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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:35:14 GMT


	      The Free Press -- "Stenographers to Power"

Following Dan Rather's getting-out-of-line by breaking the mainstream
Free Press tradition of nodding "ok" (moving on to the next question)
when presented with clearly untrue or extremely suspicious statements
by Power [chiefly, Washington], and instead pressing with questions on
the apparent contradictions and mistruths, George Herbert Walker Bush
was most displeased...

From Holly Sklar's _Who's Who_ column:

	     ===========================================
	     " K i c k i n g   a   l i t t l e   a s s "
	     ===========================================

In her review of some off-the-record remarks made by Bush during the
1984 election season -- including:

	George Bush, Octobert 12, 1984, remarking on his debate
	with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro:
	"We tried to kick a little ass last night."

	Bush was telling that to a New Jersey longshoreman when he
	realized a WNEW-TV microphone was picking up his words:
	"Whoops! Oh God, he heard me!" exclaimed brave Bush. "Turn that
	thing off!"

What about "Stenographers to Power"?

		 ===================================
		 " M r .   I n s i d e   S t u f f "
		 ===================================

	George Bush, January 26, 1987, following the Rather interview
	on CBS News: "The bastard didn't lay a glove on me...That guy
	makes Lesley Stahl look like a pussy." Stahl is the host of
	"Face the Nation," and by the servile standards of broadcast
	news, is known as a tough interviewer.

	Once again, a microphone had picked up Bush's off-air words
	as he fumed at CBS News Officials: "I'm very upset about it.
	Tell your goddamned network that if they want to talk to me to
	raise their hands at a press conference. No more Mr. Inside
	Stuff after that."

--Holly Sklar's _Who's Who ... and What's What_ column in Z magazine,
March 1988, page 32.


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From: Greenpeace via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment
Subject: NEWS: Sumatran Supertanker Collision Was "Inevitable"
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Date: 25 Jan 1993 01:47:00 GMT
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[Greenpeace Press Release from Environet -- Redistribute Freely]

      SUMATRA SUPERTANKER COLLISION INEVITABLE - GREENPEACE

London -- 21 January 1993 (GP) -- The latest in the recent
series of oil tanker disasters -- a collision between two
supertankers in the Malacca Strait off Sumatra -- is an
inevitable result of the world's reliance on oil, Greenpeace
said today.

The Maersk Navigator collided early today with the Sanko Honor
in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.  The Maersk
Navigator's 78 million gallons of oil had the potential to be
the biggest tanker spill in history, said Dr Jeremy Leggett of
Greenpeace International.

The past two months have seen at least three oil spills -- in
Spain (Aegean Sea:  18 million gallons), the UK (Braer:  26
million gallons) and another last week in the Gulf of Finland.
Today's disaster is the second in four months in the Malacca
Strait.  Dr Leggett said the only way of avoiding disasters such
as these was to move away from a reliance on oil altogether, he
said.

"This is possible.  A report commissioned by Greenpeace,
released this week, shows that the world can do without oil,
that the technical options are already available, and that such
a transition would not bankrupt economies (1)," he said.

The tanker, still on fire, is reportedly drifting towards the
Great Nicobar Island, 50 nautical miles off the Aceh Province in
Northern Sumatra. Its owners, Danish company A P Moller, report
that oil is now spilling into the sea.

The area is home to mangrove forests, huge breeding grounds for
fisheries and shrimp.

Dr Leggett noted that the tanker may be still at sea, but that
oil could travel a great distance.

The world's biggest oil disaster, a blowout at the Ixtoc I Well
in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979, spilled 140 million gallons.
Three million gallons from that spill reached the coast of
Texas, 1000 kms away.

"The oil industry says it is ready for spills, for such
disasters.  But every time one happens, they are not ready.  Oil
spills will always happen - with 500 million barrels (21 billion
gallons) being transported around our seas at any one time.  We
need to stop this at its source," he said.

