hello all, I've heard recently that Norma McCorvey ie Jane Roe is touring around the united states right now to promote her new book, _Won By Love_. Does anyone know the schedule of this tour, or where i might find such? thanks!, gwendolyn griffin >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 26 21:45:52 1998 Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:51:34 +1000 From: Zohl de Ishtar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: EcoFem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Zohl - Pacific Update Hi folks, Here's an update on Pacific events. Issues covered include legacy of French Nuclear Tests, Increasing French militarisation of the region, uranium mine blockade at Jabiluka/Australia. In solidarity, Zohl de Ishtar Women for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific, Australia International Peace Bureau, Oceania Rep (Female) ......... PACIFIC NEWS from the Pacific News Bulletin - Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement - February 1998. FRANCE�S MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE PACIFIC SINCE THE BOMB. The end of French nuclear testing in the Pacific has not meant the departure of France�s military presence in the region. A new book �After Moruroa - France in the South Pacific� by Nic Maclellan and Jean Chesneaux, (Ocean Press, Australia) observes that France has been busy increasing its political, economic and military influence throughout the Pacific. Although the test facilities on Moruroa and Fangataufa have been closed France is maintaining a support base on nearby Hao Atoll, longtime service base for the nuclear testing program, and have said that they are going to increase its presence there. Despite the oppressive history of France�s military (eg. the Ouvea Massacre in Kanaky/New Caledonia), Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu increasingly participate in military training and exercises with France. French naval vessels regularly call into Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and other Pacific nation ports and participate in joint wargames. France�s armed forces provide relief during natural disasters (eg cyclones in Solomon Islands, Cook Islands). French, Australian and Aotearoan/New Zealand have cooperated in surveillance of smaller states in the region. FRENCH GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES CONTAMINATION OF TEST SITES - CALLS FOR INDEFINITE MONITORING The French National Assembly heard in December 1997 that Moruroa and Fangataufa should be used as storage sites for radioactive waste and that the islands �must remain forever uninhabited�. The report was made by Socialist Party Member of Parliament, Christian Bataille. This conflicts with the assurances given by the French government for decades that the islands have not been contaminated by the nuclear tests. The report states: �active, long term, permanent monitoring and, if possible, control of the radioactivity has become an absolute necessity, in the waters of the lagoons, the ocean and more generally the environment of the two atolls. .... As soon as we know the conclusions of the IAEA experts, and as the dismantling of the infrastructure is completed, we must foresee declaring the two atolls as a protected zone.� The report calls for �indefinite� monitoring, somewhat more than the announced ten years. The report also calls for compensation to the Maohi who were never consulted; an epidemiological study; accountability for the eventual consequences of the program. (Source: Tahiti Pacifique) (report no. 541 to the French National Assembly, Dec 1997) NO DISCUSSION TO HAND MORUROA AND FANGATAUFA BACK Moruroa and Fangataufa were (il)legally removed from Te Ao Maohi and made part of metropolitian Paris in 1964 under an agreement with the French State and the Territorial Government (Tahiti). The agreement promised that Moruroa and Fangataufa would be returned to Te Ao Maohi at the end of the nuclear testing program. But while France had been dismantling the military base and infrastructure on Moruroa there has been no discussion of handing the atolls back to the people. FRENCH GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE THAT NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS WERE CONTAMINATED BY NUCLEAR TESTING France Continued Nuclear Testing in Te Ao Maohi (Tahiti-Polynesia) during the 1960s despite being aware that local populations had been contaminated. About 1200 Maohi living on four islands close to Moruroa and Fangataufa (Reao, Tureia, Pukarua and Mangareva) had been put at severe risk. French officials stationed on Mangareva had notificed the Defence Minister that the island had been contaminated but were ignored. French authorities responsible for safety had advised that Islanders be evactuated before the first atmospheric test on July 2, 1966, but this was not carried out for �political and psychological reasons� (Nouvel Observateur) URANIUM MINE BLOCKADE - AUSTRALIA A blockade of a proposed uranium mine at Jabiluka on Mirrar land in Kakadu National Park, in northern Australia, began on March 23rd. Eco-peace activists are being led by the Indigenous custodians of the area. The blockade is planned to continue throughout the dry season to December. The aim is to stop the construction of the mine. Meanwhile, Ranger mine continues, also in Kakadu NP, and Roxby Downs on Kokatha land (South Australia) continues. The conservative Australian government has declared open slather on uranium mining with at least 26 new uranium mines planned. Joan Wingfield of the Kokatha people undertook a tour of six European countries in October/November 1997. Eight other activists (from Namibia and Native North American) participated in the Indigenous Peoples Uranium tour. PLUTONIUM SHIP PASSES THROUGH PACIFIC, CARIBBEAN The �Pacific Swan� carrying 