There's a terrific new web site focusing on the evils of tobacco:
The URL is http://www.tobaccofacts.org
Especially useful for teachers and other moulders of minds.
Sid Shniad
Does anybody know anything about the story described below by Mark
Thompson? If so, can you point me toward it?
Thanks.
Sid Shniad
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't help much, but I got the news over the 'net, maybe labournet.
I would guess that it was about a year ago. The gist
The Globe and Mail Tuesday, November 4, 1997
PROVINCE, SCHOOL BOARDS CLASH
Government thwarted in bid for an injunction,
but talks to end teachers strike continue
By Richard Mackie and Jennifer Lewington
TORONTO -- The Ontario government, thwarted
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 02:26:34 -0800 (PST)
From: APEC Alert! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: apec-L: Letters needed for jailed UBC students
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LETTERS OF PROTEST NEEDED
UBC (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Students jailed for peaceful APEC protest
Two
At the end of the Micro Surgeons' Conference in New York, all the leading
surgeons were in a bar at the Hilton quite drunk and
reminiscing over their greatest feats.
The English surgeon said: "Well there was a fellow caught
in machinery in the British Leyland plant last month. All that
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Nov 2 22:05:18 1997
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Social Clause - Radha D'Souza article
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gatt Watchdog)
LINKING LABOUR RIGHTS TO
Paul Hellyer, former cabinet minister in the Pearson
government, told me today that he has written a new
book on MAI etc.
Title: THE EVIL EMPIRE: Globalizatio's Darker Side
ISBN: 0-9694394-5-8
Paperback coming out soon.
"The Multilateral Agreement on Investment
The Daily Telegraph Monday 3 November 1997
BLOCKADES GO UP IN FRANCE AGAIN
By David Graves in Calais and Susannah Herbert in Paris
Militant French lorry drivers threatened to cause havoc to trade by
blockading Calais and the Channel tunnel last
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 17:22:44 -0800
From: Vacek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MAI HEARINGS
E-mail Press Release
October 30, 1997
Please distribute widely to your mailing lists
MAI HEARINGS TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER IN OTTAWA
A
Press Release Wednesday, October 29, 1997
MICROSOFT ACQUISITION
REDMOND, Washington In direct response to accusations made by the
Department of Justice, the Microsoft Corp. announced today that it will be
acquiring the federal government of the United States of
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4356
Michael H Schwartz
Professor
Sociology
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:50:34 EST5EDT4,M4.1.0,M10.5.0
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subj: early announcement of Hungarian symposium
ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Meeting the Challenge of Privatization: Its Impact on
Occupational Health and Safety, Public Health,
Hi Sid;
The paper in question is called:
"Going South: Cheap Labour as an Unfair Subsidy in North American Free
Trade", by jim Stanford (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for POlicy Alternatives,
1991, 52 pp.
I can send a copy to whoever is interested.
All the best,
JS
Hong Kong's unelected legislature votes out labor rights
-- October 29, 1997 Web posted at: 5:06 a.m. EST (1006 GMT) --
HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Hong Kong's China-anointed legislature on
Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to strike down a set of labor rights
laws, passed by a former colonial
Sid: If you haven't given this citation to Gulick yet, I recall that Jim
Stanford had a very good paper on US low wages (etc) as an unfair trade
practice, which is highly relevant to the theme Gulick wants to pursue.
Stanford would also probably have more substantive materials on the
Date:Fri, 17 Oct 1997 09:13:46 -0400
From: Terry Cottam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This has now been approved by our OPIRG Board of Directors for Canada-wide
distribution (with one parenthetical extra note of explanation in 3b
below). This could presumably be adapted for U.S. or European campaigns.