Notes:

(1) "Energy Without Oil", Greenpeace International, January 1993
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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
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Subject: Salvadoran Army Officers Chg Abuse
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:24:57 GMT
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Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit

From el diario/La Prensa

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


Salvadoran Army Officers Charge Human Rights Violations

The two top officers in the Chiefs of Staff of the
Salvadoran army, Generals Gilberto Rubio and Mauricio Vargas, on
January 21 accused two Salvadoran organizations of having
committed human rights abuses. They presented before the courts
complaints against the leaders of the Salvadoran National Workers
Union (UNTS), a labor union, and the non-governmental Salvadoran
Human Rights Commission (CDHES). The organizations had published
ads in a local newspaper with the names of over 200 officiers
they accused of having committed political crimes. The two
organizations demanded that President Alfredo Cristiani apply the
recommendations made by a special commission to purge the army,
in accordance with the peace agreements signed in January 1992.
(edlp 01/22/93 from EFE

[They did this with a straight face. -- NY Transfer]



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From: lang@igc.apc.org (Andrew Lang)
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Subject: Leonard Peltier Action Alert
Date: 27 Jan 93 02:16:22 GMT
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/* Written  7:39 pm  Jan 24, 1993 by peacenet@igc.apc.org in igc:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "Leonard Peltier Action Alert" ---------- */
From: <peacenet>
Subject: Leonard Peltier Action Alert

From josefina Sun Jan 24 16:09:29 1993
From: Josefina Velasquez <josefina>

/* Escrito  5:33 pm  Jan 15, 1993 por bdinan@igc.apc.org en igc:gen.nativeam */

This is a copy of a plea I received from the Leonard Peltier Defense Comm.

LPDC
PO Box 583, Lawrence Kansas 66044
913-842-5774   Fax 913-842-5796

Dear Supporter,

Seventeen years is far too long for an innocent man to be in
prison. This request comes to you in an urgent call for a 
letter writing campaign to President Bill Clinton and First 
Lady Hillary Clinton.  Individual letters carry far more weight
than forms. 

We ask that these letters be sent between  Jan.  15th and 30th
to ensure a virtual tidal wave of concern for Leonard Peltier 
that cannot be ignored.  Imagine the effect of 100,000 
letters will have on the new administration! If we expect justice
to be done, we need to make a concerted effort that will clearly
demonstrate that there are literally millions of people willing 
to fight for Leonard's freedom.

Thank you for your continuing concern and support.  Let's make
this the happiest new year ever!

               	Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: China arms Burmese Regime
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:00:59 GMT

/** reg.seasia: 306.0 **/
** Topic: more info on Burma-China relations **
** Written 10:59 pm  Jan 24, 1993 by tun@quark.SFSU.EDU in cdp:reg.seasia **
From: tun@quark.SFSU.EDU (Coban Tun)
Subject: more info on Burma-China relations

MORE INFORMATION BURMA-CHINA RELATIONS:
 
FROM: SOUTH EAST ASIAN INFORMATION NETWORK
 
24TH JANUARY 1992
 
Information obtained by reliable border sources have confirmed
that on the night of 9th and 10th January 1993, approximately 100
Chinese army trucks travelled from Mang Shi in Yunnan province to
Shwe Li in Burma. These trucks were carrying a shipment of
military equipment.  Witnesses on the Burma side then reported
that the equipment was transferred to a waiting Burmese army
convoy.
 
This is further confirmation of information obtained earlier that
the PRC and SLORC had agreed upon the transfer of arms and
ammunition from the PRC for use on the Thai Burmese border.
 
Arrangements between SLORC and the PRC for payment of the
military equipment includes payment over a period of three years,
permission for China to extract natural resources from Burma, and
continuation of military training from China . The Burmese army
is currently partcipating in military training in Chen Du,
Sichuan Province, the training is said to be for the use of
sophisticated weapons.
 
