#72 November/December 2004
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FREE THOUGHTS

FIRST WORD by Doug Collins
What's Wrong With Us?

READER MAIL
Israel: not a charitable nonprofit, Bush's second big lie: social security, Good alternative to third runway was ignored, More guardianship abuses, Thanks for the Truth

NORTHWEST & BEYOND
Wild sky can't fly past Pembo, Oregon's Coos County pays in pipeline lawsuit, Poverty with a view, Roadless Rule revision postponed past election, Western Shoshone battle federal landgrab, Montana's Jewish communities embrace reform

"Just because..."
strange assertions observed by Styx Mundstock

CONTACTS

NORTHWEST NEIGHBORS
contact list for progressives

DO SOMETHING! CALENDAR
Northwest activist events

POLITICS AND ELECTIONS

9/11 Update: New York State Attorney General's office accepts 9/11 Complaint
by Rodger Herbst

Book Notice: Claiming the Mantle: How Presidential Nominations Are Won and Lost Before the Votes Are Cast
by R. Lawrence Butler

"Modern Poll Tax" is Challenged in WA: Ex-felons deserve the right to vote
from the ACLU of WA

Next Steps after the 2004 Elections
by Steven Hill

LAW

NutraSweet Hit by Lawsuits: Court action highlights health concerns about artificial sweeteners
by Doug Collins

Justice Department Manipulates Truth About Patriot Act Ruling
from the ACLU

After the Riot
anonymous account of prison conditions

WORKPLACE

Bon Macy's Fails Employees' Health-Care Needs
from SEIU Local 6

San Francisco hotel workers locked out
photos and story by David Bacon

Small Business Administration Fails in Commitment to Women-Owned Firms
from the US Women's Chamber of Commerce

IMMIGRATION AND MEXICAN LABOR

HOW U.S. CORPORATIONS WON THE DEBATE OVER IMMIGRATION
by David Bacon

Illegal Immigration: Another Way to Outsource Jobs?
opinion by Domenico Maceri

Salsa and Apple Pie
A U.S.-Mexican Union in the making
by Steven Hill

ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

Existing Systems Do Not Protect Us
by Sarah Westervelt

Mercury on the mind: Want to avoid both autism and Alzheimers? Then forget the flu vaccine and avoid dental amalgams
by Donald W. Miller, Jr, MD

What Water to Drink? Tap water may be your healthiest option
by Seth Gordon

MEDIA

MEDIA BEAT by Normal Solomon
The Presidential pageant: "There he is, Mr. America..."

People Like This Paper! So why is it so small?
by Doug Collins

CULTURE

A New Yorker Trapped in Los Angeles
excerpt from Willaim Blum's book: "Freeing the World to Death"

Poetry by Robert Hosheit

Beatnik Books
poetic reviews by Robert Pavik

GOOD IDEAS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES by Doug Collins
Polish Jokes

After the Riot

Following is a confidential message relayed via a Washington state prisoner concerning the aftereffects of a riot at the Crowley County Correctional Facility in Colorado, where approximately 200 Washington State prisoners were sent.

August, 2004--There is complete lockdown [at Crowley]. With no inmates on kitchen duty, the food is really bad--limited to sack lunches. A guard delivers the sacks by kicking them through the door. The food seems old. [My acquaintance there has had to] survive with no running water, in fact no water to even drink, so no toilets, and no toilet paper other than the paper sack in which lunches were served, which could not be eaten anyway due to dehydration from lack of nay drinking water at all. For the first several days, all the men had only bare cold steel bunks on which to try to sleep, shivering with hypothermia and using torn paper lunch sacks to cover their heads to try to keep warm, as it took days before prisoners received any mattresses, pillows, sheets, and blankets. It was nearly a week before any were allowed to send any mail, and even then only one letter. Conditions are gradually improving for the men, but they are still locked down. Also, an added problem is the facility doesn't recognize Washington prisoner postage accounts, so even though a prisoner, for example, has $50 left in his Washington postage account, he can't use it, because the prison forces them to pay for all postage/mail expenses out of their regular account, which seems to please prison authorities. [My acquaintance there] has made it clear he disapproves of the riot, but expects a worse one to follow, as he sees conduct by the authorities as the cause of the first. With faith not fear, he calls on us for prayers for peace, and for wisdom for authorities and prisoners alike.


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