept. of Radio-TV-Film             512/471-4071          |
      |University of Texas at Austin      fax: 512/471-4077     |
      |Austin TX  78712                                         |
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My ideas are my own, and do not necessarily represent the University of
Texas.

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From: odin@netlink.cts.com (Hank Roth)
Subject: << SOMALIA DEMONSTRATION >>
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:54:38 GMT

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               E M E R G E N C Y    A I D    Y E S!
 
          M I L I T A R Y     O C U P A T I O N    N O!
 
                           U.S. TROOPS
                         OUT OF SOMALIA!
 
                      D E M O N S T R A T E
 
                       MONDAY, DECEMBER 21
 
   New York, Herald Square, 34th St. & 6th Ave............ 5 PM
   San Francisco, Powell and Market Sts................... 5 PM
 
 
           Initiated by the INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER
   Nationally Coordinated Demonstrations....Call (212) 633-6646
 
 
 
 

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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: Menchu Invites PIP to Mexico City
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 23:26:22 GMT


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From el diario/La Prensa 12/15/92

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

Menchu Invites Puerto Rican Independence Party to Mexico City

Nobel Peace Prize Winner and activist Rigoberta Menchu invited
members of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) to deposit
the parchment with her in the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. Ruben
Berrios, President of the PIP, said Menchu's action meant an
acknowledgement of Puerto Rico's status as a sovereign nation.
Party spokespeople said that Menchu's recognition would put Puerto
Rico on the political map and would serve to underscore the
colonialism that still exists on the island. (edlp 12/18/92 byline
Claudio Alverez Dunn)


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From: Kerry Miller <ASTINGSH%KSUVM.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject:      Defense Fund for John Shumaker
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:20:17 GMT


DEFENSE FUND ESTABLISHED FOR ACTIVIST

John Shumaker, anti-nuclear and environmental Peace Acivist was
arrested October 16, 1992 for criminal mischief -- a Class C felony -
- in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He spent two and a half days in Black
Hawk County jail in Waterloo, Iowa, and was relesed on his own
recognizance.

He maintains his innocence, but a defense fund is needed to pay for
his legal defence. An outstanding environmental attorney, Wallace
Taylor, is representing John, at $85 an hour. To cover these
expenses, the John Shumaker Defense Fund has been established.
Please send your contributions to:
Terry Rediger
1933 Castle St
Waterloo, Iowa 50702

John has been involved in the defense of Mother Earth since his
graduation from the Univ. of Iowa in 1979. In 1984, in Portland,
Oregon, he sat on the tracks to stop the nuclear White Train, and
worked on the Oregon Ballot Measure 9, which was successfully
passed to stop radioactive contamination of the Willamette River.
He was on the Rogue River Walk in support of charges against
Litton Industries' crimes against humanity through their
involvement in nuclear weapons production.

John walked in the Great Peace March of 1986, and the Michigan
and New England Pilgrimages to Groton Conn. in 1987 to protest
the Trident nuclear submarine production. Annually since then, he
has witnessed at the Nuclear Test Site in Nevada, for a
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and for the rights of the
Western Shoshone Nation to the land of Newe Segobia, which was
treatied to them in 1864.

This summer, John participated in the Walk Across America for
Mother Earth, but, returning home from the culminating Healing
Global Wounds ceremony at the Nuclear Test Site, was arrested
for an alleged act of civil disobedience.  Local coverage of the
incident has slandered him, he maintains, injuring his family and
greatly prejudicing the case.

John Shumaker deserves your help and support. He is available to
come to speak to your community and your group.  Please contact:
John Shumaker
1125 Randolph St
Waterloo, Iowa 50702
(319) 234-8630

For Peace and Justice for Mother Earth,
Kerry Miller
astingsh@ksuvm.ksu.edu
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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: NEWS:Ireland's Abortion Referenda
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:35:45 GMT

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The Irish abortion referenda

By Rebeca Toledo

In the national Irish elections in November, there were three
abortion amendments put before the public. The people voted yes
on two of them: the right of women to travel abroad for
abortions, and for women to be allowed access to abortion clinic
information.