In November 1992, two meetings were held between SLORC and Yunnan
officialsanf the following was agreed to:
 
1.There will be a motorway built between Ta Haw Hka in Yunnan
province and Hka Shang in Kachin state undertaken by authorities
in Teng Chung district, Yunnan province.
 
2.The construction of a Burma-China motorway across Sima, which
will be undertaken by Yunnan province.
 
3.Construction of the Myitkyina-Nam Si Aung motorway will also be
undertaken by Yunnan province.
 
4.Construction of a hydroelectric station by the Chinese to
supply power to Myitkyina and Bhamo.
 
5.Both sides have agreed that there should be no KIO presence 40
miles either side of the Myitkyina-Bhamo motorway.
 
6.SLORC have agreed to allow Chinese businesses to set up in
Myitkyina and Bhamo.
 
7.SLORC will allow Chinese experts to help extract Burma's
natural resources.
 
8.Household goods will be imported from China.
  

** End of text from cdp:reg.seasia **

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From: vpcsc11@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu
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Subject: UN Lawyers Back Iraqi View
Date: 26 Jan 93 03:14:52 GMT
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UN Lawyers Back Iraqi View - Attacks Not Authorized

The United Nations' legal department says it sees no language in
existing UN resolutions that would give the United States, Britain
and France authority to enforce the no-fly zones they have imposed
in Iraq - including the area involved in yesterday's [1/21/93]
incident.

The interpretation by the U.N legal staff, first reported
Wednesday, on whether the allies have authority to enforce the no-
fly zones came as a surprise and appears to bolster Iraq's case -
at least technically - that the coalition's actions may be illegal.

The allies traditionally have based their enforcement actions on
U.N. Security Council Resolution 688, which condemns the Iraqi
government's repression of minorities like the Kurds and Shiites. 
They argue that enforcement authority is inherent in the language
there.

But the UN interpretation is that because the resolution was not
enacted under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which authorizes the
use of force to maintain international peace and security, it
contains no enforcement power.

Even so, U.N. officials conceded yesterday that the advisory ruling
probably does not mean that the allies must stop using military
power to enforce the resolution.

"It's not our function... to tell a member state how to define a
resolution," one official said.

(Reprinted from SF Chronicle, 1/23/93, p. 2)
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:35:15 GMT


			The "Communist Threat"


Signs of successful development simply magnify the dangers of 
independence and, even worse, popular organization: the "virus" 
might spread and the "rotten apple" might "infect" the barrel as 
others are tempted to pursue the same path -- the "domino theory" 
of public rhetoric.  As Washington moved to overthrow the first 
(and last) democratic government in Guatemala in 1953, State 
Department officials warned that Guatemala "has become an 
increasing threat to the stability of Honduras and El Salvador. 
Its agrarian reform is a powerful propaganda weapon; its broad 
social program of aiding the workers and peasants in a victorious 
struggle against the upper classes and large foreign enterprises 
has a strong appeal to the populations of Central American 
neighbors where similar conditions prevail." {note: Quoted by 
Piero Gleijeses, _Shattered Hope_ (Princeton, 1991), 365.} 

[Noam Chomsky, _Aftermath: Voices from Below_, Z, October 1991]


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From: jon%uci.com@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Jon Harder)
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Subject: CPT: Support for Haitians - Miami
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:24:24 GMT
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CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS

January 14, 1992

Dear Haiti supporters,

We write to you from Miami - a city struggling over the plight of Haitian
immigrants looking for safety from the high seas and from a brutal
government.  We are eager to bring greetings from this city where so many
have suffered hurricane disaster, but where our churches are finding new
important ways to witness.

The CPT release posted elsewhere describes the work of a ten person
Christian Peacemaker Team which arrived in Miami on January 9 and is
staying throughout the week, and perhaps longer, to lend assistance to the
struggle for the rights of Haitians.

The Miami news media is FULL of information about the injustices
which abound as a result of the policies of Immigration and Naturalization
Services (INS) and within the detention centers themselves.  We need your
help to spread the word about the violence here and within the current
military government in Haiti.  Only three weeks ago we wrote to you from
Haiti describing the suffering there and offering ways for you to respond.

