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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: HAITI PRESS RELEASE 10/01/92
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 04:09:46 GMT

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** Topic: HAITI PRESS RELEASE 10/01/92 **
** Written  9:22 pm  Oct  2, 1992 by smalagodi in cdp:reg.carib **
Veye-Yo
 
28 N.E. 54 St.
 
Miami, Florida 33137
 
Press Release
 
10/01/92
 
September 30, 1992, one year after the ousting of
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti still remains a
river of blood. We members of Veye-Yo, a Haitian
grassroots organization unite with other religious and
secular organizations to protest the United States'
imposition of authority on OAS decisions toward the
reinstitution of democracy in Haiti.
 
Since the day of the coup, there have been reports of
death and people forced into hiding. Until today, all the
powers involved in the negotiation seem unwilling to
understand or help the Haitian people to reestablish the
democracy they chose. More importantly, these powers
do not comprehend the suffering and bloodshed in Haiti.
 
Once again we call on the Bush administration
government, representatives of the OAS, the United
Nations, and all nations and organizations committed to
democracy to remove the military and political bandaid
currently in power in Haiti. Beyond official recognition
that Jean-Bertrand Aristide is the rightfully elected
president, we request that the OAS and the United
Nations assist in the immediate and unconditional return
of President-elect Aristide.
 
The republican administration's support of Marc Bazin is
completely unacceptable. Marc Bazin has long been
considered an enemy of the Haitian people, his interests
reflect the interests of the corrupt and brutal in Haiti who
are implicated in the coup d'itat of Sept. 30, 1991. Marc
Bazin was a candidate in the same electoral race as
President Aristide: the people of Haiti made their clear
choice on December 16, 1990. It was not Marc Basin.
More than 67% of the Haitian people chose President
Aristide over all the other candidates.
 
President Aristide must return to run Haiti as he was
mandated to do in the first democratic and fair elections
in the history of Haiti. Haiti's loss of democracy will have
disastrous repercussions for the rest of Latin American,
the Caribbean and other democratic nations. The Bush
administration should respect the true meaning of
democracy and stop the lip-service policy in the case of
Haiti. Democracy implies freedom: freedom from
repression and the freedom to choose life and liberty.
 
Contact: Rolande Dorancy, Miami   (305) 757-8538
Gerard Jean Juste,
Haiti 30 September 1992
 
** End of text from cdp:reg.carib **

Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Child Laborers in Asia
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Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:33:02 GMT

/** headlines: 308.0 **/
** Topic: Child Laborers **
** Written 11:25 am  Sep 28, 1992 by ggundrey in cdp:headlines **
From: George Gundrey <ggundrey>
Subject: Child Laborers

/* Written 10:00 pm  Sep 27, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:hr.child */
/* ---------- "Child Laborers" ---------- */
WORLD PRESS REVIEW
October 1992

(c) 1992 The Stanley Foundation

REGIONAL REPORT: Asia/Pacific

Child Laborers

Asia leads the world in exploited child laborers, who form up to
11 percent of the work force in some countries, reports Ian Steele
for the Depthnews Asia features agency of Manila. According to a
recent United Nations report, he says, "several million bonded
child laborers in South Asia...live under conditions of virtual
slavery."

India, believed to lead Asia in child laborers with 44 million, has
some 1 million bonded child workers. "About one third of India's
300,000 carpet weavers are children, who are favored for their
small fingers and keen eyesight and who will sit without protest 
before the looms for hours at a stretch," Steele says. "Reports
from Pakistan's carpet factories in 1991 estimated that half the
50,000 bonded children in the industry died before age 12" from
malnutrition and disease.

The United Nations has also found eyesight damage among young girls
working in Asian microcomputer factories, Steele says.
** End of text from cdp:headlines **

Xref: sparky misc.activism.progressive:6997 alt.activism:16931 talk.environment:3979 ca.environment:940
From: EcoNet (via Jym Dyer) <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment,ca.environment
Subject: NEWS: Offshore Marine Sanctuary Set, but Offshore Ban Stalls
Followup-To: talk.environment,ca.environment
Date: 30 Sep 1992 04:23:36 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet ecotopia.news Conference]

Offshore Sanctuary Set, But Offshore Ban Stalls 
 
Creation of the nation's largest marine sanctuary moved closer
last month when the state Coastal Commission unanimously voted
to set aside one-quarter of California's central coast as a
protected underwater habitat.
 
