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THE CITIZEN

DECEMBER 2004                                             Vol. 5 Issue 6


Our next issue will be published February 2005.

 

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Not every child is blond, blue eyed, and Christian.  Increasingly childhood is under threat from an American world view of 'might makes right,' a world view that relies on violence anchored by a philosophy akin to Machiavelli's 'The Prince.'  

 

Most are oblivious to the fact that today, 1/4 of the world lives in severe poverty, 1/6 is hungry, while the 6 wealthiest countries spend $700 million every 9 days on dog and cat food, and yearly $66 billion on cosmetics, $92 billion on junk food, and (as of 1995 according to the UN) $800 billion on military expenditures. Peace in such a world is not begotten by ruthlessness !

 

In this season of peace, may all men find it in their hearts and minds, the courage to embrace tolerance, and forgive all wrongs--whether real or perceived, and henceforth work to realize a better world for all.   

A PURE olive branch has greater worth than the sword, and provides evidence of lasting value.

 

" An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."  Mahatma Gandhi 

 

 

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SPECIAL REPORTS:

 

 

Organized Crime

 

 Bibliographic Database Search

 

In Liberty's Shadow, The Status of Asylum in America, a Human Rights First Report, http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/about_us/events/Chasing_Freedom/asylum_report.htm

 

TRESSPASS: Genetic Engineering as the final conquest. Agricultural biotechnology--'the new biology'--is pushing a little publicized agenda that brings unprecedented new risks to ecological stability and human security. www.worldwatch.org/pubs/download/EP181A/ PDF Doc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What's Happening to Labor RIGHTS ?

 

The American Detention Camps: A Photo Essay, http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/haiku/photo.htm

 

Child Soldiers Global Report 2004   http://www.child-soldiers.org/resources/global-reports

 

Human Rights Watch issues Special Report- RAZING RAFAH,   an Israeli crime in progress http://hrw.org/reports/2004/rafah1004/

 

Wal-Mart's Social and Economic Impact (NPR RADIO)  4 part series examines influence of U.S.'s largest employer.  http://www.npr.org/news/specials/walmart/

 

Is Wal Mart Good for America ? (VIDEO) PBS, 90 minute Frontline Program.  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/

 

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH calls on Caterpillar to suspend sales to Israel, Press Release, http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/11/22/isrlpa9711.htm

 

CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY, Investing in Warthe Carlyle Group profits from government and conflict, http://www.publicintegrity.org/pns/report.aspx?aid=424&sid=200

 

The Power of Nightmares (VIDEO) online documentary assesses whether the threat from a hidden and organized terrorist network is an illusion.  In the concluding part of the series, the program explains how the illusion was created and who benefits from it. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1040.htm

 

Exhuming Buried Memories, SPAIN, the FRANCO Regime, mass graves are unearthed. L.A. Times, www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-francodead8dec08,0,5822695.story?coll=la-home-world

 

Who Owns the Media ? Center for American Progress, www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=262672

 

Human Rights in Mexico; Human Rights Watch Report, http://hrw-news-americas.c.topica.com/maacXapabcofMa59QEQb/ 

 

Human Rights Report on Brazil; Youths Abused in Rio de Janeiro,  http://hrw-weekly.c.topica.com/maacW5KabcnO0bdU9PUB/  and  http://hrw-weekly.c.topica.com/maacW5KabcnO1bdU9PUB/

 

EPIC documents CIA Internet Surveillance in the U.S. market,  www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/nsf_mou.pdf ,    www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/nsf_foia.pdf , www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/nsf_email.pdf , and http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/nsf_release.pdf

 

Daylong Conference on Voting System Problems, www.commondreams.org/news2004/1209-02.htm

 

UN Details Plight of Children, LA Times, Among the Report's findings: 640 million of world's 2.2 million children lack adequate shelter;  500 million children have no access to sanitation;  400 million lack safe water;  270 million receive no healthcare;  140 million receive no education, 90 million are severely deprived of nutrition, http://snipurl.com/b9ot

 

The Project for the 'New American Century', ICH, the neo-conservative Bush agenda for America, www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1665.htm

 

PROFIT MARGINS, the Pharmaceutical Industry, 2002, PDF File, www.citizen.org/documents/Pharma_Report.pdf

 

Drug Importation FACT SHEET, Public Citizen, PDF File www.citizen.org/documents/DrugImportationFactSheet.pdf

 

STOP DRUG COMPANIES FROM HIDING STUDY RESULTS, PETITION, WWW.care2.com/go/z/19809  

 

All  You Got to Lose is Your Life's Savings... the Social Security Reform Trojan Horse...  (VIDEO)  www.tompaine.com/articles/social_security_crapshoot.php

 

Father Joakin Mayorga, Human Rights Activist harassed and arrested,   Human Rights First http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/mayorga/explanation to help Fr. Mayorga, TAKE ACTION: http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/mayorga/inns8gezf775e66

 

 

                          

 

 

 

 

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