NATIVE_NEWS: Y2K: Senator Warns of Y2K Panic
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/wr/story.html?s=v/nm/19981204/wr/outage s_1.html Senator Warns of Y2K "Panic" Factor (Declan McCullagh, Reuters/Wired News) The first summit organized by President Clinton's Y2K council was held yesterday. Here is the report, which is extremely sobering. -- The luncheon address was given by Sen. Robert Bennett, the head of the special Senate Y2K committee. Bennett said, "Even if the Y2K problem is solved, the panic side of it can end up hurting usas badly." Thus he gave clear expression to what "government officials have said publicly and privately": "Increased jitters about computer failures in financial institutions could spark bank runs in 1999." On the issue of the safety of electric power, "A representative of the North American Electric Reliability Council, or NERC, did his best to assuage the concerns of the audience." A Federal Reserve Board official, Stephen Malphrus, "said he lost sleep at night over 'these incredible interdependencies in the infrastructure.'" NERC's Y2K project manager, Gerry Cauley, thinks there's not such great cause for worry: "A properly tested and repaired unit at the component level does not have a problem that would prevent it from operating." Nonetheless, a sixth of power distribution companies have not joined NERC's industry-wide Y2K project. "And of those that signed on, 35 percent still have no written Y2K project plan." On the other hand, 45% of systems operated by those who have signed on have been "fixed and tested." "In North America, power generation and distribution is handled through three electrical interconnections, or grids, that include the United States, Canada, and a tiny portion of Mexico. The grids are split up into 10 regions and run by 136 control centers." John Koskinen, the chair of the president's Y2K council, said the government would be moving from contingency planning to a crisis-management phase. Apparently, capitalism is not part of their idea of crisis management: "In a crisis and emergency situation, the free market may not be the best way to distribute resources If there's a point in time where we have to take resources and make a judgement on an emergency basis, we will be prepared to do that." Bennett said that, with corporations like GM stockpiling supplies (to say nothing of ordinary citizens), Y2Kpreparation alone has "set us up for a classic inventory recession." Bennett also said he was "sweating" over the status of many other countries that "need major emergency support to survive." In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"``"``"` `"``"``"`
NATIVE_NEWS: Fw: Resources section update...Looking for your info.
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: "Linda C." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check this out. Could be helpful to the work you are doing for families prisoners. Linda C. -Original Message- From: don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, December 05, 1998 12:18 AM Subject: Resources section update...Looking for your info. Re: Give your group exposure internationally at NO COST! Resources section update of the book OUTSIDERS LOOKING IN How To Keep From Going Crazy When Someone You Love Goes To Jail. Greetings Preliminary efforts to update the resources section of our book OUTSIDERS LOOKING IN have begun and we are requesting your assistance. OUTSIDERS focuses on a neglected segment of society, the families and friends of people in jail or prison. Regardless of what the person on the inside has done, the loved ones on the outside are left to pick up the pieces. When confusion reins and they dont know what to do, this book steps in with information these forgotten (and innocent) victims of crime need to know in order to survive the ordeal. What we ask from you is the following: Email addresses, webpage URLs, addresses, and phone numbers of your group or organizations. Also background information so we can have a better idea of what you offer. If you feel it would be appropriate for the resources section of this book, please let us know so we may consider it. We would also like to know of other persons, groups and organizations you may know of that are valuable resources. Anything you could provide may ultimately help someone out of a serious situation. Also, while this is not the primary purpose of this letter, if you know of anyone who might like to contribute stories or other information to a future update of this book, we also would love to hear from them. While letters, information packs, and phone calls are welcome, we understand the expense involved. If you would like to provide information we much prefer email if possible. As a time factor is also involved, please include in your letter permission to use whatever information you would like us to use. This is a fabulous opportunity for you to get exposure for your group not just In the United States but internationally as well. This book is becoming known as the go-to source for people in this situation. We would love to consider you for our resource list! Thank You Don Weymouth OLINC Publishing OUTSIDERS LOOKING IN How To Keep From Going Crazy When Someone You Love Goes To Jail For more information on OUTSIDERS: http://home.earthlink.net/~olinc/Families_of_prisoners1.html To read OUTSIDERS book reviews: http://home.earthlink.net/~olinc/reviews.html See what other people are saying! http://home.earthlink.net/~olinc/Families_of_prisoners5.html * If you would like us to remove your email address from our list, please let us know. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"``"``"` `"``"``"`
