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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: AI Refused Access to East Timor
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Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:49:18 GMT

/** reg.easttimor: 348.0 **/
** Topic: EAST TIMOR: AI refused access **
** Written  3:32 pm  Nov  9, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:reg.easttimor **
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: EAST TIMOR: AI refused access

/* Written  4:32 pm  Nov  8, 1992 by aiusala@igc.apc.org in
igc:ai.general */ Amnesty International International Secretariat
1 Easton Street London WC1X 8DJ United Kingdom

EMBARGO:  (Sydney) 00.01am November 6, 1992

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REFUSED ACCESS TO EAST TIMOR FOR ANNIVERSARY
OF SANTA CRUZ MASSACRE

Amnesty International today expressed regret that Indonesia's
ambassador to Australia, Mr Sabam Siagian has refused to help an
Amnesty International observation team to visit East Timor on the
grounds that "it would create problems...for the Timorese
people".

      Amnesty International contacted the ambassador on 3 November
1992 asking him to intervene personally to allow the organization
to observe the human rights situation in East Timor over the
period of the anniversary of the Dili massacre.

      Amnesty International believes that heightened tensions
around the anniversary of the Dili Massacre on November 12 have
increased the need for an independent humanitarian presence in the
former Portuguese colony.  "The refusal to allow the recent
Australian Parliamentary delegation access to East Timor on
"security" grounds is an indication of this tension and the
consequent need for the presence of an independent observation
team", the organisation said.

      Earlier this year the Indonesian government endorsed a
statement by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights - of
which Indonesia is a member - which requested it to "facilitate
access to East Timor for additional humanitarian and human rights
organisations".  In its application, Amnesty International asked
Ambassador Siagian for his help in implementing the spirit behind
this statement.

      One year after the Santa Cruz Massacre in which at least 100
people were killed by Indonesian security forces and after which
at least another 100 remain missing, there is serious concern,
amidst reports of continuing violations in East Timor, that human
rights abuses will increase around the anniversary of the
massacre.

      Amnesty International has therefore offered to send a
mission to observe the implementation of the human rights
commitments by the Indonesian government.

      Commenting on Ambassador Siagian's position, Amnesty
International Campaign Director, Andre Frankovits said, "this
denial of access to East Timor, together with the suggestion that
the motives of the Australian parliamentary delegation also
recently denied access were to "stir up trouble", puts in question
Indonesia's commitment to the decisions of the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights".
** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor **
From: pierce@CS.UCLA.EDU (Brad Pierce)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: Not even a glimpse of the real world
Date: 7 Nov 92 01:11:22 GMT
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Distribution: usa
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu

According to Robert Shnayerson, "Welcome, Mr. President", _Travel
Holiday_, November 1992, pp. 70-77, 100-102, 110:

   "There is the unappeasable paranoia of the Secret Service. In the
    old days, presidents could at least glimpse the real world. The
    Coolidges often strolled outside the White House, shopping and
    chatting with their neighbors. Harry Truman was a demon walker, a
    familiar sight on Constitution Avenue. Today's presidents can't
    escape their protectors.

   "George Bush loves to travel. He's convinced that his frequent trips
    away from the White House (averaging 100 days a year) allow him to
    'continually rediscover the miracle of America's abundance.' But
    those trips require more than a few travel companions. The
    president can't leave town without being convoyed by as many as 150
    aides and Secret Service agents, a fleet of jetliners, helicopters,
    armored limousines, chase cars, and so forth, at a cost that
    apparently exceeds the $923,000 yearly White House travel budget by
    many millions, much of it hidden in various military budgets."
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From: Liz Highleyman <liz@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Subject: Hawkins lecture - Black Rose Boston
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Free
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 22:24:09 GMT


    * * * B L A C K    R O S E    L E C T U R E S * * *

November  6
-----------

COOPERATIVES AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Howard Hawkins


   What are cooperatives and how to organize and nurture them through
good times and bad?  How and when are cooperatives agents of social
change?  What are their limitations in a capitalist anti human
economy?

