Re: Breast Cancer info (fwd)
Michael - thank you SO much for calling our attention to the current article in "Women First" magazine. I can't believe I've lived long enough to see this come out of someone else's mouth besides MINE! I have suspected for MANY years now that environmental causes were behind MANY cancers - let alone breast cancer. I am thrilled out of my mind regarding this current group's interest and intend to follow up as best I can (plus research our library's databases). You see, I worked for the American Cancer Society several years back, and I KNOW the "blind eye" they turn to a LOT of things about cancer, let alone ENVIRONMENTAL causes. I have "forbidden" anyone I know to "give to that 'cause' in my name" should I ever have the misfortune of dying of cancer. Jackie * "The trick is to 'get smart' EARLY enough for it to do you some good!" -unknown * >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 6 03:16:59 1995 From: "J.J. Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: bioregionalism dicussion To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 10:20:03 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from "mary hallock morris" at Jul 2, 95 11:09:47 am Dear Mary, I'm not sure this is going to go to the list or just to you, I'm afraid I've not quite got the hang of email yet (aren't all greenies Luddites at heart!). Anyway I'd just to to say that I agree with what you said concernign the ecological and social advantages of bioregionalism in general and your interpretation of it as a form of anarchism (I prefer the term 'anarchism' to 'anarchy' because of the negative overtones associated with the latter as you indicated). >From my own point of view bioregionalism is the clearest expression of that well worn green phrase 'act locally think globally' in arguying for a political and economic system that tries to meet needs locally, thus cutting down on the ecological destructive impact of transporting goods and servicves accross the globe. An additional feature relates to bioregionalism as a reaction against the globalising tendencies of the contemporary age, in many respects it can be viewed as the attempt by local communities, forms of life, cultures and idenities to protect themselves from the homogenising and disrutpive effects of 'globalisation'. Now this as I see it is the nub oif the issue. Although in full support for bioregionalism as a political/economic realisation of the values and practices of what Eric Dasmann has called 'ecosystem people', against the ecologically destructive effects of 'biosphere people', one of the moot points about bioegionalism is the extent to which it does 'think globally' in the sense of no lapsing into a parochalism and insularity that would undermine values of diversity, democracy and difference. In short, can bioregionalism sustain a mutlicultural social base or would it degenerate in to the conservatism that typified the early writings of Kirkpatrick Sale? I think bioregionalism can avoid this fate, but only if attention is given to trans-bioregional issues, which raises the paradoxical suggestion that some form of minimal (but not ineffective) 'green state' or state-like institution may be necessary in order to prevent the type of small-scale. self-reliant (as opposed to self-suffient) communities that bioregionalism celebrates from becoming inward looking, and losing sight of the global (or rather universalist) perspective on practices and values such as democracy, social justice and global justice, equality and liberty. It is at this point that I think the work of Murray Bookchin (whose views I by no means uncritically endorse, and find his polemical prose distasteful) on 'libertarian municipalism'. Have any others come accross this perspective? I think that bioregionlaism requires some cross fetilisation (to use a rather apt ecological metaphor) from other eco-anarchist strands (and maybe even good ol liberalism and socialism) in order for it to be a feasible and attractive political proposition. What do others think? Yours in peace, John Barry Dept of Politics Keele University Keele, Staffs. ST5 5BG UK 'It ain't easy being green', Kermit the Frog >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 6 07:37:59 1995 MR-Received: by mta DER1; Relayed; Thu, 06 Jul 1995 09:40:46 -0500 MR-Received: by mta EPIC66; Relayed; Thu, 06 Jul 1995 09:40:48 -0500 Alternate-recipient: prohibited Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 09:36:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Al Rushanan TAL (904)487-1855" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: re-posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posting-date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 09:40:00 -0500 (EST) Importance: normal UA-content-id: A11ZVVLDTQCS A1-type: MAIL Hop-count: 2 Lorraine: If you're so concerned about this list getting "messed up," may I ask why you redundantly posted 5 messages of mine back to the list (where they were already posted) without
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CONFERENCE ON cREATIVITY AND iNNOVATION A