The Toronto Star October 25, 1997
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT TO HOLD HEARINGS INTO THE
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT (MAI)
By Rosemary Speirs
OTTAWA - Trade Minister Sergio Marchi says critics have built "a
phantom" out of the
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 21:55:49 -0500
Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Tom Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Scholars Artists Writers for Social Justice (fwd)
Comments: To:
http://www.newswire.ca/releases/October1997/27/c5889.html
Attention News/Labour Editors:
TENTATIVE CONTRACT SETTLEMENT AT FIRST-EVER UNIONIZED WAL-MART
WINDSOR, Ont., Oct. 27 /CNW/ - Eight months after the Ontario Labour
Relations Board (OLRB) certified the United Steelworkers to
The Toronto StarOctober 25, 1997
Right-wing causes find a rich and ready paymaster
CANADA 'TOO 'LIBERAL,' SO DONNER FAMILY IS
TAKING FOUNDATION DOWN A MORE
CONTROVERSIAL PATH
By Thomas Walkom
FOUR YEARS ago, a small but influential U.S. family
A PUBLIC MEETING ON FAIR TRADE COFFEE FOR CANADIANS
When: Tuesday, November 4 at 7.30 pm
Where: SFU Harbour Centre, 514 West Hastings Street, Room 1410
(close to Sky Train, Sea Bus and public transit)
Networking for Democracy
presents
the 8th Annual
Midwest Radical Scholars Activists Conference
A Teach-In On Labor New Alliances:
Strategies for Workplace, School Community in the 21st Century
October 24 25, 1997
Co-sponsored by:
Committees of Correspondence
Democratic
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE 20 October 1997
GATT Watchdog Activist Launches Legal
Action Against SIS Over Bungled 1996 Break-in
Prominent Auckland QC To Take Case
Fighting Fund Launched
The man at the centre of a botched NZ Security Intelligence Service (SIS)
break-in at his
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 16:14:01
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Don Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ACTION ALERT, ACTION ALERT, ACTION ALERT
ACTION ALERT
AFTER READING PLEASE SEND THIS ALERT ON TO YOUR
ORGANIZATIONAL E-MAIL LIST
On November 3,
Got it direct. Thanks.
X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Oct 23 09:29:52 1997
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:16:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Arthur Cordell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: future [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Financial Crisis
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Precedence: bulk
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 22 17:29:41 1997
Comments: Gatt Watchdog
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 97 13:33:13 +1200
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE
20 October 1997
GATT Watchdog Activist Launches Legal Action Against SIS Over
Bungled 1996 Break-in
Prominent Auckland QC To Take Case
The Los Angeles Times Sunday, September 21, 1997
Trade:
GOVERNMENT BY AND FOR THE ELITES
By Kevin Phillips
WASHINGTON -- Ask the average American about "fast track" and you'll
probably get a questioning response about dog races, stock cars or White
House
The Los Angeles Times Tuesday, September 23, 1997
BIG BUSINESS, BIG BUCKS: The rising tide of corporate political
donations. Not even a public outcry over workplace deaths can drown out
the sound of money, critics say
WHERE BIG DONORS TREAD,
BIG FAVORS SEEM TO FOLLOW
Hamilton Spectator, Tue 21 Oct 1997 N1 / Front
Teachers give noon ultimatum: Kill contentious Bill 160 sections or strike
starts in 48 hours: unions
By: Carolyn Abraham and Bill Dunphy
As parents scramble to find someone -- anyone -- to look after their kids,
teachers and the Ontario
Phil,
Are you coming to Toronto November 7-9?
Sid
The Los Angeles Times Sunday, September 21, 1997
Europe:
WITH TIMES TOUGH, FASCISM COMING BACK
By Martin A. Lee
WASHINGTON -- An Italian wine company recently sparked an uproar
when it introduced a new brand with a picture of Adolf Hitler on its label.
Saturday's paper had a story saying that the Refoundation CP had been
brought into line by enormous pressure and that the cuts would be going
ahead.
