World-News

Thomas Powers explores the meaning of the recent NSA spying scandal and the abject failure of Congress (or the American public) to rein in this administration. Put plainly, the President decided to attack Iraq, he brushed caution and objection aside, and Congress, the press, and the people, with very few exceptions, stepped back out of the way and let him do it.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020106C.shtml

Five difficult years in office have left the White House straining under the weight of its own contradictions. That was abundantly clear in the State of the Union address. The State of the Union was a tale of two presidents. One was gracious about his opponents, seeking common ground for the sake of the nation's future. The other accused his critics of being isolationists, pacifists, protectionists and unpatriotic.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020106B.shtml

President Bush received a roaring ovation Tuesday for his prime-time defense of wiretapping phone calls without warrants. But Bush's explanation relied on assumptions that have been widely questioned by experts who say the president offers a debatable interpretation of history.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020106A.shtml

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Also, don't forget to join Representatives Conyers, Pallone, Holt, McDermott and others reacting to the State of the Union, as well as your comments and questions, at the DCCC blog after President Bush's speech:

http://www.dccc.org/stakeholder/

2006 will be a banner year for Democrats and for America. The DCCC needs to have your support in this fight. We will continue to hold Republicans accountable for every rubber stamp vote they make benefiting their special interests at the expense of American families. Thanks for standing with us.


John Lapp
Executive Director,
DCCC

As government officials keep more and more information from us, they are in turn increasingly less accountable for what they do, since we have no idea they're doing it. Those are small things with grave consequences.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11736.htm

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Groundhog Day

James K. Galbraith writes, "Let's see ... It's August. Bush is in Crawford on a 'working vacation.' His polls are in the tank. Congress is in revolt. The economy is going soft. The next elections don't look good. Cheney is off in Wyoming, or wherever he goes. It's 2001. No, it's 2006."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081706N.shtml

NSA is aligning its growing domestic eavesdropping operations -- what the administration calls "terrorist warning" in its current PR campaign -- with military homeland defense organizations, as well as the CIA's new domestic operations .

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11733.htm

A former chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), retired Admiral Chris Barrie, has delivered a grim prediction on the state of Australia's defence alliance with the United States.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1559283.htm


From Information Clearing House

A well-known US nuclear proliferation and terrorism expert told Gulf News yesterday that Tehran not only has the nuclear bomb, it is seeking to "duplicate them in large numbers before revealing their existence to the world".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11730.htm



Iran Papers Are for an Atomic Bomb

A document obtained by Iran on the nuclear black market serves no other purpose than to make an atomic bomb, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/01/31/ap2489507.html


From Information Clearing House



Is Iran Building Nukes? An Analysis

The testable part of the claim -- that the Bushehr reactor is a proliferation threat -- is demonstrably false.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11739.htm



Nuclear Iran is not a threat

Why is all this pressure being mounted against Iran when both Washington and Jerusalem unofficially concede that there is nothing to be done to prevent Iran’s government from continuing along its present course of nuclear development?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11731.htm



Big companies pulling out of Iran

Some major finance and energy companies are cutting commercial ties with Iran as US authorities step up enforcement of existing sanctions and international diplomatic pressure builds over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15612



U.S. Instigated Iran's Nuclear Program 30 Years Ago:

White House staff members, who are trying to prevent Iran from developing its own nuclear energy capacity and who refuse to take military action against Iran "off the table," have conveniently forgotten that the United States was the midwife to the Iranian nuclear program 30 years ago.

http://tinyurl.com/94lg9


From Information Clearing House

Japan will withdraw its ground troops from southern Iraq by the end of May along with pullouts by the British and Australian forces from the area, Japanese media outlets have reported citing sources in the Japanese Government.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1559087.htm


From Information Clearing House

John Edwards writes that America risks losing its position as a global leader and its reputation as the land of opportunity if it continues on the course that President Bush has set.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020106M.shtml

Aktions-Mittel gentechfreier Mais: Protest gegen Gentechnik-Mais in Brandenburg (01.02.06)

Mit einem riesigen Maiskolben haben Gentechnikgegner am Dienstag auf einem Feld bei Strausberg (Brandenburg) gegen den Anbau von Genmais demonstriert. Auf dem Feld beim Strausberger Ortsteil Ruhlsdorf ist nach Angaben des Aktionsbündnisses gentechnikfreie Landwirtschaft Berlin-Brandenburg der Anbau von Genmais geplant. Der Eigentümer habe vier Felder mit insgesamt 20 Hektar Fläche ins Standortregister eintragen lassen. Die Felder liegen den Angaben zufolge im Naturpark "Märkische Schweiz", in einem europäischen Vogelschutzgebiet und in unmittelbarer Nähe zu einem Naturschutzgebiet und den Feldern eines Ökobauern.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12824

01.02.06

Der Bundesverband Volkssolidarität kritisiert Änderungen beim Arbeitslosengeld I (ALG I) zum 1. Februar 2006. Verbandspräsident Gunnar Winkler sagte am Mittwoch in Berlin, dieses Datum werde als "schwarzer Tag für Arbeitslose in die Geschichte eingehen". Seit Monatsbeginn erhielten Arbeitnehmer über 55 Jahre nur noch längstens 18 Monate ALG I statt bislang bis zu 36 Monaten. Die "drastische Reduzierung der Anspruchsdauer" beschleunigt nach Auffassung Winklers die "Talfahrt in die Armut".

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12828

01.02.06

Die "Hartz IV"-Reform hat offenbar eine bei einer Gesetzesänderung einmalige Klagewelle vor den Sozialgerichten ausgelöst. Gut ein Jahr nach dem Start von "Hartz IV" seien bereits rund 52.000 Verfahren um die Regelungen registriert worden, teilte der Präsident des Bundessozialgerichts (BSG), Matthias von Wulffen, am Mittwoch in Kassel mit.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12827

Auch wenn der Iran derzeit im Mittelpunkt der Aufmerksamkeit steht, so weist die Ankündigung von Putin, dass mit neuen Raketen jedes Raketenabwehrsystem ausgetrickst werden könne, auf einen gefährlichen Rüstungstrend hin.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21904/1.html

Niederlande

Fortschritt der Technik: Nun lassen sich Pässe berührungslos kopieren und fälschen. http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21907/1.html

In seiner 5. State of the Union-Rede hielt Bush an der Führungsrolle
der USA fest, bezeichnete das Land als vom Öl abhängig und blieb
ansonsten bei Gemeinplätzen.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21908/1.html

Last night, President Bush talked about a new energy economy. But when you completely ignore the biggest challenge of all -- global warming -- your plans will never measure up.

Using government subsidies for favored energy programs is thinking small. Instead, America needs a bold plan to limit global warming pollution and unleash the market to create a new energy economy.

The U.S. must pass a market-based cap on global warming pollution as the first meaningful step to reduce our emissions and spur private sector investment in the new energy technologies the president supports.

We are fully engaged at every level to see that 2006 is a year of real action. Our campaign activities include:

- Launching a new public education campaign. In the coming weeks, you will get an inside look at our most ambitious national public messaging campaign to date. The campaign will include television, radio, print and online ads and a new website to help us reach millions with our message.

- Strengthening on-the-ground grassroots organizing. In key states where we hope to win over the support of swing senators, we have built statewide outreach and education campaigns. These efforts have focused on building coalitions with industries and citizen groups most at risk as global warming changes our world.

- Getting the science right. Last year, we hired Bill Chameides, one of the world's foremost experts in atmospheric science, to lead our team of global warming scientists. We will use this expertise to make sure we are promoting the most effective policies.

With your continued support, we are doing all that can be done to make 2006 the year of historic action in the fight to stop global warming. No environmental threat is more urgent.

Thank you for being part of this crucial effort to reduce global warming.

Sincerely,
Steve Cochran
Campaign Director,
Campaign to Stop Global Warming

Today (1st Feb) a feature article appeared in Sussex wide paper The Argus titled "The modern blots on the landscape" by Sara Wallis. As usual it was lengthy and windy - little more than quotes from concerned residents, city councillors, and with the inevitable last words given to Telecom spokespeople. Below are some of their gems - I think it would help if people wrote to the letters page which is good at publishing letters (if they are no more than 250 words and ideally locally relevant) as Brighton & Hove are now a microwave nightmare. Send letters to letters@theargus.co.uk

Regards

Gary
Brighton

O2 spokesman: "The antennae are completely safe. There is no danger at all from them"

T Mobile spokeswoman: "Base atations are low powered radio transmitters and it is important to recognise that the radio frequency signal from the masts represents only one source in everyday lives"

"The radio waves from nearby base stations are favourably comparable to exposure from distant masts and from TV and FM radio and other transmitters".

"Based on 40 years of research T Mobile is confident its base stations, operatiing within strict national and international guidelines recognised by the World Health Organisation, do not present a health risk".

