Albion Monitor Issue 58 February, 1999
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Fatal NY Police Shooting of African Man Sparks Tension 5000+ mourners at funeral of unarmed man shot 19 times Dutch Suspect Covert 1992 Nuke Weapon Transfer to Israel Bush admin apparently was smuggling parts for nukes and bio-weapons to Tel Aviv Indonesia Arming Timor Death Squads, Army Admits Apparently terrorism to discourage independence movement Russian Supreme Court Leaves Enviro Whisteblower In Limbo Court tells KGB agency to continue 3-year investigation of former navy officer Ag Corporations Rushing to Patent Sterile Seeds Some bio-engineered seeds won't even grow unless sprayed with other patented chemicals

It's not the Y2K bug that you should fear in January -- it's the millenial madness of your neighbor

The End If there's a lesson in this, it's that the GOP is the party of "moral decay" Time For Starr To Go Still on the prowl for something, anything, he can get on Clinton GOP: The Party of Prying Repubs stake out territory on morality and prying into your personal life The End is Nigh With final vote little in doubt, Senate GOPers go through the motions GOP's "Fatal Attraction" to Bedroom Politics Repubs may have found their nemesis in their party's own tortured soul

Texaco Tries to Move $1.5 Billion Pollution Suit Out of U.S Court Proposed move to Ecuador likely to harm class action suit for Natives as nation depends heavily on oil revenues Jim Hightower Rainforest Natives hold Texaco accountable Congress Pushes For Greenhouse Pollution Trades Loophole would allow industry to continue polluting by trading "credits" with Third World Environmental Risks Trigger Japanese Wave of Fear Nation shocked by discovery of frequent high levels of dioxin and carcinogens Summit on Third World Lead Poisoning 2/3 of world's children in crowded cities have high levels DDT Off Southern California Beach is Spreading LA Superfund site contaminated with DDT and PCB was believed to be stable Japan Whaling Under Guise of Science Large factory-boats will reap about $50 million from meat in this "scientific hunting expedition" Japan's Ivory Imports May Doom Elephants Only country that still has active sales "Banned" Tiger Products Still Sold Openly in Japan Tokyo traditional medicine stores exploit treaty loophole to sell parts of endangered species Cambodia's Genocide Investigation Turns to U.S. Role 1969-73 bombings killed more than 600,000 peasants and displaced millions Fears of Eco-Disaster in Caspian Sea $7.4 billion oil drilling project in pristine area with no environmental oversight whatsoever

Catholic HMOs, hospitals and affiliates, which together play an ever-larger role in healthcare delivery, are effectively eliminating virtually every health-related feminist victory of the past thirty years EPA Takes a Giant Step Backwards Requiring animal tests on known toxic substances, like turpentine IMF and World Bank: Twins in Trouble Lack of accountability to the masses affected by their bad decisions Fired Med Journal Editor Shows Hypocrisy of Sex Debate Like most American society, medical community uncomfortable with discussing sexuality Clinton More Conservative Than GOP on Cuba Anti-Castro zealots are politically powerful in key states of Florida and N Jersey Monitor impeachment predictions were accurate; possible sex extortion in Olympic scandal; pharmaceutical fraud; Nestle ethics

PARADISE POISONED Asia's wealthiest countries are dumping toxic waste on their poor neighbors or upon the lands of their Native peoples Taiwan Used Bribes, Corruption to Dump Mercury Waste in Cambodia Singapore Exports Toxic "Landfill" to Indonesia Enough is Enough, Austrialian Natives Say of Nuke Dump Plan

"McLibel" Appeal Rekindles Censorship Debate Corporations using courts and threat of suit to silence opponents Native Groups Try Again For International Rights U.S. and other nations fear Native recognition could lead to independence movements Anti-Migrant Border Policies Not Working, Often Fatal Numbers of illegal Mexican migrants hasn't dropped, but death toll has skyrocketed

Relax, Al Gore: You're Running Unopposed Republican Party has morphed into Operation Rescue Falwell Explains The Antichrist After several weeks of outrage for anti-semitic remark, Falwell apologized -- sort of Expert Journalists Create Bad Journalism How much should a journalist know -- or endorse -- the topic being reported? Coke's World Takeover Plot Like tobacco companies, soft drink makers pushing into Third World

NORMAN     SOLOMON Politics As Performance Art Poverty Kept Off National Agenda

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN Clinton's Environmental Sham The Problem With Hitchens The Prosecutorial State

L E T T E R S Stop Wasting Tax Dollars on S.U.V. Terrorists Buying an SUV makes a statement: I deserve to live more than you do

Albion Monitor (http://www.monitor.net/monitor) Issue 58 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