[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Subject: First announcement of International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots, at IIMA Ahmedabad - International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots Level Cosponsored by IIMA, SRISTI, ISEE and IASCP December 1996 Centre for Management in Agriculture Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad The search for sustainable solutions to the problems created by input intensive technologies, declining institutions of common property resource management and weakening links between formal and informal knowledge systems is drawing global attention to wards the local innovations. Research at the Institute over last six years has generated a very rich understanding of the process of creativity and innovation at grassroots level. But many questions still remain unanswered. The influence of worldview of the innovators as well as their contextual conditions in trigger- ing innovations has to be clearly delineated. The inability of formal educational system to draw upon the excellence in ecologi- cal knowledge among children seems to add to the problem of drop out because of other socio-economic factors. The knowledge erosion was never so severe as in this generation. And yet several studies are showing the importance of studying indigenous schemes of classification of soils, waves, clouds, winds, etc., to make sense of the variability in natural systems. This conference is a response to various challenges. There are four major dimensions of the proposed conference: A: Innovations Institutional Innovations Technological Innovations Socio-cultural Innovations B: Education Linkage between formal and informal knowledge systems Pedagogic and curricular innovations C: Compensating Creativity Intellectual property right regimes Non-material forms of individual and collective compensation Ethical issues in accessing people's knowledge about biodi- versity and other resource use strategies D: Market based incentives for commercialization of sustainable technologies Certification of organic products Development of green markets Consumer awareness Social consciousness about non-sustainable prodcuts and services The Conference will thus focus on: 1.Formal and informal knowledge systems and possible bridges between them, comparison of learning strategies in each system. 2.Educational Innovations for triggering and reinforcing experi- mental ethic among children and adults 3.Ecological entrepreneurship 4.Intellectual property rights of grassroots innovators 5.Innovations in farm and non-farm sector by farmers, artisans and small workshop owners 6.Trade, marketing and certification of organic foods and related products developed by low-external input farmers through use of sustainable technologies 7.Database development and networking around the indigenous / local innovations 8.Institutional innovations for sustainable natural resource management, Biodiversity Conservation, In situ and ex situ germ plasm conservation, On farm research, farmers' risk adjustments through innovative strategies 9.Public policies for supporting local innovations for sustain- able development 10.Rethinking agricultural and non-farm extension system to link formal and informal science 11.Natural science research on innovations by farmers, artisans 12.Compensating Creativity: Contracts between industry and local communities for tapping local knowledge about biodiversity and other resources, etc. The idea is that all aspects of the creativity and innovation in the context of sustainable development in general and of rural society in particular are discussed. Organization: A local organizing committee will be formed including colleagues from IIMA and some other national and International institutions. An international organizing committee will also be set up to generate wider support and seek advice for the success of the conference. Co-sponsorship Centre for Management in Agriculture in collaboration with SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technolo- gies and Institutions) is organizing this conference. Sponsor- ship of the conference by some other international societies/institutions is also likely. International Society of Ecological Economics, Intt Association for study of Common Properties have alreday agreed to co-sponsor the conference. Contact address: Prof.Anil K Gupta, Editor, Honey bee and Coordinator, SRISTI c/o Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad - 380 015, India, Phone No: 407241 (O), 469079 (R), Fax: 91-79-6427896, Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please sned your suggestions for organizing sessions, chairing workshops,
Introducing CBCN/Fwd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Forwarded Message Follows --- INTRODUCING THE CANADIAN BOTANICAL CONSERVATION NETWORK (CBCN) The Canadian Botanical Conservation Network is a new initiative to develop participation in biodiversity conservation programs among ex-situ botanical institutions and organizations in Canada. CBCN is presently a project of Royal Botanical Gardens with partners Environment Canada, McMaster University, and corporate partners Merck Frosst Canada Inc., and Glaxo Canada Inc. The CBCN Project was officially opened on June 27, 1995, by Ms Paddy Torsney, Member of Parliament for Burlington South, in a brief ceremony at Royal Botanical Gardens. The objective of CBCN is to develop a national network among Canadian botanical organizations for their participation in the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy. The project is at the early development stage and is based at Royal Botanical Gardens. Fifteen organizations have expressed an interest in participating in the network. At this time the network secretariat consists of one full time staff member carrying out background research, making contacts with interested organizations, and other development tasks. Funding support has been secured for the first two years of the project. At both the national and international