Albion Monitor Issue 65 August, 1999
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Thousands March for Free Speech at KPFA Photos of rally that drew 15,000 to march on station Untreatable Form of AIDS Spreading in Africa Inconsistent use of drugs victims can't afford caused development of resistant form Increase in New Strain of Japanese TB Cases Worry Officials Like AIDS case above, no treatment for disease available Massive Arms Sale to Gulf Arab Nation in Offing $8 billion deal will make UAE the first Third World country with sensitive F-16 fighter jet codes Scientists Mull Kansas Boycott After Anti-Evolution Decision Research community shocked by state Board of Education rejection of science Expect More Rightwing Violence as Y2000 Nears Many hate groups see coming of the millennium as advent of a "racial war" Four Retailers Settle in Saipan Sweatshop Lawsuits But Sears, Target, The Gap, and other chain stores refuse agreement Humanitarian Aid For Yugoslavia Urgently Needed Milosevic opponent predicts "horror story" this winter unless help arrives IMF Rushes to Avert Russian Loan Default Another $4.5 billion to prevent economic collapse

Washington Merry Go Round

God and Greenbacks Besides hustling money, the candidates spend time Bible-thumping Tyrants We Like Clinton and D.C. press corps praise some dictators and demonize others From Top-Secret to Toilet Paper Shredding documents is Washington growth industry The $100 Million Candidate The only Y2000 campaign issue: Who can match Bush spending?

At the Reform Party convention, Gov. Jesse "The Mind" Ventura overshadowed Ross "The Boss" Perot, and party members were giddy with hope: Could they actually convince Americans that they weren't nuts?

404 Section: The Missing News

Nazi movements on the rise worldwide; spoof political web sites may become key Internet free speech issue; how "Adona" and NPR helped lead us into the Kosovo War Moscow Faces War in Another Breakaway Muslim Republic Yeltsin fears repeat of army rout in Chechnya U.S. Stonewalls on Chemical Weapon Tests in Panama Canal Tons of lethal chemicals presumed buried, but U.S. refuses to disclose information Drugs are New Pretext for U.S. Intervention "War on Drugs" becomes excuse for Pentagon meddling in S America Dictatorships Get Billions From U.S. Including more than 12 thousand soldiers trained in U.S. Smokestacks From Ships at Sea Effect Global Climate May change global warming calculations Indonesian Famine Was "Manufactured Crisis," Group Says U.S., Japan, and others provided aid that only made nation more dependent on imported food Some 50 "Dead Zones" in Oceans, Researchers Say Little or no oxygen in water to support marine life Chile Tries to Circumvent Pinochet Trial Families of the "disappeared" reject attempted negotiations India Moving Toward Outright Fascism Hindu fundamentalist movement includes open worship of Hitler New Scandals at Former CIA-Contra Airbase Drug trafficking, military extortion, gun running at infamous Honduran El Aguacate Researchers Find Why Siberian Forests Not Growing Faster Global warming has raaised temperature, but also created more snow Surprising Explanations For Crime Drop Growth in drug trafficking not included among "serious" crimes in statistics Southeast Asian Press Under Attack Government officials hire goons, or get their pals to buy out owners NRA Firing Back With "Eddie Eagle" Gun Program for Kids Cute mascot for gun safety program likened to "Joe Camel with feathers"

The Politics of Lyme Disease

Don't Buy Rumors of China Invading Taiwan Saber-rattling over Taiwan's latest claims of independence Whom do We Blame, as We Watch Nature Dry Up? Researchers worry that E Coast may be in drought of century Day Trading Firms Thrive on Addictive and Impulsive Behavior Firms Mark O. Barton targeted probably deserve to share the blame How Mumia Gets Declared "Guilty" in the Media, Part II Press again repeats bogus claim of Mumia confession

Columnists		MOLLY     IVINS Drug Story Shows Bush Hypocrisy "Tort Reform" Benefits Big Corporations TX Considers Execution Competency Arguing With the Gun Nut Lobby "Funeralgate" Scandal for George W. The GOP $1 Million Club Executing Larry Robison Our Hot, Wet Future, Part II Our Hot, Wet Future, Part I

NORMAN     SOLOMON Media, Democracy -- and Pacifica Washington's Media Fixation

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN George, Bill And Buford Furrow Hillary, the Therapeutic Cop Is Colombia Our Next Vietnam?

	L E T T E R S
		Joe Wood, a 34 year-old black man regarded as one of the most talented writers of his generation, mysteriously vanished in July. But when the media swarmed over the JFK Jr. story later that same day, Joe Wood really disappeared

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