Please send inaugural greetings this week to President Bill Clinton and
congress.  REQUEST THE RELEASE OF HAITIAN REFUGEES FROM MIAMI DETENTION
CENTERS AND A FAIR CHANCE FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM. Only today we have learned
that new initiatives are on the horizon with respect to Haitian policy.
Given the push of worldwide matters your work will help prevent a permanent
solution to this from being marginalized. URGE CONGRESS TO INSIST
HIGHEST LEVEL DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO RETURN DEMOCRACY IN HAITI. Concerns
can also be expressed through the White House Comment Desk (202) 456-1111.

With this letter we are also announcing  an upcoming trip to Haiti for
March 20 - 31.  Please pass along this information and contact us if you
are interested in participating.

Finally our team encourages you to integrate this matter into the life,
prayer and worship of your congregation's life, remembering that most of
our forbearers came to North American as sojourners, as boat people.

Sincerely,


Gene Stoltzfus

CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS
1821 w. Cullerton
Chicago, Il 60608
tel. (312)455-1199 FAX (312)421-5762
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Shell, Chevron wage eco-war on indigenous africans
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:01:14 GMT

/** gen.nativenet: 500.0 **/
** Topic: Re: SHELL ACCUSED OF WAGING ECOLOGI **
** Written  4:24 pm  Jan 23, 1993 by unponl@antenna.nl in cdp:gen.nativenet **
Subject: Re: SHELL ACCUSED OF WAGING ECOLOGICAL WAR ON THE OGONI NATION
From: unponl@antenna.nl (Michael v.Walt v.Praag)

Subject: SHELL ACCUSED OF WAGING ECOLOGICAL WAR ON THE OGONI NATION
From: unponl@antenna.nl (Michael v.Walt v.Praag)
Comments: UNPO Secretariate
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 18:00:19 GMT
Newsgroups: unpo.news
Organization: Antenna Host in the Netherlands

UNPO 3RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY DAILY PRESS RELEASE 
 
THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 1993
 
*SHELL ACCUSED OF WAGING ECOLOGICAL WAR ON THE OGONI NATION*
 
The Ogoni Nation was accepted as a member of the Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organization during the opening session of
the third General Assembly of the UNPO.
 
Mr. Ken Saro Wiwa, representative of the Ogoni people and
chairman of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People
(MOSOP), in his address to the General Assembly, accused Shell
and Chevron of waging a deadly ecological war on the Ogoni people
by exploiting Ogoni oil resources without any consideration for
the environment.
 
Mr Saro Wiwa said during the Assembly:
"Today, Ogoni is a wasteland. Unfortunately the international
community has not awakened fully to the grim nature of this
highly sophisticated if unconventional war being waged by very
powerful multinationals against a defenseless people and their
environment."
 
IN DECEMBER 1992 THE OGONI NATION SENT A DEMAND NOTICE TO SHELL
AND CHEVRON ASKING THEM TO END THE ECOLOGICAL WAR.SHELL FAILED TO
ANSWER THE LETTER AND SOUGHT THE PROTECTION OF THE MILITARY
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA. FOLLOWING THAT THE OGONI STAGED A MASS
DEMONSTRATION ON JANUARY 4TH 1993 TO PROTEST AGAINST THE
POLITICAL OPPRESSION THEY SUFFER IN THE HANDS OF THE NIGERIAN
GOVERNMENT AND THE ECOLOGICAL DEVASTATION CAUSED BY SHELL AND
CHEVRON.
SHOCKED BY THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE DEMONSTRATION, THE
NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT INVITED THE ORGANIZERS, INCLUDING MR. SARO
WIWA, TO THE CAPITAL. THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WAS WILLING TO
INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS BUT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN SO FAR/
MOSOP IS CURRENTLY PLANNING A NON-VIOLENT CAMPAIGN FOR SELF
DETERMINATION FOR THE OGONI PEOPLE.
 
