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Subject: NEWS:Quebec jury acquits 34 Native warriors/WW
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 20:27:03 GMT



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

              Quebec jury acquits 34 Native warriors

                           By Mahtowin

On July 3, a Quebec jury acquitted 34 Native warriors from the
Mohawk and other nations on all charges stemming from their
defense of the Mohawk sovereign territories of Kanesatake and
Kahnawake.

During the summer of 1990, members of the Mohawk Nation, joined
by hundreds of supporters from Native nations across Canada and
the U.S., maintained blockades at Kanesatake and Kahnawake, near
Montreal, Quebec, to defend their right to sovereignty over their
own lands. Private capitalist land developers had planned to
expand a golf course over sacred Mohawk white pine forest and
burial grounds.

Support actions on their behalf were undertaken across Canada and
around the world. Thousands of massively armed Quebec provincial
police forces and Canadian army troops surrounded them, and
racist mobs of up to 10,000 people converged within a few hundred
feet of the Mohawk front lines. Despite all this, the Mohawk
Nation kept the blockades up for two months and never
surrendered.

Immediately following the end of the blockade in September 1990,
the government of Quebec indicted dozens of Native warriors on
various riot and weapons possession charges. This was a further
slap in the face to the Mohawks, who argued that Quebec had no
jurisdictional right to try Native people for defending their own
land. Few expected that these Native political defendants could
get a fair trial before an all-white Canadian jury.

According to a Mohawk Nation spokesperson, the acquittal shows
"how absurd the charges and the prosecution were in the first
place. Also, I think it reflects that at least some white
Canadians realize that we have a right to defend ourselves."

He added, however, that intense police harassment of the Mohawks,
particularly in Kahnawake, continues.

                               -30-

(Copyright Workers World Service: Permission to reprint granted
if source is cited. For more info contact Workers World,46 W. 21
St., New York, NY 10010; "workers@cdp!igc.org".)

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From: christic@igc.apc.org (Christic Institute)
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Subject: News about Iraq/UN crisis
Date: 25 Jul 92 02:09:09 GMT
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Subject: News about Iraq/UN crisis

From cadwallader Thu Jul 23 23:34:11 1992
From: Jackie Hulme <cadwallader>

July 23, 1992
SUBJECT: CRISIS IN IRAQ 

        Apparently the French and the British will be 
doing most of the bombarding of any Iraqi targets, 
which is likely to save the Bush administration some 
embarassment should it all come to that. During a 
conversation with a journalist who covers the United 
Nations, I also learned that Bhoutros Galli has 
achieved a certain independence, which, from my 
perspective, will be extremely helpful to the United 
Nations movement.
        I found this out, but I forgot to enquire how 
important the US Navy battlegroup stationed in the 
Mediterranean would be, or, for that matter, what sort 
of targets the United Nations would select as 
suitable. One must assume that weapons' producing 
centres which were not completely demolished on the 
last run, as well as others which we ignored until we 
started looking at the paperwork - and of which we the 
public have learned only of late - will provide 
sufficient targets.
        
        Looks as though Saddam's in deep doo-doo, too- 
too.

Rgds,

J. Hulme
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From: 11ASHETTLE%GALLUA.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
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Subject: Books on environemtn (EarthWorks)
Date: 21 Jul 92 22:08:34 GMT
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    Two Misc. books for those interested in saving the environment:  I've
    copied the following from a flyer sent me by the publisher, EarthWorks
    Press, without permission -- but I imagine they wouldn't mind my typing
    it in, or people distributing this info, since it's free advertising
    for them:


    "Gardening for the Earth:  A Gardener's Guide to a Healthy Planet" by
    the EarthWorks Group & Kevin Raftery

    Tips on how to garden in environmentally-beneficial ways, written in
    tfeh same "50 Simple Things . . . " easy-to-follow style.  Includes
    information on mulching, composting, water conservation, chemical and
    pesticide-free gardening methods, xeriscaping and more.  For any
    gardeneer, beginning or advanced, any kind of landscape and any
    climate.  $5.95, 96 pages:  ISBN:  1-879682-19-2


    "50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Recycle" by the EarthWorks Group

    "50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to SAve the EArth"  brought thousands of
    letters from kids asking for more recycling tips.  So here it is -- a
    whole book on recyling for kids!  $5.95, 144 pages:  ISBN:
    1-879682-00-1


