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AMERI-ADVOCATE FEATURED
PETITIONS FOR
November 1999
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EMAIL ACTION: FREE SUAD GHAZAL
Friday, November 19, 1999
RELEASE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SU'AD GHAZAL FROM ISRAELI
PRISON
PLEASE READ, RESPOND AND FORWARD
November 19, 1999
Su'ad Hilmi Ghazal spent her sixteenth birthday in Israel's Ramle prison
this past September 23. She has been held in detention without trial since
December 1998, and for the past two months she has been denied any contact
with her family. Su'ad has been subjected to beatings and physical abuse
during her detention.
In an effort to attract attention to her plight, Su'ad recently began a
hunger strike and is reported to be in poor health.
This action alert is to ask you to use your freedom to demand hers. We
estimate that it will take you about three minutes to read this alert and
about fifteen minutes to perform the three simple actions requested.
WHY IS SU'AD IN PRISON?
Su'ad was an ordinary 15 year-old Palestinian schoolgirl from Sebastia
village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when she was arrested by Israeli
soldiers on December 13, 1998. A female settler from the illegal Israeli
settlement of Shavei Shomron claimed that Su'ad had tried to stab her.
Following her arrest, Su'ad was taken to the police station in the Kedumim
settlement where she was severely beaten by Israeli settlers, according to
Defence of Children International--Palestine Section (DCI/PS). Su'ad was
then taken to Ramle prison where she was interrogated and tortured. She
was held incommunicado for twenty seven days, seventeen of them in
solitary confinement. Her family finally succeeded in visiting her only
after repeated appeals from the Palestinian Red Crescent and DCI/PS.
Su'ad's lawyer, Khaled Quzmar, last visited her on November 4. He reports
that she has problems with her kidneys and has lost weight. She has been
fasting in protest at her detention for at least a month, accepting only
one meal a day from her captors.
The Israeli authorities have continually delayed Su'ad's case and
postponed her hearings. She is being held in a prison inside Israel and
far away from her family, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The US State Department states that "most of the protections afforded by
[Israeli] law are not extended to Palestinian detainees, who fall under
the jurisdiction of military law even if they are detained in Israel."
(Israel and the Occupied Territories Country Report on Human Rights
Practices for 1998,U.S. Department of State, 1999) Nearly one hundred
other Palestinian minors are currently being detained by Israel.
There is seemingly no end in sight for Su'ad's detention.
VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
While Israeli occupation forces and settlers often accuse Palestinian
children of attacking them, in fact it is Palestinian children who are at
grave risk from Israeli soldiers and settlers. Fourteen Palestinian
children were killed and 350 injured by Israeli soldiers and settlers
during 1998, as documented by DCI/PS.
Of the fourteen children killed that year, settlers were responsible for
four of the deaths, while the Israeli occupation forces were responsible
for the remainder.
In one case, a settler who killed a Palestinian child and injured another
in Beitunia, gave himself up to the Israeli police and admitted committing
the murder. However, as is Israel's custom in dealing with settlers'
violence, the man was released shortly afterwards.
The fate of Su'ad and other Palestinian children under Israeli occupation
is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the UN Convention on
the Rights of the Child. All children have an inalienable right to the
protections afforded by these instruments.
WHY WE ASK YOU TO ACT
A few weeks ago we asked you to write in on behalf of Lebanese civilians
being held hostage and tortured by the Israeli occupation forces in
southern Lebanon, and hundreds of people responded. We believe that
cumulative and constant efforts on behalf of those who cannot defend
themselves are necessary to ensure that Israel knows that it cannot
continue to violate human rights in the dark. United States and other
officials, who support Israel to the hilt, also need to be held
accountable for their rhetoric on human rights, which seems to exempt
Israel. While our efforts may not always produce instant results, we
believe it is our responsibility to speak out, and that children and young
people like Su'ad are counting on us to do so.
WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO: THREE STEPS FOR SU'AD
*STEP ONE: Write to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak AND Justice Minister
Yossi Beilin to demand that Su'ad be released immediately. Use the sample
letter below as a guide.
Prime Minister Ehud Barak:
Email: pm@pmo.gov.il or Fax:
+972-2-566-4838
Minister of Justice: Yossi Beilin:
Email: sar@justice.gov.il or Fax:
+972-2-6285-438
***Sample letter to Israeli officials***
Dear Prime Minister Barak/Justice Minister Beilin,
I am writing to ask that Su'ad Hilmi Ghazal, a 16 year-old girl from the
village of Sebastia in the West Bank, be immediately released from Ramle
prison. She has been held without trial and under appalling conditions
since December 1998.
The circumstances of her arrest and interrogation, which included solitary
confinement, beatings and other physical abuse, constitute serious
violations of the Fourth Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child. Her continued detention without any legal process,
the conditions and place of her detention, the denial of her right to
visits from her family, and the denial of her education for one year
constitute equally grave violations of international human rights
conventions, to which Israel is a signatory.
I hope you will urgently review Su'ad's case and release her forthwith,
and that Israel will henceforth refrain from such unlawful treatment of
minors.
Sincerely,
(your name, state/country)
*STEP TWO: Forward a copy of your note to President Clinton AND Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright and/or your elected representatives. Use the
sample note below as a guide:
President Bill Clinton:
Email: president@whitehouse.gov
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright:
Email: secretary@state.gov
To find your Members of Congress go to:
http://www.capweb.net/classic/index.morph
for US
Representatives
http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
for US
Senators
***Sample note to send with your forwarded message***
Dear Mr. President/Madam Secretary/Senator/ Congressman,
I am sending you a copy of a letter I sent to the Prime Minister and
Justice Minister of Israel. I want you to know that I am very concerned
about human rights violations in Israel, a country which receives a
greater share of US taxpayers' money than any other. I hope the United
States will hold Israel to the same human rights standards as other nations.
Sincerely,
(your name, state)
(APPEND YOUR NOTE TO BARAK/BEILIN HERE)
STEP THREE: PLEASE CC YOUR EMAILS TO:
child_rights@mail.com
This is in order for us to keep a tally of the number of letters sent.
Neither your letters nor address will be shared with anyone. If you
prefer, just send a note acknowledging that you have sent letters, and to
whom you have sent them.
FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS ACTION
ALERT NO LATER THAN
NOVEMBER 29, 1999--THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
THIS ACTION ALERT SIGNED BY:
Sawsan Abdulrahim, ADC member USA
Nader Abuljebain, ADC member USA
Ali Abunimah, ADC member USA
Miral Assuli, Hanthala, Europe
Zahi Damuni, ADC member USA
Arjan El Fassed, Hanthala, Europe
Hanna Elmasu, Human Rights Action Project, Palestine
Adam Hanieh, Across Borders/Birzeit University,
Palestine
Rania Masri, ADC member USA
Fadia Rafeedie, ADC member USA
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Wednesday, November 17, 1999 7:18
PM
Standing Deer is very sick
Standing Deer's Health Update as of 11-14-99
Dear Friends & Supporters:
Standing Deer is very sick. He missed his high blood pressure medicine for
2 weeks. Because of our efforts his aspirin prescription has
been renewed & KOP (keep on person) He only has enough aspirin to
relieve
his pain for awhile. The prison is out of the aspirin. We must write to the
following persons stating that we need the order of aspirin to come
from
Huntsville IMMEDIATELY !!!.
If Standing Deer can not receive his aspirin to control his pain enough to
walk to the infirmary to receive his Clonidine, high blood pressure
medicine, he
will die.
Standing Deer has in the past survived these abrupt cessation of Clonidine
4 times. The medical books all tell doctors to wean a patient off of
this
drug gradually to prevent brain damage or death.
We have no doubt that the prison knows full well of what they are doing.
They are trying to quietly kill Standing Deer. Your letters of support
will be
gratefully appreciated. Please send one today. Just a short note if you are
not comfortable in any long explanation. "Get the aspirin to Pack One
Prison immediately so Robert H. Wilson #640289 won't die of brain
damage!"
Please send letters immediately to:
Dr. Scamardo / Pack Unit Infirmary / 2400 Wallace
Pack RD. / Navasota, TX 77869
CC: Dr. Lannette Linthicum, Director / TDCJ Health
Services / 3009 Highway 30 West, Huntsville, TX 77340
Thank you.
BArbara Fortier
Standing Deer Defense Committee
POBox 368 / Carrollton, GA 30117
http://standingdeer.homepage.com/index.html
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November 11, 1999
Sign on for participation in
the CSD8 /
Firmen para solicitar participacion en la CSD8
Vean mensage en Español mas abajo.
Dear All
Carol Kalifatic of IITC was so kind to draft a letter for us to sign.
The purpose of this letter is to request that Indigenous Peoples are
consulted as Mayor Group during the CSD8 session.
We will be collecting signatures until the 17th of November.
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Estimados amigos/as
Karol Kalifatic del CITI tuvo la gentileza de preparar una carta para que la
firmemos. El objetivo de la carta es solicitar que los Pueblos Indigenas
sean consultados como Grupo Mayor durante la CSD8. La carta va a ser
presentada en Ingles.
Vamos a estar recogiendo firmas hasta el 17 de Noviembre 1999.
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Dear Zehra,
We are writing to express our disappointment that, although Sustainable
Agriculture and Land Management issues (priority issues selected for
discussion of the CSD-8) are uniquely vital to the cultural integrity and
survival of Indigenous Peoples, the CSD Secretariat has not included
Indigenous Peoples as a distinct Major Group to be a partner in the Dialogue
Segment of CSD-8.
We welcome the Secretariat's recognition that Indigenous Peoples are also
members of three of the four Major Groups (i.e., Farmers, NGOs and Trade
Unions) invited to be organizing partners for the Dialogue Segment, as
reflected in the Secretariat's guidelines for the composition of the three
Major Group delegations. But while we are not precluded from being members
of these Groups, we stand to be precluded from participating as the Major
Group recognized within Agenda 21 (and elsewhere within the UN system) as
having unique relationships and historically-based rights to our lands,
ecosystems and natural resources.
