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Energy Production Pollution Harms U.S. Rivers
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20 May 2001
Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus interviews Eric Eckl, communications director with American Rivers, who explains how damming, drilling, digging and burning threaten the survival of the nation's precious waterways.
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World Bank Cancels Academic Meeting In Spain
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20 May 2001
Hmmm. You conduct your affairs in private for years, ravaging the economies of many nations and then you want to put on a dog-and-pony show to demonstrate how "open" you've become, then you cancel the meeting because protesters against this farce might show up. It looks like the propaganda machine at the World Bank is spinning out of control.

Or maybe they couldn't find enough compliant academics to put on a show???
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Censoring the "Encylopedia of Censorship"--A case of corporate control
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20 May 2001
An example of how and what a corporate publishing house censors.
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Map Maker Fired Over Arctic Chart
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20 May 2001
WASHINGTON -- The best thing that ever happened to Ian Thomas was losing his government job. Thomas was a contract employee for the U.S. Geological Survey when earlier this spring he posted a map of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's caribou calving areas on a federal Web site. His bosses, for reasons still in dispute, fired him.
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No Truth in Clinton White House Vandal Scandal, GSA Reports
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19 May 2001
Edoitor's Note: The News-Gazette had extensive coverage of the original "story" back in January. Saturday morning's paper still hasn't picked this story up, so I imagine this will be another case where they believe that local readers already "know" enough to suit their political agenda. The U-C IMC brings you this in the interest of setting the historical record straight. ML
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Illinois Labor Hour Headlines: May 19, 2001
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19 May 2001
Illinois Labor Hour Headlines for May 19, 2001 as read on WEFT 901. FM
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Progressive Coalition Prepares to Battle Fast Track Bill and FTAA
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19 May 2001
Michael Dolan, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch West Coast office, discusses the campaign launched by a broad coalition of groups to defeat legislation in Congress which would grant President Bush fast track negotiating authority, the first step required to conclude negotiations on the FTAA.
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Malcolm X's birthday
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19 May 2001
One guy's encyclopedic sketch of Malcolm X.
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International March for Justice. Cincinnati June 2. Police, racism, economics.
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18 May 2001
International March for Justice. Cincinnati. June 2, 2001. Educational events and peaceful protests on June 1 - 3. LONG list of endorsers (with links), organizations, and individuals. The list follows the call for a March for Justice. "The March for Justice calls on the city to: Stop police killings and the abuse of police power. End the police department's racist patterns and practices. Build social and economic justice."
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The Slaughter
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18 May 2001
The story of the massacre of hundreds of black GIs at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi in 1943 is detailed in the new book, "The Slaughter" by author Carroll Case.
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