    The EarthWorks Group also has available:  "50 Simple Things You Can Do
    to Save the Earth" {tip from typist:  this is an excellent starting
    point for people who want to do SOMEthing for the environment, but
    either have no idea where to start, or just don't want to be extremely
    committed, or both. While a few ideas in this book (e.g. buying
    graywater tanks, or going vegan) are for the somewhat more committed,
    other ideas are so simple they barely require thought (e.g. snipping
    the circles in six-pack holders before throwing them out, or not
    releasing balloons outdoors), while other ideas can also save you
    money, etc}; also  "50 Simple Things Your Business Can do to Save the
    EArth",  "The Recycler's Handbook",  "The Student Environmental Action
    Guide".    Also:  "50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save Your Life"

    Pretty much any of the books listed above should be available at many
    local bookstores.  If they aren't on the shelf, remember, most
    bookstores will let you special-order.

    Bulk rates are available.

    For more info, contact:

    EarthWorks Press
    1400 Shattuck Ave. #25
    Berkeley, CA 94709
    (510) 652-8533
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From: Tatsuhiro Ikeda <ti08+%ANDREW.CMU.EDU%CARNEGIE.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Civil Disobedience @ C.M.U.
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 19:31:49 GMT

ANNOUNCING THE ELECTRONIC DEBUT OF DESERT FLOWER, LOCAL PITTSBURGH
PEACE/ACTIVIST GROUP.........

                   #########We have heard the cries###########
                   #########We have seen the injustices#########
                   #########We can no longer be silent#########

Civil disobedience at Carnegie Mellon University will held August 6th @
Noon to remember the 47th anniversary of Hiroshima Day and the 2nd
anniverisary of the sanctions on Iraq.  We in Pittsburgh are calling the
event "River Cities", Pittsburgh, Baghdad, and Hiroshima all being
cities near rivers.
Specifically, we are calling for the end of sanctions against Iraq, and
an end to CMU's/Dod's Software Engineering Institute (SEI), the 8th
largest Air Force Base in America.  SEI handles all the computer
communications for the Force, no plane has ever landed here.  It also
researchs many Dod military projects.  (The complete antithesis of the
Activists Mailing List, instead of e-linking activists, they link up the
military.)

You can send letters of support during the 6 day vigil (August 1-6) at
this address, ti08+@andrew.cmu.edu.

In Solidarity,
Tatsu Ikeda
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From: nigel.allen@canrem.com (Nigel Allen)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: Ad Featuring Image of Hitler Continues to Run in Business Magaz
Date: 24 Jul 92 23:17:35 GMT
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Press release from the Anti-Defamation League

 Ad Featuring Image of Hitler Continues to Run in Business Magazine
 To: Business Desk
 Contact: Myrna Shinbaum of the Anti-Defamation League,
          212-490-2525, ext. 145

   NEW YORK, July 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An ad for an international
courier service depicting Adolph Hitler continues to run in Business
India (June 22-July 5) despite the parent company's promise to the
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to pull the ad.
   The ADL had received complaints about an advertisement for
"Skypak" depicting Hitler in a swastika armband on a speakers
platform surrounded by Nazi flags and supporters with arms raised in
the Nazi salute which appeared in the March 16 issue of Business
India.
   "After indicating that the incident would not occur again, we were
astonished to see the ad...in the June 22 issue of Business India,"
Kenneth Jacobson, ADL director of international affairs, wrote to
Paul Moorhouse, group chief operating officer of TNT Express
Worldwide, the London-based parent company of Skypak.
   "How could this have happened?" asked Jacobson, after "you told us
that 'action of this nature will not be tolerated anywhere in the
world.'" Jacobson's July 23 letter referred to communication with the
company over a three month period.
   In an April 24 letter to Jacobson, Tom Bye, general manager for
corporate affairs of TNT said, "We share your feelings concerning the
content of the advertisement and I have personally written to the
president of our agent company [in India] expressing our strong
disapproval of it." Bye added that TNT "very much regrets any offence
caused by the advertisement" and pledged "to reinforce our policy on
corporate approval of all local advertising to insure such incidents
are not repeated."
   In an April 28 letter to Jacobson, Moorhouse wrote he was "utterly
appalled" when he saw a copy of the ad and expressed "our dismay in
the strongest terms to the agent responsible in India." He added that
"actions of this nature will not be tolerated anywhere in the world."
 -30-
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World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
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From: 11ASHETTLE%GALLUA.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: RESOURCES: cloth diapers
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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:08:40 GMT



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    Are you expecting?

    Then you might want to know more about cloth diapers, which
    many environmentalists believe are better for the environment
    than disposables (which just take space in local landfills).

