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 Transfered from old site  Sign up for this weekly e-mail newsletter at   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/add-self.php">http://www.tcgreens.org/add-self.php</A>     Students Fight For Affirmative Action   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html</A>     Rochester Activists not Deterred by Ice Storm   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html</A>     Carfree Cities   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html</A>     Peace Activist: End US Military Aid To Colombia!   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html</A>     Puke-In targets Fox News, CNN   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html</A>     Herbal Medicine Gets Taken Seriously   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html</A>     US Media Applaud Bombing of Iraqi TV   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html</A>     AP misreports pro-war rallies   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html</A>     Four Greens Elected in Wisconsin   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html</A>     US Greens: Bush Cronies Profit From War   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html</A>     US Marines Massacre Civillians at Nasiriya Bridge   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html</A>     War Effort Stumbles   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html</A>     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/200303310620566.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/200303310620566.html</A>     Subscribe or unsubscribe to this weekly newsletter at   <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/auth/">http://www.tcgreens.org/auth/</A>     ---------     Students Fight For Affirmative Action     Well over 50,000 people, including 10,000 from Michigan alone, rallied   in front of the US Supreme Court on Tuesday in favor of the University   of Michigan's affirmative action policies, now under review by the   Court. Students, union members, and other civil rights proponents   traveled from all over the country to show their support for the   University of Michigan, whose policies for promoting diversity within   their community are under fire from reactionaries. Ironically, Bush   himself, a benefactor of affirmative action, argued in court that the   policies were unconstitutional.     It was difficult to tell how many assembled in front of the Supreme   Court, but the crowd came from all areas of the United States. Student   activists working with Students Supporting Affirmative Action, and the   Michigan Student Assembly packed 11 buses, and the NAACP-Detroit loaded   135 buses out of Detroit. The rally was short, and most stayed in DC for   less than a full day, but although April 1st has passed, the issues will   not lose any of their importance or relevance.     While the University of Michigan has been vocal in its support of   diversity of campus, the diversity argument has been attacked by more   radical students who recognize that affirmative action was put in place   not to encourage diversity, but to be a minor step in the direction of   justice after hundreds of years of institutional and social   discrimination against people of color in the United States.     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html</A>     ---------     Rochester Activists not Deterred by Ice Storm     Despite cold winds and falling ice, more than 50 anti-war demonstrators   gathered at the Liberty pole downtown to continue to voice opposition to   the genocidal invasion into Iraq. Although the planned march to the War   Memorial and planned speakers, veterans against the war, were canceled   due to severe ice conditions, the presence of so many people under the   circumstances shows the strength of the opposition to this war.     One Demonstrator who drove out all the way from Honeoye falls said "if   our soldiers can be in 105 degree weather in a sand storm over there, I   can be out here." that was the theme of today&#8217;s rally "support our   troops" and "bring them home." The other concerns that people expressed   about our troops was the large numbers of poor black and Latino youth   that are often forced to join military ranks because of lack of   alternatives for education or employment. Many are concerned that the   troops return home to an inadequate healthcare system that does a poor   job serving their needs. One woman felt the troops are merely used as   "pawns" and "guinea Pigs" for experimental drugs that often destroy   their lives if they do survive a war.     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html</A>     ---------     Carfree Cities     Crawford's Carfree cities is a proposal to build a new kind of city   around rapid transit technology. By the 1950's it was realized that the   parking and traffic needs of the automobile were incompatible with urban   densities -- America demolished and abandoned it's downtowns and built   monstrosities such as Los Angeles in which 70% of the land area is   devoted to the automobile. Today Americans will tell you that "you'll   need to pry the wheel of my car from my cold dead hands", but in the   face of a looming world oil shortage, we may have no choice but to   rebuild our cities in the next fifty years.     