# [alternet-l] ALTERNET NEWS # 46

Adrian Harris adrian@gn.apc.org
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    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 Iguiñiz, 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/

    More Diary Dates on GreenNet:
    --> http://webboard.gn.apc.org:8086/default

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