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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Death penalty in Guatemala
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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 02:04:22 GMT

/* Written  4:02 pm  Aug 19, 1992 by codehuca in cdp:carnet.alerts */
/* ---------- "Death penalty in Guatemala" ---------- */
URGENT COMMUNIQUE  NO. 6  COUNTRY: GUATEMALA

The Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Central America
(CODEHUCA), received urgent information from the Guatemalan Human
Rights Commission (CDHG) on the death penalty against NICOLAS
GUTIERREZ CRUZ, corporal in the Guatemalan army, who was accused of
participating in the killing of 4 persons in January 1992.
FACTS:
NICOLAS GUTIERREZ CRUZ and the soldier ELISEO SUCHITE (on the run)
were accused of having killed, on the 16th of January this year,
the following campesinos: JUAN XAN JULAJ (47 years old); FRANCISCO
JAZ LOPEZ (28); JUAN CALEL GRAVE (25) and MARVIN XAN ZANTIZO (11),
in PERONIA, Guatemala City.
NICOLAS GUTIERREZ CRUZ, had to be executed yesterday the 18th of
August, because the appeal for cassation put in for the accused was
not approved in his favour. However, the execution did not take
place on this day as his defending counsel presented a new appeal.
The execution is suspended until the competent court will make a
pronouncement.
It is important to mention that the death penalty spoken out
against the corporal, of indigenous background, forms a contrast
with the pardon given to 6 military men of higher rank who were
involved in the assessination of 11 persons in August 1991. As
stated by an official of the Guatemalan Auditor!a de Guerra (a
military court), they were pardoned this month because of a lack of
proof.
On this matter we consider that the application of the death
penalty against NICOLAS GUTIERREZ is concealing those intelectually
responsible for the crime, that are the officials who gave the
order for the massacre and who were not even investigated.
For this reason, we address our Solidarity Network and ask you to
react urgently to avoid the application of the capital punishment
against GUTIERREZ CRUZ and that it will be commuted to the maximum
prison sentence.
Please send your messages to:
President of the Supreme Court          President of the    
of Justice                              Constitutional Court
Lic. Juan Jos Rodil Peralta            Lic. Jorge Mario Garc!a
Centro C!vico, 21 calle y 7a            11 Ave. entre 9a y 10
Av, Zona 1, Guatemala, Guatemala        Calles. Guatemala.
Fax: (5022) 512686                      Guatemala.
          
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From: Blythe Systems <nytransfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: NEWS:Europe:Attack on Burger-King/ECN
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:27:01 GMT


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

News: Attack on Burger-King


                       Fight the Hamburger

     Attack on a new subsidiary of Burger King in East-Berlin

Friedrichshain. Aproximately one hundred persons carried out an
attack on the Burger King subsidiary in Friedrichshain on Tuesday
night.  Shortly before midnight the group fired flares and threw
stones through the windows of the fast food restaurant on
Frankfurter Alee. There was considerable damage, but no injuries.
Employees, involved in the preperations for the opening, fled into
the back rooms. A police patrol car observing the events called
for backup. In a short time around forty uniformed and plain
clothed officers met at the scene. The group then threw stones at
the radio car and fled. The police were unable to make any
arrests. In spite of the destruction the subsidiary oppened as
planned. This is the first restaurant of the fast food chain
Burger King on the East side of the city. taz

Translated from Interim, weekly Berlin Info (in German), Nr. 201,
9 July 1992, Gneisenauerstr. 2a, 1000 Berlin 61, Germany

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NY Transfer News Service
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From: Dave Nadler <dnadler@ncrsoph.sophia.NCR.COM>
Subject: suggestion for bill
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 18:38:41 GMT

I have an idea to combat negative campaigning.  The Clinton/Gore campaign
can have a person monitor the speeches by Bush and Quayle.  This monitor
would then keep track of the time spent on negative comments about Clinton
or Gore (or even "liberal democrates"), time spent on the Bush/Quayle view
of issues, and time spent talking about generic things like "we need to
keep faith in America".

These numbers could be compared against Clinton/Gore speeches.

A weekly "What did George Say?" announcement could be made about the
negative content of Bush/Quayle speeches and the lack of discussion about
specific issues.

