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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:28:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Sendic Estrada Jimenez <sestrada-AT-fcfm.buap.mx>
Subject: M-NEWS: END CORPORATE DOMINANCE MONTH pt.2 (fwd)






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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 15:15:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joanna P. Gordon" <jpg01-AT-comp.uark.edu>
Reply-To: media-l-AT-tao.ca
Subject: END CORPORATE DOMINANCE MONTH pt.2

 *Sorry about the lag, I had some problems w/ the computer, and I went to
a march to raise public awareness of domestic violence. Here's the 2nd
part of the "schedule".If you have any questions reply to entropy-AT-eden.com
not to me. Thanks. *Spider*
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        PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!
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				OCT.17
PACT (People Against Corporate Takeover) action against MONSANTO in
Springfield, MA. Contact: PACT, Bob Spivey, (413) 625-0141, POB 601,
Northampton, MA. 01061-0601

				OCT.17
OGONI SOLIDARITY- Ireland  "THE KEN SARO-WIWA MEMORIAL SEMINAR" at the
European Parliament offices in Dublin. Speakers from Ogoni, Bougainville,
and the former Zaire. Contact: Majella McCarron, 00 353 1 4965433 (tel.)
or 00353 1 4965029 (fax)

				OCT.18
"INT. DAY OF ACTION AGAINST NIKE" Contact: Campaign for Labor Rights, Trim
Bissell, Coordinator (541) 344-5410  or email: clr-AT-igc.apc.org
web site: http://www.compugraph.com/clr

				OCT.18
"100th BIRTHDAY 'CELEBRATION' OF SHELL" part of the 100 days of action
against the oil industry. Contact: Corporate Watch email:
mail-AT-corporatewatch.i-way.co.uk

			       OCT.18-26
NATIONAL JOBS FO ALL COALITION, "JOBS FOR ALL WEEK" two NYC,NY events:
Oct.18 Call to Action concert for jobs and economic justice, and Oct.22: 
Public Meeting Demanding Jobs for all at a LIVING WAGE, 6:30-9:00pm.
Contact:(212)870-3449 or email:njfac-AT-ncccusa.org

				OCT.20
EARTHRIGHTS INT. goes to court with a lawsuit AGAINST UNOCAL and TOTAL for
their brutal human rights abuses in the Yadena Gas Pipeline project in
Burma. Contact:Katherine Redford email: earth-AT-ksc8.th.com

				OCT.21
Delta greens, Loyola Greens, and other groups. Panel discussion "HAS
LOYOLA LEASED THE IVORY TOWER? THE FREEPORT AFFAIR REVISITED." Loyola
University(New Orleans) in the Nunemaker auditorium, 7:30pm. Featuring Dr.
Stephen Feld, winner of the McArthur "genius" prize for research
excellence for his musicology work in Papua New Guinea. Jim Bob Moffett,
CEO of Freeport McMoRan has also been invited. Contact: Teresa Hill (504)
897-5170.

				OCT.24
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE "DAY WITHOUT THE PENTAGON" Contact: Chris Ney, WRL,
(212)288-0450 or email: wrl-AT-igc.apc.org
web site: http://www.nonviolence.org/wrl

			     OCT.26-NOV.1
COLLECTIF POUR DES RUES LIBEREES holds "ASSISES VERS DES VILLES SANS
VOITURES" ("Towards Car-Free Cities Conference") Contact: Randy Ghent,
tel.: +(33) 4 72 00 23 57, fax: +(33) 4 78 28 57 78.  4 rue Bodin, 69001
Lyou, France. email:rghent-AT-humboldt1.com

				OCT.31
DAY OF ACTION AGAINST FREEPORT McMoRan. Contact EF! Austin. (512)320-0413
or email entropy-AT-eden.com

			        MID-OCT.
THE CORPORATE PLANET:ECOLOGY AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, by
Josh Karliner of Corporate Watch (USA) will be published by Sierra Club
Books in Oct., and he will be touring the book around during the last 1/2
of Oct.

		             OCT.31-NOV.2
DEMOCRACY TEACH-IN ORGANIZING CONF. , University of Chicago. The
Teach-ins, focusing on democracy and corporate power, will be held at
universities and community centers internationally during the week of
Mar1-7, 1998. The organizing conference is to educate and train Teach-in
participants. Featuring Ralph Nader. Demonstrations for ECD Oct. are also
planned. Contact:Democracy Teach-in Clearinghouse, Outreach Division,
(617)354-9363.
				NOV.10
Anniversary of the EXECUTION OF KEN SARO-WIWA, an international day of
ACTION AGAINST SHELL.
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 ***"WHEN SPIDERS UNITE, THEY CAN TIE DOWN A LION."-Ethiopian Proverb***
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   ^^^OTHER END CORPORATE DOMINANCE OCTOBER ACTIONS ARE TAKING PLACE IN:^^
 
IRELAND- Contact: Robert Allen, email:atglas-AT-tinet.ie
FINLAND- Contact: Saara Henriksson Garbage-campaign, P.O.Box 21, 00 411
                  Helsinki FINLAND,  email: h2003-AT-sci.fi
ENGLAND- Contact hippy-AT-oneworld.org or mail-AT-corporatewatch.i-way.co.uk
CANADA- Contact: Mike Buckthought ag270-AT-freenet.carleton.ca
USA: Idaho; Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Tuscon, AZ.; Chicago and
Carbondale,IL.; Austin and Houston, TX.; St.Louis and Universtiy City,MO.;
Arcata, CA.; New orleans,LA.; Chattenooga and Knoxville,TN.;
Cleveland,OH.; Boulder, CO.; Greenbay and Madison, WI.; Minneapolis, MN.;
Washington, D.C.; New York, NY.; Eugene & elsewhere in OR.; Fayetteville,
AR.; Richmond, IN.; (that we know of so far.)
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  ** END CORPORATE DOMINANCE CAMPAIGN
     C/O EARTH FIRST! AUSTIN                        (512)320-0413
     PO BOX 7292
     AUSTIN, TX.    78713
	
                            EMAIL: entropy-AT-eden.com

  ** Contact them if you have anything to add to this list or any
     questions about this campaign.
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      WEBSITES HELPFUL TO END CORPORATE DOMINANCE ORGANIZERS:

 -http://baobabcomputing.com/all/links.htm
 -http://www.corporatewatch.org
 -http://violet.berkeley.edu/~orourke/PIN.html
 -http://www.ratical.com/corporations/
 -http://www.essential.org/monitor/
 -http://www.envirolink.org/issues/corporate/
 -http://www.monitor.net/rachel/
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 *PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!*
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 "FREE THOUGHT, NECESSARILY INVOLVING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS, I MAY
TERSELY DEFINE AS THUS: NO OPINION A LAW- NO OPINION A CRIME."
                                                   -Alexander Berkman

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FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!
FREE ALL WAGE SLAVES! FREE YOUR MIND!
STOP THE PROBLEMS AT THE SOURCE:  STOP CORPORATE TYRANNY!
STAND UP FOR YOURSELVES AND YOUR FUTURE!
UNITE AND FIGHT!
TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER!!!!
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***IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, CHANGE YOURSELF.***
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   *La Arana*
				

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




   

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