Based on Christopher Alexanders' Pattern Language, Crawford offers a   radical proposal: thread dense districts of about 7,000 people along   light rail or metro lines like beads on a string. Similar to European   cities such as Amsterdam or Venice, districts would be dense enough that   anyone could walk to a transit stop in 5 to 10 minutes. Trucks would be   eliminated by use of a novel system combining rapid transit technology   and containerized shipping.     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html</A>     ---------     Peace Activist: End US Military Aid To Colombia!     MIDDLETOWN -- A leading Colombian peace activist urged a group of about   30 church members to help change U.S. policies on Colombia&#8217;s civil   war and help implement peace and justice initiatives in his country.     Ricardo Esquivia, director of Justapaz, the Christian Center for   Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action of the Colombian Mennonite Church,   told a group of church activists and members of the First Church of   Christ Congregational Tuesday evening how they should take an active   role in lobbying Congress for a change in U.S. policies, including   pressuring the country to stop supplying such military equipment as   Black Hawk helicopters, manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford,   a subsidiary of Hartford-based United Technologies Corp.     "I want to tell members of Congress that if the United States wants to   bring an end to the conflict, then they need to change their politics   towards Colombia," said Esquivia in an interview prior to his talk. "Now   they are helping the government there and the military, but the money   that is sent only fuels the civil war."     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html</A>     ---------     Puke-In targets Fox News, CNN     (New York City) Humans Everywhere Against Violence Eternally (HEAVE)   unexpectedly struck at the New York Fox News headquarters and CNN on   Tuesday, April 1, 2003. A group of 12 snacked on homemade blueberry,   cherry and apple pies before they emptied their stomachs on the sidewalk   of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Corp at 48th and 6th ave. and CNN at 49th.   Tuesday's campaign was entitled "Operation G.I. Tract Freedom".   Organizers claimed their action was a gut-response to the current war   reporting in mainstream media in general and Fox's heavily pro-war bias   specifically.     "We called this event 'Operation G.I. (Tract) Freedom' because we find   that John Ashcroft and the Patriot Act make us ill and limit our freedom   of expression," said organizer G.I Tract Jane. "We find the mainstream   media's reporters are in-bed-ed with the military. We find the   mainstream media's editors are in-bed-ed with their advertisers. We find   NBC to be in-bed-ed with General Electric, one of the few producers of   nuclear weapons in the country. These points make our G.I tracts want to   spontaneously liberate themselves all over mainstream media everywhere."   Co-organizer G.I Tract Joe agreed, "We feel we deserve the right to   express our gastro intestinal intuition in any way we please, and that   this is a right we'd like the Iraqi people to share if the Bush   Administration doesn't manage to kill them first. We find many people   feel similarly with our views when they experience our position first   hand and see it in action."     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html</A>     ---------     Herbal Medicine Gets Taken Seriously     The World Health Organisation estimates that 75-80% of the worlds&#8217;   population use plant medicines either in part or entirely for health   care. For many, plant medicines are a necessity, as costly   pharmaceutical drugs are unaffordable; and for others, the desire to   seek natural alternatives with few side effects is preferable to using   conventional drugs. This dichotomy has led to important medicinal plants   such as Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), traditionally used for a   range of immune deficiency disorders becoming the fifth most endangered   species in the world. In Europe over 200 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants   (MAPS) are on the endangered list.     Despite the efforts of conservation groups such as World Wildlife Fund,   The World Conservation Union and Convention on Trade Endangered Species   (CTES), further support is desperately needed to save plant species from   becoming extinct.     David Bellamy, professor and celebrity naturalist, launched the   Herbalert campaign in February 2003 for the Natural Medicines Society at   Neal&#8217;s Yard in London.     "I am delighted to help spearhead a campaign to put herbal medicine back   where it deserves to be an important part of mainstream healing practice   in the 21st Century," Bellamy said.     Clearly enthusiastic about the subject, he made an entertaining and   impassioned plea to give herbal medicine its due accord. "Herbal   Medicine has been the mainstay of healing across the world for over   6,000 years, the heritage of its success is manifest on the contents   labels of many of today&#8217;s&#8217; mainstream medicines," he said   (see Box 2).     