   Howard Hawkins is Director of CommonWorks (a federation of
cooperatives in central New York), co-founder of Left Green Network
and member of coordinating committee of Green Party.  He is a longtime
activist and former Clamshell organizer.



8:00 PM
MIT ROOM 9-150
105 MASSACHUSETTS AVE.
CAMBRIDGE, MA
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

FOR INFO: CALL 617-787-6809

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Liz A. Highleyman                     MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
liz@ai.mit.edu                        Cambridge, MA  02139
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From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
Subject: SANE/FREEZE on Clinton Victory
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: NDA
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 06:53:36 GMT

Here is a press release from SANE/FREEZE

 Disarmament Organization Welcomes Election Results, Presses for
Accountability
 To: National Desk
 Contact: Djar Horn of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security,
          202-862-9740

   WASHINGTON, Nov. 4   -- The largest U.S. peace organization 
today welcomed the election of Gov. Bill Clinton as
president of the United States, saying that his message of change
resonated with years of effort by many national organizations who
urge redirection of resources from military spending to human
needs.
   "With the Cold War truly over, it is time to address the
critical needs facing the U.S. economy," said Monica Green,
executive director of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security.
"Change was the theme in this year's elections.  Voters have
clearly expressed their desire for a president and Congress more
responsive to the real threats to their security: such as
unemployment, unaffordable health care and inadequate public school
funding."
   Green noted that although international security issues were not
very prominent in the campaigns, U.S. foreign and military policy
impacts our ability to meet domestic needs.
   "President-elect Clinton projects spending $1.36 trillion on the
military in the next five years," Green said, "but we have learned
during the Reagan-Bush administration that this level of military
spending is at odds with strengthening our economy."
   Green commented that SANE/FREEZE members had been instrumental
in electing several pro-change senators, such as Carol Moseley
Braun and Barbara Boxer.
   "The first task facing both the new president and the new
Congress will be to prepare a federal budget for the next fiscal
year," Green noted.  "This will be the first post-Cold War budget
not confined by the 1989 budget walls which restricted the transfer
of funds from military to domestic purposes.
   "It is imperative that the voters' mandate for change be
reflected in a reassessment of national priorities that puts the
money where the campaign rhetoric has been, " Green said.  "This
means trimming the military budget to sensible post-Cold War
levels, enacting a comprehensive plan for conversion of our economy
to civilian production and investing in economic growth so that we
can compete in the global market."
   SANE/FREEZE is the nation's largest grassroots peace
organization.  Its 100,000 members and 200 chapters work for
nuclear disarmament, an end to the global arms trade and federal
priorities emphasizing human needs over military spending.
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From: Greg Dunkel <JOSCU%CUNYVM.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject:      Re: NLNS: ANGOLA UPDATE
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:53:53 GMT

According to the NY Times, (Nov 8), the Angolan government declared the
South African ambassador Pik Botha persona non grata after they defeated
the UNITA forces in a week-long battle in Luanda and other major
Angolan cities.

According to the French newspapaer Le Monde (Nov. 4), UNITA's chief
spokesperson Elias Salupeto Pena (a nephew of Jonas Savimbi) and its
vice-prsedient Jeremias Chitunda were killed while fleeing Luanda;  a
number of other high ranking  UNITA officials were either seriously injured
or captured.

According to the same Le Monde article, Savimbi is either in Jamba, his
headquarters during the civil war or Johannesburg.

In contrast to the NY Times, Le Monde seems to think that UNITA suffered
a serious defeat in this fighting.

It should be pointed out in no uncertain terms that without the full & firm
backing of the United States, UNITA would have vanished years ago.
MPLA won the election and they likely would win any reasonably fair
and free election held in Angola.

The only reason why Savimbi and UNITA aren't raked over the coals,
lambasted and decried in complete and utter vigor by the US press for
their complete and total violation of even the elementary principles of
democracy is that Savimbi has been bought and paid for;  he's the
US's tool to control Angola's oil and untapped wealth.

Without the US (and South Africa but they're not the main players here)
backing Savimbi the civil war would have been over years ago.

