[tokyoprogressive] CPN 123 (and a short version of # 122 again)

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          New Japanese Links: Naom Chomsky / ノーム・チョムスキー,
       Interview with John McLaughlin of the National Union of 
         General Workers, Fil Showing of Manufacturing Consent
           and much more.....   

                      
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Hi.  I believe most of you got issue 122 last week, but
a server error resulted in the archive NOT getting a copy.

In order to make the server happy, issue 123 contains a shorter
version of 122 at the end.

New in issue 123:

(1) Chomsky/Hermann: Manufacturing Consent film showing 
in Tokyo's Kunitachi
April 21 13:30-17:00 in Kunitachi, Tokyo 

(2) Chomksy Links in Japanese. (Thanks to Brian Small)
チョムスキー・アーカイヴ日本語版 など
http://www.arenson.org/2002blog.html#75011944

(3) The Second International Green Network (Japan) FORUM
第２回グリーンフォーラム　─文化を「緑」に変えるには―
Mr. Keisuke Amagasa, Genetically Modified Crops 
基調講演：　天笠　啓祐　「遺伝子組み換え食品，現状と環境への影響」

藤　公晴 (Kimiharu To): Dealing with Alienation: A Deep Ecology and
Bioregionalist Perspective...　「疎外感とつきあう・・・ディープ・エコロ
ジーとバイオリージョナリズムの視点から」島田啓介　(Keisuke Shimada):
How to nurture the spirit of coexistence... 「共生の心を育むために」
Erik Kaye and Corinne Sutter: Recognizing the Internalized Oppression
of Environmentalists...　環境主義者の内的抑圧の認識化」 

Caroline Pover: Networking Amongst Foreign Women in Japan... 「日本にお
ける外国人女性のネットワーキング」清水　耕介 (Kosuke Shimizu) The
Possibility of Green Parties as Representation of Democratic Movements...
 「民主主義としての緑の運動」 Paul Arenson: How a Cat Helped Create an
Alternative Website... 「オルタナティブなウエッブサイトの構築に猫がいか
に役立つか」 Marco Amati: Organizing Youth in Japan under the Green
Umbrella... 「緑の傘のもとでの青年の日本における組織化」 
http://www.net-ibaraki.ne.jp/aboys/ignf2002.htm

(4) Paul Arenson interviews John McLaughlin of the National Union of
General Workers (TokyoProgressive Radio on Radio LavaLamp
http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/bkaec205/Untitled-1.html

or
http://radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=4235

URGENT!!! Proposed new copyright laws, (Copyright Arbitration Royalty
Panel = CARP), could well put Radio LavaLamp and tens-of-thousands of
individual, non-commercial and small market radio stations off the web.
 This will lead to further consolidation of US, and by default, world
media into fewer hands.Please read and sign the petition to oppose the
CARP 
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?carp&1

(5) Peace and Media Links including

New Links on Activism (including Stop the War, Musicians for Peace,
UnAmerican Activities); Education: Wisehat.com; Japanese translations:
Manufacturing Consent Conclusion, The World After Sept 11, and more by
Noam Chomsky; Media Activism, Publish, Media Lens, Alternative Media
Watch, Richard Wilcox's Alternative Media List, Musicians for
Peace,David Rovics
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_17_tokyoprog_archive.html#75017980

(6) Axis Of Evil--in Washington, D.C. March 15, 2002
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_17_tokyoprog_archive.html#75017423

(7) MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media


March 15, 2002



Following our Media Alert, 'Nick Cohen of the Observer on Iraq, Chomsky and
Pilger' (March 13, 2002), Media Lens received this reply from Nick Cohen on
March 13, 2002
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_17_tokyoprog_archive.html#75017420


(8) Zimbabwe's Rip-Off Poll March 15, 2002
By Patrick Bond and Raj Patel 
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_17_tokyoprog_archive.html#75017419


(9) The US has been secretly sending prisoners suspected of al-Qaida
connections to countries where torture during interrogation is legal,
according to US diplomatic and intelligence sources. Prisoners moved to
 such countries as Egypt and Jordan can be subjected to torture and
threats to their families to extract information sought by the US in
the wake of the September 11 attacks. 
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_10_tokyoprog_archive.html#75009643

(10) The Moral High Road?  Two Articles Which Lay That
Claim to rest

We want to believe that we are somehow different than "the terrorists,"
that we who live in so-called "free societies" have values that prevent
us from doing evil things, that "rogue states" and "evil axes" are a
species of government different than our own. Howard Zinn puts those
myths to rest in an earlier essay looking at how terrorism was committed
in the name of peace and freedom at Hiroshima.

Meanwhile, in her article (See zmag.org for information on how you can
be a znet sustainer), "Anti-Globalization | Anti-Fundamentalism", Judy
Rebick says that the claim that the United States is some kind of
liberator is contradicted by the role that U.S.-led corporate
globalization plays in creating the conditions that enable fundamentalists
 like the Taliban to gain power in the first place. She also says that
"structural adjustment policies imposed by global organizations like
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund resulted in an
increased poverty that hit women hardest. More importantly, the
suffering and cultural dislocation strengthen fundamentalism--whether
Moslem, Hindu or Christian--which has been the strongest opposition to
the monoculture imposed by U.S. multinational corporations." So much
for claims that the global capitalism and democracy live on the same
side of the street. They don't even live in the same neighborhood.
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_10_tokyoprog_archive.html#75009212


(11) Venezulela: The Next Chile?  By John Pilger
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_10_tokyoprog_archive.html#75009104

(12)SIX MONTHS LATER, THE BASIC TOOL IS LANGUAGE by Norman Solomon
Cameras have recorded countless defining moments. And six
months after Sept. 11, some nightmarish televised glimpses of
that day's horrors still resonate deeply. Visual images are
powerful. Yet there's no substitute for words that sum up what
might otherwise seem too ambiguous, upsetting or baffling. Words
attach meaning to events.