NATIVE_NEWS: Dec 19 demos for Peltier
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: 1. San Francisco CA 2. Greenfield MA :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 08:25:28 -0800 From: Keith McHenry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Food Not Bombs To: "S.I.S.I.S." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: San Francisco Protest to Free Leonard Peltier Nonviolent civil disobedience to FREE LEONARD PELTIER Saturday, December 19, 1998 Assemble at UN Plaza near 7th and Market Streets, San Francisco at 10: 00 AM speakers PATTI BEAR ROBIDEAU, Leonard's Aunt INTERNATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR LEONARD PELTIER Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for the June 26, 1975 shoot-out between the F.B.I. and the American Indian Movement ( AIM ) in which two federal agents and an Indian man were kill. Four years after his incarceration, a Freedom of information Act ( FOIA) suit released documents which prove Leonard Peltier's innocence and FBI's use of their infamous COINTELPRO program in their efforts to "neutralize" members of the movement. DON'T LET LEONARD SPEND ANOTHER HOLIDAY IN PRISON. Show your support for executive clemency for Leonard Peltier by attending this protest. The US government has held Leonard for over 22 years. He is one of America's most respected political prisoners serving two life sentences at Leavenworth Federal Prison in Kansas. He should be free. Leonard Peltier Defense Committee PO Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044 785-842-5774 5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-386-7041 or 415-826-4127 Planning meeting Wednesday nights at 6:30 at Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia 2nd Floor room 295 Endorsements LEONARD PELTIER S.G. SONOMA COUNTY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT RED NATION BROTHERHOOD DRUM ROUND VALLEY INDIANS FOR JUSTICE MENDOCINO COUNTY EARTH FIRST MENDOCINO COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER SONOMA COUNTY PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER PACIFIC-WESTERN TRADERS BROWN BERETS / OLA A LA BRAVA PRODUCCIONES REVOLUTIONARIAS SAN FRANCISCO FOOD NOT BOMBS SAN FRANCISCO LIBERATION RADIO SISTER BERNI GALVIN OCTOBER 22 NO POLICE BRUTALITY DAY NATIONAL OFFICE S.F. COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS LA RAZA CENTRO LEGAL BELL GARDENS JUSTICE COMMITTEE STUDENT COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTBILITY (SCA) http://members.xoom.com/freepeltier/index.html -- Keith McHenry, Co-Founder Food Not Bombs 3145 Geary Blvd. #12 San Francisco, CA 94118 -or- P.O. Box 442286 Lawrence, KS 66044 Toll Free: 800-884-1136 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~foodnotbombs :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:43:44 -0500 (EST) From: Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Press Release - Leonard Peltier greetings, following is a press release from a Leonard Peltier Support Group planning a nonviolent civil disobedience action in Greenfield MA. Please feel free to use or forward. best regards, jonathan PRESS RELEASE Nonviolent civil disobedient actions on December 19, 1998 in support of Native American political prisoner, Leonard Peltier Contacts: Leonard Peltier Support Group P.O. Box 1999 Wendell Depot, MA 01380 Jonathan Mark 978-544-7862 Paul Burton 413-625-8420 Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Attn: Gina and Keith P.O. Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044 Tel: 785-842-5774, Fax: 5796 http://members.xoom.com/freepeltier/index.html Greenfield, Massachusetts Supporters of American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier hope to win Peltier's release from federal prison after 22 years of incarceration. As part of an International effort to spur the Clinton Administration to grant Peltier a Presidential Pardon, a group of local supporters has organized a nonviolent civil disobedience action for December 19th in Greenfield. Leonard Peltier is a well-known victim of human rights abuses by the U.S. judicial system. Convicted in 1976 of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Peltier has maintained his innocence and human rights groups and civil rights leaders have cited his case as a grave injustice. Amnesty International cited the Peltier case as a glaring example of FBI tampering with the judicial process in a political trial; Federal prosecutors have admitted that they cannot prove that Peltier was responsible for the agents' deaths and an appeal's court judge who upheld Peltier's conviction later called for Peltier to be freed, saying the FBI was equally responsible for the agents' deaths. Despite evidence of witness tampering by the prosecution and a lack of direct evidence of Peltier's guilt, he remains in prison after 22 years. Meanwhile, Leonard Peltier's health is deteriorating and many people around the world are concerned for his life. More than five years ago Leonard Peltier applied for Executive Clemency, citing his support among such leaders as Reverend Jesse Jackson, 55 members of Congress, European Parliament, Nelson Mandela
NATIVE_NEWS: Buffalo hazing begins in park