levels there are calls for the organized participation of botanical gardens and arboreta in cooperative conservation efforts. These voices range from the Convention on Biological Diversity (the 1992 "Rio Convention") to the 1995 Canadian Biodiversity Strategy and reports from a Canadian group examining off site (ex situ) propagation of plants. During the past decade there has been an effort to develop a professional network to coordinate ex-situ conservation of native and non-native species among botanical organizations. In 1984 the Canadian Plant Conservation Programme was established, but this lasted only a few years. More recently a Plant Collections Newsletter has been produced at Devonian Botanic Gardens, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. It is planned that the Canadian Botanical Conservation Network will be a group of organizations and individuals cooperating to promote the conservation of botanical genetic resources and biological diversity across Canada. The objective of the network will be to develop active participation in coordinated in-situ/ex-situ conservation efforts for native and rare exotic plants in Canada. A great deal of information on botanical diversity already exists in botanical gardens, universities and other research centres. A majority role for CBCN will be to seek new ways to provide wide access to existing data. CBCN will look for new areas for research and development in biodiversity conservation programs and promote new projects. There are also many important opportunities for public education, commercial participation and cultural enhancement inherent within CBCN. Funding to secure the development of the CBCN Project has been obtained from five sources to date. Royal Botanical Gardens has contributed $25,000, $100,000 has been commitment from Environment Canada and $5,000 from McMaster University. In 1995, funding of $2,000 was received from Glaxo Canada Inc. and a commitment of $5,000 for each three years was received from Merck Frosst Canada Inc. In the future, a wide variety of information will be accessible through CBCN, using the Internet in addition to more conventional routes. The Canadian Botanical Conservation Network has already established an Internet World Wide Web home page that provides information on the CBCN project, and numerous links to other sources of information. Visitors to the Web page can find details on Canadian and international programs on biodiversity, genetic resources, botany, biology and ecological gardening. Environment Canada and McMaster University can also be reached through the Web. A directory of Canadian botanical gardens and arboreta is also available through the CBCN home page. The prototype CBCN home page can be reached through the Internet's World Wide Web protocol. The URL address (case sensitive) for the CBCN home page is: http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/Biology/CBCN/homepage.html I would be grateful to receive your comments and suggestions on this project. Please drop me a line for more information or with your ideas. Thanks for your attention, Dr. David A. Galbraith - Coordinator CANADIAN BOTANICAL CONSERVATION NETWORK at Royal Botanical Gardens P.O. Box 399 Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8N 3H8 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (905) 527-1158, Ext. 295 Fax: (905) 577-0375
Re: bioregionalism, yes!
Sara's point about Thomas Jefferson and bioregionalism is really interesting and quite a new connection (I think). There is with Jefferson a quite definable sense of place, first in relation to Virginia itself and more particularly the area around Monticello, allof which one finds in contemporary bioregionalist writing. It's esp. valuable to link up these 'new' ideas with some history or historical perspective. This has made me want to lookat Jefferson again. Steve >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 5 15:33:03 1995 id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 06 Jul 1995 09:37:23 +1200 ; 6 Jul 95 09:33:23 +1200 Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 09:33:03 +1200 From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CFP Midwest SWIP/Fwd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Lincoln University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Call for papers and poetry Society for Women in Philosophy Fall 1995 Midwest division meeting October 27-29 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Deadline: August 28, 1995 Original poetry and papers on ALL TOPICS related to feminist philosophy are invited. Papers must be short enough in length to permit reading and full discussion in one hour. Poetry readings should be approximately 10 minutes in length. Please send ONE copy of your peom(s) or paper (with abstract if possible) to EACH of the program committee members: Amber L. Katherine P.O. Box 6016 East Lansing, MI 48826 Jacqueline Anderson 1012 1/2 Dodge Evanston, IL 60202 PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS 1. A session on "waht whiteness means" was proposed at the spring 1995 meeting. This session will be devoted to a discussion of the complexity of white identities. Those wishing to participate are encouraged to prepare short (1 page) PERSONAL narratives to contribute to the discussion. 2. The Lesbian Caucus will devote the session to a discussion of "passing." TRAVEL GRANTS Midwest SWIP provides travel grants (up to $50) for members who are students and those who are unemployed or under-employed. Direct your requests to: Amber L. Katherine (address above).