Sid Shniad
Italy's 55th post-war government was brought down last week when
the ruling Socialist Party, in power for less than 17 months
Forwarded message:
From: "Charley Lewis" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:23:57 +
Subject: Re: SFTU (1)
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In-reply-to: 199710171345.GAA04662@fraser
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] from "Charley Lewis" at
Forwarded message:
From: "Charley Lewis" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:23:57 +
Subject: Re: SFTU (2)
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In-reply-to: 199710171345.GAA04662@fraser
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] from "Charley Lewis" at
The following is a draft program for the education and research forum for
the People's Summit on APEC. This forum will be held on Nov. 19-20 and
the registration fee is $50 plus $25 for the People's Summit. The Labour
forum is on November 20 (pm)-21, Women's Conference on Nov. 17-18.
Hope
Whaddya want from the Village Voice?
Sid Shniad
You know, the single thing that finally pissed me off enough to get me to
read Marx's Capital and see for myself so many years ago -- like so
many others, in a small group of similarly disgruntled economics grad'
students
Subject: Please publicise this shocking occurence to everyone in the world!
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:57:57 +0100
Dear Anti-privatisation comrades from around the world,
It is our hour of extreme need!!! Nelspruit TLC announced that Biwater was
the preferred bidder for the 30year
As one of the organizers of the workshop on telecommunications at
the Toronto conference (workshop XIV below), I have been asked to
help get registrations firmed up. If you or other folks in your
organization are intending to participate in this conference and
workshop, please let me know as
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 22:59:05 +0800 (HKT)
From: AMRC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ANTI-WORKER MANPOWER BILL TO BECOME LAW ON OCTOBER 1, 1998
Dear Friends
The draft on manpower bill was finally approved by the House of
Representatives on September 11, 1997, despite wide protests from
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 14 10:04:54 1997
From: "Charley Lewis" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 19:04:23 +
Can we appeal to unionists around the world to visit the SFTU web
site at http://www.cosatu.o
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 11 14:55:53 1997
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 97 13:22:24 EST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SAMSUNG SEEKS TO PURCHASE POLITICAL HELP
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You may know of the injustices perpetrated on the
**URGENT ACTION ALERT**
The John Muir Hospital Foundation is cosponsoring an event this Thursday,
October 9th, at the UNION-BUSTING LAFAYETTE PARK HOTEL, which is under
boycott for violating workers' rights to organize. WE NEED YOUR HELP!
1)Please contact William Tanner from the John
CNN, the Only U.S.-Based News Organization In Cuba, to Air First
Special from Havana Rare and Exclusive Interviews Highlight Half-Hour
Special "Cuba: The Struggling Revolution" Airs Wednesday, Oct. 8, 6:30-
7 p.m. (ET)
CNN, the only U.S.-based news organization with a bureau in
Subject: CUPW ASSURES THAT PENSION AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE CHEQUES WILL BE
DELIVERED
Attention News Editors/Labour Reporters:
CUPW ASSURES THAT PENSION AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE CHEQUES WILL BE DELIVERED
OTTAWA, Oct. 6 /CNW/ - ``The Canadian Union of Postal Workers offer to
sort
I just stumbled across a list containing a wealth of Web links to economic
and financial data that may be of interest to Pen-l-ers. I suggest that you
check this out and bookmark the site for future use.
http://wueconb.wustl.edu/EconFAQ/node71.html#SECTION00013
Sid Shniad
http://www.eusceptic.org/welcome.html
GROUP OBJECTIVES The Group will work on the basis of the following
Constitutive Declaration and eventual annexes:
EUROPE OF NATIONS
- is a practical coordination group open to parliamentarians and groups
who support the United Nations Declarations on
Date: 02 Oct 1997 10:42:34 + (GMT)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: "Conference act.indonesia" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Recipients of indonesia-act [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UA: PPHI banned, SBSI may soon foll
From: tapol (Tapol)
Subject: UA: PPHI banned, SBSI may soon follow
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 20:27:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: robert strang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Robert Strang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UA: PPHI banned, SBSI may soon foll (fwd)
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Cost of the Bank Bailout
According to Bill Clinton and Jean Chretien, Mexico is back on track
again after the 58% devaluation of December 1995. But El Financiero reports
on September 22 that in the less than two years of recovery the Mexican
banks have
Comrades and Compas,
Two visually and politically impressive posters exposing Columbus as a
mass murderer,enslaver, etc., have been created by a group of artists based
in Miami. They are available on my web site at
http://burn.ucsd.edu/~aaron/Columbus-posters/ .