"This is a national treasure that should be preserved," said Tom
Campbell of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
which will manage the 4,000-square mile refuge in Monterey Bay.
 
The move came in absence of Congressional action on an
omnibus energy bill that could ban oil and gas drilling
off the California coast for at least the next 10 years.
 
House and Senate negotiators failed to resolve their
differences last month and now must try to work out a
compromise before Congress adjourns in mid-October before
the presidential election.
 
The House version includes a ban until the year 2002 on all
new offshore drilling along the entire West and East Coasts,
Alaska's Bristol Bay and Florida's storm-tossed west coast.
 
The Senate version is more restricted and only would last
until the year 2000.
 
Meanwhile, scientists said the full environmental impact of
the Persian Gulf War is still being assessed and may take
another five years.
 
Recent analysis shows a sharp decline in shrimp population
to just 10% or less of levels recorded before the war.
Surprisingly, however, a higher abundance of birds, fish and
algae was found in the northern sector of the Saudi Arabian
coast.
 
(From ECONEWS, Newsletter of the Northcoast Environmental
Center, September 1992. Write 879 9th St., Arcata, CA 95521,
or e-mail nec@igc.apc.org, for a free copy.)
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: What is ACTIV-L? (the Activists Mailing List) (autopost)
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 08:30:05 GMT

ACTIV-L is an electronic mailing list served by a "LIST-SERVER" which
accepts 1-line commands via regular email...

    To join ACTIV-L (formerly AML, the Activists Mailing List), just send
    the 1-line message "SUB ACTIV-L <your full name>" to the address:
    LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET; joining is free, and you may unsub. any time.

    You should then receive a message confirming that your name has been
    added to the list. Alt. address is LISTSERV@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU ;
    administrator is Rich Winkel (mathrich@umcvmb...)

There is also a discussion mailing list connected with ACTIV-L.  To 
subscribe to it, first sub to activ-l as above, then mail the message:
    SET ACTIV-L FILES
to LISTSERV@UMCVMB.

As another step towards linking activists and empowering them with
information, and thus generally combating the control and information
monopoly of the handful of corporations which run the mainstream
media, ACTIV-L launched the UseNet newsgroup misc.activism.progressive
in the spring on 1991.

ACTIV-L works in cooperation with other online activists, including
the PROG-PUBS mailing list of/for campus PSNs (progressive student
newspapers) and the New Liberation News Service (NLNS); PeaceNet,
EcoNet, and their sister networks under IGC (the nonprofit Institute
for Global Communications) and *it's* worldwide sister networks of the
APC (Association for Progressive Communications); online peace/justice
groups; and others.

ACTIV-L's "listserver" maintains an archiver service -- send the
1-line message GET ACTIV-L ARCHIVE ACTIV-L to LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET
for a listing of files available, which include:

-- resource file listings of alternative publications, videos, books,
speakers, groups, audiocassettes, etc;

-- Catalogs, e.g. Amnesty International's Human Rights Library
catalog, the American Friends Service Committee's _Peace Education
Resource Catalog_, and so on;

-- Human Rights reports, information on how to use the Freedom of
Information Act, obtaining administrative discharges from the
military, book reviews, etc

-- Articles, some footnoted, as well as full referenced backgrounders
(see especially the "Nicaragua Library") on Foreign Policy,
Latin/Central America, the Middle East and Gulf, the Media, the CIA/
the "Secret Government," domestic issues (health care; reverse
Robin-Hood economics; the death penalty), civil rights (ACLU) and
citizen activism (Ralph Nader's Public Citizen), the Environment and
environmental health/safety, stats on worldwide status of women, etc.

Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: GDMENDEN%MTUS5.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: Lawsuit against AIPAC
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:51:05 GMT

From ADC Times, July-August 1992:

  On August 12 1992 seven citizens brought a lawsuit against the Federal
Election Commission (FEC) for failing to investigate fully and
penalize the American-Israel Public Affirs Committee (AIPAC) for
violations of the 1971 Federal Election Campaign Act.

  The seven plaintiffs are former US ambassadors Andrew Killgore
and James E. Akins, former Undersecretary of State George Ball,
former Congressman Paul Findley (author of "They Dare to Speak
Out"), retired US Navy Rear Admiral Robert Hanks, former Chief
Inspector of the US Information Agency Richard Curtiss, and
former president of AMIDEAST Orin Parker.

