From adrian at gn.apc.org  Thu Sep  7 19:15:24 2000
From: adrian at gn.apc.org (Adrian Harris)
Date: Wed Feb  1 23:43:27 2006
Subject: [alternet-l] ALTERNET  # 45
Message-ID: <200009071816.TAA23630@nfs1.gn.apc.org>

THE ALTERNET NEWS - ISSUE # 45

This issue: 
HOT SITES/ 
BURMA/ 
CAR FREE DAY/ 
AFRICAN JOURNALS/ 
GLOBAL NETWORKS/ 
SPIRIT OF PEACE/ 
MEN'S WORKSHOP/ 
QUOTE/UNQUOTE/ 
DIARY/

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Correction: Alternet 44 missed the full e-mail address for the London 
Rediscovering Palestine Festival. The correct address is: 
amos.trust@virgin.net

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HOT SITES 
WWF International warn that One-third of world's habitat at risk from 
global warming: 
--->
<http://www.panda.org/news/press/news.cfm?id=2043>http://www.panda.org/news/
press/news.cfm?id=2043

Quest Overseas offer voluntary project & expeditions in Southern African 
and South America: 
---> <http://www.questoverseas.com/>http://www.questoverseas.com

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BURMA

On 2 September Aung San Suu Kyi disappeared and no independent 
verification has since been received of her well-being or whereabouts. Her 
house is blockaded by riot police. Senior members of her NLD Party are 
under house arrest, their phones have been cut and diplomats have been 
denied access to them. There are indications that the regime is preparing 
a fabricated case against the NLD that could be used as a pretext for 
outlawing the party. 
The Burma Campaign is holding a demonstration on Tuesday 12 September 
12.30pm-2pm outside the Burmese Embassy, 19A Charles St, off Berkley Square,
London.

"Silence is not an option when a military government detains incommunicado 
the leader of a legitimate political party", according to ARTICLE 19, an 
international freedom of expression organisation.

ARTICLE 19's report on Burma, Acts of Oppression: Censorship in 
Burma and the Law is at http://www.article19.org/docimages/443.htm. 
E-mail: info@article19.org 
The Burma Campaign UK 
E-mail: bagp@gn.apc.org 
---> http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk

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CAR FREE DAY 

On 21st September many cities around the world are taking part in World 
Car Free Day.

Car Free Days aim to reclaim our cities and communities from the burden of 
cars by filling the streets with a celebration of people, music and colour 
and diversity rather than pollution, congestion and the threat of death.

---> Britain's car Free Day: http://www.eta.co.uk/tr/pj/cfd/towns.htm 
---> Car Busters: http://www.carbusters.ecn.cz

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AFRICAN JOURNALS

The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications 
has launched African Journals Online, which offers free online access to 
the contents of scholarly journals published in Africa. Its objectives are 
to: 
- provide access to research undertaken and published in Africa; 
- increase knowledge about African scholarship; 
- strengthen African journal publishing.

--->http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/ 

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GLOBAL NETWORKS

The Simputer Trust in India is working towards a low-cost mobile 
computing device (Simputer) for the rural masses. They plan to use widely 
available, free public-domain software for the operating system and to develop
their own applications.

---> http://www.simputer.org

Meanwhile, a founder of Africa Online is hoping Internet access will 
transform business and communication in the region. 
On a continent with few available computers and high illiteracy rates, 
Africa Online has managed to connect almost 100,000 clients over the past 
two years through 600 low-cost Internet centers across the continent.

--->
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38205,00.html?tw=wn20000830>http:
//www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38205,00.html?tw=wn20000830

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SPIRIT OF PEACE

People from many spiritual traditions will gather in Oxford on 16 
September to explore the many paths to inner and outer peace. 
The conference will include speakers and workshops from Buddhism, 
Shamanism, Hinduism, Sufism, Quakers, Neo-Paganism and many others. 
Spirit of Peace costs 7/6 (concessions) and is to be held at The Friends 
Meeting House, 42 St. Giles, Oxford from 10 am to 6 pm. Cheques (payable 
to 'OPC') to Spirit of Peace, PO box 250, Oxford, OX1 1AP 
E-mail: payam@bioch.ox.ac.uk

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MEN'S WORKSHOP

'Searching for my Father I found my Self', 30 September, will be an 
opportunity to explore the joys and struggles of being male. 
It serves as an introduction or a refresher in menswork, and a place to 
organise on-going groups. 
This workshop will be in north London and is open to men of all ages, 
whether they love or hate football...