Since I'm not part of the democratic machinery, anyone is welcome to pass
this suggestion along to someone who is a part of it.
-- 
Dave.Nadler@ncrsoph.Sophia.NCR.COM
Europe Group ISS, NCR Europe, Sophia-Antipolis, France
"I know I can't change the world overnight.  It'll take a couple of weeks."

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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: SOMALIA: New Free Fax Numbers!
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 00:32:17 GMT

/* Written  1:55 pm  Aug 15, 1992 by peacenet in cdp:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "SOMALIA: New Free Fax Numbers!" ---------- */
From: <peacenet>
Subject: SOMALIA: New Free Fax Numbers!

Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 10:33:38 PDT
Resent-From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse>
Subject: SOMALIA! New Free Fax Numbers!

/* Written 10:08 am  Aug 15, 1992 by dmorse in cdp:soc.cult.afric */
/* ---------- "SOMALIA! New Free Fax Numbers!" ---------- */
In my preceding post, the second paragraph of the sample message should
read:
"Such massive aid must continue without interruption or lessening
until the Somalian population is out of danger."

IDEA:

When faxing to the Clinton Campaign HQ, try directing your fax to the
attention of Tipper Gore.

Implore her as a mother who has held a vigil beside her own child when
his life was in danger, to take special notice of the mothers and children
of Somalia, and not to turn her attention away from them until the danger is
over.

Whatever opinions are about Tipper Gore's anti-rock-lyrics campaign, there
is no question that she is seriously concerned for the welfare of children.

The appeal to Tipper Gore could also be made to Al Gore, who has spoken
about how his priorities changed when his 6-year-old son was hit by
a car. Both parents spent 30 days and nights by the child's bedside.
The boy has now made a good recovery.

Or you could direct the fax to Al and Tipper Gore together, as parents.


Similarly, I believe Hilary Clinton is on the Board of the Children's Defense
Fund.  Ask her to take the children of Somalia under her special notice and
again not to turn her attention away from them until the danger is over.

Thanks.
(Note: obviously, when faxing Hilary Clinton or Tipper Gore, as mothers,
a deeply serious and courteous tone is in order>)

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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: "STRONG FAMILY VALUES"
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:11:10 GMT

"The U.S. ratio of school age children per teacher (23 to 1) is worse
than 18 other counties including Libya, East Germany, Lebanon, and
Cuba

"Although the U.S. ranks 2nd in the world in per capita gross national
product, the country ranks 19th in the world in infant mortality rate,
and 29th in low birth-weight babies. Our child poverty rate is higher
than Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, West Germany, Canada, the United
Kingdom, and Australia.

"The U.S. in not among the 61 nations that provide health insurance or
basic medical coverage to all parents and their dependents, nor is it
among the 63 nations that provide a family allowance to working
parents."

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Send the 1-line message
GET HEALTH INSURANC ACTIV-L
            [sic]
to: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET for a resource file on National Health Care
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[From: _Children of Crisis_, Sandy Carter, _Z Magazine_, January 1991]
From: darsie@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Richard Darsie)
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Subject: War Prayer
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:48:18 GMT
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I thought the readers of this group might appreciate this. It speaks
for itself, and it's by America's greatest author, Mark Twain:


                           THE WAR PRAYER
                        Mark Twain, c. 1880

"O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with
our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms
of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with
the wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes
with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their
unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out
roofless with their little children to wander unfriended through
wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sport
of the sun-flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in
spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave
and denied it - for our sakes, who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes,
blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their
steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the
blood of their wounded feet!  We ask of onwe who is the Spirit of
love and who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are
sore beset, and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Grant
our prayer, O Lord, and Thine shall be the praise and honor and
glory now and ever, Amen."
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 09:35:12 GMT


	"Loss of freedom of speech is a small price to pay."

			San Francisco Police Chief Richard Hongisto
			in his attempt to justify why over 500 people
			were arrested in San Francisco when they
			tried to assemble a peaceful march in the
			Mission District.  Hongisto claimed that "a march
			is fertile soil in which they hope to plant
			the seeds of violence."
			May 1992

From: mitja@hera.Berkeley.EDU (Mitja Baumhackl)


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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: Re: THE OCTOBER SURPRISE -- "The Verdict is Treason": THE VERDICT
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 02:11:04 GMT

   forwarding mail sent to aml.