  The case is largely made on information which AIPAC was compelled
to produce in response to a complaint in 1989.  The new information
was far more incriminating than the allegations against AIPAC made
originally.  The 3000-4000 pages of material released to the FEC by
AIPAC are available to the public and media from the FEC Public
Records Office.

  On June 16, 1992, the FEC dismissed their original complaint by
a vote of 4 to 2, finding (incredibly) that AIPAC was not a Political
Action Committee but that there was probably cause that AIPAC
violated the law regarding illegal corporate contributions.  The
FEC did not penalize AIPAC in spite of the recommendation to do so
by FEC's General Counsel.

 The new lawsuit is against the FEC for failing to uphold the laws.
The FEC's own report cites PAC members serving as AIPAC officers,
similar PAC contribution patterns indicating coordination among 102
pro-Israel PACs, and PAC members who attended AIPAC policy
conferences and received information on candidates' voting records
from AIPAC.

  If the seven win their case, AIPAC pay civil fines and register
as a PAC, forcing them to disclose the source of its $14 million
annual expenditures.

  An example of AIPAC in action was the 1988 Rhode Island Senate
race in 1988, in which AIPAC targeted candidate John Chafee by
backing his opponent Richard Licht with $200,000 in a last-minute
cash infustion.  The contribution was exposed on "60 Minutes"
just before the election, and Licht lost.

  The public can influence the FEC by writing a letter based on
firsthand knowledge or informed belief (from a newspaper clipping
on AIPAC, for example).  A free copy of "How to File a Complaint"
can be obtained from :

Public Records Office
Suite 232
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20463





Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Educational Resource on Puerto Rico
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:32:54 GMT

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** Topic: New Educational Resource on Puerto **
** Written 12:53 pm  Sep 28, 1992 by fornatl in cdp:reg.carib **
New Educational Resource on Puerto Rico

The Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin America and 
the Caribbean present:

Puerto Rico:  The Cost of Colonialism
A 32-page educational booklet featuring:

- Introductory remarks by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton

- Eight original articles by prominent Puerto Rico and North 
American activists, including Dr. Luis Nieves Falcon, Rev. Alfonso 
Roman, Dr. Alice Colon, and Jean Zwickel

- A chronological summary documenting the history of Puerto Rico

- An action guide on What you can do

- Resource listings of over fifty organizations and materials

- A poem by Julia de Burgos

- An original map of the over 15 U.S. military installations on Puerto 
Rico

- Three-color woodcut artwork by students of Chicago's Puerto 
Rican high school

The booklet is ideal for:
- Church seminars and study groups
- High school and college classes
- Community presentations
- Individuals who want to learn more about one the last colonies in 
the world

$2.50 per copy, including shipping.

Bulk rate: 10 or more, $2. each; 50 or more, $1.50 each; 100 or more, 
$1.25 each.  Please include a street address for bulk delivery.  (UPS 
will not deliver to a Post Office box.)

To order, send your request, a check or money order and your name 
and address to: 
Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin America and the 
Caribbean
515 Broadway
Santa Cruz, CA  95060

Make checks payable to FOR-TFLAC.

** End of text from cdp:reg.carib **
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 08:35:15 GMT


--"[P]olitical correctness" does not exist, and has never existed, as
a body of political ideas. It is not an ideology, like socialism,
liberalism, 0 or nationalism, nor is it an organized (or disorganized)
social movement. Nor is it a world view, a moral philosophy, a
partisan organization, an intellectual trend, or even an academic
faction. As a description of political ideas, "political correctness"
expresses, literally, nothing. It is an empty vessel of a signifer
into which meaning is poured on a purely expedient and ad hominem
basis."  "Enforcers of today's brittle status quo now employ
"politically correct" to describe any political position which
disputes the soundness of economic life, the validity of the assertion
that racism and sexism no longer influence our society, the
infallibility of corporate power, the nobility of right-wing culture,
the value of militarism, or the wisdom of any given policy of the
Reagan-Bush tenure."

                                --Jamin Raskin, from "The Fallacies of  
                                'Political  Correctness'" in January Z.


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Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: RESOURCE: Latest issue of _Labor Notes_ ($1)
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 03:41:28 GMT

[Via misc.activism.progressive from LaborNet's labor.resources]
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Topic 78        Labor Notes--October issue 
labornotes      Resources for labor movement users       2:32 pm  Sep 29, 1992 
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     The October 1992 issue of Labor Notes is now available. Articles 
include: 

     * The North American Free Trade Agreement. How it will work, with 
detailed information on the auto, trucking, and telecommunications 
industry. And why corporate America thinks it is "an extraordinarily 
good agreement." 