Facilitated by Nick Duffell, psychotherapist, co-founder of the Centre for 
Gender Psychology, and author of 'The Making of Them'.

Cost: ?50

E-mail: info@genderpsychology.com 
--> http://www.genderpsychology.com/ 

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QUOTE/UNQUOTE
 
>From 1953 to 1981 a silver haired woman calling herself only "Peace 
Pilgrim" walked more than 25,000 miles on a personal pilgrimage for peace:

"This is the way of peace: overcome evil with good,
and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."

--->
<http://www.peacepilgrim.com/pphome.htm>http://www.peacepilgrim.com/pphome.htm

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DIARY DATES:

Reclaim the Streets: 020 7281 4621; rts@gn.apc.org 
LONDON MEETING EVERY TUESDAY 7pm - Cock Tavern pub, Phoenix Road, London

SEPTEMBER:
 
13: Green Drinks. 6 'til late, The Ram Page pub (Basement Room) 32 Great 
Queen Street London WC2

15: Peoples' Global Action benefit. Doors open 6pm (3/5) 
Bar and veggie food. Comedy 7-9pm, bands 9-12pm, DJs 12-2am 
Plus: performers, films, projections, stalls and more. 
West Indian Cultural Centre, 9 Clarendon Road, London, N8 
Turnpike Lane Tube - 5 min walk 
buses: 41, 144 and N91 
tel 020 8881 5881

16: Palestine 2000 Festival Beacon Church Centre, Birmingham - guest 
Father Elias Chacour 
Contact: elijahtrust@totalise.co.uk

23: Palestine 2000 Festival Edinburgh U. Chaplaincy Centre - guest Afif 
Safieh, Palestinian General Delegate to the UK and the Holy See. 
Contact: mortoncc@gn.apc.org

All Palestine 2000 venues will have Middle Eastern food, guest 
speakers /artists, talks and workshops, exhibitions, books and crafts, 
music, etc. Admission free and all welcome.

23 and 24: Permaculture Introductory Weekend. London. 
Info: 020 7281 3765

26: Global Day of Action against Capitalism. Prague. 
http://x21.org/s26/index.shtml

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From adrian at gn.apc.org  Thu Sep 21 19:34:34 2000
From: adrian at gn.apc.org (Adrian Harris)
Date: Wed Feb  1 23:43:27 2006
Subject: [alternet-l] ALTERNET NEWS # 46
Message-ID: <200009211835.TAA28057@nfs1.gn.apc.org>

THE ALTERNET NEWS - ISSUE # 46

This issue: 
HOT SITES/
WORLD BANK PROTEST/
NINE LADIES CAMPAIGN/
SUCCESS STORIES/
MEDIA TOOLKIT/ 
PHILIPPINES MEETING/ 
APPALLING TREATMENT OF ABORIGINES/ 
ANIMAL TESTS WASTEFUL/
PERU CONFERENCE/
COMMEDIA 2000/
UNZIPPING FASHION/
JOBS/
QUOTE/UNQUOTE/ 
DIARY/

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HOT SITES

Gene Watch has briefings, news and developments in genetic engineering and a
database of information on GM crops and foods:
---> http:www.genewatch.org

The One Tree Hill Allotment Society site incorporates the Community Composting and London Community Recycling Networks. See special feature 'Don't shop at supermarkets':
---> http://www.othas.org.uk/

Only 49 percent of Americans voted in the last presidential election. 
Maybe selling your vote is the way forward...
---> http://voteauction.com/

Vote auction background:
---> http://www.fsb.com/fortunesb/articles/0,2227,966,00.html

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WORLD BANK PROTEST

Hundreds of people world-wide have sent a joint letter to the World Bank
President expressing major concerns about a new $60 million Bank internet portal 
initiative. The Global Development Gateway aims to become "the premier web
entry point for information about poverty and sustainable development". 

