-Caveat Lector- ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Oscar " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AlterNet: The Circus in FLA, Why Nader Bombed, David Hunter Obit Date: 29 Nov 2000 21:34:39 -0000 On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:11:24 -0800 AlterNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >AlterNet Headlines >Brief summaries of leading stories from AlterNet -- the >independent news and syndication service -- for November 29, 2000. >http://www.alternet.org > > >*** LEARN HOW TO "SPIN" THE MEDIA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE *** > >Want the perfect holiday gift for your favorite activist, >civic figure, concerned citizen or community leader? Get a >copy of "SPIN Works!," the media guidebook that teaches >positive PR tactics and lets you reclaim the art of "spin" >for your side and your community. Follow this link to get >a 20% holiday discount: >http://www.spinproject.org >******************************************************** > > >IN PRAISE OF THE FLORIDA CIRCUS >David Corn, AlterNet >Though it is fun to watch a media feeding frenzy that does not >involve sex or grisly murder (at least not yet), the lesson of >Chadgate is clear: in national discourse, plot beats policy. >http://www.alternet.org > >WHAT WENT WRONG FOR RALPH? >Micah L. Sifry, NewsForChange.com >Did Ralph Nader's campaign drift too far left? Was Winnona >LaDuke the right running mate? Did the Green party help or >hurt him? Third party expert Micah Sifry finds out. >http://www.alternet.org > >DAVID HUNTER, PHILANTHROPIC PIONEER, DIES AT 84 >Don Hazen, AlterNet >By seeding many of the great social movements of the last >three decades, progressive philanthropist David Hunter left a >legacy of profound social change. >http://www.alternet.org > >HOW THE US TORPEDOED THE GLOBAL CLIMATE TALKS >Bill McKibben, Grist >The global climate talks that collapsed last weekend owe >their demise to an American public that still does not >believe in the dramatic reality of global warming. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10138 > >CIGARETTE SMUGGLING RAKES IN PROFITS >Mary Spicuzza, Metro/Silicon Valley >More profitable than growing marijuana and safer than dealing >illegal drugs, cigarette smuggling is taking over as the pop >crime of high-taxed times. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10133 > >POLICE CLASH WITH CINCINATTI TABD PROTESTORS >Darlene D'Agostino, Cincinnati CityBeat >Like WTO protesters in Seattle, activists who raised hell about >the corporate globalization forces at last week's Transatlantic >Business Dialogue (TABD) met stiff opposition from police. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10148 > >TOUR OF BABBLE >Andrew Weiner, Boston Phoenix >How the Sixth International Esperanto Weekend -- a festival >celebrating the world's first "synthetic language" -- turned a >journalist into a gazetisto. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10135 > >VOTERS DEMAND DRUG WAR CEASE-FIRE >Arianna Huffington, AlterNet >Government has largely ignored the one issue on which voters >have given a clear mandate. Give the people a cease-fire in the >war on drugs. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10124 > >DO LESBIANS EVER PAY FOR SEX? >Shelly Mars, ThePosition.com >Does lesbian prostitution exist? A former sex worker >investigates. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10136 > >PRO-LIFE GOES GLOBAL >Pam Squyres, MoJo Wire >Sidelined for decades, right-wing religious groups are now more >active than ever in lobbying the United Nations against >contraception, sex education, and other 'anti-family' programs. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10137 > >GLOBALIZATION ONE YEAR AFTER SEATTLE >Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet >Seattle showed that even the most powerful, unaccountable >global institutions were vulnerable to a grassroots campaign >that could subject them to public scrutiny. One year later, they >still haven't recovered from the shock. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10140 > >MAD DOG: ELTON IS BACK -- AND SHOPPING >Mad Dog, AlterNet >Elton John recently said he spends as much as $2.15 million >a month in living expenses. That's $71,666 a day, $2,986 an >hour and $74.65 a minute. Not bad for a piano player. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10143 > >DURST: SQUABBLING BOYS IN FLORIDA >Will Durst, AlterNet >"We stole this election fair and square, and if the shoe were on >the other foot, we'd just pack up and go home like good little >boys and girls." >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10134 > >HIGHTOWER: TALKING TO YOUR TECHNO HOME >Jim Hightower, AlterNet >Ready or not folks, the future is now, and what it boils down to >is this: you can talk to your house ... and to all the techno-whiz >gizmos inside it. >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10147 > >** >AlterNet depends on word-of-mouth to publicize our site. 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