60 containers of highly radioactive nuclear waste between France and Japan was the first to pass through the Panama Canal. It arrived in Japan in March but authorities refused to give information about their route. It is not known which ports they had planned to enter in case of emergency nor have they discussed their plans with nations en route. It is thought that the ship passed closely to Ka Pae�aina (otherwise known as Hawai�i) and the Marshall Islands. Other issues in this month�s Pacific News Bulletin are: Bougainville: ceasefire process being negotiated New Caledonia Talks in Paris East Timor Persecution Continues Concerning the Struggle for Change in Tonga West Papua Alert Ainu Moshiri - Indigenous Japan Self determination/Globalisation Waikaremoana Occupation (Aotearoa/New Zealand) The �Pacific News Bulletin� is the monthly magazine of the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, secretariat of the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement. Subscription details: Pacific News Bulletin, PO Box 803, Glebe, 2037, Australia tel/fax: +61+2+95719039 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 27 08:09:22 1998 Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 10:09:20 -0500 From: Glynis Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: assignments that work Sandra -- your assignment below sounds really interesting and good for the students. Its interesting that they are attracted to radicalism in the "safe space" of your class (on my campus, in what they call "real life" they're too afraid even to call themselves "liberal"!) I'd be interested in hearing from other teachers on this list about assignments that work in classes that survey ecofeminism. Sandra Russo wrote: > To follow up on Glynis' comments. In my ecofeminism class, we go over all > of the "types" of ecofeminism, from liberal to radical. I then give the > students a real life environmental problem that is impacting women, e.g., > dumping of toxic wastes into a river causing birth defects. We form groups > in which each group has to solve the problem from one of the types of > ecofeminism. Thus, the liberals work through the system (legal action, > etc.). Everyone wants to be in the radical group so they can blow up the > polluters! The point being, the learning occurs when the students have to > put into practice the rhetoric of the theories. It is always fun too. > Sandra > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 8:05 AM > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT > Subject: Re: Whadd i want? Information..... > > Dear Sarah, > I do think there's such a thing as "liberal ecofeminism"--it just > doesn't announce itself as such and the majority of scholars who call > themselves "ecofeminist" don't find much value in it (e.g., I'm thinking > of the introductory video, *Ecofeminism Now,* which is typical in its > depiction of liberal feminism as an isolated stream that doesn't > contribute to ecofeminist movement). In my seminar on ecofeminism, I > always include a unit on liberal e., because it seems to me that most of > the female Environmental Studies students on my campus are, in fact, > liberal feminists who aren't very self-aware about their feminism (most > try to avoid the label, in fact). > In my opinion, however, there is much ecofeminist activity I'd call > "liberal," defining liberal feminism as a movement to achieve > equity/equality for women within current economic and political > systems. Liberal ecofeminists work for women to have access to positions > of power (to make decisions, to set policy) within government and > corporate agencies managing land, water, and other natural resources. > Women pursuing careers in forestry, environmental management, or women > working in Sierra Club or other conservation-type organizations, and so > on, exemplify liberal ecofeminism to me. > To give an example that touches on your question about science. I > see Rachel Carson as a liberal feminist: in *Silent Spring* for example > she did not argue that science was an oppressive patriarchal construct > used to dominate nature: she argued for more science and better > science. Nowhere in *Silent Spring* is there an explicit discussion of > gender; nowhere is there an identification of "women's" environmental > issues, or of the woman/nature analogy, and nowhere does she argue that > her own position is inflected by gender. This is quite typical of > liberal feminists who tend to resist any focus on gender difference and > usually argue instead from what they think of as gender-neutral > principles (principles posited as "universal"). Liberals don't want > gender to make a difference: they want to pursue careers, work, etc., > without having to suffer limitation because of sexism, which they define > as prejudice rooted in ideas about sex and gender difference. Liberal > feminists don't claim rights *as women,* but *as persons.* > For example, Rachel Carson's voice in *Silent Spring* is > authoritative, but she is not speaking "as a woman." Instead, she > speaks as a rational citizen. While she was often dismissed *as a woman* > (an *hysterical* woman at that), she boldly asserted her right to > participate in public discourses *as a person.* > > Sarah Jenkin wrote: > > > Also, is there such a thing as liberal ecofeminism? (I don't think > > so, but someone might disagree...) > > > > ################################################## > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ################################################# > > PRESIDENT; Rampant feminist's Assoc. > > -- > Glynis Carr > Associate Professor of English > Bucknell University > Lewisburg, PA 17837 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gcarr -- Glynis Carr Associate Professor of English Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gcarr
