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From: rthr427%emx.cc.utexas.edu@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Steve Carr)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: Fw: New list from NATO HQ
Date: 22 Jan 93 20:51:06 GMT
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Organization: ?
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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From: Chris Scheurweghs <scheurwe@stc.nato.int>
Wed, 20 Jan 1993 15:20:16 CDT
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L
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Subject: New list from NATO HQ

----------------------------Original message----------------------------


For your information :

You can subscribe to a new LIST "NATODATA".
This list will distribute public data from NATO such as
press releases, speeches, NATO articles, communiques, ...

To subscribe send a mail to LISTSERV@CC1.KULEUVEN.AC.BE
with as only text 'subscribe NATODATA Firstname Lastname'

Feel free to announce this information within your
community.

Greetings

--
NATO - OTAN
DEFENCE SUPPORT DIVISION
Chris SCHEURWEGHS
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1110 BRUSSEL
Belgium

Telf. : 00-(32)-2-728.4692
FAX   : 00-(32)-2-729.4103

Internet : scheurwe@stc.nato.int

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      |University of Texas at Austin      fax: 512/471-4077     |
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From: Andrew Lang <lang@igc.apc.org>
Subject: National Call-In Day to DC 2/1/93
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:43:24 GMT

/* Written  7:37 pm  Jan 24, 1993 by peacenet@igc.apc.org in igc:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "National Call-In Day to DC 2/1/93" ---------- */
From: <peacenet>
Subject: National Call-In Day to DC 2/1/93

From josefina Sun Jan 24 15:07:50 1993
From: Josefina Velasquez <josefina>

/* Escrito  2:56 pm  Jan  8, 1993 por nisgua@igc.apc.org en
igc:carnet.congres */

**********************************
NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY TO WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 1, 1993 

1. Contact the White House and the State Department to urge that:

Respect for human rights be the goal of U.S. policy in Guatemala,
and that the Administration's support the peace negotiations to
promote democracy and human rights there.

Specifically, the Clinton Administration should assist the peace
and reconciliation process by offering its full support to
guarantee the safe return of Guatemalan refugees from Mexico.  

White House:
(202)456-1111 or (202)456-1414 (switchboard)     
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
      
State Department
Guatemala Desk: (202)647-4980
Switchboard: (202)647-4000
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC  20520

2. Contact your Representative and Senators.
Inform them that, according to the U.S. State Department, the
Guatemalan "security forces are responsible for the vast majority
of human rights violations."  Remind them that it is the
responsibility of Congress to enact legislation that pressures
the Guatemalan government and the military to respect human
rights.  Urge that they support legislation that places the
tightest restrictions on economic aid and prohibits the delivery
of any form of military assistance, including pipeline aid and
commercial arms sales.

Urge that they monitor the return of the Guatemalan refugees from
Mexico and that they notify the Guatemalan government of their
concern regarding the lack of progress in the peace negotiations.

Capitol Switchboard: (202)224-3121
Your Representative
United States House of
Representatives
Washington, DC  20515

Your Senator
United States Senate
Washington, DC  20510

**********************
The Legislative Update series in produced by NISGUA, the Network
in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala.  To subscribe to the
series please send your mailing address and the $8/year
subscription fee to NISGUA, P.O. Box 6069, Washington, DC 20005.
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Serbia & Croatia: Women organize to help rape victims
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:15:09 GMT

The ACTivist Volume 9 #1, January 1993.

The ACTivist is published monthly by the ACT for Disarmament
Coalition, 736 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2R4, phone
416-531-6154, fax 416-531-5850, e-mail web:act. Hard copy
subscriptions are available with a donation of $10 or more to ACT for
Disarmament.  Reprint freely, but please credit us (and send us a copy!)