And that's a civil war that cost 350,000 Angolans their lives, left tens
of thousands disabled (according to the WHO, Angola has the highest per
capita number of disabled in the world) and created at least $35 billion
worth of damage to the Angolan economy.

That's what the US did through Savimbi in Angola.
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From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
Subject: US Public Health Association Protests Denial of Cuban's Visa
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:39:36 GMT

Here is a press release from the American Public Health Association.

 American Public Health Association Protests Denial of Cuban Health
Minister's Visa
 To: National Desk
 Contact: The American Public Health Association Press Office,
          202-387-3401

   WASHINGTON, Nov. 11  -- The Executive Board of the American
Public Health Association (APHA) has registered its strong
protest of the U.S. State Department's refusal to grant an entry visa
to Dr. Julio Teja Perez, minister of public health of Cuba.
   APHA invited Teja to participate in its 120th annual meeting now
taking place in Washington, D.C.  In his letter, APHA Executive
Director William H. McBeath reminded Acting Secretary of State
Lawrence Eagleburger that "Effective public health programs and
services are forged from a wide array of thought and practice, both
national and international.  Public health professionals in the U.S.
have much to learn from our Cuban colleagues, who have fashioned many
innovative and successful strategies to problems we face in our own
communities."
   A discussion of "The Changing World Order and Health in Cuba,"
which was to have featured Teja, will be offered as scheduled today
at 7 p.m.  Ramon Prado, director of international relations for the
Cuban Ministry of Health, and Dr. Hector Terry-Mollina, Cuban
vice-minister of health for hygiene and epidemiology, will speak.
   The American Public Health Association, founded in 1872, is the
largest organization of public heath professionals in the world, and
the foremost publisher of public health related books and
periodicals, promoting high scientific standards, action programs,
and public policy for good heath.
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Organization: ?
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 09:35:15 GMT


	"Life is mostly froth and bubble,
	  Two things stand like stone,
	 Kindness in another's trouble,
	  Courage in your own."

			-- Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870),
			"Ye Wearie Wayfarer," Fytte 8

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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: NEWS:Argentine Gen Strike a Draw/ED-LP
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: The NY Transfer News Service
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 07:44:00 GMT


Title: Argentine General Strike: A Draw/ED-LP

from El Diario La Prensa

edlp 11/10

ARGENTINE WORKERS GENERAL STRIKE A DRAW

The first general strike in Argentina since 1988, and the first
under President Carlos Menem, ended on Monday, November 9, with
neither winners nor losers. The strike was in protest against
severe economic measures and "not against the government,"
according to a union spokesperson. Its greatest impact was in the
industrial and factory sectors, in the provincial public
administration sectors, on officials banks and on the railroads,
which move nearly 2 million people per day.  According to the
government, between 30% to 50% of those working in the largest
companies participated in the strike, and its effect was
"relative." However, the union described the strike as "very
important," with an "extraordinary" participation.

More than a half-dozen attacks against private and public
transportation vehicles with incendiary bombs and stones were
reported. There were no injuries. False warnings of bombs in
commercial airplanes resulted in the delay of some departures from
the Jorge Newbery airport.

President Menem considered the strike a failure and said that life
in Argentina will continue as usual, without any possiblity of
changes. Union spokesperson Oscar Lescano said "We have the
humility to say we want to have a dialogue to be able to
concretize some aspects of the policy, without trying to chanage
direction or twisting anybody's arm."

Unions leaders' popularity is very low at this time. The strike,
according to Lescano, was a "punishment" strike. "The behavior of
the union leadership during the last three years has not been the
most adequate to defent the rights of the workers," he continued.
The union leadership demanded, among other things, a minimum
monthly salary of US$500 and an emergency increase of $350 in
pension payments for retired people who presently receive only
$150 per month. The average salary is currently some $800 per
month, while the cost of a family's basic needs is is about $1,000
per month. (AFP 11/10)

translated by Toby Mailman, NY Transfer News


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From: dciem!r-node.gts.org!ndallen (Nigel Allen)
Subject: School Board Association Recommends New Partnership for Education
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:11:56 GMT

Here is a press release from the National School Boards Association.

