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From: nyxfer%panix.com@UMCVMB.missouri.edu (N.Y. Transfer)
Subject: War-Tax Protestor at UN
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@UMCVMB.missouri.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:58:07 GMT



Via The NY Transfer News Service ~ All the News that Doesn't Fit


                   WAR-TAX PROTESTOR AT THE UN
                 RISKS DEATH TO PROTEST GULF WAR

(Copyright Workers World Service: Permission to reprint granted if
source is cited.)

Linne Gunther of San Lorenzo, Calif., held police at bay for 24
hours outside the United Nations building in New York on April
11-12. She threatened to blow up her van and herself in protest
over the use of U.S. taxes to support the Persian Gulf war, in
which over 200,000 Iraqis were killed in a high-tech U.S.
blitzkrieg. She finally surrendered to the police and faces heavy
charges.

Gunther is the daughter of Nobel Prize-winning nuclear scientist
Owen Chamberlain, who worked on the Manhattan Project during World
War II, helping to develop the atomic bomb. Chamberlain later
became a peace activist. Many scientists working on the project
thought its goal was to prevent Nazi Germany from getting such a
fearsome weapon first. They were shocked when, after Germany
surrendered and Japan was close to doing the same, the U.S.
dropped the bomb on civilians in Japan, incinerating between
200,000 and 300,000 people.

                               ***

This article originally appeared in Workers World newspaper. A
10-week trial subscription is available for $2. A year's
subscription costs $15. Makes checks payable to Workers World, and
send to 46 W. 21 St., New York, NY 10010.Phone (212) 255-0352. You
may contact Workers World editors on NY Transfer or PeaceNet at
"workers."

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 09:35:15 GMT


       "Rosa had her breasts cut off. Then they cut into her chest and
       took out her heart. The men had their arms broken, their
       testicles cut off, and their eyes poked out. They where killed
       by slitting their throats, and pulling the tongue out through
       the slit."

>From a survivors account of a contra attack. Jonathan Steele and Tony
Jenkins, Manchester Guardian Weekly, Nov. 25, 1984.

[Cited in _Turning the Tide_, by Noam Chomsky]

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From: World Perspectives <worldpnews@igc.org>
Subject: WP starts a working vacation
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 23:25:12 GMT

/* Written  4:23 pm  Apr 10, 1992 by worldpnews in cdp:worldp.news */
/* ---------- "WP starts a working vacation" ---------- */

Dear readers.

World Perspectives is starting a two-week working vacation, during
which we'll try to raise money for a new piece of equipment.
If we can purchase it, our service will improve greatly as we'll
be able to receive not only radio stations but also international
news services.

If you'd like to send a donation to help in the fund raising, it
will be greatly appreciated. To make your donation tax-deductible,
write it to the Press Connection Foundation and earmark it to us.
Our address is: PO Box 3074, Madison, WI 53704.

We'll see you again in two weeks!

WP's staff


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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 09:35:14 GMT


  "We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our
nation is to survive its own folly.  Every [person] of humane convictions
must decide on the protest that best suits his [or her] convictions, but @i[we
must all protest!]"
	--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Thanks to Peter Shell <pshell@WIENER.PRODIGY.CS.CMU.EDU>]


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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 13:37:52 GMT


"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome
nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I
hate them!"  --Albert Einstein


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Subject: Today's Quote...
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 09:35:14 GMT


"The United States has a government, security organizations and
allies. The Soviet Union, however, has a regime, secret police and
satellites. Our leaders are consummate politicians; their are wily,
cunning or worse. We give the world information and seek influence;
they disseminate propaganda and disinformation while seeking expansion
and domination" --Stephen Cohen on loaded language in _Sovieticus:
American Perceptions and Soviet Realities_ (NY: Norton, 1985) pp 29-31

[Cited in _What Are We Afraid Of? An Assessment of the ``Communist
Threat'' in Central America" by John Lamperti.]


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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: BROWN on ANIMAL RIGHTS
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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 20:11:38 GMT


/* Written  9:26 pm  Apr  2, 1992 by bwong@beach.csulb.edu in cdp:alt.activism */ 
/* ---------- "Jerry Brown on Animal Rights" ---------- */ 

I'm pleased to present to you the following position paper by 
Brown, repeated here in its entirety. No presidential candidate 
has ever before advanced a position on behalf of animals 
(Lynn Manheim, Letters For Animals, POB 29-L, Factoryville, PA 18419): 

Jerry Brown on Animal Rights 

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged 
by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi 

Many species of animals around the world are becoming extinct 
because of human greed and indifference. Presently, in the 
United States abusive and cruel treatment of animals is out of 
control. Millions of animals raised for food are confined in 
small crates for their entire Lives; millions are used in 
scientific experiments which could be replaced by other methods. 