/** gen.newsletter: 129.10 **/
** Written 11:46 pm  Jan  9, 1993 by web:act in cdp:gen.newsletter **
SERBIA AND CROATIA

In the face of massive violence, voracious propaganda machines, 
and the sudden blaze of publicity, women in Serbia and Croatia have 
been working -- and attempting to work together, despite a 
mostly-obstructed communications system -- to draw the outlines of
 constructive projects for helping women raped in war. As women 
who have worked in the feminist, anti-violence movement for years, 
they are aware of the care that is needed, the ways in which the 
needs of the women must take priority over any other perceived 
needs, whether those of the state or those of their would-be 
benefactors.

The women of the Autonomous Women's House, Zagreb, and the 
Anti-War Campaign Croatia, have begun a process of systematic 
visits to refugee camps in order to build trust, and to determine 
from the women themselves what their needs are and what kinds 
of support they most require. As this trust-building cannot be an 
instant procedure, they also note some important first requirements 
for support of women raped in the ex-Yugoslav war. 

First, the support must be women-to-women only; the work 
must be done only by non-governmental organizations to avoid 
its possible use in nationalist propaganda; support centres must be
 established in all states of the territory; and these centres must be
 decentralized and run by women only.

Similarly, the women of the SOS Telephone in Belgrade, Serbia, are
 developing plans for one specific women's centre, in Belgrade, to 
work with survivors of war rape, provide counselling, and collect
 documentation; as well as making contact with women in refugee 
homes and camps.

* Autonomous Women's House, c/o ARK, Tkalciceva 38, 41000 Zagreb,
 Croatia

* SOS Telephone, c/o Stasa Zajovic, Dragoslava Popovica 9/10, 11000
 Beograd, Serbia
** End of text from cdp:gen.newsletter **
From: Hank Roth <pnews@igc.apc.org>
Subject: NO MORE GREENSBOROS!
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:22:59 GMT

/* Written  5:07 pm  Jan 21, 1993 by pnews@igc.apc.org in igc:p.news */
/* ---------- "NO MORE GREENSBOROS!" ---------- */
<<< via P_news/p.news >>>
{From WORKERS VANGUARD, biweekly of the Spartacist League of the 
U.S., Box 1377, GPO, NY, NY 10116 (November 1992)}
 
GREENSBORO MARTYRS 
 
Thirteen years have passed since the Greensboro Massacre. In 
broad daylight, the KKK/Nazi death squad drove up to a black 
housing project in Greensboro, NC, where an anti-Klan rally was 
gathering. With cool deliberation, the killers took their 
weapons out of the trunk, aimed, fired, and drove off. Five 
leftists, civil rights activists and union organizers lay dying 
in pools of blood, others were wounded or maimed for life. These 
were the opening shots, carried out under the Democratic Carter 
administration, of the Reagan years' war on labor and blacks. 
 
Greensboro was a conspiracy of the fascists and their patrons in 
the capitalist state. From the outset, the KKK and Nazis were 
aided and abetted by the government, from the G-man who helped 
train the killers and plot the assassinations to the "former" FBI 
informer who rode shotgun in the motorcade of death and the 
Greensboro cop who brought up the rear. Two successive all-white 
juries acquitted the killers of all charges, affirming once 
again the meaning of "justice" in this racist capitalist state. 
 
"Greensboro" --- the name cries out for justice, for vengeance. 
When the liberals claim it was a "shootout" and say to ignore the 
fascists, when the lynchers say they want to parade in their 
white sheets in our neighborhoods, we remember Greensboro by 
mobilizing to stop them. Immediately after the massacre, when the 
fascists sought to march in black Detroit, we organized a 
labor/black mobilization to stop them, as we have done from 
Washington and Philadelphia to Chicago and San Francisco. 
 
We honor the Greensboro martyrs --- Cesar Cauce, Michael Nathan, 
Bill Sampson, Sandi Smith, James Waller --- and rededicate 
ourselves to the fight against fascist terror. The working class 
in power, the third American revolution, will ensure there shall 
be NO MORE GREENSBOROS!
 