During last month's meeting with NGOs, CSD Chair Minister Mayr observed that
he will encourage the discussion of good practice examples in the Dialogue
Segment. The Secretariat, in its proposal to subsume Indigenous Peoples
under the "umbrella" of other Major Groups, risks omitting from the Dialogue
the full and constructive contributions of Indigenous Peoples as experts in
agriculture and land management, as well as disregarding various UN
resolutions and recommendations, including but not limited to:
The Report of the UNCED, which (as noted in General Assembly Resolution
48/163) recognizes
"the vital role of indigenous people and their communities in the
interrelationship between the natural environment and its sustainable
development... including their holistic traditional, scientific knowledge of
their lands, natural resources and environment,"(emphasis ours);
Agenda 21, CH 26, a chapter listed for CSD-8 inclusion by the GA Special
Session/Earth Summit 5 and titled "Recognizing and strengthening the role
of indigenous people and their communities" (especially paras 26.3 a [i]
through [iv];
General Assembly Resolution 48/163 proclaiming the International Decade of
the World's Indogenous People, para 10, in which the General Assembly
"Appeals to... commissions and development institutions and other relevant
organizations of the United Nations system to increase their efforts to take
into special account the needs of indigenous people in their budgeting and
their programming;"
The Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Resolution 1996/38, which
recognizes
"the profound spiritual, cultural, social and economic relationship that
indigenous people have to their total environment and the urgent need to
respect and recognize the rights of indigenous people to their lands and
resources."
and acknowledges that
"indigenous people in certain countries have been deprived of their human
rights and fundamental freedoms and that many of the human rights problems
faced by indigenous peoples are linked to the historical and continuing
deprivation of ancestral rights over lands and resources,"
and its Resolution 1996/36, in which the Subcommission emphasizes the unique
"spiritual connection that indigenous peoples have with the land, and the
relationship of traditional lands with the practice of indigenous religion."
We therefore would like to propose that Indigenous Peoples be included as a
Dialogue Segment organizing partner. We are confident that we will be able
to work in constructive partnership with the CSD Secretariat so that, within
the CSD-8 process and Dialogue Segment, Indigenous Peoples as a Major Group
can participate fully in the discussion of agriculture and land management
issues so vital to their continued sustainable development and cultural survival.
Sincerely,
Carol Kalafatic International Indian
Treaty Council
Beatriz Schulthess Indigenous World Association
Indigenous Peoples Program of the Earth
Council
Vicky Tauli Corpuz Tebetha Foundation
Add you signature and send back to the discussion forum adresse. / Agrege
su firma y mande este mensaje devuelta a la direccion del foro de
discussiones.
indig-csd@ecouncil.ac.cr
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999
Leonard Peltier - UK
November action
November and December are an extremely important time for us to make a strong
push for Leonard's freedom. We need your continued support and help over the
next few weeks, and we can make a significant contribution from this country
in
several ways.
1. TELEPHONE AND LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN
We are asking each and every one of you to telephone and write to the White
House once a week for the duration of November and December.
Throughout the years, many of us have become disillusioned with making phone
calls and writing letters. Many people think that they are a wasted effort,
without any real impact. However, recent experiences have proved to
the contrary. If we all act in a unified and organised way, these calls
are in fact a
very powerful grassroots organising tool. For example, if a few people
call
the White House comments line on a given day with diverse messages, there
probably will not be much impact. However, if 30 people call on the
same day
with the same message, a note is sent to President Clinton that the matter is
of public interest. If we can get 100 calls going each day with the
same
messages, people will really sit up and pay attention.
WHEN DO WE CALL? The LPDC are co-ordinating efforts world-wide, and they have
asked that supporters in the UK, along with France and the Central Region of
the US, should make their calls each Wednesday. Other countries and regions
are
covering other days. Obviously, if you miss Wednesday, it is better to phone
another
day than not at all. I believe that the BT cheap rate to the US starts at 8
p.m., which is 3 p.m. in Washington, so our evening is a good time to ring.
WHO DO WE CALL? The most important call is to the White House comments line,
001-202-456-1111. Don't dial any of the numbers they give you, and you will
get through either to a receptionist or voice-mail (an answering-machine).
The LPDC are also asking US supporters to call their Senators and
Representatives.
The switchboard number for all Congressional offices in Washington DC is
001-202-224-3121. If you wish to leave a message for any member of Congress,
this is the number to use; but at this time we in the UK have no particular
instructions.
WHAT SHOULD WE SAY? It is important to keep the message short and simple and
just make a few basic points. It is not at all necessary to know all the
details. It is just important to call with the same message. The key
points
to make are these:
a. We are calling to demand that Leonard Peltier be freed immediately.
He
has been imprisoned for 23 years for a crime everyone knows he did not commit,
and he is now 55 years of age, and in deteriorating health. He is overdue
for parole. We want him released at once.
b. The FBI carried out many abuses against minority leaders throughout the
1960s and the 1970s right up until Waco. (Senate Majority Leader Trent
Lott
recently said that renewed congressional inquiries into Waco should expand to other
instances in which Justice Department officials may have withheld information about
government conduct.) Leonard Peltier is one of the victims of FBI misconduct
and abuse
of power. The FBI agents forced a witness to sign a false affidavit and
concealed
important ballistic information from the defence at trial that would have showed
Peltier
was innocent. Even the prosecutor has admitted they do not know and could not
prove who killed their agents.
c. This case is not about being soft on crime or terrorism. It is about
being tough on corruption and obstruction of justice.
d. We want to know what both Mr. Gore and Mr. Clinton plan to do about this.
Time is running out for Leonard Peltier.
Try to get friends together who are serious about helping you. Make sure
everyone gets a copy of the basic fact summary about Leonards
case. No one needs to know the details inside out, but people are more
confident if they know a bit about the story, and it is a good way to do
public
education as well. Make sure they also receive these instructions,
about who
to call, and the most important points to mention.
WE NEED FEEDBACK. The receptionists at the White House will usually sound
bored or formal, but this may change as the calls pour in, and some of them
may begin to chat with the callers. You may also get a voice mail, and that
is fine - you do not need to enter a debate with the comments office. What
matters is that they have to keep track of how many calls are coming in, and
they have to send a message upstairs every night that there is a matter of
serious public interest, i.e. Leonard's case. If you can, please call me
back on +44-1995-603866 and let me know how the call went. What did the
people
at the White House comment line say, and how did they react? This helps us
gauge how much they are feeling the pressure. More importantly, every so
often, a receptionist will talk a little about the case and even ask
questions. This helps us find out what the other side is saying. The
feedback is really helpful to the LPDC, and I will e-mail any reaction over
to them.
WHO DO WE WRITE TO? Experience has shown that e-mail and form letters have
little effect, because everyone knows that it is too easy to send multiple
copies. Faxes are better, and best of all are short hand-written letters.
Please would you send regular notes from now until the end of the year to:
President William J Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20500
USA
or fax: 001-202-456-2461
email: president@whitehouse.gov
2. DEMONSTRATION AT THE US EMBASSY, LONDON
There will be a peaceful demonstration at the Embassy in Grosvenor Square on
the day after Thanksgiving Day, Friday 26 November. We shall display
banners, play songs for Leonard and recordings of his voice, hear readings
from his book, and exchange news and information. Supporters will be present
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and we shall welcome anyone who can drop by during
that time. I appreciate that weekdays are difficult/impossible for most
people, but we have been specifically asked by the Defense Committee to stage
a picket during the week "because there probably won't be anybody at home
weekends". Likewise the Embassy is closed on Thanksgiving Day itself.
Thanksgiving Day is a poignant time for all Native Americans. According to
historical legend, the first Thanksgiving was held by the pilgrims to give thanks
to God
for their very survival in North America. They had been saved from starvation
by
kindly Native Americans who taught them about local crops and wildlife. The
pilgrims, in
turn, thanked the Lord and exterminated the tribes. Leonard Peltier is but
one
more of the most recent victims. As people this year sit down to their
feasts,
surrounded by friends and family, we want them to think carefully about the
treatment of all Native Americans, and in particular about Leonard Peltier,
alone in his prison cell.
It is absolutely vital that we put all of our efforts together and make a
strong attempt to free Leonard now, before his health further
deteriorates, before the current momentum is lost, before Clinton leaves
office, and
before another year of Leonard's life is stolen away from him, his people and
his
family.
Please make a serious commitment in whatever way you
can to help free Leonard Peltier before the year 2000.
Thank you.
With all good wishes,
Charles Towers
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FBI Add against Leonard/help counter act it
Please call and fax letters to
Clinton to counteract the current
political push by the FBI to refuse clemency.
An ad urging the President to refuse clemency to Leonard Peltier ran
Tuesday in Roll Call, Capitol Hill's newspaper. Another ad will run
today in the Washington Post.
Read the FBIAA President's Letter to the President of the United States
regarding the killer of two FBI Agents:
http://www.fbiaa.org/letter_to_the_president.htm
"DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: LEONARD PELTIER MURDERED TWO FBI
AGENTS. HE DESERVES NO CLEMENCY."
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee has announced that November
1999, is "Freedom Month for Leonard Peltier."
The Defense Committee and its supporters intend to deliver to President
Clinton a petition asking him to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.
Leonard Peltier is currently serving consecutive life
sentences in a federal penitentiary for the ruthless
murder of two FBI agents. To commute the sentence of
Peltier and allow him to be released would be a tragic injustice
and a moral blow to the entire community of law enforcement
professionals in the United States. For years, supporters of
clemency for Peltier have worked for his release from
prison, taking every opportunity to try to convince the American
public that he does not deserve his punishment. Virtually all of the
pleas and arguments for Peltier's release have been
historically inaccurate. The members of the FBI
Agents Association and the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI
want the President and all Americans to know the facts. Misguided
efforts to obscure or dilute the truth must not
undermine justice in the case of Leonard Peltier.