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html</A>     ---------     US Media Applaud Bombing of Iraqi TV     When Iraqi TV offices in Baghdad were hit by a U.S missile strike on   March 25, the targeting of media was strongly criticized by press and   human rights groups. The general secretary of the International   Federation of Journalists, Aidan White, suggested that "there should be   a clear international investigation into whether or not this bombing   violates the Geneva Conventions." White told Reuters (3/26/03), "Once   again, we see military and political commanders from the democratic   world targeting a television network simply because they don't like the   message it gives out."     The Geneva Conventions forbid the targeting of civilian installations--   whether state-owned or not-- unless they are being used for military   purposes. Amnesty International warned (3/26/03) that the attack may   have been a "war crime" and emphasized that bombing a television station   "simply because it is being used for the purposes of propaganda" is   illegal under international humanitarian law. "The onus," said Amnesty,   is on "coalition forces" to prove "the military use of the TV station   and, if that is indeed the case, to show that the attack took into   account the risk to civilian lives."     Likewise, Human Rights Watch affirmed (3/26/03) that it would be illegal   to target Iraqi TV based on its propaganda value. "Although stopping   enemy propaganda may serve to demoralize the Iraqi population and to   undermine the government's political support," said HRW, "neither   purpose offers the 'concrete and direct' military advantage necessary   under international law to make civilian broadcast facilities a   legitimate military target."     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html</A>     ---------     AP misreports pro-war rallies     With citizens expressing their opinions on the war through marches and   rallies across the country, many news outlets rely on the Associated   Press news service to help them cover these important manifestations of   democracy. Unfortunately, AP has frequently used the terms "pro-war" and   "pro-troops" interchangeably-- a practice that distorts the views of   anti-war demonstrators and contributes to the media marginalization of   the peace movement.     It's likely that the overwhelming majority of participants at peace   events would describe themselves as "supporting the troops," in the   sense of being concerned for their well-being and hoping for their safe   return. "Support Our Troops: Bring Them Home" is a popular slogan at   peace marches, which tend to criticize George W. Bush and other   administration officials, not rank-and-file U.S. military personnel.     Nevertheless, AP and some other news outlets often use "supporting the   troops" as a synonym for "supporting the war"-- and use "pro-troops" as   a shorthand to describe rallies and demonstrations that are, in many   cases, explicitly pro-war events. "Pro-troops" is frequently used as the   opposite of "anti-war," as if the only way to be supportive of soldiers   is to advocate their involvement in war on Iraq.     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html</A>     ---------     Four Greens Elected in Wisconsin     MADISON, WISCONSIN -- Voters have chosen to elect 4 Green Party   candidates in races throughout Wisconsin, bringing the total of elected   Greens in Wisconsin to 17 and in the U.S. to 177.     Pete Karas, running for Common Council in Racine’s 9th District, won 73%   of the vote.     "I'm elated with our victory, and am looking forward to bringing a   progressive voice and Green values to the Racine City Council," said   Karas. "We ran an honest campaign, being very upfront with our Green   platform. I thank the many supporters who worked long hours so that we   could effectively deliver our message."     Karas was outspoken on numerous controversial issues, such as the Racine   "Rave" arrests, and the war in Iraq.     "We always communicated these issues in a very respectful manner," said   Karas. "I believe that the reason people accepted our controversial   issues is that we also stressed positive issues in the campaign. Our   message of citizen involvement and inclusive, responsive government was   well received, as was our call for Racine to convert all municipal   buildings to renewable energy power by adopting the Vote Solar   Initiative locally."     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html</A>     ---------     US Greens: Bush Cronies Profit From War     WASHINGTON, DC -- Funding for the war on Iraq, while requiring massive   cuts in social spending for health, education, services, and welfare and   reduction of veterans benefits, is becoming a huge windfall for favored   corporations, say members of the Green Party of the United States.     "This $100-billion war is proving a cash cow for corporations,   especially those with connections to the White House, Congress, and the   Pentagon, while U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and soldiers face death   and injury," said Tom Bolema, Town Councilperson (Green) of Juniper   Hills, California. "European governments are furious that the   administration plans to award the major contracts, worth somewhere   between $20 billion and $100 billion, to U.S. corporations, without any   competitive bidding process."     "The Bush Administration has already awarded Halliburton subsidiary   Kellogg Brown & Root a Pentagon contract to rebuild Iraqi oil fields,"   said Jake Schneider, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States.   "USAID awarded a $4.8 million contract to Stevedoring Services of   America to manage the Umm Qasr port. Companies like the Bechtel Group,   Fluor Corporation, Parsons Group and defense contractors Carlyle Group   and Global Crossing are expected to make millions off the war.   Humanitarian relief, including assistance in Iraq's water shortage, is   proving a distant second in priority behind military deals and control   over Iraqi oil."     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html</A>     ---------     US Marines Massacre Civillians at Nasiriya Bridge     "The Iraqis are sick people and we are the chemotherapy," said Corporal   Ryan Dupre. "I am starting to hate this country. Wait till I get hold of   a friggin' Iraqi. No, I won't get hold of one. I'll just kill him."     The Times, London, March 31, 2003     Today in the online edition of the conservative daily, The Times , was   published a piece by the correspondent Mark Franchetti in Nasiriya. It   was headlined “US Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of death”   which graphically described a massacre of Iraqi civilians at the hands   of US Marines in the outskirts of the besieged town. And goes on to show   us generally how young Marines are made into the killers of civilians.     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html</A>     ---------     War Effort Stumbles     by Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch Diary     Barely into its second week Operation Easy Sailing is in big trouble.   One simple way of measuring just how big is by adding up all the time   you hear the phrases “all according to Plan”, and the “Our strategy is   sound”.     That’s the captain of the Titanic speaking. At the military level the   US/UK force has been forced to suspend its advance on Baghdad. Every   single dire prediction of the critics is coming to pass. The stretched   lines of communication and supply running up west of the Euphrates past   Nasiriya and Najaf, or further east , west of the Tigris past Basra   towards Amarah are proving vulnerable to determined harassment by Iraqi   forces. The Apache helicopters have taken a fearful beating, as have the   Abrams tanks. The Shock and Awe overture saw around 400 cruise missiles,   running at half a million dollars a copy achieve less than significant   damage.     Already there’s fierce hand-to-hand infighting inside the Pentagon, as   Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s numerous enemies in the military seek out   favored journalist to inflict punitive retaliation for what they   describe as his arrogance and folly. Those old lines from the Vietnam   era, such as “light at the end of the tunnel”, “credibility gap” and the   other scarred veterans are back in active service.     <A HREF="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html</A>     ---------     Subscribe or unsubscribe to this weekly newsletter at   http://www.tcgreens.org/auth/
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 Transfered from old site Sign up for this weekly e-mail newsletter at <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/add-self.php">http://www.tcgreens.org/add-self.php</a> Students Fight For Affirmative Action <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html</a> Rochester Activists not Deterred by Ice Storm <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html</a> Carfree Cities <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html</a> Peace Activist: End US Military Aid To Colombia! <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html</a> Puke-In targets Fox News, CNN <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html</a> Herbal Medicine Gets Taken Seriously <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html</a> US Media Applaud Bombing of Iraqi TV <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html</a> AP misreports pro-war rallies <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html</a> Four Greens Elected in Wisconsin <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html</a> US Greens: Bush Cronies Profit From War <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html</a> US Marines Massacre Civillians at Nasiriya Bridge <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html</a> War Effort Stumbles <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html</a> <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/200303310620566.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/200303310620566.html</a> Subscribe or unsubscribe to this weekly newsletter at <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/auth/">http://www.tcgreens.org/auth/</a> --------- Students Fight For Affirmative Action Well over 50,000 people, including 10,000 from Michigan alone, rallied in front of the US Supreme Court on Tuesday in favor of the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies, now under review by the Court. Students, union members, and other civil rights proponents traveled from all over the country to show their support for the University of Michigan, whose policies for promoting diversity within their community are under fire from reactionaries. Ironically, Bush himself, a benefactor of affirmative action, argued in court that the policies were unconstitutional. It was difficult to tell how many assembled in front of the Supreme Court, but the crowd came from all areas of the United States. Student activists working with