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\r\nBig Fish Being Wiped Out
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\r\nSenator Byrd: War Fought On False Pretenses
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030527060125219.html
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\r\nRescuing Private Lynch; Ignoring Rachel Corrie
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030523054848866.html
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\r\nGreens vs Democrats 2004
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030523054135156.html
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\r\nDid Cornell Pull Plug on Radio Show?
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030523053609158.html
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\r\nCops, US Troops Can't Maintain Order In Iraq
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030522053543263.html
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\r\nWill FCC Make Big Media Bigger?
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030522052837207.html
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\r\nI Was Wrong: Free Trade Hurts The Poor
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030522052516712.html
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\r\nPolice Attack Biotech Activists in Saint Louis
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030521054445839.html
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\r\nGreens File Lawsuit Against Maine Redistricting
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030521051638824.html
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\r\nDon't Let Computer Voting Destroy Democracy
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030521050438475.html
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\r\nBig Fish Being Wiped Out\r\n<\/p>
\r\nIndustrial fishing fleets have scoured the world's oceans for the past five decades. A bombshell report released earlier this month by the journal Nature suggests results are worse than anyone expected: big fish populations have plummeted across-the-board by at least 90% since 1950. From the tropics to the poles, cod, halibut, flounder, blue marlins, sailfish, swordfish, dolphins and sharks are being wiped out.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
\r\n\"We have forgotten what we used to have,\" says Jeremy Jackson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. \"We had oceans full of heroic fish--literally sea monsters. People used to harpoon three-meter long swordfish in rowboats. Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was for real.\" \r\n<\/p>
\r\nIndustrial fishing is now carried out with hi-tech military devices. Albatrosses and giant leatherback turtles are counted as \"collateral damage\". So too traditional fishing cultures in places like India and Papua New Guinea. As fish populations decline, the free market perversely rewards those who track down the last of the ocean's dwindling catch. Organizations like the WTO make it difficult for non-economic considerations to take precedence. Instead of emphasizing sustainable fishing practices, government and industry are pushing forward with genetic engineering and capital intensive aquaculture. || More Info \r\n\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nSenator Byrd: War Fought On False Pretenses\r\n<\/p>
\r\n Truth has a way of asserting itself despite all attempts to obscure it. Distortion only serves to derail it for a time. No matter to what lengths we humans may go to obfuscate facts or delude our fellows, truth has a way of squeezing out through the cracks, eventually.\r\n<\/p>
\r\n But the danger is that at some point it may no longer matter. The danger is that damage is done before the truth is widely realized. The reality is that, sometimes, it is easier to ignore uncomfortable facts and go along with whatever distortion is currently in vogue. We see a lot of this today in politics. I see a lot of it -- more than I would ever have believed -- right on this Senate Floor.\r\n<\/p>
\r\n Regarding the situation in Iraq, it appears to this Senator that the American people may have been lured into accepting the unprovoked invasion of a sovereign nation, in violation of long-standing International law, under false premises. There is ample evidence that the horrific events of September 11 have been carefully manipulated to switch public focus from Osama Bin Laden and Al Queda who masterminded the September 11th attacks, to Saddam Hussein who did not. The run up to our invasion of Iraq featured the President and members of his cabinet invoking every frightening image they could conjure, from mushroom clouds, to buried caches of germ warfare, to drones poised to deliver germ laden death in our major cities. We were treated to a heavy dose of overstatement concerning Saddam Hussein's direct threat to our freedoms. The tactic was guaranteed to provoke a sure reaction from a nation still suffering from a combination of post traumatic stress and justifiable anger after the attacks of 911. It was the exploitation of fear. It was a placebo for the anger.\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030527060125219.html\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nRescuing Private Lynch; Ignoring Rachel Corrie\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBy Naomi Klein in The Guardian<\/i>\r\n<\/p>
