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| USA: POLITICAL REPRESSION |
Jun 5 2002 |
 FBI OKs
COINTELPRO Tactics
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently reversed
its longstanding policy limiting surveillance
of domestic religious and poltical groups. The London
Register has predicted the FBI will once again become
the "premier national secret-police force as it had been under
J. Edgar Hoover." The ACLU
fears a return to COINTELPRO
operations that targeted Martin
Luther King and thousands of other innocent activists a
generation ago.
COINTELPRO,
an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program, was officially
curtailed by Congress in the 70s, though many activists and
organizations have firsthand experience suggesting that such
practices never ceased. The civil lawsuit of Judi Bari vs the FBI,
currently under deliberation by a jury in Oakland, concerns
two Earth First! activists who charge they have been the
target of such tactics. The activists were the victims of a
car bomb attack in 1990.
Please discuss or add to this feature here.
[ More
from the NYC IMC | More
from the Portland IMC | SF IMC on
Bari v. FBI ]
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| MELBOURNE: GLOBAL
TRADE |
Jun 4 2002 |
Yes Men Disband the
World Trade Organisation
On May 21, a representative of the World
Trade Organisation (WTO) announced the dissolution of the
organisation to a shocked but supportive Sydney audience of
the Chartered Practicing Accountants (CPA). The WTO would
reconstitute itself as a new organisation dedicated to
assisting the world's poor instead of the rich.
The representative was actually from the yes men, a group of
anti-corporate activists who have pulled off previous
elaborate hoaxes on the WTO. The story spread around the
world, from Australia, to England, to the Canadian Parliament,
where MP John Duncan took the floor to ask "what impact this
will have on our appeals on lumber, agriculture and other
ongoing trade disputes." [More]
[ Melbourne
IMC | Sydney Yes Men
documents | Gatt.org site
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| TRANSPORTATION/PUBLIC SPACE |
May 31 2002 |
 Critical
Mass Bike Rides to Occur Around the World
Today
It's
the last Friday of the month and cyclists in dozens of cities
around the world will take to the streets today for Critical Mass
bike rides. "We're not delaying the traffic. We ARE the
traffic!" is their motto. Critical Mass began in San Francisco
in 1992 and has since become a global phenomena as people come
together to celebrate the possibility of a car-free culture
that is not driven by war, terrorism and environmental
destruction.
Please post reports of Critical Mass rides here.
[ Critical Mass
| Car Free Cities | St. Louis Critical
Mass ]
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| INDIA/PAKISTAN: WAR
TENSION RISES |
May 29 2002 |
On The Brink Of Nuclear
War...
As
the world holds
its breath, India and Pakistan face
off across the disputed
line of control in Kashmir. The assassination of Kashmiri
moderate Abdul
Ghani Lone and the inflammatory
rhetoric on both sides have left little hope of a peaceful
resolution. Nuclear war would cause unimaginable damage:
an estimated 3
million to 12
million to 100
million people could die, according to scientists.
Millions more would be injured in the blasts or by radioactive
fallout and the destruction of food and water supplies in a nuclear
winter.
Report from the India IMC: We want
Peace
The Coalition for Nuclear
Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) is deeply concerned
at the campaign unleashed in India
for a 'full-scale
war' with Pakistan and the attempts at projecting a 'national
consensus' in favour of such a war. While condemning
strongly the latest terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir
the CNDP appeals to all political leaders, policy-makers and
legislators of India and Pakistan to ensure immediate
pull-back of troops from their common border and to launch a
dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues.
Post links to other stories or links to further information
here.
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| USA: FREE TRADE VS. FAIR TRADE |
May 27 2002 |
 Fast
Track Passes Senate, Opponents Look To House For
Hope
The
Senate has passed Fast
Track, a bill that would eliminate Congress's right to
amend trade treaties, effectively transferring public
negotiating power to secretive presidential trade negotiators
and unaccountable business interests. While local activists in
Seattle
and Vermont
seek to hold their senators accountable by occupying their
offices, others are gearing up for the vote in the House of
Representatives. Fast Track passed in the House of
Representatives in December by just one vote, but will be
reconsidered after the Memorial
Day recess. [More]
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