RE: chivalry
Sara: Thanks for the post. The next paragraph is sarcasm, so please don't take it personal. BEGIN SARCASM: Is "chivalry" a four letter word? On the opening doors thing, I often open car doors for women, but wouldn't be caught dead opening a car door for an uninjured man. No complaints so far, but I'll make it a point to check if a woman is a feminist before opening car doors in the future. (Non-feminists say they like the courtesy just fine, and I don't think they're lying.) What else can I not do for you? END SARCASM Actually, you're recommendation of getting a deep sense of history is a good one. It dawned on me that all the pent-up anger and frustration women have is the same kind of stuff I've been venting at management. And for the exact same reason! I'm sick of managers (male or female, but all managers) rigging the system for themselves, and then denying it. Women are sick of men (weak or strong, but all males) rigging the overall male-dominated system for themselves, and then denying it. In both cases, we're fed up and letting folks know it. (But in essence we're fighting the same thing: domination and oppression.) I know that my furious attitude is damaging to my career (I can live with that), and often hurts people's feelings who don't really deserve the anger (I have trouble living with that.) Sometimes it's hard to distinguish the good guys from the good ole boys. So lately I've been bucking managers in general, to try to get the point across. Which I suppose is exactly what you guys have been doing to me when I say anything that smells patronizing or sexist. Fair enough. Complaining about the flames I've received would be hypocritical. And, frankly, I do have a lot to learn about the history of my sexist ways. But I think we need to ask ourselves whether we go too far with our anger. Anger gets attention, but it turns a lot of people off and has the danger of escalating into violence. We reap what we sow. What companies have been learning about management is that restructuring the system to eliminate layers of supervisors helps people get along. In other words, don't throw out the people, just change their job descriptions. I guess what I'm getting at is, don't throw out half the population (men) and try to replace it with a matriarchy. Do try to exorcise the "diseased thinking" that you talk about in men. But aim toward a partnership at the end. Because, ultimately, we do need each other. Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's the Millenium. "We must love each other, or we must die."
Petroleum Bioremediation/Fwd
A forwarded message of interest. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Forwarded Message Follows --- NEW WEB REFERENCE SITE: How to Eliminate Petroleum Pollution from Soil & Water With Inexpensive Bacteria and Nutrient Mixes -- Address: http://tigger.jvnc.net/~levins/microbes.html -- Bioremediation is the process of using hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria to break down the chemical structure of petroleum compounds into less complex, fertilizer-like substances that are not hazardous or regulated. Since the late 1980s when it was recognized by the U.S. EPA as a viable petroleum clean-up method, bioremediation has grown into a major segment of the American environmental remediation industry. However, the contrators who provide such services have been unusually secretive about the actual bioremediation materials and methods they use to treat contaminated soil and water. This new World-Wide Web site provides comprehensive background data about these state-of-the-art petroleum hydrocarbon bioremediation techniques. Entitled "BIOREMEDIATION: A Layman's Guide to Techniques and Materials," the extensive reference resource provides practical, "hands on" information for persons who need to understand the process of bioremediation to better manage outside contractors performing such work, or who want to undertake their own bioremediation projects in accordance with currently accepted scientific standards. In a step-by-step fashion, the illustrated web feature explains how bioremediation is used to degrade petroleum pollution from soils and water. Soil sections include explanations of large-scale soil cleanups such as those encountered in the vicinity of industrial facilities, small-scale cleanups such as the contaminated piles generated at tank removal sites, and the beach and coastal area cleanups required immediately after waterborne spills wash ashore. Water sections include dealing with oil slicks on open water as well as the remediation of petroleum-polluted water found in industrial retaining ponds and other concrete containments. Soil sections emphasize "land farming" techniques that involve excavating, spreading and treating polluted soils in a shallow, 18-inch layer on flat ground. One particularly useful section explains the "staged pile" land farming method that allows contaminated soil