-Caveat Lector- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Silence = Death: AIDS, Africa and Pharmaceuticals Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:54:41 -0600 (CST) From: Corporate Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; WHAT'S NEW ON CORPORATE WATCH The Watchdog on the Web <http://www.corpwatch.org> March 2, 2001 PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY Silence = Death: AIDS, Africa and Pharmaceuticals http://www.corpwatch.org/feature/misc/aids01.html 25 million Africans are living with AIDS. Northern pharmaceutical companies have the drugs to treat the disease and governments have the ability to offer them cheaply. Yet they are turning a blind eye to this global pandemic. After talking with AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe and HIV+ pregnant women in Rwanda, Stephen Lewis, says "I want someone to explain to me why it isn't called murder." The former Deputy Director of UNICEF puts a human face on one of the greatest tragedies of our time. BHOPAL Survivors Target Dow Chemical in India http://www.corpwatch.org/bhopal/dowchem.html Three-hundred survivors of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal protested at the Bombay office of Dow Chemical International this week demanding that Dow take on the outstanding liabilities left behind by the Union Carbide Corporation (which Dow now owns) in Bhopal. Together with environmental and labor groups, they launched a new National Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, targeting Dow. IN THE NEWS http://www.corpwatch.org/headlines * South Africa: Bush Policy Threatens AIDS Prevention Among Youth * Mexico: Rocks, Tear Gas at Cancun Protest * USA: Mom vs. Mastercard * Canada: Quebec Set to Crackdown on FTAA Protests * Canada: Government Fights NAFTA Ruling in Court * Tanzania: World Bank/IMF Refuse to Cancel Africa's Debt * USA: Supreme Court Sides with American Airlines Over Union * USA: Bostonians Outraged at Corporate Subway Sponsorship Plan TAKE ACTION Protest Environmental Award Honoring Shell! http://www.corpwatch.org/action/2001/006.html ### Corp-watchers Email Newsletter To subscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
