[CTRL] BEYOND 'SCANDAL': The Rampart Corruption Incident as 'Business-as-Usual' in LA

-Caveat Lector- BEYOND 'SCANDAL': The Rampart Corruption Incident as 'Business-as-Usual' in LA by Jason E. Whitehead, contributing writer http://www.e-venthorizon.net/parallax/minority_majority/rampart_scandal.html "Imagine a place where a paramilitary-style police unit

[CTRL] Fwd: Media Groups Move to Examine Florida Votes

-Caveat Lector- > > www.nytimes.com/2001/01/10/politics/10COUN.html > > January 10, 2001 > >2 MEDIA GROUPS MOVE TO EXAMINE FLORIDA VOTES >By FELICITY BARRINGER > > After weeks of negotiations, the organized > effort

[CTRL] DARPA's new Bio-Surveillance program

-Caveat Lector- radman pull quotes: "The Bio-Surveillance system will collect data from grocery stores' sales, pharmacy databases, school absentee databases, animal surveillance networks, veterinarian and health care records, and apply the information to an abnormal disease detection

[CTRL] Racism And The Fight For Democracy

-Caveat Lector- This is a Press Release/Statement from the Black Radical Congress - Black Radical Congress (BRC) For Immediate Release January 9, 2001 Contact: BRC National Co-Chair, Manning Marable; [EMAIL PROTECTED] or

[CTRL] Voting Wrongs

-Caveat Lector- Voting Wrongs Blacks Won't Forget How Bush Got Elected by Salim Muwakkil The Supreme Court ruling that handed George W. Bush the presidency has triggered an explosion of fury among African-Americans that took many pundits

[CTRL] Justice Denied

-Caveat Lector- Justice Denied by Robert L. Borosage, Campaign For America's Future 12/13/00 In a brazen decision, a partisan majority of five Supreme Court justices trampled precedent, law and common sense to reach the result that they wanted:

[CTRL] Fwd: U.S. is the worst human rights offender on the planet

-Caveat Lector- > >http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/usa/index.html >Human Rights Watch >World Report 2001 >Washington D.C., December 7, 2000 > >The Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 blasts the United States for >its trampling down of all human rights in all possible categories, >essentially saying tha

[CTRL] Lawsuit Charges Racism In Florida Voting

-Caveat Lector- It's Not Just The Chad Anymore Lawsuit Charges Racism In Florida Voting Associated Press Saying blacks were disenfranchised in November by institutionalized racism, civil rights groups sued Florida election officials Wednesday in a bid to overhaul how elections are run. The lawsu

[CTRL] Federal Hearings Begin Into Irregularities in Florida Voting

-Caveat Lector- Federal Hearings Begin Into Irregularities in Florida Voting By DARA KAM Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ A Tallahassee minister Thursday told a federal commission investigating voting irregu

[CTRL] Children Used as Guinea Pigs By U.S. Company

-Caveat Lector- Children Used as Guinea Pigs By U.S. Company By Toye Olori LAGOS, Jan 9 (IPS) - A recent report by a U.S. newspaper that a major international pharmaceutical company carried out unapproved tests of a risky drug on Nigerian children which led to tragic consequences, has put the c

[CTRL] Students for an Undemocratic Society

-Caveat Lector- From: "Students for an Undemocratic Society" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 10, 2001 Subject: Join Students for an Undemocratic Society! WHO ARE STUDENTS FOR AN UNDEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? We are the children of the political, military, and business elites of America. We have worke

[CTRL] Let's Boycott America

-Caveat Lector- Let's Boycott America US democracy is flawed; its human rights record poor; its greed threatens the planet. Is it time for the rest of us to act? by David Nicholson-L

[CTRL] The Corporate Conservative Administration

-Caveat Lector- The Corporate Conservative Administration By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Compassionate conservativism? Try corporate conservativism. It's corporate conservatism that is going to be the defining feature of the Bush White House. Pushing beyond the corporate corrupting fr

[CTRL] Fwd: How Southern Violations of States Rights Caused the Civil War

-Caveat Lector- >From: "Nathan Newman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: How Southern Violations of States Rights Caused the Civil War >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 > >HOW SOUTHERN VIOLATIONS OF STATES RIGHTS CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR > by Nathan Newman > >The comments of Interior Secretary nominee Gale Nor

