Re: query: bio & chem weapons

1998-02-12 Thread Interhemispheric Resouce Center
This is excerpted from a Foreign Policy In Focus brief on Chemical and Biological Weapons written by Martin Calhoun, senior research analyst for the Center for Defense Information. If people would like a copy of the entire article (4 pages printed) please let me know. Three recent events-the exte

[PEN-L:12746] Child Labor in the Global Economy

1997-10-02 Thread Interhemispheric Resouce Center
Foreign Policy In Focus: Child Labor in the Global Economy By Terry Collingsworth, General Counsel, International Labor Rights Fund Editors: Tom Barry (IRC) and Martha Honey (IPS) Vol 2, No. 46 October 1997 Key Points * Child labor is a serious problem with over 250 million children wo

[PEN-L:12374] Re: NAFTA

1997-09-16 Thread Interhemispheric Resouce Center
>Where's the "good reason" to oppose NAFTA, etc.? Ok- seems like we should refocus on this question, especially since fast track legislation is going to be introduced today. Lori Wallach of Public Citizen released a memo on Sept. 9th that discusses some of the reasons to oppose *this* fast track

[PEN-L:12228] Re: FAST TRACK ALERT; Heads Up: Son of NAFTA

1997-09-10 Thread Interhemispheric Resouce Center
I'm reposting this ezine issue on good and bad reasons to oppose NAFTA and Fast tract. The Progressive Response is a publication of Foreign Policy In Focus, a joint project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies. Erik Leaver Interhemispheric Resouce C

[PEN-L:12227] Re: FAST TRACK ALERT; Heads Up: Son of NAFTA

1997-09-10 Thread Interhemispheric Resouce Center
it is the free reign of our global corporations. Erik Leaver Interhemispheric Resouce Center >Jim Cullen >What are *good* reasons if not the protection of our food supply? Mexican >farmers use pesticides that are banned in the United States and their food >safety and environmental