Omega this is not true. See under:
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Wissenschaft+zu+Mobilfunk/
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cancer+Cluster
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html

Omega read "Base Stations, operating within strict national and international Guidelines, do not present a Health Risk?" under: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/771911/

„Es ist 8:00 Uhr am Morgen, ich bin gerade aufgewacht. Kein Wecker klingeln hat mich geweckt. Nein, dieses Gerät wäre auch überflüssig und ohne einen sinnvollen Zweck für mich. Einen Wecker brauche ich seit über einem halben Jahr nicht mehr, denn seit dieser Zeit bin ich arbeitslos. Langsam und ohne große Lust verlasse ich mein Bett. Nun folgt das allmorgendliche Ritual, schnell einen Kaffee kochen, eine Zigarette nehmen, den Fernseher einschalten. So sitze ich, im noch immer andauernden Halbschlaf, vor dem Fernseher, und überlege, welcher Tag heute ist und was ich noch zu gedenken tue…“ Autobiografischer Bericht von Jens Neugebauer auf der Seite von gegen-hartz.de

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/taghartz4.php


Aus: LabourNet, 1. Februar 2006

Informationen zur 58-Regelung auf der neuen Web-Site von Theodor Nussbaum, die sich speziell mit dem Problem des Leistungsbezuges für ältere Arbeitslose befasst. http://www.hartzinfo.mynetcologne.de/seiten/regel/regel.htm


Gesetzliche Befristungsmöglichkeit von Arbeitsverhältnissen älterer Arbeitnehmer ab dem 52. Lebensjahr verstößt gegen EU-Recht

„…passend zur jüngsten Diskussion um die vorgezogene Erhöhung des Rentenalters und die daraus resultierende Notwendigkeit, Arbeitsplätze für ältere Arbeitnehmer zu schaffen (vielleicht auch für jüngere, Herr Müntefering?) beschäftigt sich unser neues Mandanteninfo mit den Auswirkungen des Hartz-Papiers auf „ältere“ Arbeitnehmer. Die letzte Bundesregierung hat 2002 allen Ernstes behauptet, die Abschaffung des Kündigungsschutzes für Arbeitnehmer ab dem 52. Lebensjahr würde einen Anreiz für Arbeitgeber darstellen, diesen Personenkreis vermehrt einzustellen und hat deshalb die Altersgrenze in § 14 Abs. 3 TzBfG auf 52 Jahre abgesenkt. Das ist natürlich unter mehreren Aspekten Unsinn, jedenfalls arbeitsmarktpolitisch. Untersuchungen des WSI (Pfarr u.a., Der Kündigungsschutz zwischen Wahrnehmung und Wirklichkeit, ISBN: 3-87988-922-8; 148 Seiten, Preis: 19,80 €) haben ergeben, dass zwischen einer Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes und Neueinstellungen keine Verbindungen existieren. Im Übrigen nützt die Einstellung älterer Arbeitnehmer überhaupt nichts, wenn sie zu Lasten jüngerer Arbeitnehmer geht. Tatsächlich sind sog. ältere Arbeitnehmer nach Änderung des § 14 Abs. 3 TzBfG auch keineswegs vermehrt eingestellt worden. Die Maßnahme des Gesetzgebers hat also erwartungsgemäß nicht gegriffen, so dass sich die Frage stellt: wie will denn die neue Bundesregierung mehr Arbeitsplätze für ältere Arbeitnehmer schaffen, wenn das Rentenalter noch schneller angehoben wird? Nun hat der europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) aber auch noch entschieden, dass die genannte Regelung des § 14 Abs. 3 TzBfG gegen zwingendes EU-Recht verstößt. Einzelheiten entnehmen Sie bitte dem beigefügten Mandanteninfo. Wir sind alle schon sehr gespannt, welches Borstenvieh unsere Politiker nun durch das Dorf jagen werden…“ Aus dem Anschreiben für das Mandanteninfo des Anwaltsbüros Bell & Windirsch vom Februar 2006 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/mandant0206.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 1. Februar 2006

Einzigartige und innovative Methoden. Im "Krieg gegen den Terror" untergraben die USA systematisch menschen- und völkerrechtliche Regeln „"Wir foltern nicht", behauptet Georg W. Bush. Der US-Präsident reagierte damit auf die Anschuldigungen der Washington Post, wonach US-Geheimdienste Menschen entführen, um sie außerhalb der USA in geheimen Gefängnissen zu misshandeln. Seit 2001 habe die CIA zeitweise in acht Ländern Foltergefängnisse unterhalten - auch in Europa, so die US-Zeitung. Die Erkenntnis, dass der US-Geheimdienst mutmaßliche Terrorverdächtige in einem Netzwerk geheimer Haftanstalten außerhalb der USA festhält, ist jedoch nicht neu - ebenso wenig wie die Tatsache, dass die US-Behörden in ihrem "Krieg gegen den Terror" die Genfer Konventionen über die Behandlung von Kriegsgefangenen wie auch die UN-Konvention gegen Folter verletzen…“ Artikel von „mb.“ In ak - analyse & kritik - Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis vom 20.1.2006 http://www.akweb.de/ak_s/ak502/37.htm


Sicherheit als einzige Antwort auf den Terror? Vom Verlust der Freiheit, dem Kapitalismus der Angst und der Privatisierung der Gewalt

„Wenn irgendwann die Historiker das 21. Jahrhundert mit dem 11. September 2001 beginnen lassen werden, so kaum deswegen, weil an diesem Tag etwas qualitativ Neues geschehen wäre oder gar die Welt im Angesicht der einstürzenden Neubauten mit Erkenntnis geschlagen wurde. Anstatt zu fragen: Warum? folgte das übliche: Was nun? Die darauf gefundene Antwort ließ kaum einen Monat auf sich warten und war auch nicht neu. Auf den privatisierten Terror folgte der Krieg der Staaten. Dabei unterschied sich diese Antwort von jenen der vergangenen Jahrhunderte weniger in der Wahl der Mittel als vielmehr in deren Qualität. Wenn dieser Beginn des neuen Jahrhunderts also eines beweist, dann, dass die vermeintlichen Fortschritte und Lehren des 20. Jahrhunderts im 21. nicht angekommen sind…“ Artikel von Michael Plöse vom 29.01.2006 auf telepolis http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21853/1.html


Kommunikationsfreiheit und Datenschutz > Datenschutz > Arbeitnehmerdatenschutz > Spionage beim Betriebsrat Siemens in München

Datenausspähung: Eine seltsame Verstrickung von Siemens und Justiz, Zufällen, Irrtümern, Missverständnissen - oder doch geheime Absicht? Kollege Zufall hilft. Siemens und Justiz bei der Ausspähung von Betriebsratsdaten

„Ein Drama, gespielt vom wahren Leben. Die Autoren des Dramas möchten nicht genannt werden“ beim NetzwerkIT http://www.nci-net.de/Archiv/Datenspionage/Datenspionage.html


Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit

Gewalt nimmt zu: 63 Journalisten getötet, mehr als 1.300 bedroht oder attackiert

Pressefreiheit-Bilanz 2005 von Reporter ohne Grenzen vom 4.1.06 (pdf) http://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/fileadmin/rte/docs/ROG_Bilanz_2005_01.pdf


Ausländer- und Asylrecht

Baden-Württemberg verhindert die Integration

Neue Befunde bekräftigen behördliche Diskriminierung durch „Loyalitätstest“ in Baden-Württemberg

„Das Innenministerium von Baden-Württemberg hat im September 2005 seinen Behörden eine klare Anweisung gemacht, wonach alle Muslime unter Generalverdacht zu stellen sind. Das geht aus einem Schreiben
(Aktenzeichen 5-1012 4/12) hervor, das der Süddeutschen Zeitung vorliegt. Darin heißt es: „Bei jedem Muslim, der sich einbürgern lassen will, besteht Zweifel an der inneren Hinwendung zu Deutschland.“ Daher solle jedem „muslimischen“ Einbürgerungswilligen ein Fragekatalog vorgelegt werden, der die Gesinnung prüfe…“ Artikel von Hüseyin Avgan, DIDF-Vorsitzender, vom 31.01.2006 bei DIDF http://www.didf.de/makale.php?id=192


Nein zum Loyalitätstest. Ja zur Einbürgerung

„Migranten, die sich einbürgern wollen, haben es in Baden-Württemberg seit Anfang des Jahres nicht leicht. Das Innenministerium stellt alle Menschen, die aus einem muslimischen Land eingewandert sind, unter Generalverdacht und unterzieht sie einem diskriminierenden Loyalitätstest…“ Flugblatt von Föderation der Demokratischen Arbeitervereine – DIDF (pdf) http://www.didf.de/download/BaWu-Flugi.PDF

Baden-Württemberg: Gesprächsleitfaden für die Einbürgerungsbehörden. Bekenntnis zur freiheitlichen demokratischen Grundordnung nach dem Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz (StAG)

Gesprächsleitfaden für die Einbürgerungsbehörden, Stand 01.09.2005, veröffentlicht bei islam.de http://islam.de/4401.php


Aus: LabourNet, 1. Februar 2006

NATO-Sicherheitskonferenz am 3. und 4. Februar 2006 in München

Raus gegen die Nato-Kriegskonferenz - they make war, we make trouble Aufruf gegen die NATO-Kriegskonferenz (pdf) http://www.no-nato.de/cms/pdf/aufruf_siko.pdf