Since this URL is
IN MEMORIAM TRIBUTE TO ERNEST MANDEL
Andre Gunder Frank
We have lost not only a most humane human being, but the world's
greatest optimist. I don't know which is the greater loss, but perhaps there
was an intimate connection of humane optimism and/or optimistic
humanism; and, if so,
*
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEAL
AHRC UA\970930
30 September
1997
Further Information on
Foreign Policy In Focus: Child Labor in the Global Economy
By Terry Collingsworth, General Counsel, International Labor Rights Fund
Editors: Tom Barry (IRC) and Martha Honey (IPS)
Vol 2, No. 46
October 1997
Key Points
* Child labor is a serious problem with over 250 million
Ken,
Take a look at the summer issue of Monthly Review. It's on labour and
globalization.
Cheers,
Sid Shniad
I am participating in a panel on Unions and Globalization at a
conference later this month. Has anyone specific material they would recommend
as giving a good leftist
Lott seeks campaign finance bill
change its backers call `poison pill'
Associated Press, 09/30/97 03:20
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott
wants to require labor unions to get written permission
From: Dave Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CWA Organizing Win
September 30, 1997
In Big Victory for Labor, Workers at US Airways Vote to Unionize
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
In the biggest union organizing election in private business in
a decade, nearly 10,000 reservations
The New York Daily News - OpEd Page - Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997
Scandal may be CIA's conduct
By Lars-Erik Nelson
Washington -- In their obsession with which telephone Vice President Gore
may have used to raise campaign money, Senate investigators have glided
past a far bigger
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 01:04:24 -0400
Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Tom Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Fwd: URGENT Hyundai/Tijuana alert!] (fwd)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Campaign for Labor Rights e-mail list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Louis, whatever else can be said about Nicaragua during the revolutionary
era, it was not (to my way of thinking) "non-capitalist". There never
was an attempt to break the power of capital during the revolution there,
as far as I know.
This is not to condemn them. Just to clarify.
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
-
Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the October 2, 1997
issue of Workers World newspaper
-
THANKS A BILLION, TED
By Hillel Cohen
With Mother Teresa and
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: ncdm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: request for pictures, art etc.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The National Commission for Democracy in Mexico is looking for any pictures,
art etc. that fits the theme "Resistance to
From: Raymond Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Protest by 35,000 Workers in North Bay, Ontario
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saturday (September 27, 1997), 35,000 workers marched=20
through the streets of North Bay, Ontario in a show of force. =20
North Bay is city of 56,000 and gateway to
Anyone interested in the issue of welfare reform should check out Barbara
Ehrenreich's article, "Spinning the Poor Into Gold," subtitled "How
corporations seek to profit from welfare reform," in the August issue of
Harper's. It's a dandy.
Sid Shniad
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 25 17:11 PDT 1997
From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Fall of the USSR
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sid Shniad)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
Dollars and Sense
WHY DID THE USSR FALL?
THE PARTY ELITE, NOT THE MASSES, WANTED
I have a formatted electronic version of this article that Curtis sent me
(the original wasn't formatted). I can send it to Pen or to Rebecca.
Sid Shniad
See July/August _Dollars and Sense_ "Why Did the USSR Fall?" You might take
a look at the topic Big Government vs Pri
Urgent Call: Haiti Union-Busting
id CAA22767; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 02:42:42 -0400
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
source: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 19 00:39:17 1997
STOP UNION BUSTING BY DISNEY SUBCONTRACTOR!
