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From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Subject: NRDC Wins Texaco Water Pollution Case; $1.7 Million Penalty
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 17:15:54 GMT

Here is a press release from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
 
 NRDC Wins Texaco Water Pollution Case; $1.7 Million Penalty is One
of Top Citizen Suits Ever
 To: National Desk, Environmental Writer
 Contact: Patrick Stern, 212-727-2700,
          Kit Kennedy, 508-548-2882, or
          Karen O'Malley 212-727-2700, of the
          Natural Resources Defense Council, or
          Grace Pierce of the Delaware Audubon Society, 302-674-5568

   DELAWARE CITY, Del., Aug. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Natural
Resources Defense Council and Delaware Audubon Society today won a
ruling from a federal court against Texaco Refining and Marketing
Inc. (TRMI) for continuous pollution of the Delaware River.
  The judge found that TRMI had committed hundreds of violations
under the Clean Water Act, and ordered Texaco to pay a $1.68 million
penalty to the U.S. Treasury.  The judge also ordered Texaco to
comply with the water pollution laws, and to improve its water
pollution investigation practices.
   "The judge's decision is a stunning affirmation of the importance
of citizen's suits in enforcing the Clean Water Act against big
corporate polluters," said Kit Kennedy, NRDC senior project attorney.
"Despite the fact that TRMI committed hundreds of violations over a
nine-year period, they were allowed to keep polluting without paying
a penny in fines until NRDC and Audubon won this decision."
   The suit, originally filed in 1988, accused TRMI's oil refinery of
polluting the Delaware River since 1983.  The illegal pollution
discharges included toxic pollutants such as phenol and ammonia.
Some of the violations were as much as 2000 percent over the legal
limit.
   The $1.68 million penalty is one of the largest levied ever in a
citizen's enforcement suit under the Clean Water Act against a
corporate polluter.  TRMI must now comply with the water pollution
laws or face court sanctions.
   Judge Jane Roth, of the U.S. District Court for the District of
Delaware, said in the ruling that TRMI's internal investigation
procedures were "inconsistent and less than thorough" when assessing
the source of water pollution problems.  She found that Texaco relied
on "supposition" rather than thorough investigations.  Roth found
that a court order enjoining TRMI from further violations was
necessary to vindicate the public interest.
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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: executions in Haiti[D
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:33:20 GMT

/* Written 12:02 pm  Aug 21, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:carnet.alerts */
/* ---------- "executions in Haiti[D" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: executions in Haiti[D

/* Written  8:08 am  Aug 21, 1992 by lchr in cdp:reg.carib */

                                        August 21, 1992

VIA TELECOPY
                                   
Mr. Bacre Waly Ndiaye
UN Special Rapporteur
Summary or Arbitrary Executions
Centre for Human Rights
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland

Re: Executions in Haiti

Dear Mr. Ndiaye:

     On Monday, August 17, three young men were putting
up posters with President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's
picture on a major road in Port-au-Prince.  Suddenly, men
in military uniform and in civilian clothes arrived in
two pick-up trucks and arrested and beat the men. 
Witnesses living in the neighborhood said they also heard
gunshots and screams.  The next day, blood-stains were
visible at the scene.  Also on August 18, a delegation
led by OAS Secretary-General Baena Soares, which included
a senior representative from the U.N. Secretary-General's
office, arrived in Haiti.  

     On Tuesday, August 18, the young mens' families
recovered their bodies from the hospital morgue.  The
names of those apparantly extrajudicially executed by the
Haitian armed forces are:

          Matin Rmilien, 31 years-old and a co-founder
          of the recently formed pro-Aristide political
          party "Open the Gate"

          Jacquelin Gabriel, 35 years-old, married with
          one child, a truck-driver

          Ancy Philippe, 34 years-old, father of one
          child and an electrician

     The executions in Haiti simply do not stop.  I urge
you once again to take immediate action.  Perhaps an on-
site visit by the Special Rapporteur would help establish
responsibility for the untold number of executions since
the September coup and to deter further executions.