   Rich

    ---------------------- Original note follows ---------------------------

   Would it be possible to put the "Z" magazine commercial at the end of the
   message (I dare not suggest leaving it out altogether) so that one doesn't
   have to plow through four pages of intro before getting to the message?

					   Howard

I've put it both at the top and at the bottom. Technically, we're
supposed to put at the top, period, per the agreement with Z. I do
this when I post such for the first time; then we I auto-post a
"series" like this one I often put it at the bottom.

I've trying hard at the moment to convince Z (as well as the Nation,
with whom I've finally started an email dialogue) to get online (and
to get comfortable online in the case of the Nation) -- when they do,
I'll be brave enough to tell them, look, it's not helping you at all
to want to put it at the top -- but until they're personally familiar
with what it's like to use a news-reader, or email, the concept of
the-first-25-lines and their centrality (why I start so many of my
posts with "excerpts" to tease people into interest, when I have the
time to do this), I don' think they'll understand.

Until that point in time, I'll probably continue to use the present
imperfect compromise.

--Harel

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From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Fax Attack CORRECTION!!!
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Resent-From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse@igc.apc.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:48:46 GMT

/* Written  5:47 am  Aug 20, 1992 by dmorse in cdp:soc.cult.afric */
/* ---------- "Fax Attack CORRECTION!!!" ---------- */
The number posted for Kunder in SOMALIA: Big Fax AttacK" is garbled.

It should be:  James_Kunder@f00912026475269.fax.sunet.se

So if you tried this and it didn't work, my profound apologies for the
incorrect posting.  Hope you will try again.
Dorothy.
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From: Dr. Arnold Matlin <ahmatlingvcp@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Air Show in Geneseo, New York
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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 21:26:06 GMT

I am writing this a few miles away from an airshow that began ten years
ago as a means of displaying vintage WW II planes but now features the
full display of modern US warplanes.  It is very popular and draws 100,000
spectators over the weekend.  Sadly, it is considered a great family event!
	Does anyone have any experience in countering this kind of highly
popular event?  Specifically, is anyone in the Northeast interested in trying
to help organize some sort of counter-event or pro-peace demo at this time
next year?
Thanks for your input.
In Solidarity,  
Arnie Matlin, Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace <ahmatlingvcp>

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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: EXECUTION IMMINENT
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 10:06:14 GMT

/* Written  9:29 pm  Aug 17, 1992 by ghrc in cdp:carnet.alerts */
/* ---------- "EXECUTION IMMINENT" ---------- */
URGENT ACTION !!!!URGENT ACTION!!! 
 
GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Date: August 17, 1992
 
According to the Guatemalan Government's confirmation a few hours
ago, tomorrow, on August 18th, Army corporal NICOLAS GUTIERREZ
CRUZ, will be executed.  Gutierrez has been condemned to the
death penalty for carrying out the massacre of four indigenous
campesinos in Solol  on January 17th of this year in the place
known as Ciudad Peronia.
 
The CDHG supports the abolition of IMPUNITY. We advocate an
investigation into every case of human rights violation and the
trial and punishment of those responsible for such crimes against
humanity. However, in the case of the massacre at Ciudad Peronia,
we feel that the two who have been accused, Gutierrez and Eliseo
Suchit, also a soldier and still at large - both of them
indigenous of low rank in the Army - are "scapegoats" for the
crime. Those truly responsible are the officials who gave the
order for the massacre, who have not even been investigated. With
the death by firing squad of Gutierrez Cruz, they are trying to
hide those truly responsible, eliminating one of the witnesses
given orders from above. The aim is to give an appearance that
justice is being done and that impunity is beginning to be
suppressed.
 
IMPUNITY in Guatemala has complex mechanisms in fact and in the
law. The death by firing squad of an Army corporal, of humble and
indigenous roots, does not do away with such mechanisms. This
procedure constitutes but one more crime of discrimination and an
injustice which leaves those really responsible untouched.
 