June 26, 1975, was a hot, dusty Thursday on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in southwestern South Dakota when two
young FBI agents arrived from their office in Rapid City. It was about
noon when Special Agents Ronald A. Williams, 27, and
Jack R. Coler, 28, pulled into the Jumping Bull Compound area of the
remote reservation seeking to arrest a young man in
connection with the recent abduction and assault of
two young ranchers in nearby Manderson, S.D.
Spotting a van in which they believed the fugitive suspect to be
riding, the two agents pursued it toward an open grassy
bowl-like area. Unknown to Special Agents Coler and
Williams, one of the three men in the vehicle was Leonard Peltier, a
violent man with a violent past, a fugitive wanted for
attempted murder of an off-duty Milwaukee police officer. Knowing the
two vehicles pursuing him were occupied by FBI agents
and believing they were seeking to arrest him on the attempted murder
case, Peltier and his two associates abruptly stopped
their vehicle and began firing their rifles at the agents.
Surprised by the sudden violence, outmanned, outgunned
and at an extreme tactical disadvantage, Coler and Williams were
both wounded and defenseless within minutes. Coler
sustained a severe wound, the force of a bullet nearly tearing his right
arm off. Williams, wounded in the left shoulder and right
foot, removed his shirt during the hail of incoming rifle fire and
fashioned a tourniquet around the arm of Coler, who had fallen
unconscious. Coler, a former Los Angeles Police Department sergeant with
two small sons, and Williams, an affable former FBI clerical employee,
were at the mercy of Peltier and his associates. But
there was to be no mercy that day for the fine young law enforcement
officers.
Not satisfied with the terrible injuries they had inflicted, Peltier
and two other men walked down the hill toward the
ambushed agents. Three shots were fired from Peltier's rifle.
Williams, kneeling and apparently surrendering, was shot in the
face directly through his outstretched, shielding hand. He died
instantly. Coler, still unconscious, was shot twice in the head at
close range. He died instantly after the second shot.
The crime scene examination testified to the brutality of the
ambush. Coler and Williams had little chance to defend
themselves. They had fired only five shots. In contrast, over 125
bullet holes were found in their two cars.
Following the June 26 murders, Leonard Peltier fled the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation. The FBI added him to its Ten Most
Wanted list. Then, in November 1975, an Oregon state
trooper stopped a recreational vehicle in which Peltier was hiding.
Peltier ran from the RV, fired at the officer and escaped. Coler's
revolver, stolen when he was murdered, was found in a paper
bag under the front seat of the RV. Peltier's thumbprint was on the
bag.
When later arrested in Canada by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Peltier remarked that, had he known the RCMP
officers were there to arrest him, he would have blown
them out of their shoes. These are not the comments of an innocent
man and portray the true character and violent nature of Leonard
Peltier.
During his trial in U.S. District Court in Fargo, N.D., in April
1977, a jury convicted Peltier of the murders of Coler and
Williams. A judge sentenced him to two consecutive life sentences.
While incarcerated in the Lompoc, California, Federal
Prison, and with outside assistance, Peltier shot his way out of jail,
using a smuggled semi-automatic .223-caliber rifle to make
his escape. A fellow AIM member was killed by guards
during the escape. Several days later, after assaulting a
rancher and stealing his truck, Peltier was captured. He was
tried and convicted of the escape and of being a felon in possession of a
firearm. Separate consecutive prison terms of two and
five years were added to his two consecutive life sentences.
Peltier has since appealed his various convictions numerous times.
Each time, the federal courts have upheld earlier court
actions. The U.S. Supreme Court has twice denied
Peltier review without comment. The record is clear. There
are no new facts. The old facts have not changed and Peltier is
guilty as charged.
Several times on national television, Peltier has admitted to firing
at the two agents. In his most recent public interview,
Peltier has even reluctantly conceded what he had previously denied,
that he had in fact gone down to where the agents were
executed. Still, he openly states that he feels no guilt, remorse, or
even regret for the murders. Leonard Peltier has lived a life
of crime. He has earned and deserves a lifetime of incarceration.
Leonard Peltier is a murderer without compassion or
feeling for his fellow man. In turn, he deserves no
compassion.
Mr. President, there is no justification for relieving Leonard
Peltier from his punishment. Our judicial system has spoken in
this case, again and again. It's time to move on. Leonard Peltier is a
vicious, violent and cowardly criminal who hides behind
legitimate Native American issues. Leonard Peltier was never a leader
in the Native American community. Peltier is simply a
brutish thug and murderer with no respect or regard for human life,
especially when law enforcement officers are involved.
Our citizens, on and off the reservations, must be protected
from predators such as Peltier. Our laws must be respected and
obeyed or the penalty must be paid. The punishment
must also fit the crime--and it does here.
Mr. President, since Leonard Peltier couldn't fool the federal
courts, he is now trying to fool you and the public. He is
shading and hiding the facts--and playing on sympathy.
He and his advocates want to confuse the fact of his guilt with
matters completely extraneous to that fact. Don't let him get
away with it, Mr. President. Sympathy is appropriate only for the dead
heroes and their surviving families. Don't let their sacrifice be
forgotten.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association, P.O. Box 250,
New Rochelle, NY 10801. The Society of Former Special Agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, P.O. Box 1027, Quantico, VA 22134.
The above organizations, which are professional non-governmental
associations, represent over 20,000 active duty and former FBI agents.
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National
Day of Mourning '99
UNITED AMERICAN INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND
Leonard Peltier Support Group
P.O. BOX 697501 QUINCY, MA 02269 (781) 331-3690
e-mail: uaine19@idt.net
Visit our website at: http://idt.net/~uaine19
Dear Sisters and Brothers: November 1, 1999
It is that time of year again when we will soon meet at Cole's Hill in
Plymouth for National Day of Mourning.
This year, National Day of Mourning is part of a month of events dedicated
to Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. The Leonard Peltier Defense
Committee will be having activities in Washington, DC all month. Please
contact the LPDC at (785) 842-5774 for further information about the
Washington activities or visit their website at
http://members.xoom.com/freepeltier/index.html.
We have called for freedom for Leonard Peltier at National Day of Mourning
every year since he was arrested in 1976. Isn't it about time that this
innocent man was freed? We ask everyone reading this letter to renew
efforts to free Leonard now! In particular, we need to put the pressure on
Clinton to grant Leonard clemency before he leaves office.
As a result of last year's settlement with Plymouth, thousands of tourists
every year will see and read two permanent markers to be placed on natural
granite rocks. The first marker will be on Cole's Hill in Plymouth and
provide information about National Day of Mourning. For some of these
tourists, it will be the first time that they have even thought that there
might be a different view of the pilgrim mythology. The second marker will
be in Plymouth's old Town Square and provide information about the great
Wampanoag leader Metacomet (King Philip). At long last, there will be
rocks in Plymouth that represent the truth about history!
Below, u will find an orientation for this year's National Day of Mourning.
We realize this is pretty long, but we are trying to answer the most
commonly asked questions.
Within the next day or two, we will post a flyer for NDOM at our website so
that you can print it, copy it, and distribute it to help spread the word.
We look forward to the circle coming together again in Plymouth this
November 25.
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PLEASE HELP! UAINE is in serious need of monetary donations for Day of
Mourning this year, for paper products and other items for the social, for
subsidized seats on buses, for printing and mailing, sound and stage, you
name it! Please give whatever you can afford to help with this historic
event.
NAME:___________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
TEL.:________________________ E-MAIL:___________________
(Please make checks or money orders payable to UAINE and mail to P.O. Box
697501, Quincy, MA 02269. Thank you!)
WHAT IS NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING? An annual tradition since 1970,
National Day of Mourning is a solemn, spiritual and highly political day.
Many of
us fast from sundown the day before through the afternoon of that day (and
have a social after National Day of Mourning so that participants in NDOM
can break their fasts). We are mourning our ancestors and the genocide of
our peoples and the theft of our lands.
NDOM is a day when we mourn, but we also feel our strength in political
action. Over the years, Plymouth Rock has been buried a number of times,
the Mayflower has been boarded, ku klux klan sheets were placed on the
statue of William Bradford, etc.
WHEN AND WHERE IS NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING? Thursday, November 25, 1999
(U.S. "thanksgiving" day) at 12 noon SHARP on Cole's Hill in Plymouth,
Massachusetts. (Cole's Hill is the hill above Plymouth Rock in the
Plymouth historic waterfront area.)
WILL THERE BE A MARCH? There will be a march this year through the
historic district of Plymouth. Plymouth agreed, as part of the settlement
of 10/19/98, that no permit will be needed for participants in Day of Mourning to
march.
DRUMS: Native drummers and singers are welcomed.
PROGRAM: Although we welcome our non-Native supporters to stand with us,
it is a day when Native people only speak about our history and what is
going on with us now, such as the continued imprisonment of Leonard Peltier
and Indigenous struggles that are taking place throughout the Americas.
Speakers are by invitation only.
We would like to know in advance what Native organizations will be in
attendance at NDOM. Not everyone will be able to speak, but we do want to
welcome everyone, especially guests from out of town.
VENDORS/LITERATURE: NDOM is neither a pow-wow nor a day to make money or
entertain the tourists. We do not allow anyone to buy or sell merchandise
at NDOM under any circumstances. There are 364 other days in the year when
people can do so. If you have literature that is free, we will provide a
place for you to put it. If you try to sell literature or other
merchandise, our Peacekeepers will ask you to stop. Native elders involved
with UAINE and Day of Mourning since 1970 have been very clear on this
point. The only exception is that we usually have a blanket dance to raise
funds for the Peltier Defense Committee and UAINE.
POT-LUCK SOCIAL: There will be a pot-luck social following NDOM. We ask
that you respect our custom that elders, women and children eat first.
Please bring something with you to eat or drink (no alcohol) to contribute
to the pot-luck, but please do NOT bring anything that has not been cooked.
The hall we are using will have extremely limited kitchen facilities, so
we may not even be able to reheat everything; as a result, plan to bring
prepared foods that taste okay even if they cannot be reheated. Please do
not expect a full turkey dinner with all the fixings.
