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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Nuke Waste Delivered to UK Enviornment Minister
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Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:33:18 GMT

/** headlines: 311.0 **/
** Topic: Nuke Waste Delivered to Minister **
** Written 11:27 am  Sep 28, 1992 by ggundrey in cdp:headlines **
From: George Gundrey <ggundrey>
Subject: Nuke Waste Delivered to Minister

/* Written 12:24 am  Sep 24, 1992 by web:greenbase in cdp:gp.press */
/* ---------- "Nuke Waste Delivered to Minister" ---------- */
GREENPEACE PRESS RELEASE

GREENPEACE DELIVERS NUCLEAR WASTE TO BRITISH MINISTER OF THE
ENVIRONMENT.

PARIS September 21, 1992 (GP) The Greenpeace delegate to the
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of the North East
Atlantic, which was inaugurated today at the Kleber Centre,
delivers to the British Minister of the Environment radioactive
sand from a beach contaminated by the nearby Sellafield nuclear
reprocessing plant in the UK.

At the end of his statement, Greenpeace spokesperson Remi
Parmentier declared:

" On the coasts of the North East Atlantic there are 3 spent
nuclear fuel reprocessing plants which are directly discharging
radioactive effluents into the sea. These need to be closed
immediately.

So as to express our convictions and maybe also awake your
consciences we brought radio-active sand Greenpeace sampled from
a beach near to the Sellafield plant.

We request the British Minister to accept taking it back home as
a reminder of the fact that, together with France, his country
should stop discharging radioactive wastes into the sea."

NOTE

The sand, first brought to Germany, has been classified nuclear
waste by the German authorities.
** End of text from cdp:headlines **

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From: <jlohrmann@igc.apc.org>
Subject: The Latest, Best Campaign Feed
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 19:55:40 GMT

Due to modified circumstances the latest and best feed of information
direct from political campaigns appears to be through the following
source:

-------- Forwarded Message --------

   The National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN), is pleased to 
announce a new service for the duration of Campaign '92.

   We are teaming-up with the American Cybercasting Corporation to 
provide special Campaign '92 newsgroups to Internet hosts anywhere 
in the world--for FREE.

   These will be special moderated newsgroups containing the full-
text of the position papers, speeches, press releases, fact 
sheets, (and anything else we can obtain) from the campaigns of 
the REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, and LIBERTARIAN parties.  Each item will 
be carried complete and un-cut, and each is obtained directly from 
official sources within the respective campaigns.  (These are NOT 
discussion groups--you can get that in alt.politics.<whatever>.  
They are moderated newsgroups containing pure campaign information 
for your study and analysis.  You can argue about it somewhere 
else.)

   These special newsgroups will be delivered directly to your
host system by ACC.  The value is obvious for political science 
classes, students, faculty, staff, and anyone else who wants the
FULL story and not just sound-bites and factoids.

   To obtain the newsgroups, have some decision-maker at your 
computing center send an e.mail message to: usa@americast.com 
and all will be made manifest by return e.mail.  The message
MUST contain the name, title, and institution of the person
making the request somewhere in it.

   To repeat, there is no charge to receive this service from
American Cybercasting (although donations to NPTN will be 
gratefully accepted).


Tom Grundner
President, National Public Telecomputing Network
Voice: 216-368-2733  Fax: 216-368-5436
e.mail: tmg@nptn.org




Distribution:
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From: EcoNet (via Jym Dyer) <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,soc.women,talk.environment
Subject: RALLY: Against Breast Cancer (Boston)
Followup-To: alt.activism.d,soc.women,talk.environment
Date: 30 Sep 1992 04:30:58 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
Distribution: ne
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet en.calendar Conference]
================================================================
=> Subject: Breast Cancer Rally Boston 10/18 
=> From: Jean Hardisty <wccp@igc.org>
 
Everyone come to Boston.  Big ``Draw the Line at One in Nine''
Breast Cancer Rally and March on Oct. 18.  Keynote speakers are 
Gloria Steinem, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, and Dr. Prothrow-
Stith.  Anyway, the whole town is turning out and it's going to
be BIG and FANTASTIC.

Women are coming from Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New
York, and many other places.  Lots of organizations will be
represented, including Mass. Campaign to Clean Up Hazardous
Waste.

