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issues, politics, AIDS, Gay and Lesbian rights,
Abortion rights, Native American issues,
and Spirituality are all interconnected."
 
 

(to the tune of "She Changes eveything She Touches")

Rising, Rising, the Earth is Rising
Turning, Turning, the Tide is Turning.

We are the power in everyone
We are the dance of the moon and sun.
We are the hope that will not hide
We are the turning of the tide.
 
 

CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS

The School of the Americas have been training Central American
militaries in torture tactics. Those trained at the SOA have
murdered and tortured men, women and children in El Salvador,
Chipias (Mexico), Guatemala and other places in Central America.
Protesters will be back at Fort Benning, GA
at the SOA again this fall. Over 7,000 protested last year, with 2,300
crossing the line. Write your elected officials urging the passage of H.R.
732 in the US. House of Represenatives, and S.873 in the
US Senate, the bills to close the SOA.

BOYCOTT TEXACO OIL

Texaco Corp. drills oil in the Ecuadorian Rainforests, leaving a a toxic mess along with a swarth of deforestation.

UNOCAL in League with Burmese
Military Regime.

UNOCAL is a partner in Burma's Military Dictatorship.
They are constructing a pipeline of natural gas, cutting through
dense tropical forest and the cultural heart of the Burmese people.
The regime, SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Council) is
a partner and is responsible for project "security".
This venture is linked to all sorts of human rights violations,
including forced labor and crackdowns on pro democracy movements.
SLORC's Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, a 15% partner in the
pipeline venture, has laundred hundereds of millions of dollars
in heroin money.

In 1988, a democracy movement gained widespread
support. The demonstrators were gunned down by SLORC.
Two years later, SLORC allowed elections. The National League
for Democracy won 82% of the vote, but the SLORC nullified
the elections. They placed the elected president under house
arrest and tortured and imprisoned her supporters.

BOYCOTT UNOCAL OIL

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Action Resource Center

NO WARD VALLEY NUKE DUMP

Ward Valley, Calfornia is under seige by planet wreckers.
It is time to protect sacred Indian land from radioactive waste.
A radioactive waste dump is proposed for this sacred land.
Support the tribes and activists that are working to protect our
sacred Earth Mother from nuclear waste.
Write or EMAIL your Congressman and Senators, urging
them to put a stop to nuclear waste in Ward Valley, California.
For more information contact Save Ward Valley at
(760) 326-6267 or Greenaction for Health and environmental
at (415) 566-3475. For updates and more photos from Ward Valley:

http://www.greenaction.org

BOYCOTT REDWOOD PRODUCTS

Redwood Forests are endangerd. Don't buy redwood decks or redwood hot tubs.
The ancient forests in Northern California are being destroyed at an alarming
rate. We must do all we can to save these gentle giants. Write or Email
your Congressman and Senators to pass legislation to protect the forests.

SAVE HEADWATERS FOREST

Headwaters Forest in Humblodt County, CA is under siege by Pacific Lumber and its corporate parent, MAXXAM. Word that the "Headwaters Deal", brokered
by Diane Fienstien, which pays hundreds of millions of dollars to MAXXAM
for a fraction of the ancient forest, has been accepted by MAXXAM.
Activists are organizing to keep pressure on the government not to
cave in to the logging company, and on Pacific Lumber to respect
the environmental safeguards built into the deal.
 
 

STOP LOGGING IN BRITTISH COLUMBIA
TEMPERATE RAINFORESTS

Boycott Centrix. They build homes in 19 states. Centrix
also buys OLD GROWTH Lmber. We must put
pressure on companies, such as Home Depot and Centrix to get them
to stop buying OLD GROWTH lumber in B.C. and elsewhere.

Some Logging companies:
International Forest Products
Domain Ind. Ltd, Subsidary - Western Forest Products
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd
 
 

BLOOD BATH IN NIGERIA DELTA

Chevron-backed military guns down demonstrators

"What we heard was gunshots and fire. In fact, they started
shooting commando style even before they landed.
They shot everywhere. Arulika and Jolly fell... White men
flew the helicopters."

Shooting blanks and real bullets, the gunfire went on for
over an hour... The Nigerian military junta and the western
oil companies are still in the business of killing the local people,
stealing thier oil and leaving environmental carnage in thier wake.

BOYCOTT CHEVRON !!!