WEATHER: It is often cold and very windy. We cannot predict whether
there
will be rain or snow. Please dress for the weather. Dress in layers,
and
remember that you will be standing outside on cold ground for at least a
couple of hours. We have made arrangements for a place nearby where
elders, children and others who need to do so can get in out of the cold
and have some hot chocolate or coffee.
VOLUNTEERS: Volunteers are needed for many tasks. We have asked the
Boston chapter of the National Peoples Campaign to coordinate volunteers
and housing. Please contact them at (617) 522-6626 or npcboston@yahoo.com
TRANSPORTATION: Limited bus seats will be available from the following
cities.
Boston: Contact the NPC at (617) 522-6626.
New York: Contact the NPC at (212) 633-6646.
Baltimore: Contact the NPC at (410) 235-7040.
United American Indians of New England (781)
331-3690
uaine19@idt.net
Announcing the Metacom Education Project, Inc.
As part of the historic 1998 settlement between Plymouth and United
American Indians of New England, Plymouth has donated money to a Native
educational fund called the Metacom Education Project, Inc.
We are pleased to announce the first grants awarded by the Project:
o A grant of $2,500 to the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee for assistance
in educating the public about Leonard Peltier's case.
o A grant of $5,000 to the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB)
for a series of community educational workshops proposed by the Center.
In addition, the Project has sponsored a number of educational
presentations in schools and elsewhere this year.
In 2000, we expect to have a program in place to provide scholarships to
Native students attending Massachusetts institutions of higher education.
We also plan to develop Native curriculum and other educational resource
materials.
Please contact us if you are interested in donating to this exciting
Project, if you know of an organization that gives grants to organizations
such as the Project, or for more information.
Metacom Education Project, Inc.
P.O. Box 697512
Quincy, MA 02269
metedpro@netscape.net
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November 01, 1999
Genetic Engineering
Action Alert! Call for Labeling!
Unlabeled, untested and you're eating it.
In secret, genetically engineered foods are showing up on American grocery
shelves. Though other countries now label biotech food, the U.S. FDA still
does not require labels or safety tests. Don't you have the right to know
what's in your food? And if it's safe for your family?
(You can find a copy of the ad in the front section of today's New York
Times, or download it from the Turning Point Project's website at
<http://www.turnpoint.org This was a full page
ad.
CALL TO ACTION:
*Cut out the Turning Point Project ad from the New York Times and bring it
to your grocery store manager. Ask that the store label all genetically
engineered foods, and that they require food companies to do the same.
*Cut out another copy of the ad and mail it with a letter to the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA, the agency responsible for labeling your
foods as genetically engineered). In the letter, mention your support for
the lawsuit asking for stronger safety testing and mandatory labeling of
all genetically engineered foods. Mention the following case name and
docket number: Alliance for Bio-Integrity v. Shalala, Docket Number
98-1300 (CKK).
Mail to:
Jane Henney, Commissioner
Food & Drug Administration
5600 Fisher Lane, Room 1471
Rockville, MD 20857
execsec@oc.fda.gov
================================================
*Contact the EPA in support of the lawsuit that asks the agency to take GMO
crops that contain Bt (corn, cotton, and potatoes) off the market until
further testing is done to evaluate their environmental risks and potential
threats to organic farmers. Mention the following case name and docket
number: Greenpeace International v. Browner, Docket Number 99-389 (LFO).
Mail to:
Carol M. Browner, Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency
401 M St., SW, Room W1200
Washington, DC 20460
BROWNER.CAROL@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
*The following companies were among those listed as having products that
tested positive for genetically engineered ingredients. Please call them
and express your concern.
Nabisco (Snackwells granola bars): 1-800-8NABNET (1-800-862-2638)
General Mills (Total Corn Flakes, Bac-Os bacon bits): 1-(800) 328-1144
Heinz (Heinz 2 Baby Cereal): 1-800-USA-BABY (1-800-872-2229)
Kellogg's (Corn Flakes): 1-800-962-1413
Nestle (Carnation Alsoy Infant formula): 1-818 549 6818
Visit www.turnpoint.org for more phone
numbers, or to get a complete list
of foods that tested positive for genetically engineered ingredients.
More Ways You Can Help:
*Write a letter to the Editor of the New York Times or your local
newspaper. Refer them to the ad you saw. Tell them you support our
advertisements and would like to see follow-up stories on these
topics. Letters to the New York Times can be sent to:
Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Fax (212) 556-3622
e-mail: letters@nytimes.com
*Eat organic foods. No private organic certifier in the U.S. allows
genetically engineered foods to be considered organic. Currently, eating
organic is the only way to insure G.E. free food.
*Keep organic organic. Write a letter to the US Department of Agriculture
and demand that no loopholes be included in National Organic Standards that
would allow any genetically engineered foods to be considered
organic. Here's the address for the USDA National Organic Program:
Mail to:
Keith Jones
Program Manager, USDA-AMS-TM-NOP
Room 2510 - S
AG Stop 0275
PO Box 96456
Washington D.C. 20090-6456
Or e-mail: keith.jones@usda.gov
*Invite a speaker from one of the groups listed in our resource guide to
come and give a talk to your community about issues of genetic engineering
that affect you.
*Hang these ads in your office, school, church, and home. Help spread the
word about genetic engineering.
*Ask all candidates for office where they stand on genetic engineering.
For a copy of the ad contact:
The Turning Point Project
310 D Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
1-800-249-8712
<http://www.turnpoint.org
email: info@turnpoint.org
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FDA Opens Public Comment Period on GMOs
(Genetically Modified Organisms)
**************************
For the first time in 7 years, the FDA has opened a public comment period
on its policies concerning genetically modified organisms. This is an
opportunity for concerned citizens to tell the FDA that they don't want
GMOs contaminating our food supply and the environment.
Tell the FDA what you think about GMOs!
The public meetings are being held in Chicago, Washington, D.C. and
Oakland. If you live in or near one of these cities, please consider making
a public comment during the meeting.
If you are not able to or interested in attending a meeting, please send
the FDA your comments by email. They will accept public comments through
January 13, 2000.
For the dates of the meetings and more information about registration and
making public comments, please visit the following URL on the Greenpeace
USA Web site:
<http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/features/fdacomments.htm
Mail to:
Jane Henney, Commissioner
Food & Drug Administration
5600 Fisher Lane, Room 1471
Rockville, MD 20857
execsec@oc.fda.gov
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Petition to Secure the Mandatory Labeling
of all Genetically Engineered Foods
Submitted to the President of the United States,
Congress, USDA and FDA
Sign the Petition :::
http://www.safe-food.org/-campaign/petition.html
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Newsgroups: alt.save.the.earth
Here are the personal email addresses of several important men in the
globalization process.
Merci de faire circuler et de diffuser largement.
The World Trade Organization is the star attraction in the "Millennium
Trade Round" in Seattle Nov. 30th.
Mike Moore is the new Secretary-General of the WTO. (OMC)
His address is mike.moore@wto.org That
simple. (he answers his email)
Perhaps you'd like to wish him "Bon Voyage" to Seattle!
MONSANTO BOARD'S EMAIL ADDRESSES: Write Monsanto!
Monsanto is the leader in "life sciences" technology, we're sure you
have a strong opinion on the subject. (GMO's & GE Food)
The following are the personal, corporate email addresses of the
chairman of the board of Monsanto etc. so if you wish, you can now
tell THEM exactly how YOU feel.
BE POLITE!
Robert B. Shapiro, is the chairman of the board and chief executive
officer of Monsanto.
His address is: rbshap@ccmail.monsanto.com
(he answers his email)
Richard U. De Schutter is the chief administrative officer ofMonsanto
His address is: rudesc@ccmail.monsanto.com
(he answers his email )
Jacobus F,.M. Peters is a member of the board's finance, dividend and
public policy committee.
His address is: jfm.peters@tip.nl (he answers
his email)
We couldn't find Mickey Kantor's email. (ex member of Clinton's
cabinet he's on Monsanto's board)
Here's all we got: phone. 001 202 263 3295 fax. 001 202 263 3460
Perhaps you have friends who would also like to make their feelings
known to Mr. Moore, Mr. Shapiro & Co., please send these addresses on
to all of those (mailing lists, friends, organizations etc.) you feel
would make good use of them.
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GM Christmas tree would glow
Frustrated fiddling with Christmas tree fairy lights could
become a thing of the past as genetic engineers have
proposed a tree which grows its own lights.
The idea for glowing pine needles was dreamed up by
five postgraduate students at the University of
Hertfordshire, UK, as their entry in a biotechnology
competition.
It is a perfectly possible proposition, as genetic
engineers elsewhere have already created glowing mice,
silk and potatoes.
'Only problem cost'
Neurophysiology student Katy Presland, 29, said:
"We're talking about a green luminescent Christmas tree
that glows in the dark and produces a noticeable light
during the day.
"It is quite feasible. The only problem in reality is the
cost," she added.
"We calculate that the initial trees would cost about
£200, which means going for the upper end of the
market. But I'm sure a lot of people would love them,
especially the Americans."
Jellyfish and fireflies
The team detail a plan to modify a Douglas spruce with
two genes to make it illuminate. These would taken from
fluorescent jellyfish and fireflies. The first gene produces
a substance called green fluorescent protein (GFP),
while the second results in an enzyme called luciferase.
The trees would be modified by infecting seedlings with a
harmless bacterium carrying the genes. A chemical
compound called luciferin is needed to activate
luciferase, which in turn "switches on" GFP and makes
it glow.
In the case of the luminous Douglas spruce, the luciferin
would be mixed into a special fertilizer sold with the tree.
The genes for green fluorescence have been widely used
by genetic engineers because they allows scientists to
see at a glance whether an attempt to introduce a gene
into an organism has been successful.