[CTRL] Protests Target Neoliberal Agenda of Both Parties

-Caveat Lector- Inaugural Day Protests Target Neoliberal Agenda of Both Parties By Frances M. Beal From the moment of Gore's concession speech when he implored his followers to accept the election outcome in the name of respect for America's legal institutions and the good of the comm

[CTRL] Mary Frances Berry (US Civil Rights Commission)

-Caveat Lector- radman says: Two tidbits below re: Mary Frances Berry (US Civil Rights Commission chair). Folks would do well to examine her actions as head of Pacifica and then apply any insights gleaned to her other (current) endeavors. 1

[CTRL] Another Mary Frances Berry tidbit

-Caveat Lector- radman pull quote: "I have witnessed the head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission impose censorship and deny citizens their Constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful assembly." Ya wanna talk conspiracy, huh? == >Dr, Judith Rod

[CTRL] Fwd: Poor management at the Civil Rights Commission by Berry

-Caveat Lector- >The Civil Rights Commission [chaired by Mary >Francis Berry] appears in "disarray," congressional auditors say in a report >accusing the 40-year-old agency of lacking fiscal accountability, misplacing >records and taking years longer than planned to finish projects In a

[CTRL] Killer Virus Created By Accident

-Caveat Lector- Killer Virus Created By Accident A new virus that destroys the immune system has been accidentally created by Australian scientists and kept secret for more than two years. The discovery was made public yesterday

[CTRL] Emperor Commodus & President W

-Caveat Lector- January 12, 2001 Emperor Commodus & President W By Robert Parry The national pundits are acting as if Jan. 20 will be just another Inauguration of a new president, a celebration of that miracle of American democracy when power is pa

[CTRL] Text of NAACP Florida Law Suit, filed 1/10/01, pt. 1

-Caveat Lector- Text of NAACP Florida Law Suit, filed 1/10/01, pt. 1 The ACLU of Florida has posted the text of a new lawsuit, NAACP vs. Kathryn Harris, ChoicePoint Technologies, et al., on their web site at: http://www.aclufl.org/naacp_v__harris.html The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights has

[CTRL] Text of NAACP Florida Law Suit, filed 1/10/01, pt. 2

-Caveat Lector- Text of NAACP Florida Law Suit, filed 1/10/01, pt. 2 (continued) C. Wrongful Purging of Voters from Official Lists of Eligible Voters 61. Pursuant to state and federal law, Defendants Harris, Roberts and the Supervisors of Elections are charged with administering and maintai

[CTRL] Fwd: Missile Defense - Few Dare Call It Corporate Welfare

-Caveat Lector- >Missile Defense - Few Dare Call It Corporate Welfare >By Robert Naiman (ZNet Commentary / Jan 13) > >The Bush team arrives committed to the construction of what its proponents >call "national missile defense." Critics call it "Star Wars" - the >implementation of a system for shoo

[CTRL] Welcome to Tallahassee

-Caveat Lector- Welcome to Tallahassee Jeb Bush testifies before a federal civil rights hearing on election irregularities in Florida. By Daryl Lindsey Jan. 12, 2001 In its first hearing on irregularities in

[CTRL] Fwd: Frightening the free marketeers

-Caveat Lector- radman pull quote: " What caused this sudden change of attitude? The success of the street protests in Seattle, Washington, Prague and Melbourne, confirmed by the demonstrations in Nice." Le Monde di

[CTRL] Daley promises police wont hurry into spying

-Caveat Lector- Daley promises police won't hurry into spying January 13, 2001 BY FRAN SPIELMAN CITY HALL REPORTER The Chicago Police Department will proceed with caution before taking advantage of relaxed federal restrictions on police spyin

[CTRL] Designer People

-Caveat Lector- Designer People The Human Genetic Blueprint Has Been Drafted, Offering Both Perils and Opportunities for the Environment. The Big Question: Are We Changing the Nature of Nature? By Sally Deneen Princeton Univer

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