I support legislation that would put an end to the use of narrow 
wood crates for raising veal calves, "steel-jaw", leghold traps 
for hunting and the use of animals for cosmetic testing. 

We have the power to change our attitudes and actions towards 
animals. I have always believed that people who care about 
animals also care deeply about other people. 

As Governor of California, I passed numerous animal welfare 
bills: endangered species received 3.5 million dollars for 
habitats; the maximum punishment for the sale or purchase of 
bear meat or parts was increased; the moratorium on trophy 
hunting of mountain Lions was extended. 

As President, I will work to ensure better treatment of our 
animals.   

Thank you,  

Jerry Brown 
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Radio Havana frequencies
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Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 03:18:23 GMT

/** pn.announcemen: 58.0 **/
** Topic: Radio Havana Cuba **
** Written  7:55 am  Apr 11, 1992 by peacenet in cdp:pn.announcemen **
From: <peacenet>
Subject: Radio Havana Cuba

From support2 Thu Apr  9 17:15:05 1992
From: radiohc@ceniai.cu (Radio Habana Cuba)

RADIO HAVANA CUBA broadcasts in English are available on the
following shortwave radio schedule:

USA and CANADA     YOUR BEST RECEPTION         DAYLIGHT
                                               SAVINGS TIME

East Coast         11970Khz, 25 meter band     8PM-1AM     EDST

Southern USA       11970Khz, 25 meter band     8PM-1AM     EDST
                   13700Khz, 22 meter band     9PM-11:30PM CDST
                   11760Khz, 25 meter band    11PM-midnightCDST
                    6180Khz, 49 meter band    12PM-1AM     EDST

Central USA and    13700Khz, 22 meter band     9PM-11:30PM CDST
   Canada

The  Rockies and   11760Khz, 25 meter band    11PM-1AM     PDST
   Pacific

EUROPE, AFRICA
AND THE MIDEAST    17705Khz, 16 meter band    20-21:00     UTC
                   11930Khz, 25 meter band    22-23:00     UTC

AFRICA             15330Khz, 19 meter band    20-21:00     UTC

N.CARIBBEAN         9620Khz, 31 meter band    22-23:00     UTC
                    6180Khz, 49 meter band     4- 5:00     UTC

E.CARIBBEAN        11760Khz, 25 meter band     4- 5:00     UTC


RHC broadcasts news on the hour and half hour, and a variety of
features carried in a radio magazine, punctuated with the best of
Cuban music.

Some shows of interest:  SUNDAY REVIEW (the week in Cuba); THE
JAZZ PLACE (also Sundays); CLOSE-UP ON LATIN AMERICA (Fridays);
THE MAILBAG (Sundays); LET'S TALK LAW (Mondays); and DXERS
UNLIMITED (Tuesdays and Saturdays).

If you wish to contact RADIO HAVANA CUBA you can reach us by
e-mail at:
            web!ceniai!radiohc

       or:  radiohc@ceniai.cu

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Jorge Miyares
** End of text from cdp:pn.announcemen **

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From: brutvan@scivax.stsci.edu (if you can't stand the HEAT, don't drive an armored vehical)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,misc.headlines
Subject: workable election procedure (Re: NEWS: Why None-of-the-Above Wins Primaries)
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:05:41 GMT
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Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu

In article <1992Apr9.195240.8286@mont.cs.missouri.edu>, nyxfer%panix.com@UMCVMB.missouri.edu (N.Y. Transfer) writes:
> Why `None of the Above' is winning in primaries

Okay, time for my $.02 worth again...

A possible solution to voter apathy is *requiring* voters to vote.  We force
people to pay taxes...we should scrap the whole ``balloting'' procedure and
instead move the elections up to income tax filing time.  Print up all the 
candidates names on the tax forms and require everybody to check a box or
at least write in somebody they like.  No "none of the above"s.  Allow 2 or 3
months to collect all the ballots (keeping the process as secret and airtight
as possible) (or maybe not -- if people realize somebody they don't like is
winning, they'll be more motivated to vote for somebody else...) and announce
the winner on April 16th.

So, whaddaya think?

					mike

ps.  Another compulsory event that voting could be tied to is the census.
     This is the 90s, we don't have to wait every 10 years to count ourselves.

