Albion Monitor Issue 82 DECEMBER, 2000
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House Republican majority whip Tom Delay sent 200 Republican staffers to Miami, where they swarmed the county office and created a disruptive and tense atmosphere, leading to the local election board to stop the recount ISRAEL RISKS TILT TO FAR RIGHT IN COMING ELECTION Notorious right-winger Ariel Sharon seeks leadership Clinton Pardon Last Hope for Leonard Peltier Key witness recanted testimony in October California "Energy Crisis" Tied to Stock Market 1997 industry deregulation led to no contingency plan Philippines Transfixed by Impeachment Drama Popular president says elite have vendetta against him -- sound familiar? Clinton Signs $62 Billion Corporate Welfare Law Massive tax shelter for GE, Monsanto, RJR Nabisco, others

Y2000 - A Dismal Year

In contrast to the widespread optimism that greeted Millenium celebrations last year, the end of Y2000 finds little reason to celebrate. Setbacks have plagued many hopeful programs as the globe becomes increasingly dominated by unprecedented wealth alongside growing poverty and misery U.S. Media Picks a President Environmental Setbacks Overshadow Victories UN Chief Laments Disappointing Year Neo-Nazism on the Rise Human Rights Scorned in Central America U.S. Anti-Drug Money Has Led to Colombia War Escalation The P.U.-litzer Prizes For 2000

Washington Merry Go Round

Alexander Cockburn: Prime Time Coup Bush Cousin Was Key Player in Election Night SNAFU Lead networks to prematurely call Bush winner Arianna Huffington: Irreparable Harm to Supreme Court Credibility Michael Moore: Let's Look at the Bright Side Bogus Ex-Felon ID Blocked 1,000's of Fla. Voters State used list that blocked mostly Gore voters Gore Could Have Won with Puerto Rico But Clinton-Gore Justice Department recently blocked voting rights Alexander Cockburn: No Closure on Disenfranchisement Surprise -- Voting for President is not a Right Supreme Ct Justice Scalia an 18th-century hard-liner Jim Hightower: How Florida Democrats Torpedoed Gore WHAT WENT WRONG FOR RALPH? Why Nader and the Greens failed to reach the essential 5% of voters

Global Warming talks collapse

GLOBAL WARNING TALKS COLLAPSE, U.S. BLAMED Delegates at the United Nations conference on global climate change (COP6) hoped to develop legally binding rules for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But even in the best situations, holding an international conference just a week after the U.S. presidential vote was bad timing, even risky. At the end, key diplomats and conservationists walked out in protest. "The U.S. and big corporations have destroyed any hope that the Protocol had of combating climate change," said one delegate Resume Talks Immediately, Groups Plead When Will the U.S. Become Serious About Global Warming? Activists Protest Climate Talk Collapse U.S. Blamed for Conference Failure Groups Hoped to Raise Awareness of Climate Change Danger Election Unsettles Global Warming Talks Greenpeace protesters send a message to global change negotiators meeting at The Hague Climate Change Could Bankrupt World by 2065 Insurance company warns that damage in West will accelerate rapidly Pro-Life Movement Targets UN Conservatives seek global influence on contraception, sex-ed, gay rights Pinochet Regime Linked to Euro Arms + Drug Rackets Alliance between anti-Castro groups, neo-fascists, and ex-Nazis Pinochet "Victory" May Hasten Future Trial Technical legal error that freed ex-dictator can be corrected Soviet-Style Show Trial Sends Warning to U.S. Yeltsin era of Moscow's military-secrets mart is over Researchers want to use your computer to solve the biggest problems of science Screensavers of the World, Unite! Large problems can be solved by linking millions of PCs As Others Retreat, China Embraces Altered Crops Eager to get on genetic bandwagon Africans Fear Bleak Future With Bush/Cheney Cheney infamous for opposition to apartheid sanctions Orangutan Trade Destroying Species Over half of population captured and sold since 1993 Colombia's Land Mine Peril Risks Children Exploding an average of every 20 minutes PETA Rolls Out Anti-Meat Ads Bred to quickly grow to unnatural proportions This ad showing a chicken preparing to eat a human leg is part of a campaign that will soon appear in the U.S. and Europe (Photo: PETA) Russia Lifts Restrictions on Foreign Nuclear Waste Will accept all radioactive waste even though it can't yet process it Stormy Confrontation at World Bank Summit Angry delegates at health conference shouting "get out" to Bank spokesman Continued Urban Sprawl Threatens U.S. Coasts About 6 million acres of open space to disappear by 2025 Pioneer Satellite TV Network Transforming Arab World Balanced news reports about Israel and Palestine, problems of some Arab regimes U.S. Report to UN Admits Racism "Persistent" 5 years overdue and criminal justice angle still ignored European Waters Threatened by Toxic Shipwrecks Sunken tankers dating back to WWII Maori People Split on Whaling 150 Native societies worldwide debate commercial whaling 1 of 3 States Flunk Teaching Evolution Report slams 19 states for doing a "weak-to-reprehensible job" Inuits Report Climate Change Impact More insects, changing animal behavior in Arctic Japan's High Unemployment Sparks Fears Situation expected to worsen in the coming months On 7th Anniversary, Zapatistas Near Victory New president of Mexico sees Chiapas rebels as force to be reckoned with A Rare Victory for the Right to be Left Alone Supreme Court ruling on drug searches an important limit on police powers Restoring Democracy Easier Said Than Done 1994 U.S. intervention in Haiti has resulted in tyranny When the Culprit Becomes the Advisor Citibank advising poor countries as it fosters corruption Coming Soon to a Library Near You: Internet Censorship Children's Internet Protection Act mandates dubious "filtering" Nuke Industry Eager for "Generic" Fed Approval Secretive deal gives nuclear power industry broad powers over safety

Columnists		MOLLY     IVINS Give Clinton His Due Year-End Surprises, Bad and Good A Few Good Holiday Books New Texas Governor Has... Really Good Hair Forgive But Don't Forget Welcome to Local Control, Election-Style Can We All Just Cool Down? Red-Faced and Screaming Henry B. Gonzalez

DAVID   CORN A Tale of Two Appointments Bipartisanship in DC? Fat Chance GOP Masters of the Big Orwellian Lie In Praise of the Florida Circus

NORMAN     SOLOMON Ashcroft Debate Will Define Senate -- and the Media Bush Faces "Legitimacy Gap" Apply Network News to Real Issues Hooray, No Pre-Inaugural Schlock

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN Five Magnificent Causes The Benefits of Crisis Greens, Fears, and Dollars What Seattle Wrought

L E T T E R S Barbara Bush, Iron Butterfly None of the men in the Bush family has shown much ambition or drive for leadership -- so what is driving these weak Bush men to the very top of the ladder? Anyone who has even cursorily studied a photograph of Barbara Bush knows where the character, strength, drive, power and backbone is in that family. Forget the nonsense about her being "grandmotherly." Look into that face and see a dangerous combination of anger and sheer determination.

Albion Monitor (http://www.monitor.net/monitor) Issue 82 Editor: Jeff Elliott (editor@monitor.net) Publisher: Darryl Trujillo (pub@monitor.net) The Albion Monitor is currently published as an ongoing newspaper by Monitor Publishing, POB 1733, Sebastopol, CA 95473 Subscription is free to monitor.net users; contact info@monitor.net for rates, or view our home page Anyone with web access may subscribe for $9.95 per year, prepaid