                       3 November 1979
 

Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: El Salvador: US senators urge suspension of mil aid
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:15:32 GMT

/** reg.elsalvador: 130.0 **/
** Topic: IPS:US Senators urge suspension **
** Written 12:18 pm  Jan 16, 1993 by jbinder in cdp:reg.elsalvador **
From: James Binder <jbinder>
Subject: IPS:US Senators urge suspension

Copyright Inter Press Service 1993, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: EL SALVADOR: U.S. Senators urge suspension of military aid

washington, jan 14 (ips) -- two influential u.s. senators are
urging the suspension of military aid to the government of el
salvador which has failed to comply with the u. n.-brokered peace
pact signed with the country's former guerrillas.

in a joint letter to u.s. secretary of state lawrence
eagleburger, democrat senators patrick leahy and christopher dodd
expressed disappointment with the salvadorean government which
refused to immediately act on recommendations by the 'truth
commission' investigating war crimes.

the commission found about 100 salvadorean military officials
guilty of human rights abuses during the country's 12-year civil
war.

last week, salvadorean president alfredo cristiani told u.n.
secretary general boutros boutros-ghali that he would retire the
officials by may 1994. the original deadline for their removal
from office had been set for dec. 31, 1992.

the military purging has been one of the most sensitive
conditions of the peace pact signed on jan. 16, 1992 between the
cristiani government and the former farabundo marti national
liberation front (fmln).

''we believe that the execution of these recommendations
within the specified time is crucial for the future of el
salvador,'' the senators said.

leahy presides over the senatorial subcommittee on
international economic aid while dodd heads the subcommittee for
u.s. policies in the western hemisphere.

the senators called on eagleburger to ''stop giving any
military assistance to el salvador'', though they said it was up
up to united nations to determine whether the peace pact had been
complied with.

they said the united states should show the salvadorean armed
forces that they could not hope for any support unless they
fulfilled their end of the deal.

last month, david obey, who heads the foreign finance
committee of the u.s. congress, warned cristiani that the united
states would hold back economic aid if conditions in the peace
treaty were not complied with. (end/ips/trd-sp/ip/mas/in/cir/93)

** End of text from cdp:reg.elsalvador **
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: "Steven R Winkelman-1" <wink0030@student.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Today in History
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Resent-From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:20:08 GMT


TODAY IN HISTORY -- JANUARY 22

500 New York City tenants battle police to prevent evicitons --1932

B-52 carrying four nuclear weapons crashes into ice off Greenland --1968

Supreme Court legalizes abortion --1973

(From The Progressive Callendar, "Hidden History of the United States")


Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca (Nigel Allen)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: Coal Mining Negotiations: UMWA Extends Contract
Date: 27 Jan 93 00:36:36 GMT
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu

Here is a press release from the United Mine Workers of America.

 UMWA Extends Contract for Four Top U.S. Coal Producers
 To: National and Business Desks, Labor Writer
 Contact: Jim Grossfeld of the United Mine Workers of America,
          202-842-7240; or
          Jim Strickland of the Independent Bituminous Coal
          Bargaining Alliance, 205-945-6580

   WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- With only one week remaining in 
the national contract between the United Mine Workers of
America (UMWA) and the nation's unionized coal operators, union
president Richard Trumka and representatives of four major U.S.  coal
producers have announced a 60-day extension of their current
agreements.
   The National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement (NBCWA), set to expire
at 11:59 p.m. (EST) Feb. 1, will be extended for 60 days at Drummond
Co. Inc., Jim Walter Resources Inc., U.S. Steel Mining Co.  Inc., and
Westmoreland Coal Co., Trumka said.  The four coal producers together
comprise the Independent Bituminous Coal Bargaining Alliance (IBCBA).
   "The discussions between the UMWA and the IBCBA have been
constructive.  In that light it's in everyone's interest that the
current contract be extended as we continue our negotiations on a new
agreement," Trumka said.
   "Given that the UMWA and IBCBA are examining issues that have
never been addressed in any set of contract talks before, these
negotiations are taking a little longer to complete," Trumka said,
adding, "However, they are taking place in an atmosphere of good
faith with both sides committed to seeing this process through and
reaching an agreement that makes sense for both sides."
   Trumka added that the IBCBA "was formed out of the recognition
that both labor and management must redefine the traditional
relationship between workers and coal operators if American coal is
going to compete globally in the years to come."
   Trumka said that the 60-day contract extension applies only to the
affiliates of the IBCBA and does not affect other coal operators
currently bound to the NBCWA.  The IBCBA began talks on a new
national labor agreement with the UMWA on Oct. 5.
 -30-
-- 
Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario    ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca
From: Hilary Naylor <hnaylor@igc.apc.org>
Subject: SOUTH AFRICA: Death of detainee
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Resent-From: Hilary Naylor <hnaylor@igc.apc.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:23:52 GMT