The Ogoni people live in the north east of the Niger delta in the
south of Nigeria and number 500.000 people.
 
A 20 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY COVERING THE DEMONSTRATION AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IS AVAILABLE AT REQUEST FROM MR. SARO
WIWA WHO IS NOW IN THE NETHERLANDS ATTENDING THE UNPO MEETING.

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

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From: "Steven R Winkelman-1" <wink0030%student.tc.umn.edu@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Re: Today in History
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:24:10 GMT

TODAY IN HISTORY ------- JANUARY 23

Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American U.S. Senator -- 1907

24th Amendment ratified, eliminating poll tax in Federal elections -- 1964

(From the Progessive, Hidden History of the United States Callendar)

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From: Greenpeace via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: NEWS: Japan Moves to Resume Commercial Whaling
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Date: 25 Jan 1993 04:38:43 GMT
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[Greenpeace Press Release from Greenbase -- Redistribute Freely]
 
PRESS RELEASE 
GREENPEACE CONDEMNS JAPANESE MOVE TO RESUME COMMERCIAL WHALING   

ANTARCTICA, JANUARY 8 1993 (GP) Greenpeace today strongly
condemned an announcement by Japanese officials that Japan
intends to resume commercial whaling in the Antarctic.
  
Officials from the Japanese Fisheries Agency said on Tuesday
that Japan would submit a set of proposals to the next meeting
of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), in Kyoto in May.
  
"It is outrageous that Japan would put forward a proposal to
resume Antarctic whaling when the meeting in Kyoto is due to
discuss plans to make the whole Antarctic a whale sanctuary,"
said campaigner Kieran Mulvaney, speaking from the
organisation's vessel, the MV Greenpeace, in Antarctic waters.

At its most recent meeting, the IWC agreed by consensus to give
full consideration in Kyoto to a proposal by France to make all
waters south of 40 degrees South a whale sanctuary.  The French
proposal states that it is intended to `contribute to the
rehabilitation of a marine ecosystem which has been severely,
but hopefully not irretrievably, damaged by human exploitation
in less than one century.'
  
"Japanese officials have made it clear that they expect to kill
thousands of minke whales a year," said Mulvaney.  "They will
justify the killings as part of a "scientific" management scheme.
  
"The minkes are the last large population of great whales
at anything near their original abundance.  They should not
become the target of an industry simply because a nation is
able to send ships half way around the world to catch them
in international waters."
  
The MV Greenpeace is in Antarctic waters to promote the
whale sanctuary.  Last year the ship was involved in a 53
day confrontation with Japan's "scientific" whaling fleet,
which takes whales under a program criticised by the IWC.
Whales caught are sold on the commercial market in Japan.
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From: KEBEDEA%ATSUVAX1.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: Ethiopia Watch
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:28:51 GMT


Selam be with you activ-l

I am delighted to see the positive work you are doing about Haitii. It gives
me hope that the same knid of effort will be applied to the mushrooming hot
spots in africa.  One of them is Ethiopia.  A group of Ethiopians formed an
active watch group called Ethiopia Watch to address the humanitarian issues
in Ethiopia.  The reasons for the formation of such a group are many. Allow
me to mention two of them.

1. To address grassroot solutions to the current problems in Ethiopia

2. Since there is an attempt to devide Ethiopia along ethnic and linguistics
  regions, there is a lot of room for abuse of human rights by the interest
groups.  To this end there are already numerous rerports of human rights abuse.

Having said this, this group is just starting to gain momentum.  However the
group believes that there are many important things to learn if one wants to
address humanitarian issues. Therefore it is found necessary to consult
experts or activists in this area.  As much as possible we want to learn from
you. If you want to know about this group. please contact me on or off line.
I will be very happy to discuss  the ideas of Ethiopia Watch.

Sincerely

a.k
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