Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com If you are interested in a free subscription to The Konformist Newswire, please visit http://www.eGroups.com/list/konformist/ and sign up. Or, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject: "I NEED 2 KONFORM!!!" (Okay, you can use something else, but it's a kool catch phrase.) Visit the Klub Konformist at Yahoo!: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/klubkonformist The Konformist 06 June 1999 Happy D-Day! Index FeedBack: Bilderberg Guest List Yugoslavian Peace? THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY Pesticide Action Network Pesticides Threaten Birds and Fish in California ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks to Robin Ramsey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) of Lobster Magazine for the following. Dear friends, I am writing to you urgently to warn you about material being circulated on this list (however innocently) about a 'Bilderberg Conference' . The material appears to be an attack on global power elite, but is in fact material whose source is nazis and far right politicians with very close links to big business. The purpose of the material appears to be to make people imagine there is a sinister Jewish conspiracy that is trying to dominate the world, a false idea but a dangerous one which contributed very much to Adolf Hitler's genocide of the Jewish people. I am NOT implying in any way that the people on J18 list who sent the material to the list are antisemitic or fascist themselves. It is more than possible that they have become victims of this nazi hoax. I am only warning them and the list in general about the original source of much of this material: A member of this list, Javier, (email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) posted on 26 May 1999 a message (title - Fw: <.nettime> Bilderberger (fwd)) warning us about an apparent meeting of some of the most powerful people in the world, due to take place on June in Portugal, called the Bilderberg Conference. His post consisted of a long forwarded document and his comment that perhaps we have chosen the wrong occasion to protest, and that we should in fact be protesting this Conference, rather than the G8 summit. Early in the forwarded document the Washington-based journal Spotlight is quoted as a source of information on the Bilderberg Conference. Spotlight is published by the fascist Liberty Lobby, who for years had as key figure Willis Carto. You may find much information on them by contacting any major anti-fascist organisation. Later the forwarded document presents a 'BILDERBERG '99: Partial Guest List' While the list includes many individuals who are certainly part of the world's top power elite such as Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Tony Blair, etc, it also includes a fantastic proportion of Israelis and Jews. It is clear that the 'Guest List' cannot be an official document from the organisers of such a Conference - (there are many spelling and other errors, billiionaire Warren Buffet has his personal name and his company name listed the wrong way round, one company entry has the comment 'of blessed memory' written next to it and King Hussein of Jordan appears as an invited guest with the comment in brackets that he is dead(!) However, even if we were to believe that this is an accurate 'partial guest list' of a conference for world domination drawn up by a good anti-capitalist, who happened to have inside information, then we need to ask several questions. Is it likely that enormously powerful members of the ruling elite like Warren Buffet and Bill Clinton would sit round a table with popular left- of -centre Israeli authors like AB Yehoshua and Amos Oz to discuss how to rule the world? Why is there a long list of academics from Israeli universities on this list, and virtually no academics from any other countries? Why are so many of the 'guests' representatives from top multinationals who are Jewish or who have Jewish-sounding names, rather than the non-Jewish heads of these businesses? Andreas Rockstein of the J18 list answered my call for more info by directing me to the website www.bilderberg.org. When you go there you will see it is part of a large site run by Tony Gosling, who is apparently a former British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) man now into alternative Christianity. He has much material re the 'Bilderberg Conference' on his site. At a quick glance I noticed he states himself that many of the sources of his list of info links on 'Bilderberg' are nazi sources, but warns us not to dismiss their authenticity of their information for that reason. He refers to questions being raised in the British Parliament demanding the truth re this Conference. In fact the MP who raised the question, according to his own quoted material, is Nicholas Winterton, a far-right Tory MP, well-known for his extremely racist attitude to Black people. Other material there is from Norris McWhirter, a far-right political figure with very extensive links to big business. There is also a link to 'information' on this Conference by Gennady Zyuganov, head of the Russian Communist Party (CPRF), well-known for his openly antisemitic stand, who publicly blamed Jews for Russia's economic crisis last Christmas.. Gosling's site also includes a poem by the English fascist Chesterton. I am not accusing Gosling of being a fascist himself. He has also put a famous anti-fascist poem (by Pastor Niemoller) on his site. I think he is an extremely confused man who has been taken in by antisemitic fascist propaganda. I beg all J18 activists to be extremely wary of any information now being put over the Internet re this 'Bilderberg Conference' . Demand to know the original sources of all the information. It would be nice if the two subscribers who offered this material to the list could do a very thorough research of all the documents or websites they have referred us to and then tell us what they discover. I will post more information on this as soon as I have time. Against fascism and against capitalism, Lisa Taylor International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - ISWoR (personal capacity) ********** Subj: LP RELEASE: Yugoslavian Peace? Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 06:56:22 PM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------- NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: www.LP.org ----------------------------------------- For release: June 7, 1999 ----------------------------------------- For additional information: George Getz, Press Secretary Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------- Libertarians lament "disastrously" high price of peace in Yugoslavia WASHINGTON, DC -- The proposed peace agreement to end the Yugoslavian conflict is good news, says the Libertarian Party -- but, however it ends, the war will almost certainly turn out to be a disastrous "lesson" for American foreign policy, horrendously expensive for taxpayers, and an abject defeat for Constitutional government. "Libertarians will celebrate if the bombing and killing stops," said the party's national chairman, David Bergland. "But the price of victory is distressingly high. Our nation will continue to pay the penalty -- politically, financially, and constitutionally -- for this ill-conceived war for years or decades to come." Over the past several days, hopes have soared that the war in Yugoslavia might be winding down, after Slobodan Milosevic and the Yugoslavian parliament agreed to