Considering the amount of right-wing propaganda, this proved to
be a tremendous victory for the progressive, pro-choice forces.
The anti-woman forces went so far as to distribute literature at
the polls reminding everyone that the pope is against abortion.

The referendum that lost read in part, "It shall be unlawful to
terminate an unborn life unless it is necessary to save the life,
as distinct from the health, of the mother..." Although it would
have been a step forward to take into account the life of the
mother, pro-woman forces felt the referendum was inadequate
because it disregarded the health of the mother. They therefore
opposed the referendum.

Because of its defeat, this amendment left the legality of
abortion in the hands of an Irish Supreme Court ruling of last
March. In its decision, the Court overruled the government. It
allowed a 14-year-old girl who had been raped to go to Britain
for an abortion, after her doctors and lawyers said she had
threatened to kill herself.

This process still leaves the question of legal abortions wide
open. And progressive groups have already begun to organize new
challenges. The new women members of Parliament have also vowed
to press the government to liberalize abortion.

(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" on PeaceNet; on Internet:
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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: Mexico City Plans for Pollution Season
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:51:11 GMT


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edlp 12/10

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

MEXICO CITY POLLUTION WORSENS IN SUMMER MONTHS

Mexico City, the most polluted city in the world, will soon enter
its worst three-month period of the year. A flexible school
schedule has been established to allow for school closings due to
high levels of pollution. A campaign to purify the air includes
planting 130 million trees and plans to close down industries as
well as schools during the days when pollution levels are highest.
The first of 23 centers have opened to analyze emissions from
millions and millions of rented Volkswagons. Measures have also
been taken against trucks and buses which emit high levels of
pollutants. The Mexican oil company, PEMEX, says it has started
selling a special kind of gasoline to reduce summer pollution.

The government has demanded that private vehicles be inspected
annually, and that the number of vehicles allowed to circulate
during times of high pollution be limited. (edlp 12/10 from Mexico
al Dia, AP) gasoline to reduce summer pollution. However, few hope
for much improvement after a winter when pollution levels reached
four times the "unacceptable" level.  (edlp 12/10 from Mexico al
Dia, AP)


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From: nigel.allen@canrem.com (Nigel Allen)
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Subject: Bush's NAFTA Seriously Flawed, Says AFL-CIO
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:22:59 GMT
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 Here is a press release from the AFL-CIO.

 Bush's NAFTA Seriously Flawed, Says AFL-CIO
 To: National Desk, Labor Writer
 Contact: Rex Hardesty of the AFL-CIO, 202-637-5010

   WASHINGTON, Dec. 17  -- AFL-CIO Secretary- Treasurer 
Thomas R. Donahue had the following comment on
President Bush's signing of the North American Free Trade
Agreement:

   "Today's ceremonial signing of the North American Free Trade
Agreement is a George Bush mistake.  It is a last chapter in
'trickle down' economics, his failed policy that has meant fewer
good jobs, inequitable income distribution, declining investment
and environmental neglect.
   "The AFL-CIO believes that the current structure of trade with
Mexico, the maquiladora system, has served to exploit the border
environment and workers on both sides of the border.  We are
convinced President Bush's version of the NAFTA will increase that
exploitation.
   "We think that any agreement must address the current problems
of trade with Mexico, clean up the awful border pollution caused by
U.S. corporations in Mexico, include environmental, worker rights
and health and safety standards and strong enforcement of those
standards.  The Bush NAFTA agreement will achieve none of those
goals."
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: AI: Turkey: Fear of torture
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:10:09 GMT

/** mideast.action: 13.1 **/
** Written 10:46 pm  Dec 16, 1992 by pnmideast in cdp:mideast.action **
From: <pnmideast>
Subject: AI EX102/92 TURKEY Fear of torture

/* Written 12:35 pm  Dec  9, 1992 by rmitchellai@gn.apc.org in igc:ai.uan */
/* ---------- "AI EX102/92 TURKEY Fear of torture" ---------- */
EXTERNAL (for general distribution)   AI Index: EUR 44/129/92
                                      Distr: UA/SC        

                                      9 December 1992        

Further information on EXTRA 102/92 (EUR 44/127/92, 25
November 1992)  - Fear of Torture

TURKEY:     Fifty people in Viransehir including:

            Mahmut Ozkan, aged 60   )
            Halil Ozkan             ) brothers
            Omer Ozkan              )

            Lokman, 15, son of Mahmut

            Abdullah, 25 ) sons of
            Cengiz, 17   ) Halil

            Sehmuz (not Mahmut as was previously stated), 14,
              son of Omer 

            Rusen, 14 (female), niece of Omer (not the daughter of a
              fourth brother as was previously stated)

            and the children of a fourth brother:
            Nezan, 15 (female)
            Cuco, 14

Mahmut Ozkan, Evren Ozkan (the 27-year-old nephew of Mahmut),
Abdullah Ozkan, Sehmuz Ozkan, Cuco Ozkan and his sister Nezan
were released on 5 December 1992. Halil Ozkan apparently had not
been detained. All the others and Hayriye Ozkan, the 18-year-old
daughter of Mahmut, were charged and committed to prison in Urfa
for later transfer and trial at the State Security Court in Diyarbakir.
Charges are thought to concern support for the guerrillas of the
Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). 

  It has been reported that Mahmut Ozkan was made to sit and
watch the torture of members of his family with electric shocks,
beating and being suspended by the wrists. His son Lokman and his
brother Omer were allegedly kept standing with their hands bound
above their heads for four or five days. The girls were reportedly not
tortured, but all were denied food for five days. Lokman Ozkan suffers
from jaundice and requires a special diet. None was issued with a
medical certificate when examined by a doctor at the end of the
detention period as is routine procedure.

  No further action is required from the Urgent Action Network. We
thank all participants who sent appeals.
** End of text from cdp:mideast.action **
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Subject: NEWS:Fight to Oust Toxic Dump-Mass.
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:59:52 GMT
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FIGHTING TO OUST TOXIC DUMP

Special to Workers World

Springfield, Mass.

Despite the worst winter storm in almost a century, a crowd
turned out here Dec. 12 to demand a nuclear-aste dump in the
Indian Orchard residential neighborhood be closed. Members of the
Western Massachusetts chapter of the Movement for a Peoples
Assembly organized the protest.

People driving by warmly hailed the demonstration. The Sunday
Republican newspaper and the local NBC television affiliate ran
stories covering the action.

The toxic dump is operated by Interstate Nuclear Services, a
commercial laundry that processes clothing contaminated by
radiation from nuclear power plants and military facilities. It
is one of over 100 sites statewide that will have to store
nuclear waste when the regional storage facility in Barnwell,
S.C., stops accepting out-of-state shipments in 1993.

INS company trucks had stored radioactive waste for months at a
time next to a recreation area. The company now keeps low-level
radioactive waste in an on-site vault designed for long-term
storage.

Laundry workers, mostly Puerto Rican and Portuguese women, and
area residents are demanding an investigation, removal of the
toxic waste dump, and compensation for all injuries, illnesses or
property damage the company has caused. MPA organizers say the
next step is to form a "People's Commission of Inquiry."

(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; email: ww%nyxfer@igc.apc.org; "workers"
on PeaceNet; on Internet: "workers@mcimail.com".)

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Subject: Nicaragua Continues to Seek US Aid
Date: 14 Dec 92 23:52:22 GMT
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From el diario/La Prensa 12/14/92

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

Nicaragua Continues to Seek US Aid

This week Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro once again
initiated a diplomatic offensive to get the US government to
release promised financial aid. Chamorro said on Dec. 13 that she
will send Antonio Lacayo, Minister of the Presidency, to
Washington, DC to ask President Bush for additional financial
assistance. Lacayo also plans to explore the possibilities of aid
for 1993 under the Clinton administration. Although the Bush
administration had already approved $190 million for 1993, $50
million for 1992 -- out of $104 million promised -- is still being
withheld, due to the lobbying of conservative US senator Jesse
Helms, who supports Nicaraguan conservatives in their objections
to Chamorro's so-called co-government with the Sandinistas.
[Fifty-four million dollars was recently released to help Nicaragua
appease some of its creditors]. Nicaraguan General Assembly
president Alfredo Cesar has threatened to boycott the president's
attempt, with the support of Nicaraguan conservative
deputies.(edlp 12/14/92 from AP)


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