 School Board Association Recommends New Partnership for Education
 To: National Desk, Education Writer
 Contact: Jeremiah Floyd of the National School Boards Association,
          703-838-6722

   ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10   -- On the occasion of American 
Education Week, the National School Boards Association today 
called upon President-Elect Clinton to forge a new federal,
state and local partnership in public education.
   "We believe that such a partnership will form the foundation by
which our nation can develop the high skilled work force needed to
lead us to prosperity in the internationally competitive world of
the 21st Century," said NSBA President Dr. E. Harold Fisher of Blue
Mountain, Miss.
   To achieve this objective, NSBA urges that President-Elect
Clinton and personnel in his administration meet with key sectors of
the education, business and other public sector organizations to
develop a comprehensive national strategy for educational
excellence and equity that emphasizes the critical importance of
putting adequate resources into the local communities across our
nation.  Thomas A. Shannon, NSBA Executive Director said that,
"From these meetings, we would hope that coordinated and
collaborative nationwide effort toward educational improvement will
become a primary element in President-Elect Clinton's legislative
program for the first 100 days.  The emphasis must be on local
communities because that is where education takes place."
   The leadership of NSBA believes there is a strong connection
between education and our nation's future success.  NSBA urges
President-Elect Clinton's active leadership in bringing together
these forces which ultimately will determine whether our nation and
our people will succeed in building world-class public education
in each local community in the United States.
   NSBA is a not-for-profit federation of state associations of
local school boards, the Hawaii State Board of Education, the
boards of education of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin
Islands and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:35:15 GMT


        "In the councils of government, we must guard against the
        aquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or
        unsought, by the military-industrial complex.  The
        potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced
        power exists and will exist."

        Dwight David Eisenhower, in his farewell address, Jan. 17,
	1961

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From: Andrew Lang <lang@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Dec. 15 Paid Advertizement in El S
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:46:29 GMT

/* Written  8:17 am  Nov 10, 1992 by cispesnatl@igc.apc.org in igc:carnet.alerts */
/* ---------- "Dec. 15 Paid Advertizement in El S" ---------- */
 
 
 
Text of Paid Advertisement to be Placed in 
El Salvador on December 15, 1992
 
 
US Citizens Send Best Wishes to the Salvadoran People 
at the End of the Cease Fire Period
 
     As citizens of the United States, we celebrate the end of the
war as a victory for El Salvador.   We recognize the implementation
of the Accords as the first step toward building a peaceful nation.
 
     U S. Citizens will continue to support the Salvadorans in
their struggle to build peace with justice.  We acknowledge the
1994 elections as a crucial step in the democratization process. 
Therefore, we are pleased to witness the transformation of the FMLN
into a political party.  We reaffirm our vigilance in observing
human rights and our support for economic development to benefit
the poor majority.  
 
     In addition, we will work to end all US military aid.  If the
government continues to impede the full implementation of the
Accords,  we will also work to suspend US economic assistance until
compliance with the peace agreement has been reached.
 
     We call upon the government of El Salvador to complete the
purification of the armed forces in accordance with the agreements;
to fully implement reconstruction programs that will make it
possible for all Salvadorans to be productive members of society;
and to guarantee fair elections in 1994.  Although many of the
agreements were to have been completed by today, there remain many
Accords that must be implemented after December 15.  We call on
ONUSAL to strengthen its role as the principle force in supporting
the peace process by remaining in El Salvador to guarantee full
compliance with the pending Accords.
_________________________________________________________________
 
__   Yes I would like to sign on the paid advertisement to be
placed in El Salvador on December 15, 1992.  Here is my
Contribution of $25.00 or $_________ to help defray the cost of the
ad.  Make checks payable to the Committee in Solidarity with the
People of El Salvador (CISPES).
 
__   Yes I would like to sign the paid advertisement to be placed
in El Salvador on December 15, but I am unable to make a
contribution at this time.
 
Please send this form to Angelia Smith at the CISPES National
Office - P.O. Box 12156 Washington, DC 20005 by DECEMBER 7, 1992.
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