And now:Sonja Keohane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IMO, nothing will deter the MDOL slaughtermen from their efforts, except public scrutiny and outrage. Thank God for the Buffalo Nations folks. http://www.billingsgazette.com/regionframe.htm MIGRATION SEASON Buffalo hazing begins in park By JOE KOLMAN Gazette Bozeman Bureau BOZEMAN - Snow is flying, bison are roaming and the accusations are starting to pile up. It is winter in Montana. State Department of Livestock officials say recent hazings of Yellowstone National Park bison back into the park are successful efforts to protect the animals. Under an interim management plan, hazing is the first option, then the animals may be captured and sent to slaughter or shot. But critics of the agency say the hazings have been unwarranted and could eventually kill the buffalo. Thirty-six bison were hazed back into the park Friday from the Duck Creek area near West Yellowstone, the agency's fifth and largest such operation in the last two weeks. "The Department of Livestock continues to claim they are saving the buffalo by hazing them back into the park," said Mike Bowersox of the group Buffalo Nations. "But these same buffalo will continue to come out of the park to their traditional winter forage grounds regardless of where the DOL tries to make them go. However, as the snow accumulates, continual hazing stresses the buffalo unnecessarily and increases the potential for winter kill." Members of the group, who observed some of the hazing, said many of the bison were bulls - which are deemed at a low risk for transmitting brucellosis. But Arnold Gertonson, the state veterinarian, said there were bulls and cows and it was impossible to determine the risk level of the cows. Buffalo Nations members and other conservationists said bison should be allowed to stay outside the park. The arguments are familiar to those who have been following the bison controversy over the last several years. Many of the park's bison have been exposed to the disease brucellosis, which causes abortions in cattle. While there has never been a documented case of transmission of the disease between wild bison and cattle, state officials and others have said any risk is too great. Eradicating the disease from state cattle herds cost millions of dollars and losing the brucellosis-free status would be crippling to Montana's largest industry, said Marc Bridges, the livestock department's acting director. Only 11 bison were killed for disease control last winter, but the prior winter saw 1,100 bison - about one-third of the park's population - shot or sent to slaughter. Many more starved and critics of the park service said a lack of management had resulted in too many bison and not enough food. Bridges said in a Thursday news release that recent bison migrations out of the park are due to a lack of forage to support the current herd, which stands at about 2,200. But Yellowstone spokeswoman Marsha Karle said bison are naturally roaming animals. "There's plenty for them to eat, they are just ready to move," Karle said. -end of article-
NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Fw: LEONARD PELTIER HOLIDAY
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: "Linda C." [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: LPCFound [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: alt.native Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 7:40 PM Subject: LEONARD PELTIER HOLIDAY This is a time of year that we ask Leonard Peltier to make out his Christmas list. Of course, this is no ordinary list. Leonard tells us where to send all of the holiday donations and gift items to underprivileged American Indian youth and families. We give special attention to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Remember Shannon County is the most distressed Counties in this Country. If you would like to contribute holiday gifts, which are tax-deductible, please contact the Leonard Peltier Charitable Foundation (LPCF) and we will give you more direct mail addresses (Pine Ridge P.O. Boxes) to send these items. You can be rest assured that Leonard Peltier provides these addresses with heartfelt spirit, and of Pine Ridge sources that the LPCF knows will have a brighter holiday thanks to your generosity. A few addresses are: Edgar Bear Runner (Leonard's cousin) Box 282, Porcupine, South Dakota 57772, Geraldine Janis (Lakota Elder) Box 525, Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770, Indian Child Welfare Center Box 148, Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770. Toys, games, snow gear and sleds are a luxury for the youth. Cake and bread mixes, popcorn (not microwave), hot cocoa, marshmallows, apple cider and all bake ware items of all sorts for the families stretch a long way and travel light. Thank you if you include the LPCF Leonard's holiday wishes along with yours as a reference to your gifts. For more information, please visit the Leonard Peltier Charitable Foundation website at http://members.aol.com/lpcfound/homepage.html We are a non-profit and non-political organization to assist Leonard with his personal humanitarian interests.Leonard is CEO (in-absentia) to the LPCF. In addition the LPCF Peltier raffle is in progress. If you would like to enter into the raffle at $1.00 per ticket to own a Leonard Peltier oil painting, please send a self-addressed stamped enveleope with check or money order to: LPCF P.O. Box 681 Rimrock, Arizona 86335 The Peltier painting and Raffle information can be seen at http://members.aol.com/lpcfound/raffle.html Season's greetings to you and yours The Leonard Peltier Charitable Foundation, Inc. http://members.aol.com/lpcfound/homepage.html In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"``"``"` `"``"``"`