Students Supporting Affirmative Action, and the Michigan Student Assembly packed 11 buses, and the NAACP-Detroit loaded 135 buses out of Detroit. The rally was short, and most stayed in DC for less than a full day, but although April 1st has passed, the issues will not lose any of their importance or relevance. While the University of Michigan has been vocal in its support of diversity of campus, the diversity argument has been attacked by more radical students who recognize that affirmative action was put in place not to encourage diversity, but to be a minor step in the direction of justice after hundreds of years of institutional and social discrimination against people of color in the United States. <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407065142507.html</a> --------- Rochester Activists not Deterred by Ice Storm Despite cold winds and falling ice, more than 50 anti-war demonstrators gathered at the Liberty pole downtown to continue to voice opposition to the genocidal invasion into Iraq. Although the planned march to the War Memorial and planned speakers, veterans against the war, were canceled due to severe ice conditions, the presence of so many people under the circumstances shows the strength of the opposition to this war. One Demonstrator who drove out all the way from Honeoye falls said "if our soldiers can be in 105 degree weather in a sand storm over there, I can be out here." that was the theme of today&#8217;s rally "support our troops" and "bring them home." The other concerns that people expressed about our troops was the large numbers of poor black and Latino youth that are often forced to join military ranks because of lack of alternatives for education or employment. Many are concerned that the troops return home to an inadequate healthcare system that does a poor job serving their needs. One woman felt the troops are merely used as "pawns" and "guinea Pigs" for experimental drugs that often destroy their lives if they do survive a war. <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407064609226.html</a> --------- Carfree Cities Crawford's Carfree cities is a proposal to build a new kind of city around rapid transit technology. By the 1950's it was realized that the parking and traffic needs of the automobile were incompatible with urban densities -- America demolished and abandoned it's downtowns and built monstrosities such as Los Angeles in which 70% of the land area is devoted to the automobile. Today Americans will tell you that "you'll need to pry the wheel of my car from my cold dead hands", but in the face of a looming world oil shortage, we may have no choice but to rebuild our cities in the next fifty years. Based on Christopher Alexanders' Pattern Language, Crawford offers a radical proposal: thread dense districts of about 7,000 people along light rail or metro lines like beads on a string. Similar to European cities such as Amsterdam or Venice, districts would be dense enough that anyone could walk to a transit stop in 5 to 10 minutes. Trucks would be eliminated by use of a novel system combining rapid transit technology and containerized shipping. <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030407062112763.html</a> --------- Peace Activist: End US Military Aid To Colombia! MIDDLETOWN -- A leading Colombian peace activist urged a group of about 30 church members to help change U.S. policies on Colombia&#8217;s civil war and help implement peace and justice initiatives in his country. Ricardo Esquivia, director of Justapaz, the Christian Center for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action of the Colombian Mennonite Church, told a group of church activists and members of the First Church of Christ Congregational Tuesday evening how they should take an active role in lobbying Congress for a change in U.S. policies, including pressuring the country to stop supplying such military equipment as Black Hawk helicopters, manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, a subsidiary of Hartford-based United Technologies Corp. "I want to tell members of Congress that if the United States wants to bring an end to the conflict, then they need to change their politics towards Colombia," said Esquivia in an interview prior to his talk. "Now they are helping the government there and the military, but the money that is sent only fuels the civil war." <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404063139383.html</a> --------- Puke-In targets Fox News, CNN (New York City) Humans Everywhere Against Violence Eternally (HEAVE) unexpectedly struck at the New York Fox News headquarters and CNN on Tuesday, April 1, 2003. A group of 12 snacked on homemade blueberry, cherry and apple pies before they emptied their stomachs on the sidewalk of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Corp at 48th and 6th ave. and CNN at 49th. Tuesday's campaign was entitled "Operation G.I. Tract Freedom". Organizers claimed their action was a gut-response to the current war reporting in mainstream media in general and Fox's heavily pro-war bias specifically. "We called this event 'Operation G.I. (Tract) Freedom' because we find that John Ashcroft and the Patriot Act make us ill and limit our freedom of expression," said organizer G.I Tract Jane. "We find the mainstream media's reporters are in-bed-ed with the military. We find the mainstream media's editors are in-bed-ed with their advertisers. We