/* Written 10:25 am  Jan 21, 1993 by hnaylor@igc.apc.org in igc:ai.general */
/* ---------- "SOUTH AFRICA: Death of detainee" ---------- */
Amnesty International
International Secretariat
1 Easton Street
London WC1X 8DJ
United Kingdom

DATE: 19 JANUARY 1993

          SOUTH AFRICA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SENDS OBSERVER 
                   TO INQUEST INTO DEATH OF DETAINEE

An Amnesty International delegate arrived in South Africa on 14 January 1993
to attend an inquest into the death in police custody of Bethuel Maphumuloa. 
However, the inquest was postponed until 15 February 1993.

Amnesty International's delegate is Professor Derrick Pounder, Head of the
Department of Forensic Medicine at Dundee Royal Infirmary and Chair of the
United Kingdom branch of Physicians for Human Rights.  In 1991, he observed
the inquest into the death of Donald Madisha in South African police custody
on behalf of Amnesty International.

Amnesty International has been concerned for many years about the torture and
ill-treatment in South African police custody of detainees, arrested both for
political and other reasons.  The situation grew worse in 1992 with a rising
number of deaths in police custody under suspicious circumstances - some 120
during the year according to human rights organizations in South Africa.

Bethuel Maphumulo died while in the custody of the Soweto Murder and Robbery
squad in December 1990.  On legal advice he had voluntarily surrendered to
police with the agreement that he would be brought to court within 48 hours
and police would not oppose his bail application.  When his lawyer arrived in
court, he was informed that Bethuel Maphumulo had drowned in the police
station swimming pool while attempting to escape.  However, post mortem
reports by both independent and State pathologists revealed that Bethuel
Maphumulo had injuries consistent with strangulation and not drowning. 
Despite such findings, in direct conflict with the police version of events,
the authorities have refused to take any action over the past two years
against the police officers involved in Bethuel Maphumulo's death.

The inquest was apparently postponed because a senior State counsel was
unwell.  Professor Pounder was able to discuss Amnesty International's
concerns about the case and related issues with lawyers and medical experts
before leaving South Africa on 15 January.  Two members of the International
Secretariat are remaining in South Africa for the next 10 days to collect
information about deaths in detention and other human rights issues.
From: harelb@igc.apc.org (Harel Barzilai)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: CALL CLINTON 1/21 RE CUBA
Date: 21 Jan 93 03:10:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1425500045:000:1510
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!harelb    Jan 20 19:10:00 1993


/* Written  5:59 pm  Jan 18, 1993 by lang@igc.apc.org in igc:misc.activism. */
/* ---------- "CALL CLINTON 1/21 RE CUBA" ---------- */
/* Written  2:16 pm  Jan 18, 1993 by peacenet@igc.apc.org in igc:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "CALL CLINTON 1/21 RE CUBA" ---------- */
From: <peacenet>
Subject: CALL CLINTON 1/21 RE CUBA

From commonground Mon Jan 18 06:10:05 1993
From: Merri Ansara <commonground>

THE CUBA INFORMATION PROJECT HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING CALL:

            NATIONWIDE PHONE-IN DAY ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
                 Call the White House Comment line at
                             202-456-1111