Blue fluorescent proteins have also been discovered and,
last month, a red fluorescent protein was found in a
coral. This means that, in theory, the GM Christmas tree
could grow its own multicoloured lights.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_484000/484809.stm
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SCIENTISTS CLOSE TO UNRAVELING DNA CODE OF A
HUMAN CHROMOSOME
from The Associated Press
LONDON - An international team of researchers says it is on the verge of a
milestone toward what experts call one of the most important scientific
accomplishments ever - unraveling for the first time the genetic pattern of
a human chromosome.
The team, involving British, U.S. and Japanese scientists, is part of a
worldwide collaboration known as the Human Genome Project, which aims to
reveal the structure of the estimated 100,000 genes in human DNA.
That will help scientists better understand what can go wrong in the body
and how to fix it.
<http://www.nandotimes.com/healthscience/story/0,1080,500048130-500078736-50
0224282-0,00.html
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GLAXO SAYS GENE BREAKTHROUGH CLOSE
from The Wall Street Journal
Bypassing more conventional channels, Glaxo Wellcome disclosed Tuesday that
it is close to identifying the human genes that may be an underlying cause
of three common but hard-to-treat diseases: adult-onset diabetes, migraine
headaches and psoriasis.
At a genetics conference in San Francisco, Allen Roses, the British
drugmaker's co-director of exploratory science, reported that Glaxo
researchers are close to identifying the three previously unknown genes
using a technology that is rapidly transforming pharmaceutical research.
Glaxo already is launching an intensive research campaign to determine how
two of the genes -- the one for migraine and the one for diabetes -- work
inside the human body. The company's ultimate goal is to understand why
people born with certain versions of the genes develop illnesses while those
who inherit other versions usually don't. Glaxo hopes that understanding the
basic biology behind diabetes, migraines and psoriasis, a vexing skin
ailment, will quickly lead it to develop profitable medicines to treat the
illnesses or even help prevent them.
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TO MAKE A MOUSE
from The News & Observer
Four-Part Series
In a UNC-Chapel Hill laboratory, Andrew Xiao is trying to engineer a mouse
genetically susceptible to brain cancer. For cancer research, Xiao's work
could be important. For the young Ph.D. candidate's future, it's crucial.
<http://www.news-observer.com/tri/mouse/
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The Hunger Site at the U.N.
Just Visit this Site & Feed the Hungry!
Sponsors donate food by your visit!
http://www.thehungersite.com
Teen Hemp & Bead Project FREE!!!
http://www.nfobase.com/html/hemp_choker.htm
Petition to Secure the Mandatory Labeling
of all Genetically Engineered Foods
Submitted to the President of the United States,
Congress, USDA and FDA
Sign the Petition :::
http://www.safe-food.org/-campaign/petition.html
CryptoSpooks & Chaos :::
http://serendipity.nofadz.com/cia/bz1.htm
AMERI-ADVOCATE FEATURED
PETITIONS FOR
OCTOBER 1999
***************
Save
Our Children, Communities, Civil, & 1st Amendment Rights
"Claudia White" msdarkstar@excite.com
Happy Halloween from Salt Lake City,
This is the most extensive computer outreach public information
effortundertaken in the history of Mankind, and lovingly
calledAntidisestablishmentarism. For the debut of our theme song
"Justice"
and further information visit my web page:
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/foosballworld1/index.html
Many years of hard work and strategic planning
have been put toward
this effort of information gathering, and presentation by thousands
ofvolunteers. Myself and a cherished friend, that shall remain
anonymous,have deadicated 21 years of our lives to this production.
We are a coalition of non-affliated individuals, and non
profit
organizations, each with a specific job to do in order to improve the way
of life for children, communities, ending the drug war, call for nuclear
disarmerment, immediate reversal on the US Senate Vote on the CTBT, the
signing of that document by the US and to confront the politicians who
havecaused this disaster, in other words get our civil rights back from
Uncle Sam and his buddies, and making the world a better place for all of us.
All efforts are being done a volunteer basis.
Feel Free to contact each organization on how you might assist in
doing
your part in standing up for individual rights and world peace.
The Drug Reform Coordination Network can be contacted by visiting:
http://www.drcnet.org
Truly Grateful,
Claudia White BS,CT
1999 Utah Woman Table Soccer Player of The Year
___________________
Olympic Scandal & The Cover Up Of Police Brutality
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/6256/Soclissues/Olyscan.html
My Name is Claudia White. I am a 35 year old single, caucasian
(Czech, Native American, Irish decent), well educated (University
Of Utah Graduate), Woman. I am also an athlete, a foosball
player.
I volunteer my time to the American Foosball Association for Save
Our Children and Communities, as well as many other organizations.
I have been an active volunteer in my community for several
years.
In 1994-95 I recieved the Voulonteer of The Year Award from the
Utah Department Of Corrections for the drug rehabilitation classes
I facilitated for Cocaine and other types of drugs at the Utah State
Prison, Decker Lake and several other lock down facilities.
I now have a civil rights suit against Salt Lake City
Corporation.
I am being censored and ignored in Salt Lake City due to the
Olympic
Scandal and other priorities of Governor Micheal Leavitts, which
is fund raising, moon lighting for Boyer& Co. and doing Y2K
commercial
for the local banks, while ignoring the fact that SLC is #1 in the
Nation for Rape, Burglary, and Meth Labs since he has been in office.
It is a sad day when my rights and freedom of speech are
censored
by the majority of press, radio, and media in America. And yet I
can recieve correspondence from Sons Of Afrika about the rights
of the KKK being protected and held high by the federal government
of the US:"Friend of those in power in New York City have won
court
approval for the Ku Klux Klan to hold a white power, white supremist
rally this Saturday October 23, 1999 in NYC.Not only that, but the
court has upheld the KKK's right to wear traditional white hoods,
to conceal their identities while they shout out calls for the
extermination
of Sons and Daughters of Afrika,since they, the sons/daughters of
Europe can no longer own us,as they did our progenitors. So before
NYC celebrates the last (fake) [racist]christian millenium,in the
last (fake) [racist]christian empore - SOA hopes that our 2 million
descendants will confront the enemies of our fathersand mothers,
those with sheet and those without and send them a message yo
!" SOA
Defense
So hear is the message: This is the proper use
of The Klu Klux
Klan Act of 1964, Section 42 U.S.C. 1983...."Under the color of
the Law a Political Official cannot deprive a citizen of their civil
rights.....The following is information on the Organizations I
volunteer
for and also the story behind my Civil Rights Law suit in Salt Lake
City.
The American Foosball Association is helping to fend
off drug
sales and street crime that is threatening to overrun our neighborhoods
of modest, middle class families. As part of this effort the AFA
members have formed S.O.C.C, Save Our Community and Children. We
want to offer youngsters a structured alternative to hanging out
on the streets. Realizing a dream to support athletic, public service,
and recreational programs. We envision drawing hundreds of children
and teenagers from the streets to an area that has lacked sufficient
after school alternatives for the youth. With AFA members
help,
we can turn neighborhoods back over to the homeowner's, and give
their children a chance to get out of the house and play in a safe
environment.
The A.F.A. is a non-profit association. As part of our
mission
we believe that something must be done about the growing juvenile
crime in the U.S.A.; therefore we will donate a new or used table
to any youth center in America. If you need a table or would like
to donate a table to be given away in your name, you may do so.
The cost for a new table is $300.00 plus shipping. A plaque will
be put on the table stating your name or association (if you would
like - optional). If you have an old table the A.F.A. will pay all
shipping & handling to reclaim, recondition and place in a youth
center of our choice or yours - please contact us @ 1-888-FOOSING.
It is very important to the A.F.A. to intervene and set a
proper
example for today's youth - if we don't lead our youth then who
will? All donations are tax deductible.
The life or lives you save today will be an investment in
the
future of tomorrow. AGAIN ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
For more information about how you can make a difference
for the
young adults in your community, E-mail us today!
foosball@gnv.fdt.net
As you know I have a notice of claims(inadmissible as
evidence
under Fed. R. Evid. 408 as an offer to compromise) filed with SLC
Corp. for the Mayor and City Council of Salt Lake City Corporation,
451 South State Street, Suite 415, Salt Lake City 84111. Which reads:
1. Brief Statement of FactsPursuant to Utah Code Ann.
63-30-11(3)(a)(i),
Ms. White, by and through counsel, states the facts giving rise
to her claim, based on currently available information and belief as
follows:*
On April 19, 1999, Ms. White was subjected to the use of excessive
force by an Officer of the SLCPD. On that day, Ms. White, was sitting
in [Liberty] Park next to the World War I commemorative statue and,
ironically, reading the US Constitution [and case summaries].
While
reading, Ms. White saw police officers sweeping through the Park
and requiring others to leave. Ms. White then approached a female
Officer of SLCPD. The Officer spoke to Ms. White and told her to
leave the Park. Ms. White asked "why?" and the Officer
responded,
"because."In an effort to comply with the Ofiicer's request,
Ms.
White then went to pick up her [library] book, which she had left
sitting
next to the statue. When she stooped down to pick up the book,
Ms. White
was shoved [5 times] by a male Officer from the SLCPD, the book
was ripped from her hands by the Officer, she was hit in her leg
twice by the Officer with his baton. As she was being hit, Ms.
White said, "What are you doing hitting me, I'm a woman? Don't hit
me!" After Ms. White was beaten by the Officer, she asked if
she
was under arrest and recieved no response. Ms. White was not
charged
with a crime and posed a threat to no one. There was no offer of
Medical assistance. Ms. White left the Park and eventually
collapsed
in the parking lot outside the Church of Christ on 13th South and
7 East. She was unable to walk.
My friends and I left the park and stood,
with permission, on
the corner of 1300 South and 600 East by the Park Cafe'. Cheif
Ruben Ortega showed up at about 7:20 pm, at which time he sent
approximately25 officers in full riot gear across the street in a
military march.