to be piled as high as six feet deep and still be successfully bioremediated. The methods covered degrade a broad range of hydrocarbon substances in periods of time ranging from 90 to 150 days. The actual rate of degradation depends on the nature of the project. One case details an Exxon bioremediation soil site where land farming techniques lowered a contaminant base of deisel fuel and mixed oil from 75,000 ppm to 10,000 ppm in 150 days--10,000 ppm was the theshold needed to meet site closure requirements. In another case, soil at a commercial property repossessed by a bank was treated and its TPH reduced from 500+ ppm to 17 ppm in 65 days. --- Hoag Levins [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Special Journal Issue-Contents/Fwd
Here's some info I thought ECOFEMers might be interested in. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Forwarded Message Follows --- The latest issue of the British interdisciplinary Journal of Area Studies, has just been published as a special issue under the theme of Women in Eastern and Western Europe - in Transition and Recession CONTENTS: Editorial Introduction: Martha Worsching Experiencing Social Transformation in Eastern Europe: Barbara Bertram, Olga Zdravomyslova, Grazyna Firlit-Fesnak Young Families in Eastern and Western Europe: Monika Jaeckel, Marina Arutiunyan and Ulla Bjornberg Women in Poland: The Impact of Post-Communist Transformation: Frances Millard Creating Change or Struggling to Survive? - Women's Situation in Albania: Chris Corrin Portuguese Women Between Revolution and Recession: Gender in Decision Making and Employment: Audrey Brassloff Women's Status and Employment in Contemporary Greece: Gabriella Lazaridis, Anna Syngellakis Women's Labour Market Participation in France: The Paradox of the Nineties: Marie-Therese Letablier The 'Insidious Double Message': Austrian Women Caught Between The Family and Employment: Wolfgang Brassloff Women at East and West German Universities Before and After Unification: Marianne Kriszio In the Margins: Experience of Women Academics in British Universities: Barbara Bagilhole Feeding the Family: The Role of Women in Coping With Low Income in Britain: Barbara Dobson, Alan Beardsworth, Teresa Keil, Robert Walker Women, Welfare and the Private Sphere: The Problem of Meeting Long Term Care Needs: Eithne McLaughlin, Caroline Glendinning Autonomy versus Integration - East German Women and Political Participation: Astrid Herhoffer East European Women as Domestics in Eastern Europe: New Social Inequality and Division of Labour Among Women: Marianne Friese Migrant Women and Gender Role Definition in the Italian Context: Jacqueline Andall Thematic Book Reviews If you would like further information on this journal, please contact J.Leaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or M. Worsching (fax: UK code (0)1509-269 395) or write to the Subscriptions Secretary, Journal of Area Studies, Department of European Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU. Thank you. --
Mumia Programming on Free Speech TV (fwd)
Forwarded message: Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 22:08:52 -0400 Reply-To: Progressive News & Views List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Progressive News & Views List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: PNEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mumia Programming on Free Speech TV [*PNEWS CONFERENCES] From: Prison Activist Resource Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ||| Forwarded by PARC and the Prison Issues Desk ||| (see next msg. for schedule) - Subject: Mumia Programming on Free Speech TV During late July and early August, Free Speech TV/The 90's Channel will pre-empt much of its previously-scheduled programming to examine the case of Mumia Abu Jamal, and its implications. Topics will include Mumia and his situation, as well as the context: race and racism; police conduct in Philadelphia, Mumia's hometown; Cointelpro and its efforts against the Black Panthers; political prisoners in the United States. Free Speech TV's explicit agenda is to raise the public's awareness of the case and mobilize the public to spare Mumia's life. Our second purpose is to raise the larger issues Mumia's case implicates. Around the programming, we will air announcements which urge viewers to contact Pennsylvania Governor Ridge and the Supervising Judge LeGrome Davis requesting clemency for Mumia, to send copies of letters to the Philadelphia Enquirer, and to contact Equal Justice USA and the Intl. Concerned Friends & Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal for more information. By a separate posting, I am transmitting carriage information on Free Speech TV programming. Please be advised that times are subject to change, as FSTV is launching this weekend. -- John Week of 7/22: Peoples Video Network: Free Mumia! (excerpts - part 1) (1995, 30:00) This video chronicles the