NATIVE_NEWS: CHIAPAS: Fwd: En;GX response to Washington Post editorial, Dec 4
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 06:22:33 -0600 (CST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiapas95-english) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: En;GX response to Washington Post editorial, Dec 4 This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 22:52:31 -0600 To: chiapas95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GX's response to Tuesday's Washington Post editorial Dear subscribers, Please find below Global Exchange's response to Tuesday's Washington Post editorial on Chiapas conflict. The letter to the editor follows the original editorial. The Comandantes' War Washington Post Tuesday, December 1, 1998; Page A24 THE WORLD PRESS snapped up the Zapatista rebel movement when its leaders wearing black ski masks surfaced in Mexico's remote and desperate Chiapas province and, thinking big, demanded the removal of an elected president and the surrender of an undefeated army. Five years later, though the president and army remain on the scene, "Chiapas" has come to mean not simply a particular insurrection but also a condition of disorder mocking the country's capacity to govern. Chiapas is in Mexico, but the disorder it exemplifies is found in many parts of the world and gives many others reason to keep a nervous eye on how things are unfolding at the scene of the real thing. The insurgents have been able to sustain a local physical presence, and an international media presence, but have done little to improve life for their constituencies among the poor and indigenous. This suggests the tenacity of the popular grievances on which the movement feeds. It suggests as well the difficulties of the Mexican government. The government portrays Chiapas as a political conflict with some violence. The comandantes portray it as a continuing class war with some dialogue. For the government, the purpose of the dialogue is to gain the time and space to advance its reforms. But the guerrillas repudiate the official mediators and use the fitful dialogue to string the authorities along. The Zapatista leadership is devoted to a primitive Marxism at odds with what the rest of the world has learned about change in the 20th century. The alienation of the 35 percent Mayan Indian population in Chiapas is centuries old. But President Ernesto Zedillo, struggling to modernize, is forced to rely on the same corrupt ruling party, the PRI, blamed for paramilitary outbursts like the one that left 45 indigenous dead, and no one punished, at Acteal a year ago. Many Mexicans, though they may not agree on a prescription in Chiapas the place, understand that "Chiapas" the anarchic condition compels urgent engagement. The Zedillo government, which says that in Mexico political and social change cannot be achieved by force of arms, needs to listen to its own advice. CR Copyright 1998 The Washington Post Company In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107,this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest. This information is for non-profit research and education purpuses only. December 4, 1998 Dear Editor I am writing in response to your editorial, The Comandantes's War, published on Tuesday, December 1st. I would just like to point out a number of errors and ommissions that we have perceived regarding your analysis of the Chiapas conflict. 1. Firstly, you are correct to state that the Zapatistas "have done little to improve life for their constituents among the poor and indigenous," and that this is due to "the tenacity of the popular grievances on which the movement feeds." There is no doubt that desperate poverty was the driving force behind the initial uprising by indigenous communities against the Federal Government in Chiapas in January 1994. The violent insurrection followed decades of peaceful, democratic struggle for indigenous rights by communities that have some of the worst infant mortality rates in the country, a fact reinforced in a recent report by the Galileo group, a faction of progressive PRI deputies in the Mexican Congress. Citing the worsening poverty statistics in Chiapas, the report blamed the conflict on the appalling socio-economic conditions that persist. During the last five years, the Zapatistas have been unable to reverse the declining living standards of their communities largely due to the low intensity war that the government has waged against the insurgent's support bases since the peace negotiations broke down three years ago. Since the massacre at Acteal last December, Global Exchange and other human rights organizations have documented the systematic incursion of rebel communities by federal troops in clear violation of the dialogue laws established to promote the peace process in March 1995. The federal troops, who are under the direct command of the Mexican Presidency, have used these incursions to steal property,
NATIVE_NEWS: List Info: Periodic Reminders
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