URGENT CALL IN SOLIDARITY WITH
Subject: General strike in Israel - unofficial home page
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Histadrut (Israel's national trade union centre) doesn't have a home
page yet, but I've created an unofficial daily news page about the
impending (and unprecedented) general strike, due to break out on
For immediate releaseSeptember 25, 1997
NDP CALLS FOR EMERGENCY DEBATE ON MAI
Ottawa --- NDP Trade Critic Bill Blaikie will call today for an emergency
debate in the House of Commons on the Multilateral Agreement on Investments
(MAI).
=91The
Here's what it says on the bcak of the ELP "I'm in it for the long haul" shirts:
First they came for people on welfare, and I did not speak
because I was not poor;
Then they came for employment equity, and I did not speak
because I was not a member of a minority;
Then they
NEWS ADVISORY
For immediate release
TWO STUDENTS ARRESTED AT UBC IN NON-VIOLENT PROTEST
ADMINISTRATION ORDERS THE ARREST OF STUDENTS FOR ACTIVITIES AGAINST APEC
VANCOUVER, September 23, 1997 -- Yesterday, two University of British
Columbia (UBC) students were arrested by RCMP
The Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, if memory
serves -- two years into the Civil War.
Sid Shniad
he question.
Good thing too or her friends Baby Doc and Ceauscescu would probably
have had her hauled away.
Sid Shniad
Any chance you can upload the article, Colin?
Sid Shniad
I'm still reeling from Friday's WSJ. See p.A2, "Rubin Says
Global Investors Don't Suffer Enough." Rubin, the creator
and chief propagandist of the Mexico bailout, is now noticing
that by socializing losses, bailouts
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:36:40 +
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: East Timor Arbitrary Detention
EAST TIMOR HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE
124 Napier St Fitzroy 3065 Australia
PO BOX 1413 Collingwood 3066 Australia
Tel: 61 3 9415 8225 Fax: 61 3 9416 2746 E-mail:
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 19:17:13 -0700
Reply-To: ETAN-ALL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Best place to spot dictators
From this week's Georgia Straight annual "Best of Vancouver" survey:
BEST PLACE TO SPOT DICTATORS
University of
The Council of Canadians
and the International Forum on Globalization
in collaboration with the Polaris Institute present
GLOBAL TEACH-IN
Challenging Corporate Rule:
A Citizens' Politics for the 21st Century
November 7-9, 1997
University of Toronto
Who's really in charge of this country
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 14:44:52 +0200
Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Eric Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Toward a general strike in Israel
For the latest on the escalating
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:28:10 +
Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Jordi Martorell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NYT story on European currency project
To: [EMAIL
o bad." You have to read it to believe it.
In addition to her insane discussion of the merits of the Mafia, Amiel
mentions in passing that "... I am becoming a fan of [Tony] Blair's."
I guess that about says it all.
Cheers,
Sid Shniad
The Toronto StarSeptember 19, 1997
HARRIS BOWS TO PRESSURE FROM UNIONS
"The Ontario Federation of Labour has assured
us that the retention of the right to strike would
not jeopardize public service or create instability."
-- Labour
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 21:48:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Norman Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: A Pop Quiz on News Judgment
A POP QUIZ ABOUT NEWS JUDGMENT
By Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate
With summer almost gone and schools back in session around
the country, now is a
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Coverage of "APEC Women Leaders' Meeting" protest, September 13, 1997,
Hull
1. The Ottawa Sun, Sunday September 14, 1997, Page 21
2. The Ottawa Citizen, Sunday September 14, 1997 Page A6
3. The Globe and Mail, Monday,
please post and forward...
