[alternet-l] ALTERNET NEWS # 46

[Adrian Harris]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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