\r\nJessica Lynch and Rachel Corrie could have passed for sisters. Two \r\nall-American blondes, two destinies for ever changed in a Middle East \r\nwar zone. Private Jessica Lynch, the soldier, was born in Palestine, \r\nWest Virginia. Rachel Corrie, the activist, died in Israeli-occupied \r\nPalestine.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nCorrie was four years older than 19-year-old Lynch. Her body was \r\ncrushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza seven days before Lynch was \r\ntaken into Iraqi custody on March 23. Before she went to Iraq, Lynch \r\norganised a pen-pal programme with a local kindergarten. Before \r\nCorrie left for Gaza, she organised a pen-pal programme between kids \r\nin her hometown of Olympia, Washington, and children in Rafah.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nLynch went to Iraq as a soldier loyal to her government. Corrie went \r\nto Gaza to oppose the actions of her government. As a US citizen, she \r\nbelieved she had a special responsibility to defend Palestinians \r\nagainst US-built weapons, purchased with US aid to Israel. In letters \r\nhome, she described how fresh water was being diverted from Gaza to \r\nIsraeli settlements, how death was more normal than life. \"This is \r\nwhat we pay for here,\" she wrote.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030523054848866.html\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nGreens vs Democrats 2004\r\n<\/p>
\r\nDear folks: I have just read the GP online news reports, starting with\r\nCharlene Spretnak's posting on the GP dilemma, followed by the Rensenbrink\r\nanalysis (again), etc.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAll of their arguments are reasonable, impeccable, praiseworthy, but\r\nultimately the main question is: how will the GP proceed so as to further\r\nITS OWN BEST INTERESTS, without sacrificing any principles or objectives? \r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030523054135156.html\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nDid Cornell Pull Plug on Radio Show?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nJeremey Weir Alderson, aka \"Nobody\"<\/i>\r\n<\/p>
\r\n From August 5, 1992 to October 4, 2001, I was the host of \"The Nobody Show,\" a politically-oriented talk show that aired on WEOS in Geneva, NY. I had what I thought was an excellent relationship with my station manager, Mike Black. He had given me my start in broadcasting and helped me get \"The Homelessness Marathon\" off the ground (it is now the largest broadcast in America focusing on issues of poverty and homelessness). In my nine years at WEOS, neither he nor anyone else had ever had occasion to reprimand me, and at one point, he had even recommended me to Pacifica Broadcasting as a possible national talk host (I didn't pursue this because of Pacifica's troubles, but that's another story).\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThis harmonious situation ended abruptly when Mike informed me, out of the blue, that I was being taken off the air effective immediately. I did not protest. I did not want to make waves for Mike to whom I feel indebted, and I did not (and do not) feel that, in the great scheme of things, the loss of \"The Nobody Show\" was of any particular importance. I said I would only speak out if I learned there might be some broader issue involved in my termination. That time has come. \r\n<\/p>
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\r\nCops, US Troops Can't Maintain Order In Iraq\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBAGHDAD - Last week, I was leaving the Palestine hotel, in the heart of Baghdad, around 9 PM -- early evening for my old life, but very late for my new one.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe Palestine was a castle surrounded by US troops and barbed wire, and one of the few unquestionably safe places in the city. I hailed a taxi. We hadn't gone far, however, when two men signaled for us to stop, pretending they needed help.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe taxi driver and I behaved like typical Iraqis, and welcomed the men with open arms. But after a few moments one of them put a gun in the driver back, and the other put a knife to my neck. They asked us to empty our pockets, and we did. They stole everything -- even the car. Before they drove off, they even shot at us, but, thank God, no one was hurt.\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nWill FCC Make Big Media Bigger?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nA majority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intends to ratify a sweeping plan to weaken or eliminate rules that limit the size and power of media companies. Among other things, the FCC's three Republican commissioners hope to revoke the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule, which prevents a company from owning a newspaper and a TV station in the same market, and to significantly increase the number of TV stations one company can own.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nWhile FCC chair Michael Powell has the votes to pass the plan, the decision to vote on the matter by June 2 could still be challenged to allow for more public education and debate. Several senators have asked for a delay in the process, and a measure to that end was introduced on May 9 in the House of Representatives (Reuters, 5\/13\/03). The two Democratic FCC commissioners, Michael Copps and Kenneth Adelstein, also oppose the deregulation, and requested on May 13 that the Commission postpone its planned vote. Powell rejected their request.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe FCC's rulemaking process is, by design, difficult to follow, but the potential impact of what the New York Times called (3\/14\/03) \"the most important set of rules changes in decades\" is alarmingly clear. Broadcasting & Cable reported (5\/15\/03) that the FCC's current proposals would allow a single company to own as many as three TV stations in any of the five biggest markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia), and permit ownership of two TV stations-- as well as a major newspaper-- \"in nearly all of the largest 100 markets.\" In large radio markets, according to B&C, the changes would allow a company to own eight radio and two TV stations. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030522052837207.html\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nI Was Wrong: Free Trade Hurts The Poor\r\n<\/p>
