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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: 3RD WORLD RESOURCES (V8 N3) BOOKS: CIA/HEROIN COMPLICITY
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 01:00:57 GMT

[Via misc.activism.progressive from PeaceNet's twr.nl]
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Topic 123       BOOKS, 8:3 - 1992       Response 12 of 16 
tfenton 
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        The following is from the quarterly magazine, THIRD WORLD
        RESOURCES: A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF RESOURCES FROM AND ABOUT THE THIRD
        WORLD; subscriptions to the 24-page hardcopy edition are $35/year
        (organizations) and $35/two years (individuals). For rates outside
        North America, write to: Third World Resources, 464 19th Street,
        Oakland, CA 94612-2297 USA. See also their conference `twr.nl' on
        PeaceNet, or email to tfenton@igc.org (Tom Fenton)
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***<THE POLITICS OF HEROIN: CIA COMPLICITY IN THE GLOBAL  
DRUG TRADE.> Alfred W. McCoy. Lawrence Hill Books, 230 Park  
Pl., Rm. 6A, Brooklyn, NY 11238. 1991. Rev. ed. xx + 634 pp.  
$19.95. ISBN 1- 55652-125-1. Distributor: Independent  
Publishers Group, 814 N. Franklin, Chicago, IL 60610. Notes,  
bibliography, index, maps, photographs. 

In 1973 Alfred McCoy produced a blockbuster expose of the  
heroin trade in Southeast Asia: <The Politics of Heroin in  
Southeast Asia.> This completely revised and expanded  
edition of his 1973 classic is--McCoy explains--more  
<explanation> than <expose.> More than a decade and a half  
of perspective and countless hours of research between 1973  
and the end of 1990 enabled McCoy to double the size of the  
1973 edition and to more confidently and accurately place  
the Southeast Asian trade in the global context of the trade  
in narcotics. In the process McCoy provides explanatory  
historical coverage of the past twenty years of worldwide  
drug trafficking and places the current drug war in  
historical perspective. 

Opening with a 23-page introduction to the history of  
heroin, McCoy moves on to describe in detail and with  
journalistic flair how the United States began to involve  
itself in the promotion of international drug dealing. From  
Marseille (France) to the Golden Triangle in Southeast  
Asia--McCoy charges--the U.S. government has pursued a  
course that one Chinese Nationalist army general described  
unabashedly in this way: "We have to continue to fight the  
evil of Communism, and to fight you must have an army, and  
an army much have guns, and to buy guns you must have money.  
In these mountains, the only money is opium." 
  

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Philippines: NDF Peace Tour of Canada
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 21:43:52 GMT

/** reg.philippine: 245.0 **/
** Topic: NDF Peace Tour of Canada **
** Written 11:50 am  Sep  6, 1992 by web:posse in cdp:reg.philippine **
Press Release

NDF reps to visit Canada this October
OTTAWA -- Representatives of the National Democratic 
Front are visiting Canada this October as part of a 
campaign by Philippine solidarity groups in the 
country to support a genuine peace process in the 
Philippines.
  The visitors will be going around several cities 
to share the results of their recent exploratory 
talks held August 31 to September 1 with an emissary 
of the Philippine government at The Hague, 
The Netherlands. They will be addressing a number 
of parliamentarians, non-government organizations 
and other solidarity groups and meeting with the press. 
They will elaborate on the NDF's agenda for an enduring 
peace.
  Visiting Canada this October are Luis Jalandoni, 
NDF Vice Chairperson for International Affairs; 
Coni Ledesma, Executive Director of the NDF 
International Office; and former trade union lawyer 
Byron Bocar, NDF representative for Western Europe.
  In their exploratory talks, NDF and Philippine 
government representatives agreed to recommend 
to their respective principals the holding of formal 
peace negotiations to resolve the armed conflict 
and attain "a just and lasting peace."
  In a communique released September 1, they said 
the peace negotiations shall be held "without 
preconditions, and in accordance with mutually 
acceptable principles including national sovereignty, 
democracy and social justice." Preparatory to the 
formal talks they would also recommend for the 
substantive agenda to include "human rights 
and international humanitarian law, socio-
economic reforms, political and constitutional 
reforms, end of hostilities and disposition 
of forces."
  The Network for A Just and Lasting Peace in the 
Philippines (NJLP), an aggrupation of Philippine 
solidarity groups across Canada, is launching the 
campaign in the country to support the current peace 
process in the Philippines. The groups aim to inform 
the Canadian public of the problems that lie at the 
root of the armed conflict in the Philippines, 
and draw support for a peace based on "national 
sovereignty and independence, people's democracy 
and empowerment, respect and promotion of human 
rights, and equitable, sustainable and ecology-
friendly development."