LEGALIZE HEMP PRODUCTION

Hemp has many uses including paper, fuel, plastics, food, building materials, clothes, and other products. Hemp is currently illegal in the U.S. because it resembles marijuana. Industrial hemp has a very low amount of THC, the psychoactive chemical in hemp.
Hemp is a member of the Cannibis family. It resembles marijuanna but one cannot get high from it. One acre of hemp can produce 4 times as much paper as one acre of trees. Legal hemp means less trees cut down.Hemp fuel does not produce air pollution. Hemp is good for the planet. For more info on Hemp:

 NO ARMS FOR TORTURERS:THE LEAHY LAW

None of our tax dollars should go to foriegn military or police units if
the Secretary of State has "Credible evidence" that they are committing
human rights violations.This is a common sense provision. The US
should never arm torturers.The Leahy Law is very narrow. It
cuts aid to specific units, not countries.It is under attack by US
arms exporters who fought vigorously over the
armored personel carrier sale to Turkey last year -
and lost. There is a good chance that they will
strongly oppose it this year. Write or email your elected
representatives urging them to pass the Leahy Law this
year again.

WORLDWIDE HUMAN RIGHTS MUST PREVAIL

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Action Resource Center
 
 

Environmental Group Attacked in Mexico

Environmental defenders throughout the world have faced
persecution and Human Rights abuse. Now Amnesty 
International USA and the Sierra Club have launched
a campaign to defend the defenders.

In partnership with the Sierra Club, Amnesty International USA has recently
 launched a major campaign on Human Rights and the Environment  directed by
AIUSA's Ellen Dorsey (formerly head of the National Field Program). Already there
 have been important victories as Cambodia released two human rights defenders who 
had opposed the dumping of toxic wastes and Russia backed away from prosecuting 
Grigory Pasko, a military journalist who had revealed the dumping of wastes
 by the Russian Navy in the Far East. We are excited about the potential of bringing 
 together grassroots human rights and environmental  activists as we realize 
more and more that thesecauses are powerfully interrelated.

Now, in Mexico, another campesino has been killed  by government troops
 and two environmental defenders have been beaten, imprisoned and possibly
 subjected to electric-shock torture. Members of 
the Organization of Environmental Campesinos of the Sierra de 
Petatlan and Coyuca de CatalAn (OCESPCC), the two defenders and other 
community members were attacked by government troops in Guerrero state. 
Bartolo Sanchez Ortiz was killed, and Rodolfo Montiel Flores, a founder of OCESPCC, 
and Teodoro Cabrera Garcia, were captured and beaten. OCESPCC was created last 
year due to rising concerns by campesinos over logging and land rights issues.
 Under the Leahy Law, the unit involved in these events should be strictly prohibited
 from receiving any US foreign assistance or participating in joint exercises 
or training with US forces.

Guerrero state has been the object of fierce counterinsurgency campaigns
 by the Mexican Army which have resuited in the arbitrary detention, torture 
and ill treatment, extrajudicial execution, and "disappearance" of members of grassroots
 organizations. Such attacks continue unabated and 
the human rights violations are left unpunished.

Talking Points

-I understand that several members of the campesino 
environmental organization OCESPCC were attacked 
by Mexican troops recently in Guerrero state. One was 
killed and two others were apparently beaten, 
imprisoned and possibly subjected to electric-shock torture.

-As you know, torture is widespread in criminal 
investigations and counterinsurgency operations

in Mexico.

-I believe that the United States should strongly 
protest these actions and call for an immediate 
and impartial investigation into these events.

-The United States should also ensure that the 
Mexican Army unit involved, the 40th Infantry Battalion, 
is prohihited from receiving any US aid under the 
Leahy Law until the specific culprits are identified 
and brought to justice.

ACT NOW

Please write or fax the Acting Assistant
Secretary of State for Inter-American
Affairs, Ambassador Peter Romero,
to ask what the United States Government
is doing concerning these cases.

Write to:

Ambassador Peter Romero
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Western Hemisphere Affairs
2201 C St. NW
Washington DC 20520

 Or Fax:

202-647-0791

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"For the Earth does not belong to us, but we belong to the Earth."
-Chief Seattle

A tip for Earth Lovers - Plant trees and recycle.

The GREENS' Ten Key Values

1. Grassroots Democracy
2. Social Justice and Economic Opprotunity
3. Ecological Wisdom
4. Non-Violence
5. Decentralization
6. Community based Economics and Economic Justice
7. Feminism and Gender Equality
8. Respect for Diversity
9. Personal and Global Responsibility
10. Future Focus and Sustainability
From the Green Platform Homepage

Other Ecological Web Sites

Greenpeace International Home Page

Earth Island on the Web

Friends of the Earth International

Green Parties of North America

The Socialist web site

www.mother-time.com

www.solsite.com

HELP THE RAINFORSTS
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MORE STUFF TO CLICK ON!!!
 