Previous report in AlterNet #34:
--> http://www.gn.apc.org/activities/alternet/034%2009-03-00.html#world

Bretton Woods Project:
--> http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/action/gdg/gdgltfnl.html

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NINE LADIES CAMPAIGN

The Nine Ladies campaign works to save 35 acres of Peak District National Park
woodland from a new quarry.
The Birthday Bash weekend extravaganza over 7th and 8th of October will
celebrate a year of the camp. Talks, walks, some devilish fun and (nights only)
a fully unlicensed bar!
More:
--> http://www.pagan36.freeserve.co.uk/page13.html

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SUCCESS STORIES 

The US brown pelican and the Mississippi alligator may no longer 
need the protection of the Endangered Species Act, while in Europe, 
the ibex has been successfully reintroduced in the Alps. Sparrowhawks 
and goshawks have recovered in many parts of the world after the banning 
of certain pesticides. Andreas Gigon has drawn up registers of endangered
species whose fortunes have improved, and discovered that it's not all doom and
gloom:
--> http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0923/back.html

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MEDIA TOOLKIT

This campaigning resource gives the low-down on using the media - everything
from writing press releases and being interviewed to starting up your own
newsletter.


Includes up to date database with phone and fax numbers for over 300 national
and regional media. The database also comes on disk, ready to import into your
fax software for sending press releases.

Only ?2.50 inc. p&p (chq's payable to Oxyacetylene) from:
Undercurrents 
16b Cherwell St 
Oxford OX4 1BG 

E-mail: info@toolkits.org.uk

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PHILIPPINES MEETING

Symposium on Mindanao (Philippines)
September 26, 2000 (Tuesday) 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Room B102, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
1 Thornhaugh St., Russell Square, WC1H 0XG

Speakers: 
Fr Eliseo R Mercado, OMI (Philippine ceasefire monitor)
Foreign Office representative (to be confirmed)
Mr Tim Parritt (Amnesty International)
Steve Alston (CAFOD)
Ed Garcia of International Alert (to be confirmed)
E-mail: tongtong@gn.apc.org

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APPALLING TREATMENT OF ABORIGINES

Despite the glitz of the Olympics, Australia's treatment of Aborigines is
described as 'appalling' by campaign group Survival. 
Director General Stephen Corry said, 'The Australian government...stance can
only be described as racist, and seems like a throwback to attitudes 30 years
ago.' 

Two UN Committees have recently condemned the Australian government's treatment
of its Aboriginal population.

The facts speak for themselves:
Aboriginal life expectancy is 17 - 20 years less than other Australians. 
Aboriginal babies are four times as likely to die at birth as non-Aborigines. 
Aborigines accounted for almost one quarter of deaths in custody in 1999. 
The suicide rate is 6 times higher for Aborigines than the national average. 

More:
E-mail is@survival-international.org 
--> http://www.survival-international.org/

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ANIMAL TESTS WASTEFUL

A fringe meeting during the Labour party conference will discuss the
wastefulness of combating adverse drug reactions in the NHS because of reliance
on animal testing as a methodology. Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible
Medicine are organising the meeting in the Grand Hotel in Brighton on 25th
September.
--->http://www.dlrm.org/

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PERU CONFERENCE

The following speakers will offer their perspectives on the post-electoral 
situation in Peru; Javier Igui?iz, Professor of socio-economics at the 
Catholic University in Lima, Dr. Lewis Taylor, Liverpool University, Linda 
Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, and Nick Caistor, BBC World Service. 
Cost includes Peruvian-style lunch: ?5 unwaged 
?6 PSG members or ?7 others 

Saturday 30 September
Catholic Chaplaincy, Liverpool University, 
Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

To reserve a place and to find out further details, 
please contact the PSG office.