Für Frieden und soziale Gerechtigkeit weltweit – Nein zu Krieg und Militarisierung Bündnis-Aufruf zu Protesten gegen die NATO-Militärtagung am 3./4. Februar 2006 in München http://www.no-nato.de/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=919&lang=1&sid=8e537ae3af8e01dc4fd29335dc605c3c

Ihr Geschäft heißt Krieg. Gemeinsam gegen die NATO-Kriegskonferenz in München 3.-5. Februar 2006

„Einen bereits angekündigten Pressetermin hat der Veranstalter ohne Angaben von Gründen abgesagt, die Namen der Teilnehmer will er auch drei Wochen vor der Konferenz nicht nennen und das "Regionalthema" für den zweiten Konferenztag stehe auch noch nicht fest, heißt es knapp auf der offiziellen Webseite (www.securityconference.de). Kurz vor der "42. Münchner Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik", der früheren "Wehrkundetagung", hält sich der Deutschland-Chef des US-Rüstungskonzerns Boeing, Horst Teltschik, äußerst bedeckt…“ Artikel vom AutorInnenKollektiv SehStörung im ak - analyse & kritik - Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis vom 20.1.2006 http://www.akweb.de/ak_s/ak502/15.htm


Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (früher: Wehrkundetagung) - Informationen, Dokumente, Hintergründe

Dossier zur "Sicherheitskonferenz" bei der AG Friedensforschung an der Uni Kassel http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Sicherheitskonferenz/Welcome.html


Was heißt hier Sicherheit? Am Mittwoch, 1. / Donnerstag, 2. Februar
2006 findet eine Alternativenkonferenz im Einewelthaus und im DGB-Haus München statt. Siehe Programm http://www.gegen-krieg-und-rassismus.de/Alternativenkonferenz.htm


Homepage des Aktionsbündnisses gegen die NATO-Sicherheitskonferenz mit Protestterminen und weiteren Infos http://www.gegen-krieg-und-rassismus.de/


Aus: LabourNet, 1. Februar 2006

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Münchner "Sicherheitskonferenz": Ein Stelldichein von Oberbefehlshabern im Krieg

Pressemitteilung des Bundesausschusses Friedensratschlag vom 2.2.06 http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Sicherheitskonferenz/2006-baf.html


Sicherheitstipps zur Sicherheitskonferenz

„Seit Jahresbeginn können in Bayern Telefone und Internetverbindungen auch ohne Verdacht abgehört und geortet werden. Diese verfassungswidrige Änderung des Polizeiaufgabengesetzes gilt natürlich auch für unbequeme Aktivisten und Demonstranten. Bis zur Klarstellung durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht gilt das Recht des sich besser schützenden?..“ Artikel von Linkes Aufklärungskommando vom
02.02.2006 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2006/02/137773.shtml


Aus: LabourNet, 3. Februar 2006



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Teltschik

EU-Richtlinie zur Vorrats – Datenspeicherung: Mobilfunker finden, dass sechs Monate genug sind

Von Franz Zauner

Auch Justizministerium für Sechs-Monate-Frist

Handys sind verräterisch. Das hat zuletzt der Saliera-Dieb am eigenen Leib erfahren müssen. Fahndungserfolge wie dieser sind Wasser auf die Mühlen jener, welche eine akkurate Umsetzung der EU-Richtlinie zur Vorrats – Datenspeicherung verlangen. Die EU-Mitgliedsstaaten können die Speicherdauer in einer Bandbreite zwischen 6 und 24 Monaten selbst bestimmen. Die österreichische IT-Branche hofft auf eine Festlegung am unteren Limit. Das Justizministerium dürfte ihnen entgegen kommen.
Datenspeicherung ist ein Kostenfaktor: Pro Tag fallen alleine in Österreich 60 bis 100 Millionen Datensätze an. Diese auswertbar zu speichern, würde den österreichischen Mobilfunk-Netzbetreibern teuer zu stehen kommen. "Wir sollten bei der Sechs-Monate-Frist bleiben", fordert Klaus M. Steinmaurer, Leiter der Rechtsabteilung von T-Mobile. "Alles andere wäre überschießend und nicht notwendig", erklärte er bei der Veranstaltung Mobile Business 06 in Wien.

Praktisch alle einschlägigen Firmen von Microsoft bis Siemens sind sich in dieser Frage einig: Lange Vorratsdatenspeicherung sei unnütz, heißt es unisono. 80 Prozent aller Abfragen durch Polizei und Gerichte würden innerhalb von drei Monaten erfolgen, 99 Prozent innerhalb eines Jahres. Je länger der Speicherzeitraum und je größer die Datenmenge, umso eher sinkt die Aufklärungswahrscheinlichkeit, glaubt Steinmaurer, der Polizei und Gerichten vorwirft, mitunter übers Ziel zu schießen. "Von den richterlichen Aufträgen (zur Herausgabe von Daten) müssen wir elf Prozent zurückweisen", erklärte Steinmaurer gegenüber Heise Online .

Die Politik ist in dieser Frage noch uneins: Wie aus dem Justizministerium verlautet, möchte man generell die Sechs-Monate-Frist verankern. Im Innenministerium wünscht man sich ein Jahr Speicherdauer bei Telefon- und 6 Monate bei Internetdaten. 24 Monate stehen derzeit in keinem Entwurf zur Diskussion.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3932&Alias=wzo&cob=217198


Nachricht von der BI Bad Dürkheim

By Nicolette Allen

ANGRY residents living near the site of a proposed mobile phone mast are concerned about the number of masts cropping up all over Worcester.

O2 UK is planning to install a 17.5 metre pole at the Hylton Road Industrial Estate, Hylton road and another 15 metre high monopole in the residential area of Oldbury Road, St Johns, between Ambrose Close and Brookside Road.

Gordon and Pam Roberts from Ambrose Close said they were very concerned about the installation of a new mast.

"We don't know enough about the dangers of these phone masts to have them put up all over the place," said Mrs Roberts.

"The phone company could have chosen to install the mast in the countryside somewhere, rather than here in a residential area of a city."

City council planning officer Paul O'Connor said the council had received letters of complaint and rejection from people living in the Oldbury Road area.

"These rejections are mainly on the basis of concern about health issues," he said.

"However, from a health perspective the installation satisfies all international standards of safety and in terms of appearance, the mast is designed to have as little overall impact on the surrounding area as possible."

Omega this is not true. See under:
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Wissenschaft+zu+Mobilfunk/
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cancer+Cluster
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html

Omega read "Base Stations, operating within strict national and international Guidelines, do not present a Health Risk?" under: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/771911/

Spokesman for O2 Angela Johnson said a tremendous amount of research has been conducted into the safety of these masts.

"These are very low powered two way radio transmitters, with less power than a mobile phone," she said.

"We only put these monopoles where we absolutely need them, but this is a consumer driven business and the majority of people value a good mobile phone service."

A decision will be made by the city council's planning committee today (Thursday) with a recommendation that prior approval is granted.

• What do YOU think? Should there be tighter rules governing the positioning of phone masts? Do we need to know more about possible health issues relating to them? Write to the editor today with your views.

http://www.worcesterstandard.co.uk/news/default1.asp?id=1718

Téléphonie mobile : Guide des Bonnes Pratiques entre Maires et Opérateurs & Propositions à l'AMF et à l'AFOM.

http://www.next-up.org/pdf/lettre_Ouverte_Next_up_au_President_AMF.pdf


- DERNIERE MINUTE
- Communiqué du Groupe de Travail "Téléphonie Mobile et Santé " de l'Association des Maires de France (AMF).

http://www.maire-info.com/article.asp?param=6596&PARAM2=PLUS

PARENTS are protesting against plans to build a mobile phone mast close to a primary school.

Mother-of-two Michelle Esposito, of Otago Road, Whittlesey, started a petition when Vodafone submitted proposals to build the mast on a grass verge next to Alderman Jacobs Primary School.

She said: "I know we all use mobiles, but to put the mast next to a school and in a residential area is ridiculous.

"Parents with children at the school have signed the petition, as well as residents in neighbouring streets.

"Nobody wants the mast to go there, and everyone has been very supportive.

"The site is on an open piece of grass verge. There are no trees or buildings to disguise it, so it will be an eyesore."

If given the green light, the 10m-high mobile phone mast will be placed at the junction of Drybread Road, Bassenhally Road and Otago Road – just metres from the school.

Mrs Esposito collected about 100 signatures, and sent the petition to Fenland District Council planning office last week.

She added: "I know of two previous phone mast applications which have been turned down in Whittlesey, and residents objected against those.

"One proposed site was near the fire station, and another for the other end of Drybread Road.

"I know there are no proven health risks involved with these masts, but this one shouldn't be put so close to the school."

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A spokeswoman for Vodafone said: "We can confirm we have plans for a new mast in Drybread Road, Whittlesey. We can't comment further until the plans have been finalised."

Wendy Coles, spokeswoman for Fenland District Council, said: "If an application is made to put a mobile phone mast up, the company has to comply with government guidelines.

"In this case, Vodafone complied with guidelines, and a 56-day period to consider the application ends this week.