The officers marched behind bullet proof sheilds with automatic
rifles pointed at the back of our heads, and made us walk to the
park across the street at which time they left. None of us were
arrested, nor read our rights. The police did not call in any
medical
back up to help the injured nor did they re-open Liberty Park so
that we could get our vehicles. This was a show of force in an
attempt to change the community in which I grew up in and have been a
vital part of for 35 years.
During my research on civil rights I
found a book entitled: Getting
Uncle Sam to Enforce Your Civil Rights, United States Commission
on Civil Rights, Clearinghouse Publication 59. Which states under
Law
Enforcement...
Federal criminal civil rights prohibits law
enforcement agents
from conspiring to interfere with federally protected rights under
color of law, or using or conspiring to use force, or threat of
force, to interfere with the free exercise of your civil rights.
To report criminal activities that
constitute violation of civil
rights [by police or politician] contact: US Department of Justice,
Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, 10th St. & Constitution
Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20530, (202)514-1412 Fax: (202)514-303.
If you are victim of gender-motivated
violence in which the level
of violence under State and Federal law constitutes a felony, the
is a Federal, civil remedy under the Violence Against Women Act
1994. To make use of this remedy it is not required that charges
be filed or there be a conviction. Unlike other civil actions,
this action is not brought by the government, but by private individual
through an attorney.
For further information about
Violence Against Women Act, contact:
US Department of Justice, Violence Against Women Office, 10 St
& Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20530, (202)616-8894,
Fax:(202)307-3911.
Please join me in my protest against Violence, the
Drug War,
and Poverty globally by Boycotting the 2002 Olympic Games. And
supporting the following organizations.
Children of Chernobyl
http://www.adiccp.org/contents.html
Save Our Children and Communities
http://www.foosball.org/
DRCNet: Cops Against the Drug War
http://www.drcnet.org/cops/cops.html
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
http://www.famm.org
If we join hands as a world community and stand up for our rights
we can stop the Hate, therefore the war on Human Rights and individuals
rights of equal opportunity as well as protection. We can through
unity follow in the image of the great Martin Luther King, Jr. who
had a dream that all men were created equal. He had the audacity
to believe that as a human being we had the right to 3 square meals
a day. Now days eating is a privilege for the sick and suffering
children of the world, a world in which it is a crime to be
impoverished,
yet the powers that be, force the average person into below average
financial conditions. We must unite, before its just much to
late.
My Father taught me about Martin Luther King Jr, and taught me to
live by these words, "I'd rather die in abject poverty than with
a lack of self esteem", and I will die for those words.
A Boycott of the 2002 Olympic Games could be a simple easy
platform
on which to obtain World Peace, liberty and justice for all. Its
time for the 13 year long Drug War in America to be over. This
tragedy in American history declared by Ronald Reagan has turned
out to be a war on culture. A rich culture that has its roots in
the early 60's, with Timothy Leary, the Merry Prankster, and Drugs
like LSD. Today am person would be sent to prison on a mandatory
minimum sentence of ten years for being using "spiritual"
drugs
to have a 60's experience, however on the other hand, anyone can
buy Al Capones poison, alcohol, 24 hours a day with the blessing
of the federal, and state government in America. Its time that
we as American and World Citizens take back the right to our heritage,
our history. Such sacred treasures as our ancestory cannot be outlawed
by any government, or taken away by any police force or military.
These are not made by Man, but a blessings from God, and must be
protected
as such.
The only way for true peace is through Unity; unity has
never
meant uniformity. True unity comes through the ethics of diversty
and consensus. This ideally is what the Olympics stand for, world
unity through diversity and truce. Obviously none of these aspects
of the Olympics are represented in Utah by the Politicians, or the
Corporations they represent. Maybe then we can invest $269
Billion
US dollars in victims of National Defense like those in Columbia,
and disasters such as Chernobyl, instead of the criminals that have
caused them or choose to look away from the faces of the dying
children.
Sincerely,
Claudia K. White BS, CT(ASCP)
1999 Utah Foosball Player Woman Of The Year
http://angelfire.com/ut/foosballworld1/index.html
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Speak
Out for Black Mesa!
All Day Friday October 29, 1999 and
All Day
Monday November 1, 1999
Phone Calling, Faxing, Letter Writing:
Please be polite, keep a copy and share any replies with ISCO! Thank you.
5:00 am-
2:00 pm Pacific Standard Time:
Contact: President Bill Clinton
(202) 456-1111
The White
House (202) 456-2461 Fax
1600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington
DC 20500 president@whitehouse.gov
United
States of America
-- Ask him to issue an Executive Order forbidding any forced evictions of
traditional Dine'h (Navajo) from the HPL in Arizona. Remind him the next
"deadline" is February 1, 2000. Urge him to show his commitment to
human
rights here at home. Suggest this is his opportunity to leave the legacy
of his presidency by righting the wrongs against American Indians.
Contact: Asst. Attorney General Eric
Holder
United
States Department of Justice
PO Box
44378 (202) 514-2101
Washington
DC 20026 (202) 514-0467 Fax
cc:
Attorney General Janet Reno (address above)
-- Ask Mr. Holder to *not* ask the US District Court for, nor enforce
eviction notices for the Dine'h from the Hopi Partition Lands in
northeastern Arizona. Express your concern that the DOJ handle this
non-violently, with sensitivity to the Elders and different culture of the
Dine'h People. The DOJ should halt any threatening actions against US
citizens whose beliefs counter US policies that directly affect their
children, such as the traditional Dine'h resisting forced relocation from
the HPL (regardless of their "Accommodation Agreement" lease status).
Regardless of any perceived land dispute between the Hopi and Navajo, or
any settlement between the Hopi Tribe and United States, forced relocation
continues to violate traditional Dine'h (Navajo) religious, civil and
human rights. Forcing Dine'h to sign leases to settle legal claims the
Hopi Tribe has with the US is neither permanent or fair. The US must be
more "accommodating" in their problem solving and learn to stop bullying
American Indians. Remind him of the terrible outcome of their raid on the
Branch Dividians at Waco, Texas and ask him to avoid another national
tragedy! Instead, the DOJ should protect the human rights of the Dine'h.
For More Info:
isco@efn.org
Indigenous Support Coalition of
Oregon
PO Box 11715 Eugene, OR 97440
(541) 683-2789
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Urgent
Ward Valley alert
From: "Save Ward Valley" swv1@ctaz.com
BREAKING NEWS! U.S. Government breaks promise to Native Nations and public to
stop proposed Ward Valley Dump Project, betrays environment and tribes!
California Governor Davis appoints nuclear industry-dominated committee
to "study" issue.
Call Tom Fry at the U.S. Interior Department --(202) 208-3801
* Tell the Interior Dept. it is unacceptable they
have failed to terminate the Dump Project as promised
Call Governor Davis today -- (916) 445-2841
* Call Davis now! Tell him that the
public has no confidence in the biased task force and that the people will stop the
dump, no matter what it takes.
TELL THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES AND STOP THE DUMP NOW!
In a disturbing turnabout and betrayal, both the federal government and
Governor Gray Davis have broken their promises to stop the dump once
and for all. The Bureau of Land Management refuses to return the
State's
application for the land as promised, and Governor Davis has assembled a
task force made up primarily of nuclear waste generators to determine
the fate of Ward Valley.
The first meeting of the Task Force will be November 17 at UCLA in Los
Angeles. Join hundreds of activists for a demonstration against the
dump.
VISIT THE GREENACTION WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ON
THIS ACTION ALERT
http://www.greenaction.org
*************
Route & shedule, introductory info:
[To encourage local Global Peace Walk events around the world]
October 27, 1999
PLEASE RECYCLE, RECOPY AND PASS-IT-ON TO 10 OTHER PEOPLE...
GLOBAL PEACE WALK
c/o Yucca Foundation [501(c)3]
Phone: 415-863-2084
Voicemail & Updates: 415-267-1877
e-Fax: 413-895-8588
e-mail: <GPZONE2000@aol.com
web: <www.globalpeacenow.org
P.O. Box 170245
San Francisco, CA 94117-0245
http://www.globalpeacenow.org/route.html
(check for updates)
Schedule: United Nations 55th anniversary Global Peace Walk 2000
San Francisco - Washington DC - New York / U.N.
1/15/2000 - 10/9/2000 - 10/24/2000
January 15th, Sat., 9am (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday)
Depart SF War Memorial
Building site of UN charter creation
January 16th, Sun. - San Jose
January 17th, Mon. - Oakland - (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March)
January 21st, 22nd, Fri., Sat. - Santa Cruz
January 23rd, Sun. - Monterey
January 24th, Mon. - Big Sur
January 26th, Wed. - Cambria
January 27th, Thur. - San Luis Obispo, noon at County Govt. Center
late afternoon at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant gate
January 28th, Fri. - Vandenberg Air Force Base
January 29th, Sat. - UC Santa Barbara, noon, StorkeTower @ PeaceTree
January 30th, Sun. - Santa Barbara City Hall Plaza, noon ceremony
February 1st, Tues. - Ventura City Hall, noon ceremony
(Big Mountain Support Day - relocation deadline date)
February 3rd, Thur. - Bakersfield
February 4th, Fri. - Keene (Cesar Chavez Memorial Ceremony)
February 4th, 5th, 6th, Fri., Sat., Sun. - Tehachapi
February 5th, Sat. - Los Angeles
February 13th, Sun. - Nevada Nuclear Test Site
February 25th, Fri. - Flagstaff, Arizona (large walk to Big Mountain)
February 28th, Mon. - Big Mountain, Arizona
April 8th, Sat. - Santa Fe, New Mexico
April 9th - 21st - Global Peace Zone Ceremonies/Gatherings
(at various locations in New Mexico)
April 19th, Wed. - 22nd, Sat. - Global Peace Walk - Santa Fe to Taos
April 22nd, Sat. - Taos, New Mexico (Earth Day 2000 Ceremony)
Dates to be Announced:
Oklahoma: Oklahoma City
Kansas: Leavenworth, Kansas City
Missouri: Kansas City, St. Louis
Note: St. Louis will be the gathering point for all people to walk to
Washington D.C., sometime at the beginning of August. At this time, we have
not decided the route to Washington DC, or to East Coast & New York City.