Email: perusupport@gn.apc.org 
---> http://www.perusupportgroup.co.uk

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COMMEDIA 2000

Riding The Waves - The Annual conference of the Community Media Association
will be held at the The Drum Community Centre


Birmingham over October 6/7

Further information:
--> http://www.commedia.org.uk/commedia2000

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UNZIPPING FASHION

Labour Behind the Label supports garment workers in defending their rights and
improving their wages and conditions. The network includes major development agencies 
(Oxfam, CAFOD, War on Want), UK trade unions (KFAT, TGWU, GMB), homeworking organisations (National Group on Homeworking, AEKTA, Homenet), Traidcraft, Ethical Consumer, and solidarity
organisations (Central America Women?s Network, Women Working World-wide).
A conference will be held on 1 October at Methodist International Centre, 81-103 Euston Street,
London, NW1 2EZ
Further information: 
E-mail: nead@gn.apc.org

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JOBS

HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVERS WANTED
Peace Brigades International British section, a human rights 
organisation working for the transformation of conflict, is organising an 
orientation weekend for prospective volunteers wanting to work as 
International Human Right Observers in countries such as Colombia, Mexico, 
The Balkans, and Indonesia. 
The orientation weekend of 16th to 19th of November will explore issues such as
the role of a non-partisan human rights organisation implementing non-violent
alternatives in conflict areas.
Further information:
A4 SAE (54p) with your CV to PBI British Section, 
1a Waterlow Road, London N19 5NJ. 
E-mail: pbibritain@gn.apc.org


Project Co-ordinator
The Forest Peoples Project seeks a co-ordinator for the project 'Indigenous Peoples
and Protected Areas in Africa: from Principles to Practice'. The project aims 
to help African indigenous peoples influence the policies and 
practice of conservation projects on their lands.
The post is half-time for a period of 21 months, based at the Forest 
Peoples Project office, Gloucestershire.
Payment ?20,000 - ?24,000 p.a. pro rata, negotiable depending on qualifications
and experience. The closing date is 30th September 2000.
Further information:
Email:info@fppwrm.gn.apc.org


Black and Minority Ethnic Freelance Theatre Practitioner
The Scarman Trust in Brighton and Hove (UK) is looking for an
experienced Black or minority ethnic freelance theatre practitioner for its 
Theatre for Change project running from October 2000-March 2001.
The role requires experience of devising theatre with communities and of
Forum/Legislative Theatre. The practitioner will have responsibility for
facilitating the devising and touring of two productions. 
A fee of ?2,500 including travel expenses is available.
Further information:
Send an A4 SAE to: 
The Scarman Trust, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG 
For an informal conversation about the project, please telephone Naomi Alexander 
on 01273 234854.
Applications deadline: 12 noon Friday 22nd September 

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QUOTE/UNQUOTE
"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we
crave most in life - happiness, freedom and peace of mind - are always
attained by giving them to someone else."



Peyton Conway March, 1864-1955

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DIARY DATES:

Reclaim the Streets: 020 7281 4621; rts@gn.apc.org 
LONDON MEETING EVERY TUESDAY 7pm - Cock Tavern pub, Phoenix Road, London;

SEPTEMBER:

23: Palestine 2000 Festival Edinburgh U. Chaplaincy Centre - guest Afif
Safieh, Palestinian General Delegate to the UK and the Holy See. 
Contact: mortoncc@gn.apc.org

All Palestine 2000 venues will have Middle Eastern food, guest
speakers/artists, talks and workshops, exhibitions, books and crafts,
music, etc. Admission free and all welcome.

23 and 24: Permaculture Introductory Weekend. London.
Info: 020 7281 3765

24: The Gorsedd of Bards of Caer Abiri Autumn Equinox celebration, 12 noon, at
Avebury, Wiltshire. Open to all who come with peace and respect.
--> http:www.druidorder.demon.co.uk

26 Global Day of Action against Capitalism. Prague. 
--> http://x21.org/s26/index.shtml


OCTOBER

1-20: COMMUNITY, SUSTAINABILITY & GLOBALISATION 
Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva & Helena Norberg Hodge

October 29-November 3:
SOUL AT WORK: AT THE EDGE OF CHAOS & COMPLEXITY 
Roger Lewin & Birute Regine

NOVEMBER 

5-24: NATURE & SOCIETY: THE DEEP ECOLOGY MOVEMENT 
Stephan Harding, George Sessions & Max Oelschlaeger 

Further details of these courses:
Email: <schumcoll@gn.apc.org> 
--> http://www.gn.apc.org/schumachercollege/ 


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