 

Human Rights abuses in Saudi Arabia
Put pressure on US Gov't to allow human
Rights Organizations into Saudi Arabia

David "Gypsy" Chain's Death
No Accident - Bring Gypsy's Killers to justice
Urgent Update - oral argument cancelled.

Earth First!
No Compromise Defense of Mother Earth
If direct action is your bag, EF! is for you.

Treaty on Women's Rights
Pressure YOUR elected representative to ratify.

Boycott Home Depot
Help stop trade in OLD GROWTH timber
by reducing demand for it. Vote with
your dollars!! Just buy timber that is
CERTIFIED as sustainably harvested.

Abolish the death penalty
Pass The Innocence Protection Act
Help stop state sanctioned murder.

No Attack Helecopters for Turkey
Stand for human rights in Turkey. Stop torture
against Kurdish Minority.

Mobilization for Global Justice
Stand Again for Economic justice - Oppose oppressive
Globalization. Defund the Fund! Break the Bank! Dump the debt!
Stay tuned for more protest info...

Mobilization for Global Justice Part 2
More dirty deeds from the World Bank, The International
Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization
Who wins, who loses. Who gets profits, who gets poverty.

About the World Trade Organizition
How they are weakening environmental protecton laws
in the name of free trade.

Human Rights Activist killed in Indonesia
Demand justice! Hold the Government of Indonesia responsible!

Citigroup, the World Bank and thier destructive projects
Boycott Citibank and Solomon Smith Barney
!!!Cut up your CITIBANK credit cards!!!

More Dirt on Citibank - Megamerger approved
US Gov't approves Citi's $31 billion merger with Associates First
Capital Corporation, Making Citibank the biggest financial institution in US

Boise Cascade's flawed business practices
They are up to no good, logging old growth in Pacific NW

To Keep them desitute and starving, the World Bank's
Practices allow the rich to steal from the poor
!!IMPORTANT UPDATES!!

Important followup actions on IMF and World Bank

Protect Africa's Forests and Endangered Great Apes

Help stop Occidental Oil from harming the U'wa Tribe and thier lands
Give Al Gore a piece of your mind. Vice President Gore has
"old money" invested in Occidental Oil.
important update - Uwa Blockade attacked
Columbian Court revokes Occidental Injunction

Stone Forest industries
Who is this company and what are it's plans for La Sierra

World Bank approves "Nightmare" African oil and pipeline project

ExxonMobil Threatens Pristine Amazon Valley
ACTION ALERT

Free Rebiya Kadeer
Rebiya Kadeer is a prisoner of conscience being held in a Chinese jail.

84 Timber Bucks Old Growth Free Trend
Mahogany Doors from the Amazon. Cedar shingles from the
temperate rainforests of North America. Lauan plywood from
tropical rainforests in southeast Asia - Get the drift?

Tell Citigroup to Boycott World Bank bonds
Tell citigroup to help stop the rcckless trade and impoverishing of
developing countires.

Beyond Oil Campaign
Help find alternatives to Big Oil

Boycott World Bank Bonds
Tell the World Bank to change thier ways, or be
boycotted by investors.

Socially Responsible Investment and
The World Bank Boycott
A list of Socially responsible investors boycotting World Bank

Protect Refugees
Contact your senators and urge them to
Pass the Refugee Protction Act

The City of Berkley and the city of Oakland boycotts World Bank Bonds
Berkley and Oakland atre the first U.S. Cities to refuse to purchase
World Bank Bonds. Berkley and Oakland passes resolutions to
stop buying World Bank bonds

Help stop destruction of old growth forests
There are alternative building materials available.

Global Action against Capitalism
Help bring an end to capitalist Patriarchy
Protest in your community!!!

Corporate Accountability, Wall St. and the Environment

Human rights and environmental program
Environmental destruction is worse where human rights
are abused.

Stop the bloodshed in Sierra Leone
Pass House Concurent Resolution 323

Assist the Dineh (Navaho) people in defending thier soverignty
The Big Mountian campaign

For these issues write to

Hon. ________________
US Senate ......................
Washington D.C. 20515

Hon. ____________________
US House of Representatives
Washington D.C. 20515.........

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