find NBC to be in-bed-ed with General Electric, one of the few producers of nuclear weapons in the country. These points make our G.I tracts want to spontaneously liberate themselves all over mainstream media everywhere." Co-organizer G.I Tract Joe agreed, "We feel we deserve the right to express our gastro intestinal intuition in any way we please, and that this is a right we'd like the Iraqi people to share if the Bush Administration doesn't manage to kill them first. We find many people feel similarly with our views when they experience our position first hand and see it in action." <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/2003040406194395.html</a> --------- Herbal Medicine Gets Taken Seriously The World Health Organisation estimates that 75-80% of the worlds&#8217; population use plant medicines either in part or entirely for health care. For many, plant medicines are a necessity, as costly pharmaceutical drugs are unaffordable; and for others, the desire to seek natural alternatives with few side effects is preferable to using conventional drugs. This dichotomy has led to important medicinal plants such as Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), traditionally used for a range of immune deficiency disorders becoming the fifth most endangered species in the world. In Europe over 200 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPS) are on the endangered list. Despite the efforts of conservation groups such as World Wildlife Fund, The World Conservation Union and Convention on Trade Endangered Species (CTES), further support is desperately needed to save plant species from becoming extinct. David Bellamy, professor and celebrity naturalist, launched the Herbalert campaign in February 2003 for the Natural Medicines Society at Neal&#8217;s Yard in London. "I am delighted to help spearhead a campaign to put herbal medicine back where it deserves to be an important part of mainstream healing practice in the 21st Century," Bellamy said. Clearly enthusiastic about the subject, he made an entertaining and impassioned plea to give herbal medicine its due accord. "Herbal Medicine has been the mainstay of healing across the world for over 6,000 years, the heritage of its success is manifest on the contents labels of many of today&#8217;s&#8217; mainstream medicines," he said (see Box 2). <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030404060153207.html</a> --------- US Media Applaud Bombing of Iraqi TV When Iraqi TV offices in Baghdad were hit by a U.S missile strike on March 25, the targeting of media was strongly criticized by press and human rights groups. The general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, Aidan White, suggested that "there should be a clear international investigation into whether or not this bombing violates the Geneva Conventions." White told Reuters (3/26/03), "Once again, we see military and political commanders from the democratic world targeting a television network simply because they don't like the message it gives out." The Geneva Conventions forbid the targeting of civilian installations-- whether state-owned or not-- unless they are being used for military purposes. Amnesty International warned (3/26/03) that the attack may have been a "war crime" and emphasized that bombing a television station "simply because it is being used for the purposes of propaganda" is illegal under international humanitarian law. "The onus," said Amnesty, is on "coalition forces" to prove "the military use of the TV station and, if that is indeed the case, to show that the attack took into account the risk to civilian lives." Likewise, Human Rights Watch affirmed (3/26/03) that it would be illegal to target Iraqi TV based on its propaganda value. "Although stopping enemy propaganda may serve to demoralize the Iraqi population and to undermine the government's political support," said HRW, "neither purpose offers the 'concrete and direct' military advantage necessary under international law to make civilian broadcast facilities a legitimate military target." <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053400414.html</a> --------- AP misreports pro-war rallies With citizens expressing their opinions on the war through marches and rallies across the country, many news outlets rely on the Associated Press news service to help them cover these important manifestations of democracy. Unfortunately, AP has frequently used the terms "pro-war" and "pro-troops" interchangeably-- a practice that distorts the views of anti-war demonstrators and contributes to the media marginalization of the peace movement. It's likely that the overwhelming majority of participants at peace events would describe themselves as "supporting the troops," in the sense of being concerned for their well-being and hoping for their safe return. "Support Our Troops: Bring Them Home" is a popular slogan at peace marches, which tend to criticize George W. Bush and other administration officials, not rank-and-file U.S. military personnel. Nevertheless, AP and some other news outlets often use "supporting the troops" as a synonym for "supporting the war"-- and use "pro-troops" as a shorthand to describe rallies and demonstrations that are, in many cases, explicitly pro-war events. "Pro-troops" is frequently used as the opposite of "anti-war," as if the only way to be supportive of soldiers is to advocate their involvement in war on