"The only way it could be refused is n grounds of visual impact.

"Its proximity to a school would not be an issue for refusal."

A decision on the mast will be made by the council on Monday.

01 February 2006

All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.


http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1334160

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Farmers in Mali, the fourth poorest country in the world, have told their government they do not want to see genetically modified crops being grown on their land, after Africa's first "farmers' jury" debated the issue.

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The world must halt greenhouse gas emissions and reverse them within two decades or watch the planet spiraling towards destruction, scientists said on Monday.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/013106EA.shtml

At the Democratic Forum to Impeach Bush, Attended by Cindy Sheehan and Ramsey Clark among others on Monday in Washington D.C. it was brought up that 9/11 was an inside job and the Washington Post printed it in part #2 below.

Part #1 Tasting Victory http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001319.html

Part #2 Tasting Victory, Liberals http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001319_2.html


Newspaper add American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Chief Calls on President to Shut Down Illegal Spying on Americans http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23978prs20060131.html


Thank the senators who stood against Alito Easy one click to send thanks to all the Senators who were in favor of a Filibuster and those who voted against Alito.

We are not going to try to put an upbeat spin on it; Samuel Alito confirmation today as the newest member of the Supreme Court is bad news. But we’re in this for the long haul, and the work for a more just and sustainable America will continue. Thousands of TrueMajority members called Congress, and tens of thousands more sent letters asking senators to stand up for a filibuster and allow for a full debate of Samuel Alito’s record. Twenty-five senators did this, and in doing so showed political courage in the face of overwhelming odds. A total of 42 stood up against Judge Alito’s appointment during the final vote.

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What Really Happened

by Cindy Sheehan

Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 01:19:44 AM PDT

Dear Friends,

As most of youI was arrested before the State of
the Union Address have probably heard, tonight.

I am speechless with fury at what happened and with grief over what we
have lost in our country.

There have been lies from the police and distortions by the press.
(Shocker) So this is what really happened:

This afternoon at the People's State of the Union Address in DC where I
was joined by Congresspersons Lynn Woolsey and John Conyers, Ann Wright, Malik Rahim and John Cavanagh, Lynn brought me a ticket to the State of the Union Address. At that time, I was wearing the shirt that said: 2245 Dead. How many more?

After the PSOTU press conference, I was having second thoughts about
going to the SOTU at the Capitol. I didn't feel comfortable going. I
knew George Bush would say things that would hurt me and anger me and I knew that I couldn't disrupt the address because Lynn had given me the
ticket and I didn't want to be disruptive out of respect for her. I, in
fact, had given the ticket to John Bruhns who is in Iraq Veterans
Against the War. However, Lynn's office had already called the media and
everyone knew I was going to be there so I sucked it up and went.

I got the ticket back from John, and I met one of Congresswoman Barbara
Lee's staffers in the Longworth Congressional Office building and we
went to the Capitol via the undergroud tunnel. I went through security
once, then had to use the rest room and went through security again.

My ticket was in the 5th gallery, front row, fourth seat in. The person
who in a few minutes was to arrest me, helped me to my seat.

I had just sat down and I was warm from climbing 3 flights of stairs
back up from the bathroom so I unzipped my jacket. I turned to the right
to take my left arm out, when the same officer saw my shirt and yelled;
"Protester." He then ran over to me, hauled me out of my seat and
roughly (with my hands behind my back) shoved me up the stairs. I said
something like "I'm going, do you have to be so rough?" By the way, his
name is Mike Weight.

The officer ran with me to the elevators yelling at everyone to move out
of the way. When we got to the elevators, he cuffed me and took me
outside to await a squad car. On the way out, someone behind me said,
"That's Cindy Sheehan." At which point the officer who arrested me said:
"Take these steps slowly." I said, "You didn't care about being careful
when you were dragging me up the other steps." He said, "That's because
you were protesting." Wow, I get hauled out of the People's House
because I was, "Protesting."

I was never told that I couldn't wear that shirt into the Congress. I
was never asked to take it off or zip my jacket back up. If I had been
asked to do any of those things...I would have, and written about the
suppression of my freedom of speech later. I was immediately, and
roughly (I have the bruises and muscle spasms to prove it) hauled off
and arrested for "unlawful conduct."

After I had my personal items inventoried and my fingers printed, a nice
Sgt. came in and looked at my shirt and said, "2245, huh? I just got
back from there."

I told him that my son died there. That's when the enormity of my loss
hit me. I have lost my son. I have lost my First Amendment rights. I
have lost the country that I love. Where did America go? I started
crying in pain.

What did Casey die for? What did the 2244 other brave young Americans
die for? What are tens of thousands of them over there in harm's way for
still? For this? I can't even wear a shirt that has the number of troops
on it that George Bush and his arrogant and ignorant policies are
responsible for killing.

I wore the shirt to make a statement. The press knew I was going to be
there and I thought every once in awhile they would show me and I would
have the shirt on. I did not wear it to be disruptive, or I would have
unzipped my jacket during George's speech. If I had any idea what
happens to people who wear shirts that make the neocons uncomfortable
that I would be arrested...maybe I would have, but I didn't.

There have already been many wild stories out there.

I have some lawyers looking into filing a First Amendment lawsuit
against the government for what happened tonight. I will file it. It is
time to take our freedoms and our country back.

I don't want to live in a country that prohibits any person, whether
he/she has paid the ultimate price for that country, from wearing,
saying, writing, or telephoning any negative statements about the
government. That's why I am going to take my freedoms and liberties
back. That's why I am not going to let Bushco take anything else away
from me...or you.

I am so appreciative of the couple of hundred of protesters who came to
the jail while I was locked up to show their support....we have so much
potential for good...there is so much good in so many people.

Four hours and 2 jails after I was arrested, I was let out. Again, I am
so upset and sore it is hard to think straight.

Keep up the struggle...I promise you I will too.

Love and peace soon,

Cindy


Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever does.~ Margaret Mead


Informant: Hopedance

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From the Los Angeles Times

Sheehan Removed From House Chamber Before Speech

From Associated Press

6:20 PM PST, January 31, 2006

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was taken into custody by police in the House gallery tonight just before President Bush's State of the Union address.

Police escorted Sheehan from the visitors' gallery above the House chamber after causing a disruption, said a Capitol Police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the incident were sketchy.

Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., had invited Sheehan to the address as her guest.

"I'm proud that Cindy's my guest tonight," Woolsey said in an interview before the speech. "She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq."

Woolsey offered Sheehan a ticket to the speech -- Gallery 5, seat 7, row A -- earlier Tuesday while Sheehan was attending an "alternative state of the union" press conference by CODEPINK, a group promoting the end of the Iraq war.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-013106sheehan_wr,0,1887102.story?coll=la-home-headlines


Informant: John Calvert

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Cindy Sheehan got as much press coverage as Bush on the State of the Union

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Stop and think about it? Our Cindy got as much press coverage as Bush on the State of the Union Speech!

Informant: ranger116

CONTRA COSTA TIMES

Tue Jan 31, 2006 23:55

By Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairwomen Reps. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Lynn Woolsey, D-Santa Rosa, painted an alternative state of the union picture Tuesday as a precursor to President Bush's much-anticipated evening speech.

The 62-member caucus' platform features a range of policies from bringing troops home from Iraq, and instituting congressional ethics reforms, universal health care and anti-poverty programs.

"Our nation faces a crisis and we stand at a crossroads," said Lee on Tuesday morning from Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. "Will we continue to be a nation of laws or a nation where the executive claims the privilege of lawlessness? Will we be a nation run for the benefit of big corporations and wealthy donors or a nation of opportunity, where people who work hard are rewarded and everyone has a shot at the American dream?"

Lee, viewed as one of Congress' most liberal members, was referring to the controversy over Bush's support of spying on Americans that may have ties to terrorists, the often too-cozy relationship between lawmakers and lobbyists and the Democrats' contention that conservative policies hurt the poor and help the rich.

Lee has introduced three bills related to the caucus' focus on eradicating poverty.

"Since President Bush took office, the number of poor people in America has grown by 17 percent, growing at a rate of more than 1 million each year," Lee said, and added that the number of children in extreme poverty grew by 500,000. "This is the real state of the so-called 'ownership society.' "

Lee seeks a presidential action plan for the eradication of poverty, a Congressional Budget Office analysis of the impact on poverty of pending federal legislation and a roll-back of tax cuts that Republicans support.

But she used her strongest words to criticize the president on the Iraq war.

"Tonight, the president will take to the stage to try and put a good face on a year of failures," she said. "One thing you won't hear him talk about, however, is the price of his reckless, unnecessary war in Iraq. You won't see him include the cost for the war in the budget that he submits to Congress next week, either.

"You see, the president doesn't have the courage to level with the American people about just how long his 'stay-the-course' policy will keep up in Iraq and how much it will cost, and ask the American people to sacrifice for it."

Details of the caucus members' proposals are available on-line at the http://www.thenation.com , a liberal political magazine.