\r\nStephen Byers; Monday May 19, 2003; The Guardian<\/i>\r\n<\/p>
\r\nIn November 1999, during the World Trade Organisation ministerial conference in Seattle, I watched from my hotel room as thousands demonstrated against the evils of globalisation.\r\nAnarchists clad in black marched alongside grandmothers dressed as turtles and steelworkers from Philadelphia. They saw international trade as a threat - to their jobs, the environment or simply as part of a capitalist conspiracy.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAs leader of the delegation from the United Kingdom, I was convinced that the expansion of world trade had the potential to bring major benefits to developing countries and would be one of the key means by which world poverty would be tackled.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nIn order to achieve this, I believed that developing countries would need to embrace trade liberalisation. This would mean opening up their own domestic markets to international competition. The thinking behind this approach being that the discipline of the market would resolve problems of underperformance, a strong economy would emerge and that, as a result, the poor would benefit. This still remains the position of major international bodies like the IMF and World Bank and is reflected in the system of incentives and penalties which they incorporate in their loan agreements with developing countries. But my mind has changed. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030522052516712.html\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nPolice Attack Biotech Activists in Saint Louis\r\n<\/p>
\r\nOn May 16-17 in St. Louis police initiated a severe crackdown on activists during the protests against the \r\npro-biotech World Agricultural\r\nForum and concurrent Biodevastation 7\r\nconference. The Biodev 7 conference, which was addressing issues of environmental racism, world agriculture and biowarfare, went on successfuly despite the heavy police presence. On May 16,\r\nSt. Louis police - backed by federal agents - raided the Community Arts and Media Project (CAMP), home of the St. Louis IMC, and the Bolozone, a collective housing project, in anticipation of the\r\nBiodevastation conference and expected protests at the WAF. Police\r\narrested protesters and non-protesters alike, without any provocation. The Secret Service illegaly entered one person's home and later harassed his parents as well. St. Louis IMC is asking for\r\nsupport and for support of all those unjustly arrested.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030521054445839.html\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nGreens File Lawsuit Against Maine Redistricting\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBy Associated Press, 5\/18\/2003 11:36<\/i>\r\n<\/p>
\r\nPORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Green Independent Party has gone to court to challenge a redistricting plan that would separate state Rep. John Eder from most of his constituents.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe Greens say the 2003 remapping would effectively dismantle Eder's support base.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nIn their filing with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, the Greens argue that the redistricting plan constitutes gerrymandering and violates the Maine Constitution's requirement that each district be contiguous and compact.\r\n<\/p>
\r\n''The goal is to bring the reapportionment in line with constitutional requirements,'' said David Lourie, a lawyer who represents the Greens. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030521051638824.html\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nDon't Let Computer Voting Destroy Democracy\r\n<\/p>
\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Greens warn that computerized\r\nvoting programs and files, if implemented without\r\npublic scrutiny and auditability, may allow greater\r\nvote fraud, engineered miscounts, and disqualification\r\nof legitimate votes in elections across the country. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nInstead, many Greens urge technology that promotes\r\ndemocratic access and accuracy in voting and the\r\nmaintenance of voter rolls, noting that touchscreens\r\n(Direct Recording Electronic voting) assist people\r\nwith impaired vision and other disabilities and those\r\nnot fluent in English. \r\n<\/p>
\r\n\"Touchscreens, for instance, can eliminate voided\r\nballots that now happen when citizens accidentally\r\novervote in a race,\" testified Santa Monica Mayor pro\r\ntem Kevin McKeown during a California Secretary of\r\nState hearing on voting technology. \"Other options\r\navailable don't prevent overvoting with such simple\r\ncertainty.\" \r\n<\/p>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.tcgreens.org\/gl\/articles\/20030521050438475.html\r\n<\/p>
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