Albion Monitor Issue 56 Early January, 1999
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Attorney General To Take Over Bear Lincoln Case? Deputy A.G. will appear personally at crucial Friday hearing 1998 Was Hottest Year on Record Britain weather agency now predicts runaway greenhouse disaster in year 2050 Oklahoma City Grand Jury Says No Conspiracy 18 month investigation finds no other suspects, no federal involvement Los Angeles Defies Court, Forbids Trade With Dictatorship Ethical stand opposed by UNOCAL, will likely be decided by Supreme Court

Clinton's Worse Case Whispering campaign over sex assult hint in Starr Report A Week Beyond Bizarre Impeachment, war, sex -- has Washington gone mad? Impeachment Escalates the Partisan War The logical climax of our "winner take all" electoral system Trying to Have it Both Ways Demos try to justify Iraq bombing as GOP try to justify impeachment

Wellstone For President Progressive Senator calls campaign money chase "obscene," won't challenge Gore in Y2000 New GOP Speaker was "Contract With America" Point Man Defended HMOs, insurance corporations from regulation and consumer protection laws

Mobil Oil Implicated in Army Atrocities Allegedly helped Indonesia's armed forces carry out mass killings near drilling sites Ozone Hole Might Develop Soon Over Arctic Canadian govt study finds same pattern as in Antarctic, where damage reaches temperate areas India is Major Exporter of Killer Chemicals DDT and banned chemicals shipped throughout South Asia

Alicia Pedreira doesn't remember the photograph being snapped, but when she saw it at an exhibit, she thought, "Oh my god, I just lost my job." She was right Report Says Mexico Not To Blame For Chiapas Massacre But local people believe army, police protecting murderers who killed 45 Chile's Election Year To Be Dominated By Pinochet's Shadow Arrested ex-dictator will be key topic in December 1999 presidential race Worst Polluters to get $18 Billion Tax Break Oil and gas tax breaks alone account for close to $11 billion

400 readers of The Nation boarded a Caribbean luxury cruise wondering: When will the writers begin fighting? World Forests are Bargaining Chip in Greenhouse Debates Oil corporations "donate" millions to rainforests for pollution credit Activists Fight Pro-Biotech Advertising Monsanto charged with "Greenwash" campaign claiming genetically-altered products needed and safe Denmark Cancels Debts of Poorer Nations World Bank, IMF oppose writing off millions owed by poorest nations N Carolina Tribe Evolved Unique Native - English Hybrid Language Developed to accommodate pressures from onslaught of English / Scot / Irish settlers in 1600s International Companies Violate Rights of Pregnant Workers in Mexico Lear, Sanyo, Tyco, and Samsung among Maquiladora companies that regularly inspect women employees Standoff Over U.S. Garbage Rejected by Haiti 4000 tons from Philadelphia dumped in Haiti years ago No Enthusiasm For "Super NAFTA" Over All Americas Proposed FTAA would create free-trade zone from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego by 2005 Compulsive Gambling is Partly Inherited 5 of 9 gambling addiction behaviors are tied to genes or upbringing

JOURNALISM'S (LATEST) YEAR OF SHAME Expect to see more of this famous face in 1999 as publishers and broadcast continue to exploit her name and image to boost ratings and circulation numbers 1998 Was Dismal Year for Ethical Press P.U. - Litzer Prizes For 1998 Journalism 1998 Decisions Show Why Things Don't Work "Metamoron" awards to boneheaded business and government leaders

The Fight For Journalism Censorship not by the government, but by the media owners Building Media Democracy Little diversity of opinion found in mainstream press Where Have all the Frogs and Toads Gone? No one knows why these humble, damp, jumpy animals are disappearing

NORMAN     SOLOMON CBS Signs Deal With America Online Senate No Model Of Democracy News Coverage of Bombing and Bombast

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN Like Clinton, Gray Davis is Fake "Centrist" The Fate of Rigoberta Menchu Skeletons Tumble From Closets

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