The Times' will feature local reaction to the president's speech from the full East Bay congressional delegation after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Lisa Vorderbrueggen covers politics. Reach her at 925-945-4773 or lvorderbrueggen@cctimes.com

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ABC graphic labels Bush address "America's Agenda"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602010001

Despite President Bush's approval ratings hovering in the low 40s and a January 29 ABC News/Washington Post poll showing a majority of the American people disapproving of his performance on nearly every major issue, ABC posted onscreen text reading "America's Agenda" beneath an image of Bush while anchor Elizabeth Vargas introduced ABC correspondent George Stephanopoulos's preview of the 2006 State of the Union address on the January 31 edition of World News Tonight.

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The World Bank’s internal investigations unit has received an anonymous complaint that the bank’s rules and procedures were stretched in the appointment of close advisers to Paul Wolfowitz, the bank’s president.

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Abundant wildlife and rugged beauty have made the Book Cliffs wilderness one of Utah's most popular backcountry destinations, beloved of hunters and hikers alike. And Nine Mile Canyon, sacred to the Ute tribe, is prized by many for its amazing prehistoric rock art. Both these areas are part of more than a million acres of wilderness-quality lands whose future is being determined now by the Bureau of Land Management. Help us ensure that the future of these lands is one of conservation, not exploitation by off-road vehicle degradation and oil and gas development.

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An analysis of 11 pending and completed oil and gas plans by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM shows that BLM has increasingly overridden its own policies to facilitate dramatically expanded drilling on public lands in New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. Read the full story here.

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Ignoring vocal opposition from Alaska Natives, scientists, and sportsmen, the Bush Administration has opened for leasing 100 percent of the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), eliminating long-established protections first put in place by Reagan Administration Interior Secretary James Watt. Read the full story here.

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Informant: John Calvert

Der Bayerische Landkreistag hat in seinen zweimonatlich erscheinenden Mitteilungen, die alle Kreistagsmitglieder in Bayern erhalten erneut einen Persilschein für das angeblich so tolle Funktionieren des Mobilfunkpakts II ausgestellt. Eine diesbezügliche Stellungnahme habe ich dem Landkreistag zugesandt. Die Stellungnahme findet sich im Anhang und dazu ein Fragebogen, mit dessen Hilfe wir die zahlreichen Verstöße gegen den Mobilfunkpakt bei guter Mitarbeit aller Bi hoffentlich dokumentieren können. Also bitte mitmachen und an das Gribs-Büro senden.

http://www.omega-news.info/landkreistag2.doc
http://www.omega-news.info/fragebogen_paktverstoesse.doc


Mit freundlichen Grüßen:

Hans Schütz

31.01.06

Die Bilanz liest sich laut "Spiegel" wie das Guiness Buch der Rekorde: Der weltgrößte Ölkonzern ExxonMobil habe 2005 mit 36,1 Milliarden Dollar den bislang höchsten Gewinn eines US-Unternehmens überhaupt erzielt. Hintergrund seien die extrem gestiegenen Preise für Rohöl und Gas. Die vier führenden US-Mineralölkonzerne ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips und Marathon Oil hätten 2005 einen beispiellosen Gesamtgewinn von 66,7 Milliarden Dollar erzielt und ihr Vorjahresergebnis mehr als verdoppelt.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12814

31.01.06

Der Bundesausschuss Friedensratschlag kritisiert die Ende der Woche geplante Münchner "Sicherheitskonferenz". Die Oberbefehlshaber von Armeen gäben sich bei der Konferenz "ein Stelldichein", während sie völkerrechtswidrig den Irak besetzt hielten und dort immer noch Krieg führten. "Dieselben Herren schicken sich an, nach der erfolgten 'diplomatischen' Offensive nun auch die Geschütze für einen weiteren Krieg, diesmal gegen Iran, in Stellung zu bringen", kritisiert der Bundesausschuss. Die Veranstalter verstünden unter "Erneuerung der transatlantischen Partnerschaft" vor allem den europäisch-amerikanischen Schulterschluss in der Iranfrage und beim militärisch geführten "Kampf gegen den Terror". Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel stünde für "die Übernahme US-amerikanischer Positionen einer militärisch gestützten globalen Interventionspolitik".

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12808

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/30/burnham_rfid_evasions/


Informant: Steve Walls

Public representatives on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will have the final say on whether a mobile mast will be erected near a primary school, crèche and playground on the Southside.The Cabinteely District Residents’ Association has been campaigning against a council decision to grant planning permission for the Vodafone mast to be erected on the Lodge House in Cabinteely Park.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council originally granted planning permission for the mast last summer but after several objections from local residents the matter was appealed to An Bord Pleanala.

Two weeks ago, the board finally granted permission for the mast to the dismay of local residents who are stepping up their opposition because of fears for their health.

Deirdre Smith of the Cabinteely Residents’ Association told Southside People last week: “We are particularly concerned for the possible health effects on children attending the local girls’ primary school, St Brigid’s and for children playing in the playground in Cabinteely park.”

Ms Smith said residents had asked the six local councillors in the Ballybrack electoral area to table a motion withdrawing the council’s offer of a lease of local authority land to Vodafone.

This would prevent the phone company from erecting the mast until the outcome of the review of a Dáil report was completed, Ms Smith said.

If the report found that there were no adverse health implications, the residents would not object to the erection of the mast, she added.

The review of the report into non-ionising radiation from mobile phone handsets and masts is due to be completed in June of this year.

In the meantime it transpires that the mast will only get the go ahead if a majority of the 28 councillors vote in favour of leasing part of the site – which is on council property - to Vodafone.

Richard Shakespeare, the senior executive officer in the cultural and communications department of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, said that all disposals of land for a period of greater than 12 months are affected by a section 183 disposal.

“That is a reserved function,” he said. “The 28 elected members of the council have the right of disposal. The money generated from the masts is used for building playgrounds and is going into a project to build a further 27 playgrounds throughout the county.”

Cllr Dennis O’Callaghan (Lab) said last week that he was concerned about the close proximity of the mast to the lodge and the health implications that it could pose to residents.

“If the disposal of land comes in the form of a section 183 then I will most likely vote against it,” he said.
Cllr Larry Butler (FF) said that residents asked him not to support the mast application until the Dáil report was published.

“I will be voting against the erection of the mast on the basis that we should wait for the report,” Cllr Butler said.

However, Cllr Butler said he warned locals that if the council does not erect the mast the operators could “go across the road to a local business and get the mast just as easily”.

A spokesperson for Vodafone said anything that delays the establishment of their networks has an impact on their business and their customers.

“Our priority is to make sure that our customers can make and receive calls,” the spokeswoman said.

http://www.dublinpeople.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=711&Itemid=49

Peter Raba Psyche und Homöopathie von A - Z Homöopathie für Seele und Gemüt

Ein anschauliches Repertorium zur Signatur und Psychologie homöopathischer Arzneien mit Suchbegriffen von Angst bis Zynismus Bd. 7 der Reihe Homöothek

Andromeda-Verlag, Murnau 2005 (Neuerscheinung), ISBN 3-932938-07-0
1290 Seiten, 90 Abbildungen, € 148,-

Rezension von Ruth Gill

Nun ist es da, Peter Rabas neues Meisterwerk "Psyche und Homöopathie", entstanden aus dem Schatz der 30-jährigen Erfahrung seiner homöopathischen Praxis und der Kreativität des Künstlers. Das Faszinierende an seinen Büchern ist, dass sie Homöopathie gleichermaßen lehren, erlebbar machen und immer auch heilsame Selbsterfahrung sind. Das umfangreiche Nachschlagewerk ist eine gelungene Synthese aus Repertorium und Arzneimittellehre; ein Schatz, der gleichermaßen für Profis, wie für interessierte Laien als Handreichung für die Praxis geschaffen wurde. Geordnet nach Stichwörtern, die Gemüts- und Gefühlszustände bezeichnen, findet man eine Aufzählung von homöopathischen Mitteln, die geeignet sein können, Schieflagen und Nöte dieser Art aufzulösen. Die Texte zu den genannten Arzneien enthalten die differenzierte Charakteristik, die für die Mittelwahl bei den jeweiligen Problemen entscheidend ist. Das erschließt den Schatz der Homöopathie für die praktische Handhabung auch von Laien, ohne im Sinn von Ratgeber-Literatur reduktionistisch zu sein. In die symptomspezifischen Mittelbeschreibungen wurden ausführliche Zitate aus Werken anderer begnadeter Homöopathen eingearbeitet, vor allem aus Witold Ehlers Perlen der Pharmakognosie, bei denen es sich um Erfahrungsberichte von Mittelverreibungen handelt. Integriert hat Raba auch die Quintessenz von Erkenntnissen, die er bereits in vorgängigen Werken, insbesondere in Eros und sexuelle Energie durch Homöopathie, publiziert hat. Ergänzt werden die Ausführungen zu den vorgeschlagenen Mitteln durch viele Hinweise auf verwandte Themen. Für den Laien ohne Vorwissen gibt der Autor zunächst einen knappen Abriss über das Wesen und Wirken der Homöopathie. Unter den entsprechenden Stichwörtern erschließt er dem Leser das Verständnis für die Miasmen als der grundlegenden Dynamik im Krankheitsgeschehen. Eingewoben ist auch der Zugang zum Wesen der Arzneien über die Signaturlehre.