Rev. Rei Aldaba
Network for A Just and Lasting Peace 
in the Philippines (NJLP). (613) 278-3200
** End of text from cdp:reg.philippine **
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From: jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Greenpeace via Jym Dyer)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment
Subject: NEWS: France Breaks PCB Contract
Date: 11 Sep 92 20:11:30 GMT
Followup-To: talk.environment
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[Greenpeace Press Release from Environet -- Redistribute Freely]

    FRANCE BREAKS PCB CONTRACT - GREENPEACE CLAIMS VICTORY

PARIS September 5, 1992 (GP) The French Minister for the
Environment, Mrs Segolene Royale, has announced that France is
breaking a contract with Australia for the importation of up to
1,000 tonnes of PCB waste.

In a statement today from Paris, Mrs Royale said the shipment
aboard the MSC Maria-Laura, which arrived in Le Havre today to a
huge Greenpeace protest and police presence, would be the last.
"This is a victory for world opinion against the international
waste trade," said Katia Kanas of Greenpeace France.

"We congratulate Mrs Royale for her decision but this is just the
beginning. France is importing about 250,000 tonnes of hazardous
waste every year -- each tonne of that is one too many."

More than 18 Greenpeace activists were arrested earlier today
when the toxic cargo aboard the MSC MARIA LAURA arrived at Le
Havre.  Over 30 armed French police struggled with Greenpeace
activists for two hours before the cargo was offloaded from the
ship and reloaded aboard a truck. It was sped from the port under
heavy police escort.

Katia Kanas said Mrs Royale's decision was the direct result of
mobilisation of unions and environmentalists in Australia, South
Africa, Belgium, the UK and France.

"The decision of the French Minister clearly demonstrates the
political responsibility and decision-making power of Governments
on toxic waste and its export," she said. "We assume this has
taught the Australian Minister, Mrs Ros Kelly, a good lesson and
that she's now eating a generous helping of humble pie."

"Australia can no longer claim that this is a whim of
environmentalists," she added. "Every country on this ship's route
has protested the waste's export from Australia and now France
has signalled the closure of Australia's waste export options.

"While 35 tonnes of PCBs got through today, 965 more tonnes of it
have been stopped."

Greenpeace says countries producing such toxic materials have to
take responsibility for them.  Above-ground storage of PCBS is
the only option until technology is found to deal with them.
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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Paper Industry Attacks U.S. Govt
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:34:44 GMT

/* Written  1:39 am  Sep  9, 1992 by econet in cdp:en.alerts */
/* ---------- "Paper Industry Attacks U.S. Govt" ---------- */
The U.S. paper industry's refusal to halt the use of chlorine in paper
production has extended to possibly illegal inteference in federal
purchasing activities.

Current methods of paper production exact a demanding price on our
environment and public health.  The chlorine bleaching process creates as
many as 1,000 organochlorines, many of which, including dioxin, are known
carcinogens and mutagens.  While European companies switch to
alternatives -- hydrogen peroxide, oxygen, ozone -- the U.S. paper
industry refuses to change to safer methods.

The federal government, the nation's largest consumer of paper, has the
purchasing power to make the paper industry change.  But there are
serious obstacles to using this power.