                              Sincerely,



                              William G. O'Neill

cc:  Mr. Francesc Vendrell, United Nations
     Ms. Donna Hrinak, State Department
     Mr. Marco Tulio Bruni-Celli, U.N. Human Rights     
      Centre
     Gen. Raoul Cdras
     Mr. Marc Bazin
     Mr. Moyse Snatus
                                   


                                   


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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Coast Guard Intercepts Haitians in San Francisco Bay
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 23:15:57 GMT

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** Topic: Coast Guard Intercepts Haitians in **
** Written 10:52 am  Aug 13, 1992 by globalexch in cdp:reg.carib **
August 12, 1992

Coast Guard Interdicts Haitian Refugees in San Francisco Bay 

        Thirty-seven Haitian refugees and their supporters who sailed 
into San Francisco Bay on a Peace Navy boat to protest discriminatory
 immigration  policy by the US government were intercepted and 
detained by the Coast Guard today for an hour and  a half.  Operating 
on orders from Washington, Coast Guard officials and two INS officials
 stopped the boat, ordering everyone to remain on board until they had
 checked their green cards and taken all their names.   Haitians on board 
the intercepted boat were either U.S. citizens or refugees who were screened
 in by the INS this past March.  The INS officials stated that they recieved 
orders early on the morning of the 12th to intercept the boat.  
        As a welcoming ceremony in support of the refugees got underway 
on shore on the Embaracadero in downtown San Francisco, a Coast Guard
 helicopter hovered overhead drowning out speakers, among them San 
Francisco Supervisor Terrance Hallinan.  "We are witnessing opression 
on this San Francisco Bay", said one speaker, the Rev. Lorenzo Carlisle 
of the Oakland Community Church of Christ, "What was meant to be a 
symbolic action has turned into a situation of terror and intimidation.  
So can you imagine what's happening off the shores of Florida."   
        The stunned lunch hour crowd was treated to the same display of 
force the Coast Guard shows each time it sends back Haitian refugees 
fleeing their country's oppressive military rule.  

        "This is an outrage." said David Rorick of the San Francisco 
Lawyers Committee for Urban Affairs "the irony of this is that while 
we were protesting the Bush Administration's policy toward Haitian 
refugees, the Coast Guard was carrying out this policy in front of our eyes, 
right here on the high seas of San Francisco Bay."  

For more information contact Laura Flynn or Kathie Klarreich at
 Global Exchange  415 255-7296
 

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From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Subject: American Federation of Teachers Criticizes Ikea Ad
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:24:05 GMT

Here is a press release from the American Federation of Teachers.
 
 American Federation of Teachers Threatens Boycott of Ikea Over
Controversial Advertisement
 To: Business Desk, Education Writer
 Contact: Charmayne Marsh of the American Federation of Teachers,
         202-879-4586
 
   PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Federation of
Teachers threatened today to boycott Ikea, the chain of home
furnishings stores, if it did not withdraw an advertisement the AFT
says misrepresents student test scores in California.
   The vote occurred under a special order of business at the AFT's
national convention being held here.
   The advertisement, which appeared in California newspapers in
early August, was headlined, "California hasn't seen figures this low
since last year's SATs." The advertisement promoted Ikea's desks,
lamps and other furnishings for use by students at prices the company
said "are sure to work with any education budget."
   Helen Bernstein, president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles,
called the advertisement "one of the worst examples of
teacher-bashing I've ever seen.  We must condemn this type of action."
   The Los Angeles AFT affiliate specifically objected to the
reference to Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and said, "In
California, scores went up.  The ad is not even truthful.  The
company is engaging in the No. 2 national pastime -- teacher bashing."
   "If the company refuses to withdraw the advertisement, then every
teacher should refuse to shop at Ikea," Bernstein told the nearly
4,000 delegates in attendance.
   The AFT's special order accused Ikea of "misrepresenting student
test scores in publicizing sale merchandise and of creating an ad
that reinforces the myth of educational decline, undercuts public
confidence in the schools and maligns teachers, students and public
education."
   Additionally, the AFT said Ikea's advertisement is "particularly
offensive" as California is in the midst of a severe fiscal crisis in
the schools.
   The AFT said it would write a letter to Ikea officials outlining
its objections to the advertisement and asking the store to withdraw
it.
   The AFT, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, represents 796,000 teachers,
paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, nurses and
health-care workers, higher education faculty, and state and public
employees.
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: EL SALVADOR: "TRUE JUSTICE" CALLED FOR IN JESUIT KILLINGS
Date: 19 Aug 92 08:23:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: mont.1992Aug19.082324.27509
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Organization: PACH
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu

/** reg.elsalvador: 138.0 **/
** Topic: IPS:True Justice Called For **
** Written  9:19 am  Aug 15, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:reg.elsalvador **
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: IPS:True Justice Called For

/* Written 12:10 am  Aug 15, 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: EL SALVADOR: ''TRUE JUSTICE'' CALLED FOR IN JESUIT KILLINGS

san salvador, aug 12 (ips) -- a top jesuit official has called
for the release of two soldiers condemned for the 1989 murder of
six jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, saying
the true intellectual authors of the crime remain free.