Das Register der angeführten Mittel ermöglicht die gezielte Recherche unter diesem Gesichtspunkt. Der Leser findet also keine Arzneimittelbilder aus einem Guss, deren Poesie zum Versinken und Vertiefen einlädt, wie in den anderen Raba-Bänden, sondern ist aufgefordert, vergleichbar dem Surfen im Internet über die Hyperlink-Struktur, dem Faden seiner eigenen Fragestellungen zu folgen. Das Besondere in Rabas Büchern ist die fotographische Verbildlichung des Wesens der jeweiligen Arznei aus eigenem künstlerischem Schaffen. Modell ist ihm dabei seine schöne Lebensgefährtin Mona Haase. Die Faszination der Raba-Bücher entsteht aus seiner Fähigkeit, profunde Fachkundigkeit und wissenschaftliche Systematik mit den Erlebnisqualitäten eines reichen Erfahrungsschatzes zu verbinden und zu vermitteln.

Dabei lässt er den Leser in einem Maß an Privatem teilhaben, wie es nur einer geläuterten Seele möglich ist, ohne peinlich zu wirken. Auch wenn man manchem Esoterischen aus dem Blickwinkel Rabas nicht folgen mag, so ist sein homöopathisches Wissen solide integriert in eine profunde psychotherapeutische Kompetenz, gegründet auf C. G. Jungs Werk und die Neurolinguistische Programmierung.

Dass Charakteristika von Persönlichkeiten in den homöopathischen Werken aus vergangenen Jahrhunderten nicht mehr ganz geeignet sind, die Schattierungen der Problemlagen von Menschen heute zu erfassen, hat einen neuen Schwerpunkt in der Fachliteratur entstehen lassen, der mit dem Buch Psychologische Homöopathie von Philip Bailey seinen Durchbruch in die Öffentlichkeit fand. Antoinette Peppler hat sich mit ihren genialen und manchmal skurrilen Arzneimittelbildern eingereiht, und Rosina Sonnenschmidt ist durch ihre ausgereiften Beiträge bekannt geworden. Raba hat sich dabei im deutschsprachigen Raum mit seinen Büchern zweifelsohne als der Stern dieses Spektrums der homöopathischen Fachliteratur etabliert. Wer über Rabas Werk hinausforschen möchte, findet im Anhang von Homöopathie und Psyche nach Sachgebieten geordnet ein ausführliches Verzeichnis einschlägiger Beiträge von anderen Autoren.

Wegen des hochwertigen Drucks ist das Nachschlagewerk Homöopathie und Psyche mit 1290 Seiten ziemlich schwer und damit an der Grenze der Handlichkeit; aber die Homöopathie ist nun mal keine leichte Ware, sondern ein Schatz, der gehoben und durch Einlassen und Vertiefung erschlossen werden muss. Der Band kostet € 148,-, was bei Inhalt und Ausstattung angemessen ist. Dem Handbuch ist es zuzutrauen, dass es sich als Standardwerk einen festen Platz auf den Bücherregalen von praktizierenden Homöopathen und interessierten Laien erobern wird. Es ist gleichermaßen empfehlenswert für den Handapparat jedes Mediziners, der seine Patienten mit den sanften Arzneien der Homöopathie bei der Heilung unterstützen möchte, ohne gleich eine homöopathische Ausbildung absolvieren zu müssen. Zu wünschen ist auch, dass Rabas Werk von vielen Büchereien einem breiteren Laienpublikum zugänglich gemacht wird.

Homöopathie kann man als die besseren Pillen konsumieren oder als Kunst ergreifen, den eigenen Weg zu gehen. Peter Raba bietet als einer der großen Lehrer unserer Zeit seine Führung dabei an.

Bestellungen direkt beim Andromeda-Verlag unter der Anschrift Bahnhofsweg 2, 82418 Murnau-Hechendorf, Tel. 08841 - 95 29, Fax - 4 70 55, info@andromeda-buch.de; siehe auch www.andromeda-buch.de. Übrigens ist Peter Raba auch live in seinen Seminaren zu erleben; das Programm kann beim Verlag angefordert werden.

ANGRY mums staged an all-night sit-in protest at a Glasgow primary school.

More than 25 parents took over closure-threatened Carnwadric Primary on the south side - and have vowed to keep up their fight to make the council think again.

Education bosses want to shut the 239-pupil school on Capelrig Street and then merge it with Arden Primary at a new building for 360 pupils.

But parents say the new primary will be built next to a motorway and mobile phone mast, and will mean pupils being forced to walk a mile-and-a-half to school.

Campaigners fighting the plans have already submitted a 1600-signature petition to the council.

And yesterday, as the school day ended at 3pm, around 25 parents moved in to occupy the building, carrying sleeping bags and pillows, and waving Save Our School posters.

They headed for the gym, where groups of them took it in turn to spend the night, before finally leaving around 6am today.

The protest was organised by Pauline Gilgallon, chairwoman of the school board.

Pauline, whose daughters Bronwyn, 10, Charlotte, 8, and Romy, 7, are pupils there, said: "We have arranged a shift pattern. It is a peaceful disruption. We are making a statement about the closure of the school.

"I'm optimistic this will work. It's strength in numbers, but the bottom line is closing Carnwadric is about money.

"Even if the council decides to go ahead, we're not giving up."

Former pupil Lynn Wright, 30, was among the protesters.

The mum, whose nine-year-old son Dylan attends the school, said: "We're not taking this without a fight."

And as she left the school today, Sharon Wallace, 55, mum of five-year-old pupil Gemma said: "The parents were taking it in shifts to sit in at the school from 3pm yesterday.

"We were tired but felt as if we had to make a stand."

A decision on the future of Carnwadric Primary and dozens of other schools which are under threat will be made on Thursday.

A city council spokesman said today: "The consultation period has been finished for some time and every single response the council received will have been taken into consideration."

Carnwadric also has a nursery, creche and a Langside College campus.

31/01/06

Copyright © 2006 Newsquest (Herald & Times) Limited. All Rights Reserved

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5048424.html

The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner

01/30/06

How do you give an upbeat State of the Union address when your major foreign policy, Iraq, is a quagmire; your signature domestic program, Medicare drugs, is a bomb; and nearly two thirds of Americans, according to the latest Gallup Poll, think the country is worse off than five years ago? Here are a few things to watch for in President Bush's first big election-year speech Tuesday: Mission Accomplished? On Iraq, look for rhetoric of steady resolve, coupled with promises to limit American exposure. Bush could offer a partial reduction of US combat troops during 2006 (in time for the mid-term election) -- but without any realistic prospect of a stable Iraqi government to fill the vacuum. One idea: a 'garrison strategy' of keeping most US forces safely inside bases. This might cut American combat losses, but cede the countryside to guerrilla fighters and anarchy...

http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=10972


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

WolfesBlog
by Claire Wolfe

01/30/06

What's amazing is that American citizens blandly tolerate any such list. Secret. Arbitrary. Obviously politically motivated. How can this be okay with anybody? Nixon was hounded and ridiculed for his infamous 'enemies list.' But at least his list included high-power political types. GWB's list is longer and reaches out to include thousands of ordinary people who never did anything more than express an opinion or three. How can this be okay? I know why there isn't more outrage among activists, though. It's because there's too damn much to be outraged about. Take a number. Get in line. A client and I were talking about The List the other day. We both figure that if Americus Fernando Henshawe is on it, then we probably are, too. But since we both refuse to fly, we may never know. I tell ya, it almost makes me want to buy some $29 bargain airfare and go to the airport just to see...

http://www.clairewolfe.com/wolfesblog/00001928.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Jurist
by Brian Foley

01/30/06

Most of the complaints about President Bush authorizing NSA phone taps without a warrant focus on the ethereal right to privacy, such as when the New York Times editorialized against spying on 'ordinary Americans,' and the ACLU warned, 'Just knowing that the government is spying without cause on innocent Americans sends a chilling message to all of us that our conversations are not our own.' The predominant fear seems to be that people who have nothing to do with terrorism might be mistaken for terrorists and subjected to intrusive surveillance. This is the thrust of the lawsuits that the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed to stop the spying. The most important issue is not, however, whether people feel comfortable talking on the phone or sending emails. The real danger is that electronic surveillance can be used to increase and solidify executive power...

http://tinyurl.com/7zzc4


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,394373,00.html

HLV INFO 14/AT
31-01-2006

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,398189,00.html

(SPON) Einen munteren Politikertourismus hat offenbar der EON-Konzern betrieben: Kommunalpolitiker wurden zu Luxusreisen und Wochenendtrips u.a. nach Norwegen per Privatjet geflogen - zu angeblichen Informationsreisen.

In Einzelfällen wurde von den Eingeladenen auch die Teilnahme verweigert: die Substanz an gebotener Information sei zu dünn, um die Reisen zu rechtfertigen. Das Gros der beteiligten Politiker störte dies offenbar nicht. Inwieweit durch das großzügig gesponserte Unterhaltungsprogramm der EON-AG Auswirkungen zeigte auf den Abschluss von Energie-Lieferverträgen der Kommunalpolitiker ist bisher nicht bekannt.