- End the economic and trade blockade against Cuba
- Lift all travel restrictions to Cuba
- Normalize diplomatic relations with our neighbor
- Close guantanamo naval base

During the presidential campaign, Clinton expressed support for the so-
called "Cubn Democracy Act".  This bill, which was approved by Congress
last September and was signed into law by Bush in October, is designed to
tighten the economic and trade blockade against Cuba.  As president,
Clinton will have the authority to decide how rigidly to enforce this law. 
As president, Clinton will have the authority to issue executive orders
which could end the blockade and lift travel restrictions to Cuba.  As
president, Clinton can take the steps necessary to finally bring sanity to
our nation's relations with Cuba.  

The Cuba Information project distributed this call for the National Network
on Cuba:  718-601-4751.  
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Hank Roth <pnews@igc.apc.org>
Subject: FOURTH INT'L REUNIFICATION
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:08:30 GMT

/* Written  5:13 pm  Jan 27, 1993 by pnews@igc.apc.org in igc:p.news */
/* ---------- "FOURTH INT'L REUNIFICATION" ---------- */
<<< via P_news/p.news >>>
 
REUNIFICATION EFFORTS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
 
* Both FIT and Solidarity (USA) organizations just recently 
merged into one organization, under the banner of Solidarity, and 
the publication (BIDOM) which was formerly the official journal 
of FIT became an independent socialist publication. 
 
* Delegates to the eighth national conference of the Fourth 
Internationalist Tendency (FIT), meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa, on 
September 19th voted to approve the following motions: (1) "This 
conference approves the unity of the Fourth Internationalist 
Tendency and Solidarity," and (2) "At the conclusion of its 
agenda, this conference formally terminates the independent 
organizational existence of the Fourth Internationalist Tendency 
as it is presently constituted." 
 
* The division within the ranks of the U.S. Fourth 
Internationalist was a result of a series of expulsions from the 
Socialist Workers Party in the early 80s, of which Socialist 
Action was also apart, however discussions to unify SA with 
Solidarity failed. There are other groups ( The Milwaukee 
Revolutionary Socialist Group, the Trotskyist League and 
individuals) within the Fourth International that have also 
expressed a desire to cooperate in building a movement through 
common political work, but have not joined in this partial 
reunification. An attempt is being made by Solidarity and BIDOM 
for an eventual unification of all supporters of the Fourth 
International.] 
 
 

Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: George DeVinney <73437.1501@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: NBC & Domestic Violence
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:44:37 GMT

For those interested in the following repost on encouraging NBC to do a
superbown PSA on domestic violence, NBC Sports pres Dick Ebersol's fax
number is (212) 664-5835. NBC voice in (212) 664-4444. They are doing a PSA
during the *pre game* but not during game time. I guess the $850,000 per 30
second paid commercial is more important to NBC than a few battered women.
 
               George DeVinney
 
repost follows
 
Forwarded message:
>From POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU!JRYCENGA Wed Jan 20 11:52:44 1993
 
>> Super Bowl Sunday - which this year is January 31, here in southern
California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena - is the single worst day for
domestic violence in the USA.  There is an increase of as much as 40% in the
volume handled by domestic violence shelters on this day.
 
....
 
>> What I am asking of you - and all your friends (please PLEASE cross-post
this to _any_ lists you can think of) - is to help us with a FAX/LETTER
blitz on NBC, asking for these PSA's.  Here is a sample letter:
 
Dick Ebersol
President, NBC Sports
NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112
 
Dear Mr. Ebersol:
 
I would like to add my support to FAIR's request that you air two Public
Service Announcements on domestic violence during the Super Bowl game. The
Super Bowl is one of the most widely viewed television events of the year;
it is also the day, according to women's shelters, when calls for help
increase by as much as 40%.
 
Your broadcast of the Super Bowl will reach a huge audience.  By airing
PSAs, NBC will be bringing a national audience's attention to the critical
issue of domestic violence.
 
Sincerely,
 
 

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