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Fruited Plain Food Co-op Gets 100th Member |
by Ben Schaeffer
schaeffr (nospam) isl.uiuc.edu (unverified) |
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28 Jun 2001
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The Fruited Plain Cooperative Society was formed in Fall 1998 as an
independent food co-op with a mission to serve the Champaign-Urbana
area. The staff and volunteers of this new C-U economic institution have
worked hard in the intervening time to spread the co-op message and can
now celebrate an important milestone: their 100th member. |
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NAFTA’s 7-year Record Documents Bitter Harvest of Broke Farmers |
by Public Citizen
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28 Jun 2001
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Comprehensive Analysis of NAFTA’s 7-year Record Documents Bitter Harvest of Broke Farmers and Higher Consumer Food Prices Farm Leaders Point to New Report’s Findings to Highlight Causes of Growing Rural Opposition to Fast Track and Efforts to Expand NAFTA; Conservative Legislators Begin To Join Opposition To Fast Track and the FTAA |
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Champaign Cty Coalition for Trad. Values Awards Group Fighting "Indian Landgrab" |
by Leaky Media
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28 Jun 2001
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Who grabbed whose land?
The Champaign County Based Coalition for Traditional Values has chosen it's second annual award winner of the "CTV Family Values Award 2001" for community service in the best interest of area families. On July 3rd, the group will present it's award to Rich Porter, the founder of a grass roots group designed to stop the potential Indian casino and landgrab lawsuit targeting landowners in the state. Porter was chosen for his hard work to stop the unfair attempts to use Indian law to get land and ultimately a casino in this area. |
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Sen. Wellstone: Legislation to Advance Working Men and Women’s Right To Organize |
by Jim Farrell/Allison Dobson
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28 Jun 2001
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Locally, Supervalu, based in Minnesota, got away with the kind of tactics this bill addresses. Supervalu fired more than 150 workers in its Urbana transportation dept just over two years ago for union organizing and got away with it. This, in spite of the fact that the dept. head was unwilling to lie for the company and volunteered to testify about Supervalu's lawbreaking to the NLRB, who prevented him from testifying. The company brought in to take these jobs, supposedly independent Brisk Transportation, is owned by the brother-in-law of the chairman of the board of Supervalu. ML |
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Peru's Fugitive Spy Chief Arrested; Questions Raised about His CIA Relationship |
by Interview by Between the Lines' Denise Manzar
betweenthelines (nospam) snet.net (unverified) |
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28 Jun 2001
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Larry Burns is the director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He spoke with Between The Lines' Denise Manzari about the relationship between the U.S. and Vladimiro Montesinos |
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ABUSE OF PROTESTERS IN DC DURING APRIL, 2000 PROTESTS |
by Sam Smith, Progressive Review
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26 Jun 2001
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Follow the link to a compilation of charges against Washington, DC authorities for their illegal preemptive arrests of peaceful demonstrators and other actions against opponents of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings in April, 2000. A number of Urbana-Champaign citizens attended these demonstrations and witnessed some of these events. |
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As Trade Battle Escalates, Farm State Support for "Fast Track" Dwindles |
by Global Trade Watch/Public Citizen
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26 Jun 2001
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Rep. Tim Johnson has signed on as a co-sponsor of Fast Track. The only question is- Why? NAFTA has been a massive failure for farmers, with commodity prices hitting new lows, making it difficult for family farmers to continue. The only people in agriculture who will benefit from the the proposed "Free Trade Area of the Americas" will be large commodity trading corporations. It will be the nail in the coffin of the family farmer and will bring an even greater economic crisis to rural America. We will follow-up on this story as it develops. ML |
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Honduran Military Document Reveals US Complicity in Disappearances |
by Kari Lydersen
Karilyde (nospam) aol.com (unverified) |
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26 Jun 2001
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An internal Honduran military document proves the existence of a secret jail where political prisoners are/ were tortured and disappeared, and the US role in the operation. John Negroponte, Bush's choice for UN ambassador, played a key role in human rights abuses in Honduras. |
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