Link zum Beitrag / Hintergrundinfo oder Pressehinweis:
http://www.hh-online.com?lid=23467 und http://links.net-hh.de?lid=23467

Infopool / metainfo hamburg http://www.hh-online.com

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Von: Wolfgang Harst
Datum: 01/30/06 11:29:09
An: helmut@gobsch.de
Betreff: Ergebnisse der Bienen-Pilotstudie "Verhaltensänderung unter elektromagnetischer Exposition"

Sehr geehrter Herr Gobsch,

Prof. Stever hat mich gebeten, mich mit Ihnen in Verbindung zu setzen. Im Anhang finden Sie das bereits länger angekündigte Papier zur Pilotstudie des letzten Jahres, in der wir die Verhaltensänderungen von Bienen unter Einfluss ständig strahlender DECT-Basisstationen untersucht haben.

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/verhalten_elmagexp.pdf

Bitte seien Sie sich im Klaren darüber, dass es sich um eine explorative Studie handelt und v.a. die Ergebnisse zum Rückfindeverhalten der Replikation bedürfen. Falls Sie ein oder mehrere Exemplare in gedruckter Form haben möchten, können Sie sich unter Angabe der Lieferadresse per e-Mail an Frau Wissing (wissing@uni-landau.de) wenden.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

W. Harst

WOLFGANG HARST - Dipl.-Psych. - Universität Koblenz-Landau, Abt. Landau Institut für Mathematik - Arbeitsgruppe Bildungsinformatik - Thomas-Nast-Str. 44
76829 Landau/Pf.

Tel. 06341 / 990 273
Fax 06341 / 990 280
email harst@uni-landau.de
web http://agbi.uni-landau.de/

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Bestätigung unserer Beobachtung bei Bienen

Lieber Herr Dr. Hingst,

wir haben über unerklärliche Völkerzusammenbrüche bei Bienen im Sommer berichtet und ein ähnliches Ergebnis bei einer Umfrage unter Imkern ermittelt. Jetzt wird das durch eine Pilotstudie von Stever et al. 2005 unterstützt. Mit gepulsten Mikrowellen belastete Flugbienen finden oft nicht zur Beute zurück.

Siehe dazu: http://www.mikrowellensmog.info/bienen.html

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Univ.-Doz. Dr. Ferdinand Ruzicka

Habilitiert für „Medizinische Physik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Zytophysik“ (cytophysics) an der Medizinischen Universität Wien

http://www.mikrowellensmog.info

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BW-Newsletter http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_newsletter_10206.html

Bienen-Pilotstudie: Verhaltensänderung unter elektromagnetischer Exposition

http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1493488/

Hallo Herr Gobsch,

Zur Bienenstudie eine erste Anmerkung

Helmut Breunig


Auf Seite 15 ist dort über die DECT-Exposition zu lesen: Die Basisstation wird auf den Boden des Bienenkastens, direkt unter die Bienenwaben positioniert und eine Verbindung zum Handtelefon aufgebaut.

Bei Aufstellung sämtlicher Versuchskästen in einer Reihe (s.Abb.5., Seite 15, 4 Kästen für automatische Rückfindungserfassung, Abb.7., Seite 16, 8 Kästen für manuelle Rückfindungserfassung und Abb.10, Seite 17, 2x8 Kästen, mit Lücke, für Bauverhalten) bedeutet das eine Immissionsstärke entsprechend 2/4/8 DECT-Basisstationen, deren Reichweite über die speziell exponierten hinaus zu den benachbarten Kästen gereicht haben dürfte. Was es bedeutet, letztere unter diesen Umständen als Null-Referenzen für Exposition heranzuziehen wird in der Veröffentlichung nicht diskutiert.

Eine Darstellung der Ergebnisse bez. jeder Fragestellung für jeden einzelnen Kasten in der Reihenfolge seiner Aufstellung und seines Abstandes zu allen für den Versuch aufgestellten Basisstationen und anderen relevanten Emissionsquellen wäre von Interesse.

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Elektromagnetische Exposition als Einflussfaktor für Lernprozesse: ein Einwirkungsmodell der Bildungsinformatik mit Bienen als Bioindikatoren

http://agbi.uni-landau.de/materialien_emf-superierung.htm
http://agbi.uni-landau.de/materialien.htm

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Massensterben von Bienen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2041807/

Verhaltensänderung der Honigbiene unter elektromagnetischer Exposition
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1493541/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bienen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bees
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Bienen
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=bees

Heuschrecken: wie Investoren die Traditionsfirma Grohe auspressen

Grohe und das Börsenunwort Heuschrecken

„… Im sauerländischen Hemer wissen die Beschäftigen bei Grohe angesichts solcher Aussagen allerdings nicht, ob sie lachen oder weinen sollen. Die Erben des Firmengründers verkauften den Bad-Armaturen-Hersteller 1999 an eben solche Finanzinvestoren. Eigenkapital, das 1998 noch bei über 50 Prozent lag, wurde aus dem Betrieb herausgezogen, Werke geschlossen, Produktionen nach China verlagert und zuletzt 1000 Stellen abgebaut. Es gibt Beobachter, die sagen, bei Grohe seien die "Heuschrecken" längst zur bedrohlichen Plage geworden…“ Artikel von Wolfgang Pott in Welt am Sonntag vom 29.1.06 http://www.wams.de/data/2006/01/29/838034.html


„Und du bist raus. Wie Investoren die Traditionsfirma Grohe auspressen“

Kurztext zum Film von Hubert Seipel, im ARD am 11.01.2006 gesendet. http://www.wdr.de/tv/dokumentation/unddubistraus.html Wiederholung am 06.03.2006 um 22.30 Uhr im WDR

Ein kostenloses Manuskript ist erhältlich als pdf-Datei über E-mail: inland@wdr.de


Aus: LabourNet, 31. Januar 2006

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Kampf gegen die Heuschrecke "Texas Pacific Group": Briten und Deutsche gemeinsam

„Wenn man mit dem Widerstand gegen die von Franz Müntefering ans Licht der Öffentlichkeit gezogenen "Heuschrecken" Erfolg haben will, ist solidarisches Handeln unter Beschäftigten erforderlich. In Zeiten des global wild gewordenen Marktradikalismus wird offensichtlich auch der Widerstand global. Dies zeigten britische und deutsche Beschäftigte am vorletzten Wochenende in London…“ Artikel von Hans-Dieter Hey in der NRhZ-Online - Neue Rheinische Zeitung vom 04.04.2006 http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=1446


Aus: LabourNet, 7. April 2006

„Mitbestimmung und Solidarität sind für die Amtskirchen ein großes Thema. Unlängst stärkten Bischof Huber und Kardinal Lehmann den deutschen Betriebsräten öffentlich den Rücken und warnten die Unternehmer vor dem Kahlschlag auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Doch die postulierte Nächstenliebe hört da auf, wo der eigene Betrieb beginnt. Ihre eigenen Angestellten behandeln die Kirchen schlechter als vergleichbare Unternehmen. Und das völlig legal. Michael Beyer und Axel Svehla zeigen, wie die Kirchen ihren rechtlichen Sonderstatus zum Nachteil ihrer Mitarbeiter gnadenlos ausnutzen….“ Text der Kontraste-Sendung (ARD/rbb) von Michael Beyer und Axel Svehla vom 26. Januar 2006, dort auch als Video verfügbar.

http://www.rbb-online.de/_/kontraste/beitrag_jsp/key=rbb_beitrag_3708928.html


Bundesweiter Aktionstag im Kirchenbereich am 9. Februar 2006 und gleichzeitige regionale Aktionen unter dem Motto:: „Die Arbeit im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen ist etwas wert – Gutes Geld für gute Arbeit“

Flugblatt zum bundesweiten Aktionstag bei ver.di (pdf) http://gesundheit-soziales.verdi.de/kirchen_diakonie_caritas/data/Aktionstag%20Kirchen



Aus: LabourNet, 31. Januar 2006

He joins us in our firehouse studio to talk about why he recently called President Bush "the world's greatest terrorist;" racism and Hurricane Katrina; Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement and wars of imperialism and resistance.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/30/157217


From Information Clearing House

It is now painfully obvious that the preponderance of U.S. corporations, the federal government and state and local governments have adopted the Enron template for destroying the prosperity of the nation and its citizens.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11716.htm

The neoconservatives who dreamed up the Bush Doctrine -- promoting "democracy" would be the U.S. mission in the Middle East -- may be about to hold yet another "Seconds Thoughts" conference.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11720.htm

President George W. Bush will offer words of support on Tuesday in his State of the Union address to Iranians who want greater freedom as U.S. diplomats push for sanctions over the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30290443.htm


From Information Clearing House

A secret U.S. military program that pays Iraqi newspapers to publish articles favorable to the American mission appears to violate a 2003 Pentagon directive, according to a newly declassified document released Thursday.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13181


From Information Clearing House

In a startling revelation, the former commander of Abu Ghraib prison testified that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, former senior US military commander in Iraq, gave orders to cover up the cause of death for some female American soldiers serving in Iraq