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Organization: University of Missouri
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:39:52 GMT


Bernie Sanders, now [1990] the first independent-socialist Congressman
in 60 years [Quoted in The Nation, June 11, 1990:]

      "Last year, in order to benefit the rich and the
      powerful, the U.S.  Congress and the President passed
      legislation which is probably the biggest single rip-off
      in the history of this country -- the bailout of the
      crooks and swindlers who destroyed the American savings
      and loan industry. How ironic that the congress was able
      to find $500 billion in order to bail out the real estate
      speculators and junk bond dealers, but the same Congress
      can find no money for out children, for the environment,
      for health care or for the needs of our senior citizens."


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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Radio for Peace Intl Frequencies
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:18:37 GMT

/** media.issues: 199.0 **/
** Topic: Radio for Peace Intl Frequencies **
** Written  4:58 pm  Apr 14, 1992 by hfrederick in cdp:media.issues **
From: Howard Frederick <hfrederick>
Subject: Radio for Peace Intl Frequencies

Radio for Peace International is broadcasting from the United
Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica on the following 
frequencies:

15.030 AM 24 hours
21.465 (USB) 24 hours
13.630 (USB) 24 hours
7.375 AM 1400-0000, (USB) 0000-1400

All hours are UTC

RFPI can be reached on these nets as:

rfpicr@huracan.cr

They will soon be upgrading their transmitter to 30,000 watts
and will be much stronger in the United States.  I have picked
them up weakly on the 7.375 frequency.  However, to do that
I constructed a 66 foot antenna using the shortwave antenna
kit available at the Radio Shack.  I would appreciate hearing
from anyone who picks them up and on what frequency.

Thanks

Howard Frederick

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From: World Perspectives <worldpnews@igc.org>
Subject: Earth Summit already in trouble
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 00:34:42 GMT

/* Written  5:34 pm  Apr  6, 1992 by worldpnews in cdp:worldp.samples */
/* ---------- "Earth Summit already in trouble" ---------- */
From WORLD PERSPECTIVES magazine PO box 3074 Madison WI. 53704


BRAZIL
 A preparatory meeting for the United Nations Earth Summit in June
has reportedly ended with a stalemate between negotiators from
industrialized and developing countries.

The AFP news agency reports that organizers of the meeting say that
one of the most contentious issues was funding for environmental 
projects in the Third World. The UN estimates that about $125
billion - $70 billion more than the current level - is needed
annually to support environment protection programs in developing
countries.

AFP says that the developing countries argue that they should not
have to accept total responsibility for environmental damage which
they claim has been caused by the industrialized nations. At the
June Summit that will be held in Brazil, representatives from about
60 countries will draft a declaration on environmental issues such
as global warning and deforestation. (R. Australia 4/4)

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* Pakistan to send food aid to Afghanistan

* 50 chemical plants to open to the public in Australia

* Leading Venezuelan figures call for President Perez's resignation

* Mandela calls for international observers to be deployed in
townships, says security forces are complicit in on-going violence.

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: CUBA: CASTRO CRITICISES U.S. 'TV-MARTI' TRANSMISSIONS
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 09:24:15 GMT

/** reg.cuba: 167.0 **/
** Topic: IPS on Cuba*April **
** Written 12:26 pm  Apr  3, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:reg.cuba **
From: News Desk <newsdesk>
Subject: IPS on Cuba*April

/* Written 11:54 am  Apr  3, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:ips.english */
/* ---------- "CUBA: CASTRO CRITICISES U.S. 'TV-MA" ---------- */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.

Reference: North America
Title: CUBA: CASTRO CRITICISES U.S. 'TV-MARTI' TRANSMISSIONS

havana, apr 3 (ips) -- cuban president fidel castro called daytime
television transmissions to his country from the united states
''aggressive and disgraceful''.

speaking to the press, castro said, ''it is cynical for the
united states to take advantage of breaks in cuban programming to
broadcast anti-government programs.''

the u.s. government created tv-marti on mar. 27, 1990 to
broadcast anti-castro programming to the island from a military
base on cudjoe key in southern florida.

the broadcasts until recently were limited to early-morning
hours. but cuban authorities said that on wednesday and thursday,
tv-marti also broadcast during the afternoon.

the cuban government said that on both occasions it was able to
block the signal in a matter of seconds, as it has been doing
since tv-marti's initiation.