protests by thousands of Mumia supporters in Philadelphia in the week following the signing of the death warrant, and speeches by his lawyers, friends and family who argue in support of his appeal. Producer: Peoples Video Network Contact: Key Martin @ Peoples Video Network: (212)633-6646 Week of 7/29: Deep Dish TV: Behind Censorship Part 8 : Political Prisoners and POWs in the US: Break the Walls Down (1991, 29:00) Footage compiled from over 40 social justice media productions chronicles the perspectives of political prisoners and prisoners of war within the U.S. Historical footage is combined with interviews of activists from revolutionary movements waged by African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans and Whites against oppression. The prisoners, victims of government sponsored attacks on liberation movements in the U.S. and its colonies, discuss how they and their companions have been murdered, forced underground, driven into exile and unjustly imprisoned since the late 60's. Producers: Kenyatta Tyehimba & Ada Gray Griffin Contact: Cynthia Lopez @ Deep Dish TV (212)473-8933 Political Playhouse (1995, 28:30) An interview with Alexander Cockburn, columnist for The Nation, focusing on the history of the Mumia Abu-Jamal case as a travesty, with some astute observations about the politics of racism, the death penalty, and making an example of Mumia, not unlike the execution of the Rosenburgs 42 years ago at the height of the Red Scare. Producer: Philip Craft Contact: Philip Craft @ Political Playhouse: (206)282-2102 Framing the Panthers in Black & White (1990, 30:00) This tape looks at the history of the Black Panther Party and its calculated destruction by the FBI through the COINTELPRO programs in the late 60's and early 70's. COINTELPRO targeted the Black Panther Party, Martin Luther King Jr., SNCC, The American Indian Movement, and Puerto Rican "Independentistas", among others. In particular, Framing the Panthers in Black and White charts the life of one ex-Panther, Dhoruba Bin Wahad (formerly Richard Moore), who has just been released from prison after 19 years. His release was the consequence of a protracted court case which revealed that he was targeted and framed by the FBI. Producers: Annie Goldson & Chris Bratton Contact: Veena Cabreros-Sud @ Third World Newsreel: (212)947-9277 Death Row Notebooks: (1994, 14:00) Death Row Notebooks is structured around an interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal has been placed in highly punitive conditions. For example, he is denied reading material and visitors because he refuses to cut his hair for religious reasons. In the tape Abu-Jamal describes his early history in Philadelphia, his work as an information officer with the Black Panthers, his interest and later affiliation with MOVE, his arrest, and imprisonment. Producer: Annie Goldson Contact: Mindy Farber @ Video Data Bank: (312)345-3550 The Color Line: Racism In America (1992, 10:00) Investigates racism through the testimony of a variety of individuals who negotiate ethnographic and multicultural terminology to show that race is as much about economics as it is about personal value and identity. This tape compiles inte
program schedule for Mumia videos (fwd)
Forwarded message: Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 22:09:54 -0400 Reply-To: Progressive News & Views List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Progressive News & Views List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: PNEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: program schedule for Mumia videos [*PNEWS CONFERENCES] From: Prison Activist Resource Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ||| Forwarded by PARC and the Prison Issues Desk ||| - Here's where the special Mumia programming will appear. FREE SPEECH TV and Affiliated Stations City State Chl # Station Contact #Subscribers Schedule TucsonAZ 64Access Tucson 520-624-9833 94,000 Sun, Tues, Thurs 10pm-9am Hacienda Heights CA 34 The 90's Channel303-442-8445 28,00024 hours/day Claremont CA 54 Claremont Colleges 909-626-3521 5,500 Tues, Wed, Thurs, 7-11pm LaVerne CA 3University of LaVerne909-392-2731 5,000 TBA Pasadena CA 56 Pasadena Community Access 818-795-5556 30,000Mon 3-5pm; Wed 4-6pm Sacramento CA 18 Access Sacramento 916-456-8600 214,000 TBA San Francisco CA 52 CCSF-City College of San Francisco 415-239-3887 163,000 Thurs eves Santa Cruz CA 69 The 90's Channel303-442-8445 49,00024 hours/day East ValleyCA 34 The 90's Channel303-442-8445 83,00024 hours/day Oakland CA 15, 17, 18 PCTV-Peralta College 510-464-3251 200,000 TBA Denver/Boulder CO 95 The 90's Channel303-442-8445 210,000 24 hours/day Vernon CT 20 The 90's Channel303-442-8445 21,00024 hours/day New Haven CT 29 Citizens Television, Inc. 203-562-2288 87,000Fri 4-8pm Tampa FL 24 Jones Intercable Public Access Center 813-254-1687 200,000 TBA Honolulu HI 24 CCTV: Olelo808-836-2546 250,000 Sat 10pm-2am Iowa