Iraq. <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403053113260.html</a> --------- Four Greens Elected in Wisconsin MADISON, WISCONSIN -- Voters have chosen to elect 4 Green Party candidates in races throughout Wisconsin, bringing the total of elected Greens in Wisconsin to 17 and in the U.S. to 177. Pete Karas, running for Common Council in Racine’s 9th District, won 73% of the vote. "I'm elated with our victory, and am looking forward to bringing a progressive voice and Green values to the Racine City Council," said Karas. "We ran an honest campaign, being very upfront with our Green platform. I thank the many supporters who worked long hours so that we could effectively deliver our message." Karas was outspoken on numerous controversial issues, such as the Racine "Rave" arrests, and the war in Iraq. "We always communicated these issues in a very respectful manner," said Karas. "I believe that the reason people accepted our controversial issues is that we also stressed positive issues in the campaign. Our message of citizen involvement and inclusive, responsive government was well received, as was our call for Racine to convert all municipal buildings to renewable energy power by adopting the Vote Solar Initiative locally." <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030403052531877.html</a> --------- US Greens: Bush Cronies Profit From War WASHINGTON, DC -- Funding for the war on Iraq, while requiring massive cuts in social spending for health, education, services, and welfare and reduction of veterans benefits, is becoming a huge windfall for favored corporations, say members of the Green Party of the United States. "This $100-billion war is proving a cash cow for corporations, especially those with connections to the White House, Congress, and the Pentagon, while U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and soldiers face death and injury," said Tom Bolema, Town Councilperson (Green) of Juniper Hills, California. "European governments are furious that the administration plans to award the major contracts, worth somewhere between $20 billion and $100 billion, to U.S. corporations, without any competitive bidding process." "The Bush Administration has already awarded Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root a Pentagon contract to rebuild Iraqi oil fields," said Jake Schneider, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States. "USAID awarded a $4.8 million contract to Stevedoring Services of America to manage the Umm Qasr port. Companies like the Bechtel Group, Fluor Corporation, Parsons Group and defense contractors Carlyle Group and Global Crossing are expected to make millions off the war. Humanitarian relief, including assistance in Iraq's water shortage, is proving a distant second in priority behind military deals and control over Iraqi oil." <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402060533688.html</a> --------- US Marines Massacre Civillians at Nasiriya Bridge "The Iraqis are sick people and we are the chemotherapy," said Corporal Ryan Dupre. "I am starting to hate this country. Wait till I get hold of a friggin' Iraqi. No, I won't get hold of one. I'll just kill him." The Times, London, March 31, 2003 Today in the online edition of the conservative daily, The Times , was published a piece by the correspondent Mark Franchetti in Nasiriya. It was headlined “US Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of death” which graphically described a massacre of Iraqi civilians at the hands of US Marines in the outskirts of the besieged town. And goes on to show us generally how young Marines are made into the killers of civilians. <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055534704.html</a> --------- War Effort Stumbles by Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch Diary Barely into its second week Operation Easy Sailing is in big trouble. One simple way of measuring just how big is by adding up all the time you hear the phrases “all according to Plan”, and the “Our strategy is sound”. That’s the captain of the Titanic speaking. At the military level the US/UK force has been forced to suspend its advance on Baghdad. Every single dire prediction of the critics is coming to pass. The stretched lines of communication and supply running up west of the Euphrates past Nasiriya and Najaf, or further east , west of the Tigris past Basra towards Amarah are proving vulnerable to determined harassment by Iraqi forces. The Apache helicopters have taken a fearful beating, as have the Abrams tanks. The Shock and Awe overture saw around 400 cruise missiles, running at half a million dollars a copy achieve less than significant damage. Already there’s fierce hand-to-hand infighting inside the Pentagon, as Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s numerous enemies in the military seek out favored journalist to inflict punitive retaliation for what they describe as his arrogance and folly. Those old lines from the Vietnam era, such as “light at the end of the tunnel”, “credibility gap” and the other scarred veterans are back in active service. <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html">http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030402055108867.html</a> --------- Subscribe or unsubscribe to this weekly newsletter at <a href="http://www.tcgreens.org/auth/">http://www.tcgreens.org/auth/</a>
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