as a result of the current energy crisis, cuban television
broadcasts since january have been limited to the evening hours.

a cuban television commentary said that the u.s. government's
goal is to force cuba to choose between spending precious energy
and financial resources blocking the signal or accepting an
electronic propaganda war.

but ''thanks to the talent and imagination of our engineers, we
have developed ways of blocking the transmissions without using
much energy,'' the commentary added.

castro said that although the signal was quickly neutralised,
the u.s. action was agressive and meant to attack cuba's fragile
energy resources.

the cuban government announced that it had formally complained
to the u.s. federal communications commission (fcc) and the
international registry of frequencies, as well as u.s. official
representatives.

the television commentary stated that the topic chosen by tv-
marti for it's daytime broadcast to cuba was the fall of socialism
in eastern europe, ''something they think is not far off for us.''

''if they had taken the time to also tell us about the current
situation in these countries, as well as their futures, perhaps it
would have been worth watching,'' the commentary added.
(end/ips/trd/ci/cb-oh/eli/lp/92)

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

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From: World Perspectives <worldpnews@igc.org>
Subject: France to suspend nuclear testing
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Organization: University of Missouri
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:13:03 GMT

/* Written  1:12 pm  Apr  8, 1992 by worldpnews in cdp:worldp.samples */
/* ---------- "France to suspend nuclear testing" ---------- */
From WORLD PERSPECTIVES  magazine. Box 3074, Madison, WI 53704


FRANCE TO SUSPEND NUCLEAR TESTING
 France's new prime minister, in a policy statement this afternoon,
made a number of surprise announcements designed to woo back voters
after the ruling Socialist Party's bad performance in recent
regional elections.

He made the unexpected announcement of a suspension this year of
nuclear testing in the South Pacific. This seems to be a response
to environmentalists who won 14% of the vote in the recent regional
elections. But he said that France was not giving up its nuclear
deterrent which was the cornerstone of its defense policy.

On the economic front, he commented that the country's 900,000
long-term jobless would be offered either regular jobs, training or
community service work before the end of Oct.

On the political front he announced there would be no change in
France's electoral system before the next parliamentary election
due next year. On current ratings, this would mean an outright
victory for the Right. (R. France 4/7)

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Other news today on the subscribers-only worldp.news:

Latin American poverty; South Africa & the EC; Zaire; Thailand's
military junta takes over; Famine in Afghanistan; New Zealand's
Prime Minister harassed by demonstrators; New Zealand cannabis
growers arm themselves.

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From: wheeler@super.org (Ferrell S. Wheeler)
Subject: UPC's Spring Mourning Vigil
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:12:52 GMT

The following is a press release from United Poultry Concerns:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       CONTACT:  KAREN DAVIS
                                               (301) 948 2406
                                  
24-HOUR SPRING MOURNING VIGIL COMMEMORATES CHICKENS RAISED FOR FOOD

Group Bears Witness to the Suffering and Death of 6 Billion Chickens

   A Spring Mourning Vigil for Chickens has been scheduled at the Perdue
chicken slaughter plant in Salisbury, Maryland on U.S. Route 50 from 7:30
AM Friday May 1 to 7:30 AM Saturday May 2, 1992.  The Vigil bears witness
to the suffering and death of the 6 billion chickens cruelly raised each
year in the United States for meat and eggs.

   Chickens are ranging animals by nature who need plenty of fresh air,
sunshine, exercise and fresh greens to stay healthy and feel good.  But
chickens in today's meat and egg factories do not live outdoors in the sun
and grass or enjoy natural social lives.  They are forced to live crowded
in filthy, disease-ridden sheds with thousands of other birds amid feces
and other refuse for life.  Day after day they have no choice but to
breathe in poisonous ammonia fumes that burn their eyes and wreck their
lungs.  Many chickens live and go to slaughter leaking yellow pus and
blinded by ammonia.

   The argument that a group of individuals is "all alike" has been used
throughout human history as an excuse for the oppression of that group.  If
the individuals are "all alike" they become impersonal, and harming them
seems less wrong or horrendous.  Chickens, whether intelligent or stupid,
individual or identical, are sentient beings.  They feel pleasure and pain
and they experience fear and well-being.  This is enough to make it wrong
to cause them pain and suffering.

                                  
                           PLEASE JOIN US

         Where: Perdue Chicken Slaughter Plant, US Route 50
              Salisbury, Maryland on the Eastern Shore

          When: Friday-Saturday, May 1-2, 7:30 AM - 7:30 AM


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