City IA 2Public Access - Iowa City 319-338-7035 20,000Sat 8-10pm; Thurs 10 pm-12am BloomingtonIN 3BCAT-Bloomington Community Access TV 812-323-4353 39,000Sun 7-11 pm Fort Wayne IN 10 Allen County Public Library 219-424-7241 68,000Tues 11pm-3am Amherst MA 10 Amherst Community TV 413-256-1010 7,000 Mon 11am-1pm;Tues/Thurs 10pm-12am Boston MA TBA Boston Neighborhood Network 617-720-2113 102,455 TBA Cambridge MA 19, 66Cambridge Community Television 617-225-2500 19,000Mon. 10pm-12; Tues. 9-11pm MaldenMA 3Malden Access TV617-321-6400 15,000 Mon/Thurs 10:30-12:30am NorthamptonMA 2Continental Cablevision 413-586-6922 16,000Tues/Wed 7:30-9:30 pm Shrewsbury MA 57 Shrewsbury Public Access 508-757-3006 9,000 Fri 11:30 pm -12:30 am; Sat 2:30 - 3:30 am; Sun 10:30 - 11:30 pm & 2:30 am - 3:30 am South Yarmouth MA 3Cape Cod Community Television 508-394-2388 50,000Sat 8:30pm - 12:30am Baltimore MD 43 The 90's Channel303-442-8445 96,000 24 hours/day Grand Rapids MI 23, 95GRTV 616-459-4788 x5 120,000 Mon/Wed/Sat eves Detroit MI 69 The 90's Channel303-442-8445 68,000 24 hours/day St. Paul MN 35 Cable Access St. Paul 612-224-5153 40,000Mon 12-4pm St. Louis MO TBA Double Helix Corporation 314-361-8870 55,000TBA PomonaNJ 23 The Stockton Channel 609-652-4241 120,000 Mon/Wed 2-4pm, 10pm-12am Trenton NJ TBA Mercer County Community College 609-586-4800 85,000TBA Wayne NJ 19 William Peterson College 201-595-2744 300,000 TBA Flushing NY 57 Queens Public Access TV 718-886-8160 400,000 Sat 3-7pm New Paltz NY 6WNPC -SUNY New Paltz 914-257-3098 2,200 Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun 11am-12pm Staten Island NY 35 Staten Island Community Television 718-727-1414 90,000TBA Ashland OR TBA Rogue Valley Community Television 503-552-6395 38,000TBA Beaverton OR TBA Tualatin Valley Community Access 503-629-8534 80,000TBA Gresham OR TBA MCTV 503-667-7636 40,000TBA Portland OR 11, 33Portland Cable Access 503-288-1515 120,000 Tues 12-4am Philadelphia PA 54 DUTV - Drexel University 215-895-2927 300,000 Sat & Sun all day DallasTX TBA Cable Access of Dallas, Inc. 214-631-55710 135,000 TBA South BurlingtonVT 15 Adelphia Cable 802-658-3050 26,000TBA Madison WI 47 WYOU- Community TV 608-258-9644 60,000TBA Milwaukee WI TBA Milwaukee Access (MATA) 414-225-3560 92,000TBA TBA = To be announced __ John B. Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 6060 voice 303-442-2707 Boulder, CO 80306 FAX 303-442-6472 __ end forward. ___ Prison Activist Resource Center| PeaceNet Prison Issues Desk PO Box 3201
bioregionalism, yes!
Yes, I'd like to hear more discussion of bioregionalism. I'm currently working on an essay about two contemporary novels--Jane Smiley's _A Thousand Acres_ and Carolyn Chute's _Merry Men_--both bitter versions of American pastoral. In reading A. Kolodny's _The Lay of the Land_, about TJefferson's faith in the family farm, I kept thinking--"bioregionalism!" Jefferson rejected a profit- motivated economy for an agrarian economy (and it seems to me that _one_ ((of many)) of the problems with family farming is that the agrarian economy got twisted up in profit and it all went to hell--or the corporations, which is the same thing. :) ). TJ, in keeping with his historical moment, believed virtue and fulfillment came from close contact with nature/the land. OK, the usual disclaimers about TJ apply--slave owner, etc. I don't know how much actual farming TJ himself did. And while he _sort of_ recognized the environmental damage farming did, he mostly just hinted at it and left it to later generations to cope with--much the same way he finally resolved the slavery issue? And, of course, Kolodny's premise--that in America the _metaphor_ of the land as female became a reality, in that it shaped the way Euros lived on the land--both expecting maternal nurturing and controlling/ raping "her" for their own gain--is also a warning. It seems that if TJ's 18th C agrarian ideal was done in, in part, by a feminization of the earth that allowed for environmental abuse, then we need to be on our guard for our own residual feminizations of nature. At any rate, even though we obviously can't recreate the 18th C ideal (even the 18th C couldn't do that!), it helps me to know that "new" ideas like bioregionalism have been around for centuries. What other historical "roots" exist for bioregionalism? It seems to me that the more we know about bioregionalism now, the better equipped we'll be for our own survival when, inevitably, we can no longer maintain our current global consumerism. (Please excuse my apocalyptic paranoia:) ). Sara >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 5 09:48:40 1995 Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 10:48:35 -0600 (CST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: chivalry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is for Al, if he's still listening. Your poor ears must be flamed off by now. And while I agree with most of the criticisms