"Globalization From Below:
Contingency and Contestation in Historical Perspective"
an international conference at Duke University, Durham, NC
February 5th-8th, 1998
Second call for papers: abstracts due
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The ITF reports (part of) the International Day of Actiom in support of the
Liverpool dockers without even mentioning them !! This is scandalous.
Chris Bailey
---
From ITF Info 13
Dockers' unions take action for global solidarity
Subject: KPFA Workers Sign Divisive Contract, Lay-Off's Follow
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Those unfamiliar with the history of Pacifica radio may want to check out
http://www.radio4all.org/freepacifica. -- Aaron]
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 97 09:09:50 CDT
From: "Lyn Gerry" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Wall Street Journal September 16, 1997
International: The Dark Side of Freer Global Markets
U.N. REPORT FORESEES WORKER BACKLASH
By Bhushan Bahree Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
GENEVA -- Western industrialized nations are the leaders so
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:37:53 +1000
ASIA PACIFIC SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE:
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA APRIL 1998
GLEBE HIGH SCHOOL, GLEBE
ALL WELCOME
Organised by the Asia Pacific Institute for Democratisation and Development.
Contact:
Dr Helen Jarvis, C/-School of
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 07:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: The Vancouver International of Hope [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: apec-L: Creating Democracy in Vancouver
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-UIDL: 2576647c158dc374e67452ac7e325bc2
There was absolutely no coverage of this story in the Vancouver
press!
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ILWU closes down West Coast ports for Liverpool
by Steve Stallone, Editor, The Dispatcher, the ILWU newspaper
ILWU longshore workers shut down all ports along the North American West
Coast from
I missed this item. Can the original sender send it to me directly?
Thanks.
Sid Shniad
11 September 1997 Press Release TAD/1847
UNCTAD SOUNDS WARNING ON GLOBALIZATION
ADVANCE RELEASE
GENEVA, 11 September (UNCTAD) -- The big story of the world economy
since the early 1980s has been increasing integration through the unleashing
of market forces.
The ONIONNumber One In News * 10 September 1997
_
News In Brief
_
GEOPOLITICAL BALANCE OF POWER SOMEHOW UNAFFECTED
BY DEATH OF PRINCESS
LONDON--In a
I did not get to see the article to which you refer in the Times either if
you'd like to forward it to me I'd appreicate it.
ellen starbird
I'm sending you a copy.
Sid Shniad
A doc done by Elaine Briere of Vancouver. She's one of the co-founders of
ETAN. There are some "good" quotes by local businessmen re: Timor
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 03:14:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: East Timor Alert Network [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bitter Paradise on TV
The London TimesSeptember 10, 1997
JOIN THE REAL WORLD, BLAIR TELLS UNIONS
By Philip Webster and Philip Bassett
The Prime Minister told the trade unions in stark terms yesterday that they
must cast aside dogma and join the real
That's papparazzo (singular).
Last Friday there was a speech by Alan Greenspan at a dinner party for the
Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford. Surprisingly, the speech
can be accessed on the web (with other speeches/papers by Greenspan and
others) at:
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:48:35 -0400
Subject: Fwd(2): Protests may make Suharto may jam out on APEC
Source: CP/AP
Protests might keep Indonesian leader away from Asia-Pacific summit
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's president might not attend an
Asia-Pacific leaders' summin in
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 9 23:35 PDT 1997
From: juan manuel gomez gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: marcha_virtual_12_de_Septiembre
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 01:37:27 -0500 (CDT)
English version below
Marcha Virtual...
Como es de conocimiento de la opinion publica, una comitiva
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:50:48 -0700
Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Larry Kuehn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: People's Summit on APEC '97
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The People's Summit on APEC '97 has a web site at www.vcn.bc.ca/summit
which has
The New York Times September 3, 1997
AT UCLA, MIXED REACTION
TO WEB-BASED COURSES
By Steven R. Knowlton
When students at the University of California at Los Angeles call up the
World Wide Web home page for a class on 20th-century American
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