October 9-12th, - Washington DC (Columbus Day "Rediscovery" events)
October 24, 2000, 55th anniversary of the United Nations in New York City
The Public is encouraged to bring or collect donations for Global Peace Walk
2000: Food, Survival Supplies, Cash/Checks, Support Vehicles, Cell Phones,
Camping Gear, Clothing & Shoes, Office Equipment, Lap Top Computers,
Volunteers, Fund-raisers & Financial Supporters.
Those who would like to be a part of Global Peace Walk 2000 in any way and
volunteer, can contact us and tell us what you would like to do.
GPZone2000@aol.com
Global Peace Walk 2000 will take its first step on January 15, 2000, Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, from the War Memorial Building in San
Francisco (Herbst Theater site of creation of United Nations Charter on June
26, 1945) bringing out the prayer of "Global Peace Now!" as a universal
human resolve to spread across the United States and The Globe.
Along the way, the Peace Walkers will be carrying petitions, messages &
information to educate & network with people & groups on the following
issues: Abolition 2000 - A Call to Ban Nuclear Weapons Worldwide;
Protecting our Land & Life, Environmental and Social problem solving;
Native American issues (e.g., Leonard Peltier clemency; Big Mountain Dineh
relocation, AZ; Ward Valley nuclear waste dump, CA; Nevada Nuclear Test Site
and Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump - Shoshone treaty violations);
Sustainable Global Economy (e.g., Permaculture, Industrial Hemp
re-legalization); Alternative Healing/Medicine; Cannabis Medicine
re-legalization, Global Conflict Resolution by Creating a Culture of Peace
and a Spiritual United Nations; the World Thirteen Moon Calendar Change
Peace Movement; Peace Pagoda Project; Global Peace Zone Project; Proper
Funding for New-Energy Technology Research and Development; and other
survival issues that people bring to us along the way.
On October 9, 2000 (Columbus Day Monday holiday observing 1000 year
anniversary of Leif Eriksson to America), the Global Peace Walk will arrive
in Washington DC and bring the petitions & a "Message of Peace" to our
governmental leaders. The walk will arrive in New York City at the United
Nations on October 24th, 2000 (United Nations Day, 55th UN Charter
ratification anniversary) bringing the petitions & a "Message of Peace" to
our world government leaders, and reaffirm the original principles of the
United Nations Charter, to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of
war" and to "reaffirm faith in the dignity of human rights" and to
"live
together in peace."
Since the Global Peace Walk project was initiated in 1995 walking from New
York City to San Francisco for the United Nations 50th anniversary, the
Global Peace Walk has received hundreds of letters and proclamations of
support from religious, political, community and cultural leaders towards
the creation of a worldwide Global Peace Zone.
For more information, see updates at http://www.globalpeacenow.org
and also http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html
If
you can help with internet and local outreach in your area please offer your
inspiration and messages by joining our coordinators email group list at the
following site where previous posts are archived
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk
Living on the Globe with Our Friends,
Global Peace Walkers
Thank you very much on behalf of Global Peace
Walk2000
-----------------------general info release:
Please offer your letter of support for "Global Peace Now!" as a universal
human resolve, including your peace message and survival issue message, so
that we can carry it with other messages for global peace with the Global
Peace Walk2000.
Your embrace of Global Peace Walk 2000 can make a significant contribution
to the genuine cause of global peace, justice, environmental healing, and
prosperity for all. http://www.globalpeacenow.org
To accomplish these goals we urge you to help us echo the prayer for "Global
Peace Now!" until this sound becomes the universal human resolve that can
actually achieve these goals by developing a comprehensive Global Culture of
Peace that integrates science, art, and spirituality (the highest form of
politics) into a worldwide Global Peace Zone2000.
Since the political United Nations came to this Earth, war, crime, violence,
oppression, and belligerent confrontations have increased around the world.
Following the guidance of indigenous spiritual messengers like the late Hopi
Prophecy interpreter Thomas Banyacya, we must create a Spiritually United
Nations to end war and violence by correcting human thinking into harmony
with the Natural World Order. To do this we must recognize that above any
perceived differences we are all human beings on this Mother Earth; male and
female, but only one human race. We must redirect human activity away from
war and violence towards correcting environmental and social imbalances
before it becomes too late so save all life on Earth from increasing
disasters and weapons of mass destruction.
To recognize these facts, and to offer The Message of Peace to the people
and governments of the world, Global Peace Walk 2000 will be conducted from
San Francisco, California, on the January 15, 2000, Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday anniversary to New York City for the 55th United Nations
anniversary October 24, 2000. On October 12, 2000, Columbus Day, the walk
will be in Washington, DC, to conduct a circle of hands ceremony, with
perhaps over a million people including world leaders, a ceremony to
rededicate the Washington Monument as a Symbol of The Message of Peace.
Vikings and Columbus discovered America, but Future Generations must
rediscover this whole Globe and foster a Global Consciousness for peace.
Our ancestors left the message, "Someday all human beings recognize
that this globe is important. Someday all human beings recognize that this
globe is our house and our altar. Someday all human beings must pray for
Global Peace Now!"
The Global Peace Walk is daily manifestation, living and natural prayer.
A Global Peace Walk representative introduced Hopi traditional elder Thomas
Banyacya to His Holiness Dalai Lama on several occasions, one of which
was followed by the United Nations opening its door after 40 years to
receive the Hopi Prophecy and other indigenous peoples' messages for peace
that brought about the UN declaration of 1995-2004 as the International
Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Global Peace Walkers' vision is to
understand and respect the cultures, traditions and ancient wisdom carried
by the indigenous peoples and by the surviving traditional culture of peace.
Please join us in supporting Global Peace Walk 2000 to unify all ways of
thinking in this unversal human resolve for "Global Peace Now!". Since the
Global Peace Walk project was initiated in 1995 walking from New York City
to San Francisco for the United Nations 50th anniversary, we have received
numerous letters and proclamations of support from religious, political,
community and cultural leaders towards creation of aworldwide Global Peace
Zone 2000. Please offer your support as well and help obtain local
municipal Global Peace Zone proclamations to foster a worldwide Global Peace
Zone2000.
We will be posting and circulating your and/or your group's letters of
support for "Global Peace Now!" containing any survival issue messages
and will include these in the compiled messages for delivery to the
United States and United Nations governments and available to all.
We need: More letters of support; walkers (local, long distance, branch
routes, etc.); local, national, and cultural coordinators; emailers,
webmasters, increasing computer and internet capabilities, telephoners,
publicity, writers, food, support vehicles, diesel mechanic, financial
support, and most of all your firm personal resolve for "Global Peace Now!"
Offerings may be made to Global Peace Walk at PO Box 170245, San Francisco,
CA 94117-0245, phone 415-863-2084, phone/fax 415-751-6851,
GPZone2000@aol.com (hardcopy flyers
available, t-shirts, etc.)
Global Peace Walk Project http://www.globalpeacenow.org
Tax deductible contributions may be made at above address to Yucca
Foundation [a 501(c)3 California Association, for the Spiritual Arts] and a
receipt with tax ID number will be sent by return mail upon request.
Please join our coordinators email group list at
http://www.egroups.com/list/global-peace-walk
For more information see also interim Global Peace Walk site
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html
Thank you very much. Global Peace Now!
****************************************************************************
David Crockett Williams <gear2000@lightspeed.net
Global Emergency Alert Response
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000
Global Peace Walk 2000
Local Coordinator, Tehachapi, California
See main site for ongoing updates
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
**********
October 26, 1999 10:32 AM
WTO & Monsanto email
addresses;
Whose Trade Organization?
Here are the personal email addresses of several important men in the
globalization process. Merci de faire circuler et de diffuser largement.
The World Trade Organization is the star attraction in the
"Millennium Trade
Round" in Seattle Nov. 30th.
Mike Moore is the new Secretary-General of the WTO. (OMC)
His address is mike.moore@wto.org
That simple. (he answers his email)
Perhaps you'd like to wish him "Bon Voyage" to Seattle!
MONSANTO BOARD'S EMAIL ADDRESSES: Write Monsanto!
Monsanto is the leader in "life sciences" technology, we're sure
you have a
strong opinion on the subject.
The following are the personal, corporate email addresses of the chairman of
the board of Monsanto etc. so if you wish, you can now tell THEM
exactly how YOU feel. BE POLITE!
Robert B. Shapiro, is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer
of Monsanto.
His address is: rbshap@ccmail.monsanto.com
(he answers his email)
Richard U. De Schutter is the chief administrative officer of Monsanto
His address is: rudesc@ccmail.monsanto.com
(he answers his email )
Jacobus F,.M. Peters is a member of the board's finance, dividend and public
policy committee.
His address is: jfm.peters@tip.nl (he
answers his email)
=============================================
Whose Trade Organisation? Corporate
Globalisation and the Erosion of Democracy ....
Get the FULL STORY on our Environmental Page -
Click Here
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Call for
Electronic Civil Disobedience -
Wednesday 27th October 1999
Great find Fred! Everyone, if there was an event worthy of our
participation this one is it. I urge everyone to head on over to this link and
participate in this. As long as the weapon trade is as big a business as it is,
there will never be peace anywhere, only never ending conflicts with profits being made on
both sides. Make the effort to further world peace by joining in on this effort.
Ellis
Call for Electronic Civil Disobedience - Wednesday 27th October 1999
Resident in Belgium for around 15 years (until being kicked out by the Belgium Parliament in 1997 for being "politically and ethically undesirable"), Technet 99 (also known as AFCEA) is the high tech arms fair. If you're looking for tanks and guns you will be disappointed - what you will find instead is a showcase for 21st century warfare - computer and intelligence systems, electronics and satellite communications etc. etc. These will be available to the highest bidder, and used against those whose aims run contrary to those of the buyer, be they of the same or other nations. Technet 99 has moved to London in the hope of an easy ride, and for a venue where it can continue to deal in death without hindrance. There is however, an alternative…
Technet 99 has got to go!