In June 1992, the General Services Administration (GSA), the federal
buying arm, sent a survey to U.S. paper mills, inquiring about their
capacity to produce non-chlorine bleached printing and writing papers.
The American Paper Institute (API), the industry's lobby, sought to
prevent its membership from responding to the survey.  A July 6, 1992
letter from API to its members states, in part: "It is important for you
to know that YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED to respond to this questionnaire in
total, or in part. The GSA HAS NO GOVERNMENT MANDATE requiring this
information." (Emphasis in original.)

In fact, the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and the National Pollution
Prevention Strategy establish the goal of using federal procurement to
promote pollution prevention.

Urge the following members of Congress to authorize an investigation into
API's behavior, and to legislate procurement mandates and goals for
non-chlorine bleached paper products:

Senator Carl Levin, Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Operations, 442 Hart, Washington, DC 20510

Representative John Conyers, Chair, House Government Operations
Committee, 2157 Rayburn, Washington, DC 20515

Senator John Glenn, Chair, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, 446
Dirksen, Washington, DC 20510

And tell GSA to continue its efforts to purchase non-chlorine bleached
paper products:

Richard Austin, Administrator, General Services Administration, 18th and
F Sts. NW, Washington, DC 20405

For further information contact:
Government Purchasing Project
P.0. Box 19367 
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 387-8030

(ref.: ei Tue Sep  8 07:05:23 1992)
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From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse@igc.apc.org>
Subject: SOMALIA: As if hunger is not bad en
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Resent-From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse@igc.apc.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 15:38:09 GMT

/* Written  7:41 pm  Sep  6, 1992 by kautaj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu in cdp:soc.cult.afric */
/* ---------- "SOMALIA: As if hunger is not bad en" ---------- */
Excerpts from the AP:

   U.N. Warns Of Toxic-Waste Dumping   
     In Somalia As U.S. Sends Aid      
                 ---
    NAIROBI, Kenya - The U.N.
environment chief said Italian
companies plan to profit from Somalia's
chaos by shipping toxic waste there,
according to a report Sunday.
    The move further threatens health
in the devastated nation.
 [..............]
    The claims involving toxic waste by
Mostafa Tolba, head of the
Nairobi-based U.N. Environmental
Program, were reported in the
English-language Sunday Nation
newspaper and confirmed by an aide.
    Tolba said Italian companies are
building two incinerators to be
installed in Somalia that would handle
at least two 550,000-ton shipments of
toxic waste next year for an estimated
profit of $4 million to $6 million.
    Tolba said that to protect his
sources he wouldn't identify the
Italian companies or say where they
planned to ship the waste.
    The Italian companies are taking
advantage of Somalia's lack of
government and general instability,
said Tolba.
    Tolba reportedly made his remarks
during an address Friday at the
International Center for Research in
Agroforestry.
    Tolba said the dumping could
aggravate the destruction of Somalia's
ecosystem and threaten further loss of
life in the ravaged nation, where tens
if not hundreds of thousands already
have died from the combined effects of
drought and warfare.
    It wasn't possible to get comment
from Tolba, whose office wouldn't
release his home telephone number.
    Italian government officials in
Rome also weren't immediately available
for comment.
[............]

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Timor: Memo from resistance leader on UN resolution
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:46:37 GMT

/** reg.easttimor: 352.0 **/
** Topic: CNRM memo on UN resolution **
** Written 11:50 am  Aug 28, 1992 by gn:tapol in cdp:reg.easttimor **
CNRM Memo on UN resolution
 
Memorandum from Jos Ramos-Horta, official spokesperson for
the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM) to all
solidarity groups and friends of East Timor
 
Geneva, Thursday, 27 August 1992
 
Today, the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities adopted a resolution on the
Situation in East Timor by an impressive 13 votes in favour,
six against and four abstentions. This is the best support we
have had for any resolution on East Timor at the Sub-
Commission. It is particularly remarkable that when the
resolution was formally tabled, not a single expert-member of
the Sub-Commission spoke out against it. 
 