PLEASE WE WANT YOU TO COME, TOO!  We've come a long way from
our little Mother's Day Rally of 79 people.  So, come to Boston:
BE SEEN AND BE HEARD.
    (From Lise and Ellen at the WCCP)
Xref: sparky misc.activism.progressive:6973 alt.activism:16878 sci.energy:4689 talk.environment:3961
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: NICARAGUA: US REVOKES APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:36:44 GMT

/** reg.nicaragua: 124.0 **/
** Topic: IPS:US Revokes Appointment **
** Written  9:06 am  Oct  3, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:reg.nicaragua **
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: IPS:US Revokes Appointment

/* Written 12:51 am  Oct  3, 1992 by newsdesk in
cdp:ips.englibrary */ Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all
rights reserved.  Permission to re- print within 7 days of
original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: NICARAGUA: US REVOKES APPOINTMENT OF CONTROVERSIAL
AMBASSADOR

washington, 30 sep (ips) the u.s. state department has revoked the
appointment of diplomat joseph sullivan as ambassador to
nicaragua, in the face of opposition from both parties in the
senate.

sullivan's appointment was opposed by an unusual alliance of
conservative republican jesse helms and liberal democrat
christopher dodd. they accuse sullivan of violating a bipartisan
agreement to block u.s. aid to the nicaraguan resistance movement
(contras) between 1989 and 1990.

the contras, financed by the united states until the bipartite
agreement stopped this assistance, fought the sandinista
government (1979-90) for 8 years.

the two senators also oppose the appointment of michael kozak as
ambassador to el salvador. they claim that both sullivan and kozak
were involved in a covert operation to undermine the restriction
on assistance to the contras.

dodd and helms demanded information on the two diplomats'
involvement in the secret operation before they could ratify their
appointment.

sources close to the two senators said that it was not clear why
the government decided to suspend sullivan's appointment.  they
denied that the two legislators had agreed to accept kozak s
ambassador to el salvador if sullivan's posting was cancelled.

spokespersons for the two members of the senate's foreign
relations comittee said they still opposed kozak's appointment.

state department officals disclosed that sullivan would have been
confirmed as ambassador to nicaragua if he had been willing to
clarify the accusation against him in the senate. they added that
he would be appointed to another foreign service post.

in the meantime, the united states will continue without
ambassadors in the two countries, in whose political processes
washington has played an important role.

nicaragua is in the middle of a reconciliation process, and is
affected by the suspension of 104 million dollars in u.s.
economic assistance.

in el salvador the united states supported the army in a 12-year
anti-guerrilla war, which ended in january with the signing of a
peace agreement. (end/ips/trd/so/mas-sfi/ybh-kb/92)
----
** End of text from cdp:reg.nicaragua **

Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,misc.education,misc.headlines
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Nicaraguan government represses school students
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Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 04:10:06 GMT

/** reg.nicaragua: 121.0 **/
** Topic: GL:Nicaraguan government **
** Written  6:19 pm  Oct  2, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:reg.nicaragua **
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: GL:Nicaraguan government

/* Written  7:49 pm  Oct  2, 1992 by peg:greenleft in cdp:greenleft.news */
Nicaraguan government represses school students

By Stephen Marks

MANAGUA - Fifteen members and leaders of the Federation of 
Secondary Students (FES) have been expelled and seven teachers 
sacked following demonstrations at a march-past of school 
students in the Managua Stadium on September 14.

Students across the country parade in front of civic leaders on 
this day throughout Nicaragua. The president, the ministers and 
diplomats ready to take the salute on the podium were horrified 
when the first banner to fly in the crowded national stadium was 
the red and black flag of the Sandinista National Liberation 
Front.

As the they marched past the officials, many students suddenly 
displayed FES headbands and others revealed banners demanding 
free education. One group even unfurled a banner which called the 
minister a despot! Spectators in the stands cheered and applauded 
the students while the politicians called in the riot police.

After disabled soldiers, some of whom are now students, raised a 
banner in support of increased pensions, riot police ploughed in 
with night sticks and rifle butts. A dozen protesters were 
severely bashed. The expulsions followed later in the week.

Nicaraguan secondary students have been campaigning against 
government-introduced fees. Primary students have to pay $1.50 
and secondary students $3 per month. With unemployment running at 
70%, families cannot afford to pay, and thousands of students 
have been forced to abandon school.

The students have been emboldened by the university students' 
successful campaign for increased university funding. In the city 
of Masaya, for example, they have waged a strong campaign against 
fees. Where the government has collected fees, it is now giving 
part of the money to local councils so they can run the schools. 
This is another step towards privatisation of education.
** End of text from cdp:reg.nicaragua **

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From: Greenpeace (via Jym Dyer) <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment
Subject: NEWS: Demand that NAFO Act Now to Stop the Marine Meltdown
Followup-To: talk.environment
Date: 29 Sep 1992 06:09:56 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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[Greenpeace Press Release from Environet -- Redistribute Freely]

GREENPEACE DEMANDS THAT NAFO ACT NOW TO STOP THE MARINE MELTDOWN

(HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH) September 16, 1992 (GP) Greenpeace fisheries
campaigners from Spain, Norway and Canada today issued a joint
set of demands to delegates of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization (NAFO) meeting in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.  Slamming
NAFO for its failure to deal with the collapse of the North
Atlantic cod stocks, the representatives from the international
environmental organisation stressed the need for urgent and
effective action from Canada, the EC and all NAFO member
nations.

