| Albion Monitor | Issue 51 | Early September, 1998 |
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Logger Deliberately Endangered Slain Activist, Earth First! Says
"He told people, 'Better wear a hard hat, because this one's coming for you'" says witness |
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A DOUBLE STANDARD OF DISCLOSURE
THE ETHICS OF HENRY HYDE
DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR ME AND THEE
A ROGUE'S GALLERY
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PEPPER SPRAY TRIAL
Headwaters forest activists suit against Humboldt police for rubbing pepper spray directly into eyes ends in mistrial
Pepper Spray Trial Ends In Hung Jury
Torture By Any Other Name |
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Half Of U.S. Foreign Aid Is Military
Anti-drug and anti-terrorism funding increasingly militarized |
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Wall Street Seeks Someone To Blame
Wall Street analysts begin speaking of a "palpable fear" |
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Famine, Anger Spur "Second Wave" Of Indonesia Revolution
Widespread protests, riots again unreported in Western press |
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INDONESIA'S LOST GENERATION
Children are among the biggest casualties of Indonesia's economic meltdown, as more drop out of school and turn to work, including sex work, to survive and help their families
Children Now Dig Through Trash
A "Lost Generation" Of Indonesian Children
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Thailand's Jobless Find Future Dim
City workers return to villages, add to rural economic problems |
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India's Booming Toxic Waste Trade
U.S. companies sidestep environmental regulations on auto batteries by shipping to India, where illegal backyard industry is poisoning villages |
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Japan Exporting Toxic Trash Abroad
Cars, even ocean tankers being sent to poor countries like India, Vietnam |
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Jabiluka Mine Pushing Ahead Despite Election Year Controversy
Mining company wins approved EIR, rushing to complete mine |
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Blaming The Internet For Bad Days
Press swallows "net depression" story without question |
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Media Exaggerates Youth Crime, Experts Say
But U.S. also leads West in gun-related juvenile deaths |
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Native Canadians Seek Compensation For Abuse In Schools
Canadian government, churches may face thousands of suits |
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 Why health stories are poorly reported; salmonella common in eggs; lack of balanced coverage about Olestra FDA hearings; forgotten Gulf War Syndrome; overlooked good news; trees and the Greenhouse Effect; Food Lion grocery chain teaches journalism (Updated September 20) |
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Fruit-eating Birds Vital To Rainforest
Survival of African forests may hinge upon odd-looking hornbill |
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Brazil Natives Confront Illegal Gold Miners
Natives have mercury levels 250 times higher than danger mark |
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New Welfare and Abortion Rules Place Women in Catch-22
More demand for abortion as abortion providers become harder to find |
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Silicon Valley Toxics Heaviest In Poor, Latino Areas
Wealthy neighborhoods far away and upwind |
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Monsanto Biotech Ads Blitz Europe
Enviros produce counter-ads disputing environment friendly claims |
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Enviros Stop Monsanto Deal With Respected "Peasant's Bank"
Partnership denounced as calculated effort to promote biotech |
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Clinton And His Enemies
Scandal nothing compared to Nixon or Reagan criminal behavior |
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The U.S. Case Against Sudan Crumbles
When you bomb a sovereign nation, you'd better have a rock solid case |
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Clinton's Very Own Muslim Bogeyman
U.S. overnight makes eccentric Osama Bin Laden an respected figure |
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Solution To Global Warming: Send Air Conditioners
Why do we keep making the same stupid mistakes?
The Inside Story: How We Spread Fred
Crime And America: A Fable
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The Clinton Index
At least $10,000 has been spent to claim an Internet link to White House scandals |
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Albion Monitor (http://www.monitor.net/monitor) Issue 51
Editor: Jeff Elliott (editor@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 |