There are several points, I would like to make about this
important decision:
 
1.   Beyond doubt, East Timor was the most thoroughly
discussed of all issues raised at this, the 44th Session of
the Sub-Commission. There were a number of powerful
submissions made by a variety of NGOs, all of which had a
strong impact on the members of the Sub-Commission and on all
those attending the Session.
 
2.   In my own lobbying with experts, I stressed that it would
be a disgrace if the Sub-Commission were to fail this time to
adopt a resolution on East Timor, after all that has happened
in East Timor since the Sub-Commission last met in August
1991.
 
3.   On behalf of the CNRM, I would like to thank all those,
whether present at the Session or assisting elsewhere, for
their help and support in winning this important victory.
 
4.   When the Sub-Commission came to vote on the resolution,
the atmosphere in the hall was tense, attentive and serious.
Clearly, everyone present was very concerned for the fate of
the resolution.
 
5.   As is the case in Washington where I decided to appoint
a professional lobbyist to work on behalf of East Timor in and
around Congress, I have appointed a part-time professional
lobbyist in Geneva as Special Consultant for the CNRM. It is
her job to follow up the resolution with UN bodies and NGOs
and to assist in the preparation of documentation in advance
of future meetings of UN bodies concerned with human rights.
Her name is Alexandra Aula. Her address and phone number: BP
315, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, 41 22 700-0693.
 
6.   I request all solidarity groups to make contact with
Alexandra and keep her informed of documents that may be of
relevance to our collective endeavour.
 
Thank you.
 
[The full text of the Resolution was posted on reg:easttimor
on 27 August 1992]
** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor **

Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: Nicarauga Series
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 05:55:40 GMT


The series in progress aims to spread the documented evidence
surrounding U.S. policy towards Nicaragua and indeed the entire
region.

The pretended interest by some apologists for U.S. aggression in my
views on certain matters, especially, human rights abuses committed by
Sandinista soldiers, will not deter the progress of the series, nor
can it be taken as anything but pretense and "concern for human rights
only com[ing] into play when it is .. political[ly] advantag[eous]",
but they merit addressing both for "everyone else" following the
series and because of the deeper issues they help uncover.

Since I've recently written to an acquaintance regarding these
protestations and shows of pretended concern, that will serve as a
draft to be expanded upon which I will post shortly.

If there are any broader or related issues of concern I welcome email
at harelb@math.cornell.edu so that I may more fully address them,
since my reading of the UseNet has become limited to quite irregular
intervals due to co-moderation of misc.activism.progressive and other
projects.

Harel Barzilai
harelb@math.cornell.edu

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From: ACT UP via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,alt.politics.homosexuality,alt.society.civil-disob
Subject: ACTIVISM: Report Police Brutality Against ACT UP at Astrodome
Followup-To: alt.activism.d,alt.politics.homosexuality,alt.society.civil-disob
Date: 15 Sep 1992 05:06:13 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From ACT UP Mailing List]

=o= This is an excerpt from a longer message on the ACT UP
mailing list.  If you were there at the Houston Astrodome
protests and experienced or witnessed the police brutality,
there's something you can do about it.  Photographic evidence
would be awfully nice, too.
    <_Jym_>

================================================================
. . . an INDEPENDENT COMMISSION was established in Houston to
explore the discrepency between police reports of the action at
the Astrodome and reports from those of us who were attacked by
the police.  To contribute your evidence of police brutality,
contact:

Independent Commission
PO Box 66513
Houston, TX    77266
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From: David Banisar <bd060@cleveland.freenet.edu>
Subject: Sierra Club Endorses Clinton/Gore
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:54:55 GMT

The Montgomery Sierran
Volume 1, Issue 5

Club Endorses Clinton-Gore 
Ruckel Calls Bush an "Environmental Disaster"