    The following list of resources is taken from "50 Simple
    Things You Can Do to Save the Earth", available in bookstores
    or through its publisher (bulk rates available) at:

    EarthWorks Press #25
    1400 Shattuck Ave.
    Berkeley, CA 94709
    (510) 652-8533

    =======================

    "Mothering" magazine
    PO Box 1690
    Santa Fe, NM 87504
    (has info on natural-fiber diapering products)

    Bio-Bottoms
    PO Box 6009
    3820 Bodega Ave
    Petaluma, CA 94953
    (Wool and other natural fiber products; $1 for catalog)

    Baby Bunz and Company
    PO box 1717
    Sebastopol, CA 95473
    ($1 for catalog)

    Diaperaps
    PO Box 3050
    Granada Hills, CA 91394
    (800) 251-4321 [existence of a TDD line for deaf/HOH/speech
    impaired ppl not mentioned]
    (Cotton and nylon diaper covers)

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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: More On The Worst Human Tragedy
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 21:10:38 GMT

/* Written  7:25 pm  Jul 25, 1992 by peacenet in cdp:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "More On The Worst Human Tragedy" ---------- */
From: <peacenet>
Subject: More On The Worst Human Tragedy

From dmorse Fri Jul 24 20:35:47 1992
From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse>

July 24 update.

Sen. Nancy Kassebaum appeared on MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour July 22. She has
just returned from Somalia

She said:
1. The situation is desperate beyond anything we can imagine. Children are
dying in silence, too weak to cry.

2. She thinks a UN peacekeeping force should be sent so that at least there
is enough stability to get food to the starving.

MacN/L showed video of skeletal children in refugee camps, in som cases with
their mothers fallen dead in front of them. Heartbreaking scenes.

Estimates are that 5000 people are dying each day.

I called Kassebaum's office; her aide for Africa advised me to call the State
Department to emphasize support for a UN peacekeeping force and continued
humanitarian aide.  The number to call is 1-202-647-4000.

Donations may be sent to Doctors Without Borders, 30 Rockefeller Plaza,
Suite 5425, NY,NY 10112 or the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243,
Wash. D.C., 20013.  Note on check "Somali relief."

Any comments and ideas would be welcome.
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From: 11ASHETTLE%GALLUA.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: RESOURCES: organic produce
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 23:15:43 GMT



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    For more information on buying, or encouraging local stores
    to stock, organic produce, try the following resources:

    [This information is compiled from "The Next Step:  50 More
    Things You Can Do to Save the Earth" which also has a section
    on encouraging your local store to provide organic produce. Like
    the original book, "50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth",
    "The Next Step" is available in bookstores and from EarthWorks #25,
    1400 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley CA 94709]

    Pesticide Alert:  A Guide to Pesticides in Fruits
         and Vegetables"
          by Lawrie Mott and Karen Snyder
         (Sierra Club, 1990)

    "Diet for a Poisoned Planet"
       by David Steinman
       (Harmony Books, 1990)
     Did you know even milk and cookies can have pesticide?
    Consult this book for more information.

    "What Organic Means"
    Californai certified Organic Farmers
    PO Box 8136
    Santa Cruz, CA 95061
    (send SASE for free brochure)

    Pesticide Organizing Kit
    National Toxics Campaign Fund
    1168 commonwealth Ave
    Boston, MA 02134
    ($10 for kit)

    Healthy Harvet III 1989-90
    Potomac Valley Press
    1424 16th St NW
    Washington DC 20036
    ($18.25; includes lists of organic growers' assoc. across
    the USA)

    "Organizing a Certified Farmer's Market"
    California Dept. of Food and Agriculture
    Direct Marketing Program
    1220 N St.
    Rm. A-287
    Sacramento, CA 95814
    (targeted at Californians, but has good general info.
    Free, but send SASE)

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
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Subject: Today's Quote...
Date: 22 Jul 92 09:35:10 GMT
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        "The testimony of armed forces personnel, the details of
thousands of case studies and other information examined by Amnesty
International lead to the conclusion that actions attributed by
authorities to "death squads" are routinely carried out by regular
units of the armed forces which include the military and the security
services, and by special intelligence units that incorporate civilian
gunmen under their supervision and control." [Conclusions, p. 44]

	--Amnesty International, _El Salvador: ``Death Squads'' -- A
	Government Strategy_ 
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From: James I. Davis <jdav%well.sf.ca.us@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: POLITICAL FRAME-UP
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 21:13:15 GMT


BALTIMORE WELFARE RIGHTS LEADER TARGETED BY POLITICAL FRAME-UP

By Mike Brand

BALTIMORE -- Annie Chambers is a long-time leader of the struggle
in the  welfare rights arena. She is a founding member of the
Baltimore Welfare  Rights Organization and the executive director
of Operation Life, a self- help and advocacy group. Chambers has
become a target and victim of the  antics of the New Alliance
Party (NAP) in its presidential electioneering.  Most alarming is
the cooperation it is getting from the local State's  Attorney.