''we do not want to be accomplices to an injustice that lays
all the blame on just two of the accused,'' the central american
director of the jesuit order, jose maria tojeira, said on
wednesday, while asking for amnesty for the two officers.

the killings occurred on the grounds of the ''jose simeon
canas'' central american university on nov. 15, 1989 in the midst
of a massive anti-government offensive launched by the farabundo
marti liberation front (fmln).

the convicted officers are colonel guillermo banavides, former
director of el salvador's military academy, and lieutenant yussy
rene mendoza, accused of burning documents relating to the
military's participation in the assassinations.

both were sentenced to 30 years in prison, following an
october 1991 trial, in which six other soldiers were acquitted.

in his statement, tojeira said a thorough and honest
investigation was needed to discover and punish the authors of
the crime.

according to peace accords signed between the government and
fmln in january, the jesuit killings, along with other notorious
human rights violations, will be investigated by a ''commission
of truth.''

the commission is made up of former colombian president
belisario betancur, former venezualan foreign minister reinaldo
figueredo and u.s. judge thomas buergenthal.

the commission will spend six months investigating human
rights abuses perpetrated in the course of the country's 12 year
civil war.

in addition, since may, another ad hoc commission made up of
three salvadorans, has been investigating the conduct of some
2,188 military officials as part of the plan to ''clean up'' the
armed forces.

tojeira considers both commissions important, but complained
that they have not been given enough time or support to truly
investigate the role of the military in human rights violations.

''they have done a good job, but they still need more time to
investigate, as the military is implicated in so many cases,''
the priest said. (end/ips/trd/so/bf-sfi/eli/kb/92)
----


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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 08:35:14 GMT


"The most recent phenomenon in Central America -- already developed in
other parts of Latin America -- is the tendency to substitute politics
for ideology. The decline of ideology, as dogma or catechism giving
sole explanation to the world, its life and events, opens the way for
politics and political objectives as the matrix for uniting protag-
onists and articulating the political action of distinct groups.
   "In this sense, political groups who, on the one side, represent
marginality and poverty, and on the other side, privilege and wealth,
have concrete and contrasting interests which each will pursue...
[These groups] have not disappeared with the Berlin Wall or the
socialist bloc. However, the junctions between these distinct inter-
ests are now expressed less through dichotomous schemes or ideologies
which define societal divides, than through the contradictions between
specific policies. This is the harbinger of political struggle, not
only in Central America, but also for all of Latin America."
     -Victor Hugo Tinoco

From: Kerry Miller <ASTINGSH%KSUVM.bitnet@UMCVMB.missouri.edu>


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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: "STRONG FAMILY VALUES" (VII)
Followup-To: alt.politics.elections
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:19:15 GMT

The Decline of America: "We're Number One" in Elderly in Poverty

Percentage  elderly living in poverty 1984-1987:(3)

               ------------------------------
				     ELDERLY
	       COUNTRY              IN POVERTY
               ------------------------------

	       United States          10.9

[More than twice of 2nd worst:]

	       United Kingdom          5.2

	       France                  4.5
	       Sweden                  4.3
	       Australia               4.0

	       Netherands              3.4
	       Germany                 2.8
	       Canada                  2.2

Source: Timothy M. Smeeding, "U.S. Poverty and Income Security Policy in a
Cross National Perspective, October 1991, Luxembourg, October, 1991,
Luxembourg Income Study, working paper 70.

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From page 74 of:

_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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From: Rick Francis <C45807EC%WUVMD.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject:      GNP change, Demo vs Repub Admin
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:13:05 GMT


Average percentage change in the GNP during each
four-year Democratic administration since 1949:  +20

Average percentage change in the GNP during each
four-year Republican administration:  -9

From Harper's Index, August 1992.
Source cited:  Standard & Poor's (NYC)
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Nicaragua: "A Faustian Bargain"
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:02:26 GMT

/** reg.nicaragua: 111.0 **/
** Topic: More on "A Faustian Bargain" **
** Written 10:30 am  Aug 17, 1992 by anndc in cdp:reg.nicaragua **
Westview Press has published a new book on Nicaragua's 1990
elections, "A Faustian Bargain: U.S. Intervention in the
Nicaraguan Elections and American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold
War Era," by William I. Robinson.
 