By Dave Banisar

  On September 4, the National Office of the Sierra Club endorsed the
Democratic ticket of Bill Clinton and Albert Gore for President of the
United States in the 1992 election.  The board of directors' resolution to
endorse Clinton-Gore was unanimous.
 Sierra Club President Anthony Ruckel  described President Bush as an
"environmental disaster," and said "He has broken every single promise. We
cannot trust George Bush. " Ruckel promised to marshal grassroots support
for the ticket.  The Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters,
which will vote whether to endorse the Democratic ticket on September 18,
criticized Bush for failing to implement the Clean Air Act, reducing
wetlands, rejecting calls to implement standards for better fuel
efficiency, and refusing to sign the treaty at the Rio Earth Summit until
deadlines for reducing carbon dioxide emissions were removed.
  This is only the second time in its 100 year history that the club has
endorsed a presidential candidate.  The other time was  in 1984, when the
club endorsed Democratic candidate Walter Mondale in his unsuccessful bid.
  A recent Mason-Dixon poll conducted in the first week of September found
that Clinton leads Bush in Maryland by nine percentage points -  48 to 39.
In Montgomery County, Clinton leads Bush by twenty points -  54 to 34
percent. The poll has a 3.5 percent margin of error. Experts estimate that
Clinton will need to carry Montgomery County by a large margin to win the
state.  In 1988, Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis only won Montgomery
County by 51.3 percent of the vote. Bush barely won the state with 51.1
percent total.
 Locally, the club has endorsed Democrat Barbara Mikulski for the U.S.
Senate, Republican Connie Morella for the 8th Congressional District and
Democrat Al Wynn for the new  4th  Congressional District seat.

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: LAND AND LIFE AT STONEY POINT
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 08:23:06 GMT

The ACTivist, Volume 8 #9, September 1992.

The ACTivist, Ontario's peace monthly, is published by ACT for
Disarmament, 736 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2R4,
phone 416-531-6154, fax 416-531-5850, e-mail web:act. Hard copy
subscriptions are $10 for a year ($25 for institutions and funded
agencies).

Reprint freely, but please credit us (and send us a copy!)

/** gen.newsletter: 138.15 **/
** Written  9:01 pm  Aug 31, 1992 by web:act in cdp:gen.newsletter **
LAND AND LIFE AT STONEY POINT

By Annette Smith

Sacred ... Holy ... Spiritual earth ... Graves of elders and ancestors ... 
Holy ground ... A symbol of peace and harmony with the land ...

Military vehicles ... Khaki-clad personnel ... Large guns ... Target 
practice ...Those things that prepare for war ... A symbol of conflict 
and usury of the land ...

Two very opposite images that collide in mind and heart as a 
gathering of Student Christian Movement (SCM) folks and chaplains 
listens to the story of the native peoples of Stoney Point. Their burial 
ground lies within the boundaries of Camp Ipperwash, a Canadian 
Forces training camp. This land was appropriated by the federal 
government during the Second World War, with the understanding 
that it would be returned at the end of the war. By most historical 
records, World War II ended in 1945 Q now, 47 years later, the 
government still "owns" the land.

Camp Ipperwash is used only a few weeks each year, and yet there 
have been no offers to return the land to the native peoples.

We wander within the burial ground. We walk and look with 
reverence to the graves that the All-Terrain Vehicles have virtually
 obliterated. Stories which have passed down through generations 
now provide the only information on who is buried here.

We needed special permission from the government to enter this place. 
They asked no such permission 50 years ago. They requested the 
courtesy of knowing when we would arrive, how long we would be 
staying, and what we would be doing while were were there. They 
provided no such courtesies 50 years ago.

It is time -- it is well past time, says our guide Maynard George -- 
that this land returns to its rightful owners.

Many letters have been written, many speeches made, many 
petitions signed, many prayers prayed. The struggle continues. 
The poignant frustration of the matter emerges with the realization 
that these people are trying to regain possession of something which 
is already theirs.

However, along with the frustration we sense an unshakeable spirit 
of determination and hope that the struggle will soon cease and the 
people of Stoney Point will be free to return to this land. We celebrate 
that hope and spirit as we stand in solidarity with the people of 
Stoney Point.


** End of text from cdp:gen.newsletter **

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