accept NATO demands. According to the terms of the agreement, Yugoslavia would withdraw troops from Kosovo, allow all displaced refugees to return, and allow a NATO "peace-keeping" force to occupy Kosovo. But the Libertarian Party is in no hurry to join the cheering over this so-called victory, said Bergland. "Benjamin Franklin once said there is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace," he said. "However, Yugoslavia proves that bad wars can lead to bad peace." For example, he noted: * It's a dangerous lesson in foreign policy. "Yugoslavia may turn out to be America's anti-Vietnam," said Bergland. "Vietnam taught the United States an important lesson about the dangers of foreign intervention, and the bloody price we can pay for acting as the world's policeman. By contrast, Yugoslavia may teach politicians that there is little political cost for long-distance, CNN-friendly wars where we rain missiles and bombs on small, defenseless countries until they surrender. "Ironically, the legacy of peace in Yugoslavia may be more war. Why? Because the relative ease of our victory and the lack of American casualties may embolden future presidents to launch more 'war-lite' conflicts, just to burnish their credentials as brave leaders of the World's Only Superpower." * It's going to hit American taxpayers in the wallet. "The war in Yugoslavia is the equivalent of digging a hole and then filling it in again -- only this hole may cost American taxpayers up to $150 billion," said Bergland. "That's the early estimate of the price tag to rebuild Yugoslavia, after we spent more than two months systematically bombing it to rubble. "Remember, we destroyed hospitals, bridges, water facilities, railroad lines, highways, electrical transformers, oil refineries, auto plants, office buildings, fuel depots, television stations, heating plants, and fertilizer plants. Now, apparently, it will be our responsibility to rebuild the entire nation. "And that cost doesn't include the billions we spent to wage this war, or the cost of the 7,000 American troops who will be part of any NATO peace-keeping force in Kosovo. That will run another $200 million a month -- for who knows how long. "The 'giant sucking sound' that Ross Perot warned us about could be Yugoslavia, vacuuming up any American budget surpluses as far as the eye can see." * It has further crippled the U.S. Constitution. "From the beginning, the attack on Yugoslavia was unconstitutional, since it was a blatant act of war against a sovereign nation without formal Congressional authorization," said Bergland. "Now, with this presidentially declared non-war apparently over, it will become a justification for the next foreign conflict -- and the Constitution will slip further into irrelevance. "Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo may celebrate the victory over a tyrant like Slobodan Milosevic, but American citizens will pay the price: A government increasingly unfettered by any Constitutional limitations." Wait a minute: Is it hypocritical for Libertarians to criticize the Yugoslavian peace agreement after also criticizing the war? "There's no inconsistency," said Bergland. "Libertarians weren't opposed to this war because we were afraid we'd lose; we opposed this conflict because we knew, win or lose militarily, the real loser would be American citizens. We're glad the war is over; we just regret the high price Americans will have to pay for peace." ********** Subj: PANUPS: Birds and Fish in CA Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 12:25:59 AM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================== P A N U P S Pesticide Action Network Updates Service ========================================== Pesticides Threaten Birds and Fish in California June 4, 1999 Pesticides continue to be a pervasive threat to California's ecosystems according to a report released by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR). The report, Disrupting the Balance: Ecological Impacts of Pesticides in California, calls on the California Environmental Protection Agency and the federal government to ban three pesticides--the organophosphate insecticides diazinon and chlorpyrifos, and the carbamate insecticide carbofuran. Over the last 30 years, the agrochemical industry has turned from organochlorines such as DDT to these neurotoxic organophosphate and carbamate pesticides. Use of these toxic nerve poisons continues to grow, with an 18% increase in California between 1991 and 1995. In California, some 17 million pounds of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides are applied annually in urban and agricultural settings. The report's specific findings include: * Multiple pesticides are often found in California waters and sediments at concentrations that exceed levels that are lethal to zooplankton, the main food source of young fish. * Most species of fish and zooplankton in the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary have experienced dramatic population declines in the last 25 years. Toxic contaminants, especially pesticides, are known to be one of the factors contributing to these declines. * Toxic pulses of two organophosphate insecticides, diazinon and chlorpyrifos, occur routinely in California streams and rivers during critical stages in fish development. The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers as well as many creeks and sloughs in the San Francisco Bay- Delta estuary are specific areas with this problem. Urban creeks are also affected by these two chemicals, as pesticides applied around homes and gardens run off into creeks with irrigation water or storm water. * The pesticides carbofuran and diazinon are responsible for the majority of bird kills in California, affecting many species of songbirds, waterfowl and raptors. Controlled studies have shown that when carbofuran is applied to crops, as many as 17 birds die for every five acres treated. * Studies have shown that the frequency and number of bird kills in California closely parallels the agricultural activities that use pesticides most toxic to birds. * Carbofuran applications to alfalfa, grapes and rice cause the majority of reported bird poisonings. The report also reveals that pesticides are used routinely in national wildlife refuges, despite laws mandating that protection of wildlife and the environment take highest priority in these areas. In the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge, pesticides that are toxic to wildlife are routinely used on potatoes, sugar beets, and onions grown within the refuge. In 1992, five bald eagles died from secondary exposure when the organophosphate terbufos was applied to sugar beets in the refuge. A new integrated pest management plan developed for the refuge still permits the use of a number of neurotoxic or endocrine-disrupting pesticides. Some bird and fish species are already being impacted by pressures such as habitat loss. Disrupting the Balance warns that the deaths of even a few individuals from pesticides can push the entire species that much closer to extinction or prevent their recovery. The report concludes with a chapter called "Restoring the Balance," which provides a brief overview of ecologically-based pest management strategies that represent a long-term, sustainable solution to controlling pests without using toxic chemicals. The report is available at http://www.panna.org. Hard copies of the report are free to California residents and US$10 for all others. 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