Since last fall, the biggest media buzz-phrase has been "the
war on terrorism." By now, journalists are in the habit of
shortening it to "the war on terror" -- perhaps the most
demagogic term in recent memory.

http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10515685



and, here are the 122 links again, in case you missed them:


We have contributions from these readers:

(1) Japan (Bill P): ELT Calendar
http://www.arenson.org/forums/thread.php?threadid=60&boardid=11&styleid=2

(2) Japan (Richard Wilcox): Alternative Media Database
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10438434

(3) U.S. (South East Socialist Conference, North Carolina)
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10407114

(4) We have just received our acceptance:

September 28 and 29, 2002, PEACE AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE Conference in
central Tokyo. Our presentation will be entitled "Integrating Language
Learning with Political Activism". There will be 60 more presentations.

The preliminary conference schedule and other information will be
available in April, 2002.  See:  Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
Chair, PGL Conference Committee
English website: <http://kyushuelt.com/peace>
Japanese website:<http://www.sainet.or.jp/~kasa/pglj.html>



Reminders: 

International Green Forum, March 30

Israel and Palestine-Related Film Showings and Talks, March 14-19
http://www.arenson.org/forums/thread.php?threadid=43&boardid=11&styleid=2
Japanese page
http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~polive/




                              TAKE ACTION

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(1) Nuclear Terrorism and US Nuclear Policy
(2) No Immunity for genocide or crimes against humanity 
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There is an article AND a petition here on the first issue

A petition is also available on the second issue
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10407080





                       
                              Environment
                           
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A Report by Top US Scientists on Climate Change Suggests That Catastrophe Could 
Be
Imminent: Jeremy Rifkin
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Also:  EPA leader resigns to Protest Bush
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10483192




                               
                                 India
                              
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Novelist Arundhati Roy Convicted of Contempt
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10483177



                                 
                                
                                  Iraq
                              
                                  
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Between the Lines Interview with Dennis Halliday on Iraq and possible war
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Dennis Halliday resigned his position as U.N. under-secretary general
in charge of Iraq's oil for food program (as did his successor) in protest
over the U.S. led sanctions which have killed hundreds of thousands of 
civilians in the last 10 years.
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10407768




                          
                          Israel and Palestine
                          
                          
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Background / Sharon cabinet's war lobby revs into high gear
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10439847

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Open Letter from Israeli Nurse to the Residents of Sabra and Shatila Refugee 
Camps
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10439705



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Selectmen Defense of Police Avoids Hard Issues
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Dennis Fox (http://people.uis.edu/dfox1) from his Brookline TAB Column
(Massachusetts), GADFLYING:

Thirty years ago I moved to  Israel, intending to stay forever. I left
quickly, though, my Zionist  impulses weakening as right-wingers
strengthened their grip on Israeli policy.

The segment of Zionism that initially attracted me at least had the 
virtue of generating guilt. The Israelis I most admired understood an 
uncomfortable truth: from the beginning, Zionism's focus on Jewish 
survival blinded it to the equally legitimate rights of Arabs who, 
inconveniently, already lived on the land.........
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10432201

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Israeli War Resisters Need your Help
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10407135


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                                 HUMOR
                            
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Whitehouse.org
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Is it real, or is it memorex. Only his hairdresser knows for sure.
(Er, something like that. I recall two 1960s TV commercials that went
like that. Anyway, enjoy!
 http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10318424

                                 Japan
                               
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Japan Observer
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10483347



                                 
                                 Labor
                                 
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Day for Migrant and Immigrant Workers Rights
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This weekend
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10437322


Also, watch (listen?) for the radio show that will be uploaded soon
conatining an interview with labor organizer John McLaughlin

Listen-on-demand
http://radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=4235

Current Program
http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/bkaec205/mainstream.html?


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Trade Union Leaders Arrested in Korea: Emergency Call for Urgent Action
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10407330



                                
                                 Media
                                 
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Alternative Media Watch
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10483333


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Democracy Now
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Back with Pacifica, this radio show is a must-listen! Also video!
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10483272

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From Tom Paine
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Ignoring The Greatest Killer: AIDS

Rogue States? America Ought to Know 
The Hyperpower Sets Its Own Rules: Phyllis Bennis
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10407501



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                              Philippines
                            

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A 'Second Front': Walden Bello
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10483239


                               
                                 Terror
                                 
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Race War: George Monbiot
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Those of us who opposed the bombing of Afghanistan warned that the war
between nations would not stop there. Now, as Tony Blair prepares the
British people for an attack on Iraq, the conflict seems to be
proliferating faster than most of us predicted. But there is another
danger, which we have tended to neglect: that of escalating hostilities
 WITHIN the nations waging this war.
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10441696


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Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Thoughts about America: Edward Said
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"Intellectuals and artists in the 1950s and 1960s brought to the whole notion 
of intellectual
honesty and complicity a new and disastrous dimension." Said mentions a
well-funded group, Institute for American Values, whose 
"What We're Fighting For" reads like something from the Pentagon's new
Office of Strategic Effluent...er, Influence
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10408236

Also see the graphic at 
http://arenson.org/openingpage.html
(Office of Strategic Effluent)

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The Camp X-ray Concentration Camp: John Pilger
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"For example, the Taliban used to hang the victim's body in public for four 
days.
[The Northern Alliance] will only hang the body for a short time, say 15
minutes." 
http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10406800



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When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go Bad
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http://www.arenson.org/2002_03_03_tokyoprog_archive.html#10432537



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