"If the fishing nations of NAFO truly want to solve the problems
caused by their current management regime they must re-examine
the most basic premises on which that regime is based," said
Anna-Rosa Martinez of Greenpeace Spain. "What's needed now is
a totally new approach to fisheries, based on environmental
and socio-economic considerations rather than profit."

Greenpeace is demanding Total Allowable Catch figures to be
based on the most conservative estimates of scientists rather
than the politically expedient estimates of career politicians;
adherence by all member nations to NAFO recommendations; and
immediate reinstatement of the moratorium on northern cod on
the Flemish Cap.  The environmental organisation is also calling
for 100 per cent independent observer coverage on all NAFO
member nation vessels.

"NAFO has been totally ineffectual in dealing with high seas
fisheries management and is contributing to the demise of a once
abundant web of life," said Bruno Marcocchio, Greenpeace Canada
fisheries campaigner. "The governments represented within NAFO
must be held accountable for their record of abysmal failure."

Greenpeace is also demanding observer status for non-
governmental organisations, fishers and local community
representatives at future NAFO meetings. "An organisation
such as NAFO, whose decisions affect both the ecosystem and
the very future of coastal communities, should not operate
behind closed doors," Marcocchio said. NAFO will rule this
week on the formal Greenpeace request for observer status.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Greenpeace (via Jym Dyer) <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,sci.energy,talk.environment
Subject: NEWS: IAEA Reform Demanded as Plutonium Proliferation Increases
Followup-To: sci.energy,talk.environment
Date: 29 Sep 1992 06:23:56 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]

REFORM OF THE IAEA DEMANDED AS PLUTONIUM PROLIFERATION INCREASES 
  
VIENNA September 17, 1992 (GP) Countries engaged in stockpiling
of weapons grade plutonium are attempting to halt the reform of
the International Nuclear Safeguards system, Greenpeace today
warned. The warning was issued as Greenpeace released its 1992
IAEA File, which demands that the International Atomic Energy
Agency should have its promotional role removed.
  
According to media reports, formal proposals by Luxemburg
and Austria for a review of the IAEA's functions were strongly
opposed by the UK, Belgium and France. At a time when the
whole of the nuclear fuel cycle is being increasingly
questioned -- in particular the proliferation of plutonium
and the effectiveness of nuclear safeguards, three countries
who are strong advocates of increasing plutonium production have
prevented the proposals from being debated at the IAEA General
Conference.
  
Further evidence of the quashing of debate within the IAEA
was disclosed last week when it emerged that a special one-day
session on plutonium to be held at the General Conference was
cancelled following pressure from IAEA member states. This is
despite the increasing concerns being expressed around the world
that the problem of plutonium needs to be urgently addressed.
The IAEA's own deputy-Director William Dirks only two weeks ago
repeated his warning that plutonium presents the world with a
"major political and security problem".
  
"The widely acknowledged plutonium crisis is a further signal
of the need for the radical reform of the international nuclear
regime" John Willis of Greenpeace said. "It is clear again in
the case of plutonium that there is a fundamental and dangerous
contradiction between safeguards and promotion. We applaud and
encourage member states who are courageous enough to demand
reform." said Willis.
  
In the IAEA File, Greenpeace states that the IAEA, as it is
currently structured, should not be in charge of plutonium
safeguarding since the Agency is a promoter of the reprocessing
technology that separates nuclear weapons-grade plutonium. The
report points to the contradiction that currently exists within
the Agency which promotes the spread of nuclear technology while
supposedly seeking to limit the proliferation of nuclear
weapons.
  
The File also contains investigations of the IAEA's failure to
tackle to tackle the problem of nuclear safety in Russia, to
establish an adequate regime of international compensation for
nuclear accidents, and its endeavours to demean the contribution
of renewable energy to future electricity supplies by publishing
incorrect and misleading information.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Tensions worsen in East Timor
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:59:04 GMT

/** reg.easttimor: 353.0 **/
** Topic: Tension worsens in East Timor **
** Written  6:13 pm  Sep 30, 1992 by gn:tapol in cdp:reg.easttimor **
Tensions worsen in East Timor
 
TAPOL Report from protected sources.
30 September 1992
 
AUSTRALIAN MPs MISSION INCREASES TENSION IN EAST TIMOR
 
The mission of Australian parliamentarians which is scheduled
to visit East Timor in the second half of October has already
resulted in 'large numbers of youths' being rounded up in East
Timor. The security forces are taking extensive precautionary
measures to ensure that no hint of protest or dissent is
evident while the parliamentarians are in the territory.
 
