Albion Monitor Issue 59 March 1999
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The Headwaters' Deal: Hurwitz's Final Play Disgraceful and entirely unnecessary surrender that risks the Endangered Species Act Scandal, Violence, Weather Top 1998 U.S. TV Attractions American media mostly ignored major turmoil outside country U.S. Native Activists Killed in Colombia While doing human rights work for South America Natives Colombia, U.S. Pin Blame For Murder of Native Activists A Sad Milestone in Native Rights Movement Colombia Rebels Admit Murder of Activists Women in U.S. Prisons Tortured, Sexually Abused Amnesty International documents rape and other attacks by prison guards Controversy Over Pinochet Defense Funds Chile's army is big financial supporter of ex-dictator Kissinger Encouraged Chile's Repression, New Documents Show Covered up U.S. proof about atrocities in Chile

Washington's Selective Outrage Lies pour forth daily on the important stuff with no howls for impeachment from the GOP Monica's Story on Starr Book documents grotesque abuses of power by Starr and his henchmen ... and Dumber In the post-impeachment era, the GOP flounders for something new to rile the public Post-Mortem Ad Nauseam Christian right leader calls for Clinton foes to "quarantine" from "this hostile culture"

Operation Urban Warrior prepares for martial law; Pinochet's career as arms merchant; Roberto Calvi autopsy #4; the saga of the blackbirds of Loudoun County AIDS Cure Linked to Endangered Rainforest African logging kills thousands of rare chimpanzees that are immune GAP Boycott Over Sweatshops Using "Made in USA" Guise Nordstrom, Sears, and Wal-Mart also retail clothes made in "shocking conditions" on U.S. protected island U.S. Company Using NAFTA to Sue Canada for Water To force export of water in Native territory that is also important salmon spawning grounds U.S. Sued Over Genetic Crops More than 650 organizations claim inadequate testing of possible risks7 Australia Using "Dirty Tricks" to Block Criticism of Controversial Uranium Mine Listing of famed World Heritage site as "in danger" would embarass conservative government Mexico City Sinking Fast Underground aquifers collapsing under strain of supplying water to 20 million NH May Enact First State Tax But only after politicians try to minimize definition of "an adequate education" Congressman Calls For Investigation of U.S. Oil Companies in Nigeria Troops reportedly used Chevron helicopter in fatal assault on Native demonstrators occupying offshore drilling platform Are Whales Singing Grammatically? Massachusetts researcher believes humpbacks have grammar like human language Japan Expected to Approve New Military Force Vague plans could include ballistic missiles

A new report finds slavery conditions in Chinese sweatshops making Disney children's clothing and toys, but CEO Michael Eisner tells stockholders that it's "neither realistic nor appropriate" for Disney to attempt to pay a living wage Why U.S. Thrives: Not Dependent on Global Economy Political leaders would prefer some facts of global trade be ignored Coming to Terms With the GOP's Fury How Clinton's moral faults became a symbol of evil incarnate U.S. Spy Agency Had Back Door to Most Global Secrets Used Swiss company to read top secrets of 120 countries, both friend and foe

Mercury Poisoning Found in Amazon Natives Rare form of disease last seen in Japan during 1950's toxic dump Asthmatown, U.S.A. Asthma common in Vernon, CA, where residents breathe a chemical soup from many industries Old Arsenic Weapons Poisoning Arctic WWII-vintage mustard gas was dumped in the 1950s and 1960s In his new book, "Earth Odyssey," Mark Hertsgaard traveled the world in a quest to find if our species would survive for the next hundred years. The news is not good U.S. Unprepared for Baby Boomers' Retirement Impact of millions of frail, impoverished elders will affect far more than medical system

Barbara Ehrenreich The Undeserving Old Expect an all-out propaganda effort to demonize Social Security recipients News Industry Laments the End of Monicagate What happens to this massive press corps now that the impeachment trial fizzled? What Do Newspaper Readers Really Want? Little info available, except for discredited "market research" approach Who Murdered James Byrd, Jr? White supremacist John King was product of America's prison system

NORMAN     SOLOMON Keeping Mickey Mouse Private Big Media Peddles "All You Need to Know" More "Culture War" Bombast Coming

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN Wag the Bomb U.S. Supports Chinese Slave Labor Racism and the British Police

Sweatshop editorial cartoon © John Desalvio Albion Monitor (http://www.monitor.net/monitor) Issue 59 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