     * A critique of the "schools of choice" trend being touted by many 
school boards as a solution to public schools' problems. 

     * Postal workers unions hold national conventions, but avoid the 
issues of privatization and automation. 

     * A viewpoint: Why Bill Clinton Won't Save the Labor Movement. 

     * A report on the new union contracts at the "Baby Bell" phone 
companies. 

     * An analysis of the UAW's Lordstown strike. 

     * A story about how grass roots activism in the railroad industry 
had an effect on this year's bargaining. 

     * Our regular "Resouces" column. 

     * And more... 

     For a copy of the October issue, send $1.00 to: Labor Notes, 7435 
Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48210. Or send $15.00 for a one-year 
subscription. 
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Presidential Candidates Asked to Pledge Commitment to Government Ethics
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 16:55:58 GMT

Here is a press release from the Council for Excellence in Goevrnment.

 Presidential Candidates Asked to Pledge Commitment to Government Ethics
 To: National Desk, Political Writer
 Contact: Mary Beaulieu of the Council for Excellence in Government,
          202-728-0418

   WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Calling for an all-out
effort to refocus the meaning of "ethics in government," the Council
for Excellence in Government has called on President Bush, Gov.
Clinton and H. Ross Perot to endorse a statement released today of
ethical principles for public servants.
  The council statement was drafted by a committee under the
leadership of Elliot Richardson and signed by more than 400 of the
council's principals.  It calls for returning to "basic ethical
principles that should guide and inspire public service," instead of
relying primarily on the "plethora of restrictions" adopted
to prevent appearances of conflicts of interest.
   The council hopes to expand the government's focus from rules and
regulations whose primary purpose, in the statement's words
is "not to promote high ethical standards, but to dispel the
suspicion of unethical behavior."  The statement is the result of
a year-long effort by principals of the council to find an effective
way to expand the meaning of ethics in government beyond specific
laws, rules and regulations.
   In letters to the major presidential candiates, council Chair
Frank Weil asked each to publicly endorse the statement and pledge to
hold all appointees in his administration to the two basic standards
presented in the statement: "to serve the public interest and to
perform with integrity."
   The Council for Excellence in Government is a bipartisan
organization of 750 private sector leaders who formerly served in key
government posts, and who use their experience and know-how to
support effective performance of government.

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From: Greenpeace (via Jym Dyer) <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment
Subject: NEWS: Higher Radiation Doses for Australian Miners?
Followup-To: talk.environment
Date: 29 Sep 1992 06:47:35 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[Greenpeace Press Release from Greenbase -- Redistribute Freely]
                 
    GREENPEACE SLAMS OFFICE OF SUPERVISING SCIENTIST 
  
SYDNEY September 20, 1992 (GP) Greenpeace today slammed a report
from the Office of the Supervising Scientist for recommending
that radiation doses for uranium miners should be higher than
those for other workers in the nuclear field.
  
Greenpeace received a copy of a report by Bob Fry, the
Supervising Scientist, and M. Carter, one of the OSS's
principal scientists, which recommends that workers could
receive radiation doses of up to 35mSv per annum. The
annual dose recommended by the International Commission
on Radiological Protection is 20mSv per annum. The report,
entitled 'Calculation of lifetime radiation and other fatal
risks to uranium and thorium miners', was delivered to a
conference in Canada last May.
  
Nuclear Co-ordinator, Jean McSorley said "It seems the OSS has
made these recommendations in order to accommodate the higher
radiation doses expected from underground mines, such as the
proposed Jabiluka mine. To recommend radiation doses higher
than those for other workers is nothing short of reckless."
  
Greenpeace has also received a copy of the unpublished NHRMC
draft guidelines on revised radiation doses for workers. That
report also recommends higher radiation doses than the
International Commission on Radiological Protection.
  
"It is distressing to find that two watchdog bodies have taken
this line. The views expressed by the OSS and the NHMRC fly in
the face of accepted international practise," Ms McSorley said.
"It has taken the unions and the health lobby -- as well as the
environment movement -- decades to see better working conditions
for nuclear workers. The most recent ICRP levels were only
handed down in 1990."
  
"We will be contacting the relevant ministers and unions on this
matter. If Australia believes it has to take part in the uranium
industry then the very least we can do is ensure that worker's
safety is looked after. Radiation affects not only those who are
exposed immediately, but can be passed on as genetic damage in
future generations," Ms. McSorley said.
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