With this in mind, you are invited to a virtual sit-in of a web site closely linked to Technet 99 on Wednesday 27th October. To join the sit-in and prevent the target web-site from functioning, please make your way to htttp://www.caat.demon.co.uk and follow the simple instructions. You can use your web-browser to easily join or leave the virtual sit-in at any time. The virtual sit-in uses Electronic Disturbance Theatre's Floodnet software to flood the target web-site with requests for information. As more people join the action, the target server becomes unable to deal with the volume of requests. This results in any genuine requests for information (to do with running the arms fair or related business) going unanswered. You can also use the floodnet software to tell the AFCEA website controllers why you are taking part in the virtual sit-in. You can use your web-browser to easily join or leave the virtual sit-in at any time. Please consider leaving your browser in the virtual sit-in area while you get on with other work - the longer you take part in the virtual sit-in the more effective it will be. Other actions you can take against Technet 99
In order to function effectively, people inside the arms fair must be able to communicate with the outside world. With this in mind, a communication blockade (phone, fax, and e-mail) of the hotel which is hosting Technet 99 is taking place all day on Wednesday 27th October - people throughout the UK and hopefully the rest of the world will be getting touch with the hotel to ask them to close Technet 99. The relevant details are shown below:
Virtual sit-in (all day, Wed.
27th October): http://www.caat.demon.co.uk
Phone and fax blockade (all day Wed. 27th October): Tel: 0181 8976363 Fax: 0181 8971113
Hacktivism:
See http://www.afcea.org for sites crying out for creative alterations. Please report any successes (including altered pages as attachments) to pages@caat.demon.co.uk
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"Chief Illiniwek"
- call for immediate action
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:33:33 -0500
CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Dear Friends,
The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the
Media calls for your
immediate and sustained action. The University of Illinois, the state's
flagship academic institution and one of our most stubborn cases on Indian
mascots, is being evaluated for accreditation by the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools.
The University administration, conveniently neglected to
include the
"Chief Illiniwek" issue in their required self-study, even though this
had
been requested and the Student-Faculty Senate had voted to eliminate the
mascot (also 700 out of approx. 2100 UI faculty have expressed their
opposition to this practice).
Loss of accreditation would imply putting millions of
dollars in federal
funds at risk. Loss of revenue, is the quickest way to get the attention of
the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor and the President of the University.
To that end, we are asking you to write to the chairperson of the
accreditation committee and to the committee itself, asking for
accreditation to be withheld until the University stops using Native
peoples and their cultures for entertainment and profit.
Below is a sample letter and the addresses.
Please take the time to send these off and ask your friends to do
the same.
In Solidarity,
Paula Ostrovsky
Co-coordinator
NCRSM-IL
1-The Accreditation Group:
Public Comment/UIUC
Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
30 N. LaSalle St.
Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602
2: The Chairperson of the Accreditation Group:
Philip Certain
Dean of Arts & Letters
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
3: The Sample Letter:
Please withhold academic accreditation from the University of Illinois
until their use of a Native American as their sports mascot ceases.
Signed,
Name
Address
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Sacred
Lands Under Seige ::: Support Sovereign Dineh Nation
23 Oct 1999
************************************************
From: Lendra Ceinwyn
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To weave for the Dine'h is a prayer of thanksgiving , "the
People" whom some call Navajo. Without their sheep they cannot pray.
As of Feb1., 2000 this proud independent matriachal culture will be
forced once again to move to a "New Land", to be relocated,
which they have no word for in their language.
In 1998, President Clinton signed the Relocation Act during a golf game,
condemning the Dine'h to be moved again against their will, to "New Land"
which is filled with radioactive uranium tailings at 100 times the maximum safety
level.
7 grandmothers have refused to sign over their land, and will refuse
because Big Mountain is sacred to them, the Earth their Mother,
this is their lives they refuse to hand over to the BIA, and Peabody
Coal. These 7 grandmothers are the elders of the Dine'h and represent 14,000
people.
The Dine'h people are afraid that there will be another Ruby Ridge or
Waco or Wounded Knee on or before Feb. 1
Please sign the Petition to end the genocide of the Dine'h People, and
let them continue to weave and breathe.
This is surely one of the darkest episodes in our history.
Sign Online Petition in Support of Navajo Elders
http://www.freespeech.org/senaa/VPJava.html
http://www.freespeech.org/senaa/VPnoJava.html
Get the FULL Story on our Native Page -
Click Here
**********
REVISED*URGENT*from*ICFFMAJ*
KEEP THOSE LETTERS COMING!
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Urgent. The following is the latest information, with important corrections
on our course of action, from International Concerned Family and Friends of
Mumia Abu-Jamal.
**************************
Use this information to EDUCATE. Continue to DEMONSTRATE.
STAY OF EXECUTION HAS YET TO BE GRANTED -- WE NEED TO ACT NOW!!!
Judge Yohn's law clerk Bill has stated that we should write letters toJudge
Yohn and send them to Mumia?s lawyer who will submit them to the judge..
(We found out that this was said as early as yes-terday -- Oct. 19). Mumia's
attorney Leonard Weinglass has agreed to accept letters to submit to the
judge. The clerk also said that you can send letters directly to thejudge.
However, if you do this, please send a copy to Weinglass as well. We know
that the FOP has been doing this, so it is critical that Mumia's supporters
act soon. The stay of execution has yet to be granted.
Send the letters to Judge William Yohn, Jr. c/o Leonard Weinglass, 6 West
20th St., Suite 10A, New York, NY 10011
Honorable William H. Yohn, Jr., United States District Court, 2609 US Court
House, 601 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 Phone: 215-579-4361
Fax:
215-597-6390
URGENT! Mumia wants ALL letters to Judge Yohn on his behalf sent directly
to Leonard Weinglass so that ALL the letters can be handed over to the Judge
when Mumia goes to court. Mumia and Leo-nard Weinglass have asked that we
do NOT demonstrate on Judge Yohn. Wait for further instruc-tions from
Mumia! But we MUST continue to eductate and demonstrate in our communities
while gearing up for a MASSIVE demonstration on Philadelphia!
Pam Africa 215-476-8812
We can be sure that the FOP is sending letters to put pressure on Yohn NOT
to lift the death warrant. He has yet to make this ruling, even though
Weinglass filed the appeals on October 15. It is impor-tant that Yohn hears
from Mumia supporters now.
While legal experts say that if the stay is granted, the appeal could take
several years, the process could also move much faster. Much depends on
Yohn's rulings in these crucial early days of the ap-peal. Yohn can deny a
hearing and decide the case on the trial records, appellate briefs and
lawyers' arguments. Denying a stay of execution could mean that the judge
believes the appeal can be dis-posed of before Dec. 2.
Suggested points to include:
1) We want the judge to grant a stay of execution on the death warrant set
for Dec. 2, 1999 signed by Governor Ridge on October 13, 1999.
2) We want Yohn to grant an evidentiary hearing to examine the substantial
evidence of Mumia Abu-Jamal's innocence, i.e. witnesses who have testified
in PCRA hearings that they were coerced by po-lice to change their
testimony; that his trial lawyer failed to aggressively defend the case, did
not in-vestigate, or obtain crucial experts in pathology or ballistics; that
police planted evidence and intimi-dated witnesses; and that Common :leas
Judge Albert Sabo displayed bias and hostility toward Abu-Jamal and should
have recused himself.
3) Misconduct on the part of the city prosecutor who impermissibly
challenged the seating of 11 of 15 prospective African American jurors
because they were African American.
4) That there have been 29 purported violations of Abu-Jamal's
constitutional rights.
5) That Abu-Jamal has maintained his innocence and has been denied the
right to a fair trial.
STAY IN THE STREETS!
Use this information to EDUCATE. Continue to DEMONSTRATE. Wait for
Mumia
to administrate our next action!
THE DEATH WARRANT
On Wednesday. October 13, Governor Thomas Ridge signed a new death warrant
for Mumia, setting December 2 for his execution. Ridge did this knowing
full well that Mumia was about to file his major appeal in the federal
courts in a matter of days. This is the same stunt that Ridge pulled in
1995, when he rushed to sign a death warrant on the last business day before
Mumia was to file his motion for a new trial in the state court. So we will
not be intimidated by this publicity stunt.
Ridge has now signed 176 death warrants, and he is the first U.S. governor
to sign death warrants for 100 African -Americans. The new state motto
ought to read: "You have an Executioner in Pennsylvania." The
record in
Philadelphia is even worse: 49 of the last 51 death sentences in Philly have
been given to people of color.
THE STAY?
Although Mumia has filed his new appeal in federal court, he has yet to
receive a stay of execution. Another prisoner, who just got his death
warrant, filed his federal appeal and got a stay the same day. A stay is
supposed to be standard procedure, but nothing in Mumia's case has been
standard proce-dure. When Mumia filed his appeal in the state courts, he
was not given a stay like other prisoners with similar appeals. Instead,
Judge Sabo let his death order stand until 10 days before his execution
date, and then relented only because of a world wide outcry. So people have
to remain vigilant, and stay in the streets until there is a stay.
Until Mumia is granted a stay, he is kept in 'Phase Ii' where his cell is
stripped, lights are kept on 24 hours a day, and regular visitors and phone
calls are denied.
THE NEW APPEAL
On Friday morning, October 15, Mumia?s legal team filed a petition for a
'writ of habeas corpus.' This is the standard way to begin an appeal in the
federal court system. This document is dynamite! It is over 160 pages,
675
paragraphs, documenting 29 violations of Mumia's constitutional rights (the
full text will be available on the Internet for all to read). These
violations include the suppression of evi-dence by the police and
prosecutors, the coercing of witnesses, the fabricated confession story,
the suppression of documents about police surveillance of Mumia, the
ineffective defense lawyer in Mumia's first trial, how Mumia was not
allowed to represent himself, how Mumia was barred from the courtroom in
his own trial, the state using 11 peremp