Roger Morris, former National Security Council staff member
during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, writes: "Once in a
great while, Americans get a glimpse of American foreign policy
as the rest of the world views it. 'A Faustian Bargain' provides
one of those rare moments. William Robinson reveals the hidden
history of subtle and not-so-subtle U.S. intervention in the
ostensibly 'free' Nicaraguan elections and in the process holds
up a shattering mirror on Washington's fraud, deceit, and
hypocrisy. The result is far more than a well-documented, finely
written case study of U.S. manipulation and oppression in the
Western Hemisphere. In the era of worldwide cable news,
international commissions, and election 'observers,' the old
methods of control have given way to less obvious techniques that
are more presentable but no less savage in result. This book is
not only a stunning portrait of the all-too-recent past but also
a warning of a possible tragic future in inter-American
relations." 
 
From the book: "A penetrating analysis of the controversial U.S.
role in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections--the most closely monitored
in history--this book exposes the intervention in the electoral
process of a sovereign nation by the Central Intelligence Agency,
the Department of State, the National Endowment for Democracy,
and private U.S.-based organizations.
     Robinson begins by tracing the evolution of U.S. foreign
policy in recent decades and reviewing U.S.-Nicaraguan relations
since the Carter administration. He then describes specific
aspects of the 'electoral intervention project,' bringing to
light the clandestine activities of U.S. officials. Finally, he
examines the implications of such an undertaking for U.S. foreign
policy and for social change in the Third World in the post-cold
war era, arguing that it is a dangerous harbinger of a new
interventionism conducted under the pretext of promoting
democracy.
     Drawing on an extensive array of confidential documents and
on interviews with representatives from U.S. and foreign
government agencies, private organizations, and anti-Sandinista
groups in Nicaragua, the author offers a chilling account of a
foreign policy venture that was at the very least duplicitous and
quite possible illegal as well."  
 
For order information, write to: Westview Press, 5500 Central
Ave., Boulder, Colorado, 80301-2847.
 

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

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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: GUATEMALA DEATH SENTENCES
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:39:44 GMT

/* Written  4:50 pm  Aug 20, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:carnet.alerts */
/* ---------- "GUATEMALA DEATH SENTENCES" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: GUATEMALA DEATH SENTENCES

/* Written  4:16 pm  Aug 20, 1992 by gn:geonet in cdp:omct.sostortur */



CASE   GUA  200892

At the request of CODEHUCA, member of our network, we call on you to
intervene URGENTLY on behalf of the following situation in Guatemala.
Brief description of the situation:
Messrs. Nicolas GUTIERREZ CRUZ and Eliseo SUCHITE, former soldiers of
indigenous origin, were recently condemned to death (the latter was
condemned in absentia) for the murder of four peasants including a
minor aged 11 years, committed on January 1992 in, Guatemala city.
According to the information received, Mr. GUTIERREZ CRUZ's
execution, which was foreseen for 18 August, was suspended following
and appeal made on his behalf to the Supreme Court.
CODEHUCA draws attention to the fact that the sentences meted out to
these former soldiers of indigenous extraction contradicts with the
recent acquittal of 6 high ranking soldiers accused of the murder of
11 people in August 1991.
CODEHUCA believes that there is reason to suspect that the probable
execution of Mr. GUTIERREZ CRUZ is intended to mask the
responsibility of the military officers who ordered the massacre.
Action requested:
Please write to the Guatemalan authorities immediately to demand that
they take all the necessary measures to prevent the execution of Mr.
GUTIERREZ CRUZ and to commute his death sentence to a prison
sentence.
Addresses:
S.E. Jorge Serrano Elias, Presidente de la Republica, Palacio
Nacional, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.  Fax (5022) 536472  o
519702
Lic. Juan Jose Rodil Peralta, Presidente de la Corte Suprema de
Justicia, Centro Civico, 21 calle y 7a Av. Zona 1, Guatemala,
Guatemala.  Fax (5022) 512686
Lic. Jorge Mario Garcia, Presidente de la Corte de
Constitucionalidad, 11 Av. entre 9a y 10a calles, Guatemala,
Guatemala.   Fax (idem)

20 August 1992
Please inform us of any action undertaken, (kindly mention the code
number of the appeal in any related correspondence).
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