We exhort WITH EXTREME URGENCY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND
GRASSROOTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS that, given the time
pressure, you demand of the Guatemalan Government TO SUSPEND THE
EXECUTION of NICOLAS GUTIERREZ CRUZ in order to proceed with an
impartial investigation of those truly responsible for that
massacre. For the above, an APPEAL FOR CLARIFICATION AND FOR
FURTHER DETAILS should be made to the Supreme Court of Justice,
based on Articles 718-19 in the Penal Code; and a DEFENSE MOTION
before the Supreme Court of Justice on Constitutionality, based
on Articles 265 and 272 of the Guatemalan Constitution.
 
SEND URGENT MESSAGES TO:
 
Presidente de la                 Presidente de la
Corte Suprema de Justicia        Corte de Constitucionalidad 
Lic.Juan Jos Rodil Peralta      Lic.Jorge Mario Garc!a L.
Centro C!vico,21 Calle &         11 Ave. entre 9a. y 10a.calles
7a. Av., Z.1                     Guatemala, Guatemala
Guatemala, Guatemala
 
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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	It makes perfect sense to talk about freedom or its absence,
	equality and inequality, justice or injustice,
	authoritarianism or democracy, and the kinds of power
	relationships contained in technological instruments and
	systems.

	This is true of extremely simple as well as complex
	technologies.  For example, if one visits the agricultural
	fields of the southwestern US, one finds workers using a hoe,
	_el cortito_, a tool with a short handle.  There's nothing
	political about the length of a wooden handle, is there?
	Well, that depends on the broader social relationships and
	activities in which it plays a part.  To use el cortito you
	must bend over or get down on your knees.  A casual observer
	might say: If you're digging in the ground, isn't it sometimes
	more comfortable to stand up?

	Why then, has the handle been shortened?  The reason is, in
	large part, that the forement who manage the work can look
	across a field... and tell who is working and who is not.
	Those who are bending over are the ones working...

	--- Langdon Winner, ``Artifact/ideas and political culture'',
	_Whole Earth Review_, Winter 1991.
From: dave mankins <dm@Think.COM>


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From: jlohrmann@igc.apc.org
Subject: POINTER: Clinton Speeches Now Available
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:14:12 GMT

The complete text of Bill Clinton's speeches are now available in
alt.politics.clinton.

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:02:24 GMT


Some people may think that leaders of the free press would perhaps
accomplish more if their claims of constitutional right were less
expansive. I do not agree with this. I say it is their duty to fight
like tigers right down the line and not give an inch. This is the way
our freedoms have been preserved in the past, and it is the way they
will be preserved in the future.

          -- U.S. Senior Circuit Judge, Harold R. Medina

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


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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: "SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS" versus "The National Interest"
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 00:28:52 GMT


     ===========================================================
     C h o m s k y   o n   " S p e c i a l   I n t e r e s t s "
     ===========================================================

Many terms in political discourse are used in a technical sense 
that's very much divorced from their actual meaning, sometimes 
even the opposite of it. 

Take the "national interest."  The term is commonly used as if 
it's something good for all of us.  If a political leader says, 
"I'm doing this in the national interest," you're supposed to 
feel good because that's for you.  

But if you look closely, it turns out that the national interest 
is not defined as the interest of the entire population.  It's 
really the interests of small, dominant elites who command the 
resources that enable them to control the state--basically 
corporate-based elites.  Correspondingly, the "special 
interests," of whom we're all supposed to be suspicious, really 
refer to the general population. 

This became very clear during the last few presidential 
campaigns.  President Reagan is largely a figment of the public 
relations industry, and the public relations industry, and the 
public relations aspects of it, including control over language, 
are very striking.  Every choice of terms by the Reagan public 
relations machine was carefully crafted.   

In both the 1980 and the 1984 elections, Reagan and his handlers 
identified the Democrats as the "party of special interests." 
That's bad, because we're all against the special interests.  But 
if you asked who the special interests were, they listed women, 
poor people, workers, young people, old people, ethnic 
minorities,--in fact, the vast majority of the population.   

One group was not listed among the special interests--the 
corporations.  In the campaign rhetoric, that was never a SPECIAL 
interest, and in their [view] that's right--because that's the NATIONAL 
interest.   

--Noam Chomsky 

[From: "Propaganda Systems: Orwell's and Ours" by Noam Chomsky,
Premier Issues of _Propaganda Review_. For more information about
_PR_, email ppaull@igc.org]

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