Meanwhile, intense pressure is being exerted on East Timorese
to enlist in the army. They are being promised six months'
training, land, a house and money to entice them to fight
against the guerrillas in the bush. This may be part of
Brig.Gen. Theo Syafei's plan to try to cut down on the number
of combat troops brought in from outside the region, enabling
him to announce the disbandment of the special military
command, Kolakops, by March next year.
** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor **

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From: Greenpeace (via Jym Dyer) <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment
Subject: NEWS: Greenpeace Blockades Chlorine Carrier -- 7 Arrested
Followup-To: talk.environment
Date: 29 Sep 1992 06:06:55 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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[Greenpeace Press Release from Environet -- Redistribute Freely]

    GREENPEACE ACTION AGAINST CHLORINE CARRIER -- 7 ARRESTED

ATHENS September 15, 1992 (GP) This afternoon, the port
authorities of Thessaloniki decided to end a five day blockade
of the chlorine carrier BALDER PHENIX by Greenpeace activists.
BALDER PHENIX is carrying 2,000 tons of vinyl chloride (VCM),
a toxic, carcinogenic, and explosive chlorinated substance
used for the production of PVC plastics. For five days crew
members from the Greenpeace vessel MV Sirius had been chained
to the anchor cable of the ship to prevent it discharging its
potentially deadly cargo at the jetty of EKO, the main chlorine
industry of Greece.

Greenpeace demands a stop to the expansion of EKO and a
phase-out of all chlorinated products. EKO was not ready to
accept any of the Greenpeace demands, and rejected them during
the negotiations while the blockade was going on.

This afternoon, the State prosecutor asked Greenpeace activists
to stop the blockade at the request of EKO. At 13:55, 5 Coast
Guard boats, tried to remove the Greenpeace activists from the
anchor of the chlorine carrier. This was only achieved by the
use of very aggressive tactics by the coastguard crew members.
This included heaving the anchor whilst the activists were still
attached to it. Two of the activists narrowly escaped being
crushed to death by the anchor. After 45 minutes, 7 Greenpeace
activists were arrested, and two of their inflatables badly
damaged. The arrested activists were sent to the State
Prosecutor where they are at present still held.

This action comes at the same time as the release of the
Greenpeace report "DEATH IN SMALL DOSES" on the effects of
chlorinated substances on aquatic life and health, which
yesterday received worldwide publicity. Organochlorines are
substances containing chemically combined chlorine and carbon.
Most are toxic, persistent, and tend to bioaccumulate in the
environment. These qualities make them, arguably, the most
dangerous group of chemicals to which natural systems can be
exposed. Chlorine production, the source of organochlorines,
now exceeds 40 million tonnes per year. Organochlorines are
now present in water, in air and in living things everywhere
on earth -- from the deep sea bed to the stratosphere, from
the Arctic to the Antarctic. Enough is known about the
toxicity and persistence of organochlorines for governments
to realize the need to end the release of all these compounds
into the environment.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,alt.politics.elections,bit.listserv.politics
From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: The Decline of America: Intervention, Militarization, and Wars (II)
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:59:45 GMT

The Decline of America: Intervention, Militarization, and Wars (II)

=============================================================
Arms transfer agreements with the Third World, expressed as a
              percentage of total, 1989 and 1990:
=============================================================
COUNTRY                   1989 (%)    1990 (%)

United States               23.6       44.8
Soviet Union                38.5       29.2
China                        4.3        6.3
France                      11.0        5.5
Other European nations       6.0        5.4
All others                   5.3        4.0
United Kingdom               8.0        3.8
Italy                        0.8        0.6
Germany                      2.6        0.5

Source: Richard F. Grimmett. "Conventional Arms Transfers to the Third
World, 1983-1990," August 2, 1991, a Congressional Research Service report
to Congress, p. 47.

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_We're Number One, Where America Stands -- and Falls -- in the New    
World Order_ by Andrew L Shapiro.   

New York, May 1992, Vintage Books, a division of Random House.   
$10 paperback. ISBN 0-679-73893-2  
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    "America is becoming a land of private greed and public squalor.   
    This book is an indispensable road map through the wreckage. The   
    facts it reveals will startle you. They may depress you. But   
    ideally they'll fire you up to help rebuild this nation."   

                        -Robert B. Reich, author of The Work of Nations   


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