Subject: New issue of SYNTHESIS/REGENERATION #28, A Magazine of Green Social Thought
From: "mitchelcohen-AT-mindspring.com" <mitchelcohen-AT-mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:18:27 -0500


FRESH OFF THE PRESSES!

Synthesis/Regeneration
A Magazine of Green Social Thought
c/o WD Press, P.O. Box 24115, St. Louis MO  63130
314-727-8554 (evenings, weekends)
E-mail: fitzdon-AT-aol.com

March, 2002

Dear Green or greenish friend,

Americans are experiencing the worst attack on civil 
liberties which has occurred in decades. 
Synthesis/Regeneration 28 (S/R) reminds us that this attack 
is not new-it has been going on for over 200 years.  The only 
reason we have rights is that our ancestors struggled for 
them.  Progressives need to defend civil liberties most 
strongly when the threaten is the greatest.

S/R 28 continues the discussion on the current war 
hysteria.  There are Greens who side with the Bush 
Administration by promoting it as a "War on Terrorism" and 
there are others who believe that it is a complete betrayal 
of Green values to support the "War for Empire."  Discussion 
of two incidents of airport harassment shows that 
progressives can either unite when their civil rights are 
attacked or play into efforts to divide them against each 
other.

S/R 28 also continues to demonstrate that, far from making 
the world safe, war puts us all in nuclear, biological and 
chemical danger as profiteers drool at the opportunity to use 
the slaughter to line their pocket books.

S/R does not shrink from criticizing corporate domination 
at a time when doing so can be an excuse for repression from 
the state. S/R 28 takes on issues which will be essential for 
building a new, green society-issues such as democratic 
control of electric power, redefining agriculture, and 
defending biodiversity.

Rates for S/R 28 are:

1-4 copies, $3.95 each;
5-9 copies, $3.00 each;
10+ copies, $2.00 each.

Please make checks to "WD Press" and mail to P.O. Box 
24115, St. Louis MO 63130. No postage charges if in US.  Non-
US add 15% Canada, 25% other [surface mail] or 40% Canada, 
60% other [air mail].  Subscriptions to S/R (4 issues) are 
$15 (US).  Non-US subscriptions are: $19 Canada, $26 other 
[surface mail] or $27 Canada, $35 other [air mail].

In solidarity,

Don Fitz, Editor, Synthesis/Regeneration


SYNTHESIS/REGENERATION 28: SPRING, 2002

ifc     Remembering Susan Lee Solar

THE THREAT TO CIVIL LIBERTIES

  2     Taking Liberties with the Constitution
        Daniel Hellinger recounts a long history of 
        whipping up fear for political purposes.

  5     Summary of the USA PATRIOT Act
        The Eastern Missouri ACLU describes a law that cuts 
        back on Bill of Rights protections.

  7     GPUSA Coordinator Detained at Airport 
        The original report of airport harassment of 
        Nancy Oden.

  7     Correction of Erroneous Information
        The Green Party of the US gives its spin on who is 
        top dog amongst the Greens.

  8     It's Not Always Easy Being the Right Shade of 
        Green
        Bruce Kyle was not surprised to find out an 
        environmental warrior was victimized.

  9     What's Happening with the Bangor Airport 
        Incident?
        Nancy Oden did not want to listen to the military 
        spout pro-war views in her face.

12      Green Party Opponent of Afghan War
        David Walsh sees a ruling elite doing precisely 
        what it insists it is not doing.

13      Passcode Redwood
        Starhawk notices that agents of the state want us 
        to believe that they are all powerful.

THINKING POLITICALLY

15      Four Green Illusions
        Don Fitz believes that terrorism does not cease to 
        be terrorism because it is carried out by a government.

19      Fight International Terrorism, Practice 
        Critical Solidarity, Continue the Red-Green Coalition
        The German Greens march to war in the name of 
        peace. 

22      International Terrorism, Global Security and 
        Building Democratic Afghanistan
        Statement of the European Federation of Green 
        Parties with introduction by the Green Party of the US. 

24      Letter to the German Green Party from the 
        Manhattan Greens 

25      Morality and Human Dignity
        Petra Kelley visualized a demilitarized Europe. 

26      Hold on to the Midwife, Here Comes the Doctor
        Sam Burcher and Mae-Wan Ho believe that the 
        corporate takeover of reproduction started with the 
        medicalization of childbirth. 

BIODEVASTATION

29      Biodiverse Systems are More Productive 
        Mae-Wan Ho demonstrates that sustainable farming 
        can maximize internal input.

31      The Push to Revive Nuclear Power
        Karl Grossman worries about a plan that could 
        magnify the impacts of an accident.

34      Experimentation with Bio-Chemical Warfare
        Mitch Cohen reports on the government's secret 
        efforts.

36      NGOs Support a Treaty to Establish the Gene 
        Pool as a Global Commons
        Ben Lilliston says the treaty would prohibit all 
        patents on plant, microorganism, animal, and human life.

37      Daring Fishing Revelations 
        David Orton feels that treating nature as a 
        "resource" can desensitize fishers, loggers or farmers.

38      Plant Vector Injects Genes into Human Cells
        Joseph Cummins records a tumor-causing bacterium.

39      Crop Producing Human Protein in Open Field 
        Test 
        Kimberly Wilson protested the genetic experiment.

THINKING ECONOMICALLY

40      The Meaning of Green Agriculture 
        Paul Gilk argues that civilization is the perpetual 
        enemy of agriculture.

42      Sterile Harvest 
        The ETC Group explains why new terminator patents 
        threatens food sovereignty.

43      A Call for a Citizen's Agenda Against 
        Corporate Raids on the Treasury and an Outbreak of 
        Wartime Opportunism 

46      Electric Power to the People
        Howie Hawkins shows why energy deregulation failed 
        to deliver lower prices.




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