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6466 Fortune on (anti)globalism -- rank: 72

... a foam evergreen tree on her head stood before a police barricade on Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue, picked up a bullhorn ... the World Bank"--"and IMF meetings"--"and IMF meetings." The police, looking weird and foreboding with their riot gear, gas masks ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 16 13:42:00 PDT 2000

6467 GM Seeds and the Americas -- rank: 72

[From today's NY Times. Also touches on a key court case in Canada, viz.: " ... in Saskatchewan, Monsanto is bringing a farmer to court for illegally growing genetically altered canola. ... 'If I lose my case,' ... [the defendant] said, 'every farmer in North America will become a serf.'"] Super Seeds Sweeping ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Tue May 16 06:50:48 PDT 2000

6468 Sierra Leone/Asylum laws -- rank: 72

The WEEK ending 14 May 2000 RE-COLONISING AFRICA On 11 May British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook 'reluctantly bowed' to pressure from the United Nations to contribute British troops to Sierra Leone. In fact the elite Special Air Service have been reconnoitring rebel positions throughout the West African country for months ...

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Author:	Jim heartfield
Date:	Sun May 14 10:40:07 PDT 2000

6469 China's dissidents support PNTR -- rank: 72

... one of China's most prominent dissidents--enduring tapped phones, police surveillance and restrictions on everyday freedoms--Bao Tong could be ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 12 10:14:44 PDT 2000

6470 The Week ending 7 May 2000 -- rank: 72

... WITHOUT WORKERS > > On May Day, anarchists and environmentalists fought with police in > London and Zurich, while Fascists and Anti-Fascists clashed ... no clashes between fasicsts and anti-fascists, but clashes between police and left-wingers. It seems you are just echoing the ...

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Author:	Johannes Schneider
Date:	Mon May 8 02:10:20 PDT 2000

6471 Mayday in Troy, New York -- rank: 72

The spirit of Mayday is beginning to take hold in the United States. Several towns and cities have begun to hold regular events to celebrate the day. This year I was invited to participate in the celebration in Troy, New York, a famous early industrial city along the Hudson river north ...

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Author:	Michael Yates
Date:	Sun May 7 07:56:30 PDT 2000

6472 Fwd: [marxist] Do we really want an alternative to bourgeois ideology ? -- rank: 72

Hi everyone, Well I am pleased that my post drew three excellent responses. I hope it is ok if I deal with all three at the same time. ========================================================== I. Reply to Danielle Ni Dhighe ========================================================== Ben Seattle (3.May.2000): ----------------------------------- > the marxist (or communist) ideology: The complete > bankruptcy of communist theory in ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Sun May 7 06:44:34 PDT 2000

6473 Zimbabwe news (Weekly Guardian) -- rank: 72

On Fri, 5 May 2000, Chris Burford wrote: > How strong is the union organization of the workers on the white > farms? Is their consciousness really working class or are they indeed > heavily influenced by the white colonial owners? I'm certainly unqualified to say, on several counts. But here is another ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Fri May 5 16:21:58 PDT 2000

6474 A cop's work is never done -- rank: 72

... am white, middle-class, >and middle-aged, and IMHO the police -- especially in New York City, where I >work -- are the ... Det. Miller's comments simply >reinforce that opinion. Other than police work, there is no occupation >where sadistic 'D' students are ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Thu May 4 11:01:26 PDT 2000

6475 whore: class & class consciousness -- rank: 72

ahhh, yes, the article that annalee shoulda read--how legalizing prostitutions deglamorizes it into just another job...... sf life April 26, 2000 A San Francisco whore in a Nevada brothel Classiness and class-consciousness clash in a tale of two cities. By Ann deLorenzo I'M SITTING IN the parlor of ...

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Author:	kelley
Date:	Thu May 4 10:35:12 PDT 2000

6476 Vieques Protesters Arrested -- rank: 72

forwarded by Michael Hoover Vieques Protesters Arrested 06:01EDT By CHRIS HAWLEY Associated Press Writer 05/04/00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEQUES, Puerto Rico (AP) U.S. marshals began arresting protesters at a disputed U.S. Navy bombing range today, including a U.S. congresswoman. In Washington, the Justice Department issued a statement saying ...

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Author:	Michael Hoover
Date:	Thu May 4 05:35:05 PDT 2000

6477 No subject -- rank: 72

forwarded by Michael Hoover Vieques Protesters Arrested 06:01EDT By CHRIS HAWLEY Associated Press Writer 05/04/00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEQUES, Puerto Rico (AP) U.S. marshals began arresting protesters at a disputed U.S. Navy bombing range today, including a U.S. congresswoman. In Washington, the Justice Department issued a statement saying ...

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Author:	Michael Hoover
Date:	Thu May 4 04:58:05 PDT 2000

6478 David Horowitz - amazon -- rank: 72

On Mon, 1 May 2000 23:46:42 -0500 "Dace" <edace at flinthills.com> writes: > Horowitz isn't crazy enough for schizophrenia. Sounds more like > Paranoid > Personality Disorder. I think that he is just angry that his shifting to the right has not brought him the level of respect and influence ...

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Author:	James Farmelant
Date:	Tue May 2 01:54:49 PDT 2000

6479 David Horowitz - amazon -- rank: 72

... at any criticism, calling the critic part >of the thought police. Strangely, he even defines paranoia in his own >article here ... line with everything else he's said >about the thought police. > > > >>http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/2000/05/01 ...

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Author:	Dace
Date:	Mon May 1 21:46:42 PDT 2000

6480 foreign criminals in Japan (again...) -- rank: 72

I skipped this one on Asahi : The NPA is National Police Agency. Sickenning the way they use figures. Plus the inconsistancies ...

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Author:	Jean-Christophe Helary
Date:	Mon May 1 19:01:31 PDT 2000