The so-called independent political party persuaded the Baltimore
State's  Attorney to indict Ms. Chambers for the "theft" of its
election petitions,  even though these documents were not in her
possession. Nor had they  been. What actually occurred is that Ms.
Morning Sunday, the state chair of  the NAP, concluded that the
NAP actually victimizes those it claims to  represent and empower.
Not wishing to help them do this, Morning Sunday  kept the
petitions.

The only thing that Chambers is "guilty" of is having loudly,
clearly and  consistently denounced the New Alliance Party as a
useless cult both  publicly and to Morning Sunday. Yet, on June 9,
in Baltimore District Court,  a Judge Barbara Waxman found Annie
guilty of theft and sentenced her to  30 days in jail. Morning
Sunday got six months. At a resentencing hearing  on June 30 the
State's Attorney pointed to the "lack of remorse" of the
defendants and urged a harsh sentence even though the petitions
had been  returned to the NAP. The courtroom was filled with
supporters of Annie  and of Morning Sunday. The sentences were
suspended, but both defendants  were placed on probation for one
year and required to perform "community  service."

What "community service" would mean when these women already
dedicate  their time to their community was not made clear. In any
case the verdict  is being appealed. We cannot stand by while the
Maryland judicial system  takes the side of the New Alliance Party
to attack fighters for the rights  of the poor. Statements of
support and contributions can be sent to Annie  Chambers Defense
Fund, 2206 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.

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Vol. 19  No. 30 / July 27, 1992; P.O. Box 3524, Chicago, IL 60654;
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From: x91stockman@gw.wmich.edu
Subject: BOYCOTT:SnapCrackle&Pop's ProfitSearch
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Organization: Western Michigan University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:51:09 GMT


			    Snap, Crackle, and Pop
		 have Blood on their hands and dollars in their Eyes.

by Dan Stockman
X91STOCKMAN@gw.wmich.edu
************************

	July 13, 1992 the Associated Press reported that Kellogg Co., the
world's largest cereal manufacturer is planning to expand operations in China.
Apparently, in the company's Battle Creek, Michigan headquaters, the executives
made what was for them a very simple decision - dollars over everything.
	Thanks to George Bush, our kinder gentler corporations are free to do
business with harsher, bloodier governments without fear of sanctions or even
reprisal. 
	Was Tiennemen Square that long ago? Aren't dissidents still being held
for participating? Aren't hundreds of demonstrators in hiding or exile? Did
we forget the executions following the massacure? 
	The argument that increased trade will encourage change and bring about
reform are an outright lie designed to hide the real reason for ever doing 
business with a murderous opressive regime. Most favored nation status brings
about and encourages nothing but profits. There is no other gain whatsoever. In
fact, those are the same tired arguments that Reagan tried to push on the 
American people with South Africa. Encourage change and bring about reform 
translate to "smokescreen" and "make bundles of $$ under the table."
	Do you think that the lone Chinese student staring down a column of 
tanks will see change because of Tony the Tiger? Will the hundreds run over by
those tanks later be memorialized by Snap Crackle & Pop? The Chinese government
as well as Kellogg's stand to make hundreds of millions of dollars on this 
deal. Kellogg claims to be increasing  their reach from 800 million people to
1.8 billion people. They reported a profit of $606 million on sales of
$5.8 billion last year. With the dirt wages they'll be more than willing to pay
in China, thier increase in profit will be exponential.
	Their is another possibility, however. Imagine a headline reading
"Kellogg drops plans for plants in China" or "Kellogg responds to boycott -
drops plans". These possibilities are not pipe dreams. Picture again the image
of a very lonely looking Chinese student, refusing to move from the path of a 
column of tanks. One student stopped a row of machines of unimaginable power.
All it takes is you to say, I will not buy a product from a company that puts
dollars over innocent blood. I will not back a company that puts profits over
human rights. I will not fall victim to the ignorance the Bush administration
would have me believe.
All it takes is you.



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