you've gotten lately, I did find myself feeling a smidge of sympathy. (gee, does that sound patronizing?) You said a while back that you value a certain kind of chivalry, and your comments in general are very chivalrous--a male-to-female code of behavior which ostensibly protects and values women while, in fact, it confines and controls women. I'm not saying those are _your_ motives, but that's the history of the code you embrace. There's a moment in Judy Grahn's poem, "A Woman is Talking to Death," that illustrates my point: "In feudal Europe, if a woman committed adultery/her husband would sometimes tie her/down, catch a mouse and trap it/under a cup on her bare belly, until/it gnawed itself out, now are you/afraid of mice?" If you're genuinely invested in liberatory movements, and I'm willing to accept that you are, then, like all of us, you have a lot of reading to do. Cornell West says we must have a "deep sense" of history if we are to ever undo oppressive behaviors. Find out what your chivalry was really all about before you adopt it as tool for feminism. Sara >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 5 11:39:58 1995 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Golden) Subject: Spartacists: Jamal Campaign Update (fwd) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 5 Jul 95 10:41:38 PDT Forwarded message: Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 22:20:46 -0400 Reply-To: Progressive News & Views List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Progressive News & Views List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: PNEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Spartacists: Jamal Campaign Update ## # # ### # # # # # ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### # # # # # # # # # ### ## ## # [PNEWS CONFERENCES] From: NY Spartacist The following article is from the June 30 issue of Workers Vanguard, the Marxist working-class biweekly of the Spartacist League. A one year subscription to Workers Vanguard is $10.00 (includes English-language Spartacist, Women and Revolution, and Black History and the Class Struggle). Make checks payable/mail to: Spartacist Publishing Co., Box 1377 GPO, New York, NY 10116. Other articles in this issue are: 1982 Trial a Mockery of Justice: The Frame-Up of Mumia Abu-Jamal An Open Letter to President Mandela to Save the Life of Mu
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Thanks, Michael, for the information about NMC. Shades of Leonard Crow Dog, L Peltier, and many others, I'm sure. I was unclear, however, on the purpose of the petition. I know you were forwarding this message from another source, so you may not know the answer to this, but does she _need_ petitions to get a new trial? How many signatures? Sara >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 5 09:21:41 1995 Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 23:29:47 +0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kylie Matthews) Subject: Re: opening doors >I very much agree--I hold doors open out of common courtesy when I am >first to arrive at them, and I hope others will do the same for me, >regardless of gender. However, I have to admit to disliking a certain >kind of gender-specific door-holding: when a man ostentatiously moves >ahead to open a door *for* me, and then proceeds to hold it open in such a >manner as to force me to walk "under the bridge" of his open >arm-and-armpit if I accept his act of "chivalry." I usually do, because >the only alternative generally would seem to be refusal, which could come >across as rudeness on my part. But I much, much prefer that a door simply >be "handed off" to be, because, frankly, I do not like this form of >enforced bodily closeness being imposed on me, and supposedly as a >"courtesy" yet. > >Does anyone else on the list feel as I do about this? Perhaps if men >were aware such a gesture is not always perceived as something positive >by the woman on the receiving end, however well-meaning their intent, they >might re-think their ideas about what is appropriate in regard to doors. > >Ronnie I also hold doors open for those who are behind me. I also walk through doors held open for me by either gender who are in front of me. This is ok. My previous post was misunderstood. What I do not like is what Ronnie has explained beautifully. There is a difference between men who hold a door open out of common courtesy and those who do it in a patriarchial way. I too hate the imposed physical closeness that we must endure in the name of politeness. The book 'the female man' forgotten author, sorry, goes into some of the other things we don't make a fuss about out of politeness like enduring sexual harrassment. Respectfully, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Interesting: Your people glorified organised violence for 40 centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately." Mr Spock. Star Trek 'Dagger of the Mind'