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013006J.shtml


From Information Clearing House

Iraqi money gambled away in the Philippines. A U.S. government audit found American-led occupation authorities squandered tens of millions of dollars that were supposed to be used to rebuild Iraq through undocumented spending and outright fraud.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11717.htm

He's quieter now -- easier to anger. He turns to fight at the sound of a backfire, can't look at fireworks without thinking of fire raining down on a city. He has trouble sleeping, and when he does, his fingers twitch on invisible triggers. The diagnosis: post-traumatic stress disorder.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/29/MNGMHGVCEV1.DTL


From Information Clearing House

Interview With William R. Clark, Author "Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar"

The notion that Iraq was invaded to prevent the development of weapons of mass destruction, or to combat terrorism, has long been discredited. But a growing consensus believes that Iraq's oil was surely a prime reason for US actions. However, author William Clark argues convincingly in Petrodollar Warfare that the rationale for intervening was not just for control of the oil fields, but also for control of the means by which oil is traded in global markets. Click here to listen. Real Audio

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11715.htm

By Paul Craig Roberts

Just as there was no evidence that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons, there is no evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. There is nothing but unproven assertions, assertions, moreover, that are contradicted by the evidence that does exist. Americans, it would appear, are so anxious for wars that they welcome being fooled into them.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11723.htm

While most Americans remain preoccupied with war, terrorism, high gas prices - or the coming Pitt-Jolie baby - an issue that may dwarf all of those concerns receives major attention in the Sunday editions of the New York Times and the Washington Post. One story raises a nightmare scenario for the end of the world, at least as we know it, while the other suggests that the Bush administration doesn't want anyone to know about that.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/013006EB.shtml

ExxonMobil Corporation said today that its 2005 earnings totaled $36.13 billion, an increase of 42 percent from the previous year. The amount is the largest annual profit ever for an American company. The earnings come at a time of high gasoline and heating fuel prices that have prompted some political leaders to call for a windfall profits tax on oil companies.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013006T.shtml

Congratulations to our two Senators from CA who held firm, but SHAME SHAME SHAME and ELECTORAL HELL to those who failed us:

http://www.democrats.com/alito-betrayal

The Alito Betrayal

Submitted by Bob Fertik on January 30, 2006 - 5:18pm.Sam Alito

We, the voters who elect Democrats in every election, were utterly and completely betrayed today by 18 Democratic Senators that we elected.

Akaka (HI), Baucus (MT), Bingaman (NM), Byrd (WV), Cantwell (WA), Carper (DE), Dorgan (ND), Inouye (HI), Johnson (SD), Kohl (WI), Landrieu (LA), Lieberman (CT), Lincoln (AR), Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Pryor (AR), Rockefeller (WV), Salazar (CO)

There was no reason for this betrayal. We only needed 40 of the 45 Democrats to sustain a filibuster. We could have won even if 5 Democrats who were flat-out stupid enough to believe Alito's lies (like Robert Byrd and Kent Conrad) had voted against the filibuster.

Every Democratic Senator knew what was at stake - both in the rulings Justice [sic] Alito will make for the rest of his life, and in the anger - even rage - that will greet their decision to betray us.

So why did these Democrats decide to stab us all in the back?

For one simple reason: because we let them.

Democratic candidates - at every level - take us, the Democratic base, completely for granted.

They ask us for money and we give it to them - with no strings attached. They ask us for votes and we give it to them - with no strings attached.

They are not accountable because we don't hold them accountable.

That must change - and with your help, I will make sure that it does change.

In the coming weeks, I will offer a plan for holding elected Democrats accountable. The plan will be based on some core principles:

* We have a right to be furious at the 18 Democrats who betrayed us - and we have a right to share our fury with those 18 Democrats, as well as the DSCC (202-224-2447) and DNC (202-863-8000).

* The Democratic Party belongs to the people who vote for Democrats, not to the elected officials, party bureaucrats, and rich consultants whose power and wealth comes entirely from us.

* We, the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party, represent the majority of all Americans on every issue Americans care about, and we will win majorities in every state (almost!) if we fight as hard as Republicans do for our issues

* We must find politically strategic ways to channel our anger towards constructive goals, rather than the obvious destructive ones
(like electing even more Republicans to accelerate the rise of Fascism in America).

I'll say a lot more in the days and weeks to come - stay tuned!


Mark Hull-Richter, U.S. Citizen & Patriot U.S.A. - From democracy to kakistocracy in one fell coup. "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0416-01.htm http://verifiedvoting.org http://blackboxvoting.org


"When the power of love becomes stronger than the love of power, we will have peace." Jimi Hendrix


Informant: DitziSis

January 2006
Please distribute widely – http://www.banterminator.org

The industry-governments strategy to end the existing de facto moratorium on Terminator technology at the United Nations has been confirmed by the actions of Australia, with support from New Zealand and Canada, at a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Granada Spain January 23-27. Intensified action from every region of the world is now needed to ensure that the moratorium can be upheld and strengthened at the major UN meeting in March in Brazil
(March 20-31). Please take action with the International Ban Terminator Campaign.

- Please endorse the campaign – visit www.banterminator.org to sign your group in time for the March meeting of the CBD

- Take action nationally to pressure your government - for more information see http://www.banterminator.org/take_action

Ban Terminator Campaign and ETC Group News Release 27 January 2006 http://www.etcgroup.org http://www.banterminator.org

Granada's Grim Sowers Plow up Moratorium on Terminator, Clear the Path for its Approval at UN

Terminator Opponents Prepare for Battle at COP8 in Curitiba, Brazil March 20-31, 2006

Indigenous peoples were betrayed and Farmers' Rights trampled at a UN meeting this week when the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian governments - guided by the US government and a brazen cabal of corporate Gene Giants - took a major step to undermine the existing moratorium on Terminator technology (i.e., plants that are genetically modified to produce sterile seeds at harvest). The damaging recommendations from the meeting in Granada, Spain, now go to the upcoming 8th biennial meeting of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil, March 20-31.

The CBD's "Working Group on Article 8(j)" that met in Granada this week was established to protect the traditional knowledge, innovation and practices of Indigenous peoples and peasant farmers. Civil society groups and Indigenous peoples watched in disbelief however as governments ignored the profoundly negative social, economic and environmental impacts of "suicide seeds" highlighted in numerous CBD studies as well as in official submissions from Indigenous peoples and farmers' organizations. The outcome now threatens biodiversity and the future of seed-saving and locally adapted agriculture worldwide.

"Terminator poses a threat to our welfare and food sovereignty and constitutes a violation of our human right of self-determination," said Mariano Marcos Terena of Brazil on behalf of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity.

Although the meeting "reaffirmed" the fragile UN moratorium on Terminator, new recommendations adopted in Granada now may be used to block the CBD's precautionary approach when governments meet in March in Brazil. Not only did the meeting fail to condemn Terminator as immoral and anti-farmer, Australia and the United States falsely claimed that Terminator, which creates sterility, would "increase productivity."

With a US government official consulting at her side, the Australian negotiator insisted on deleting reference to the "precautionary approach" and used this as a bargaining chip to win controversial wording for a "case-by-case risk assessment" of Terminator. "The new reference to case-by-case assessment is shocking and extremely damaging because it suggests that national regulatory review of Terminator is possible - it undermines the CBD moratorium, opening the door to Terminator approval," warns Hope Shand of ETC Group.

"Australia's brazen move confirms that an alarming government- industry strategy is in play to overturn the UN moratorium on Terminator," said Lucy Sharratt of the Ban Terminator Campaign. "The process and outcome dismiss the contributions of Indigenous peoples and local communities."

Despite the unscrupulous push by a handful of rich countries to put industry profits before Farmers' Rights, the majority of governments at the meeting remain solidly opposed to Terminator technology and committed to the existing moratorium. In her welcoming address the Spanish Minister of the Environment acknowledged the dangers of Terminator technology. During the meeting, the African Group, Egypt and the Philippines made impassioned speeches about the potentially devastating impacts of Terminator on biodiversity and food security and the need for national bans. Norway, Pakistan, Kenya and the European Union defended the existing moratorium. India and Brazil both referred to their national laws prohibiting genetic seed sterilization technology. Despite this strong opposition to Terminator, Australia's extreme position and its determination to block consensus left governments little room to negotiate.

In the Halls of Shame: Despite public pledges not to develop Terminator technology, Gene Giants Syngenta and Monsanto lobbied aggressively on Terminator throughout the week. Harry Collins of Delta and Pine Land, the world's largest cotton seed company which is now testing Terminator plants in greenhouses, attended under the auspices of the International Seed Federation. Monsanto's Roger Krueger moonlighted as a representative from the International Chamber of Commerce. They were joined in the corridors by CropLife International, a pesticide lobby group representing the "plant science industry."

Outside the UN meeting Spanish people of all ages gathered to remind governments of the strong public resistance to Terminator technology. Ecologistas en Accion organized public events, street protests, and educational street displays throughout the week as part of the International Ban Terminator Campaign (http://www.banterminator.org). When news of the Granada outcome reached the plenary of the World Social Forum in Caracas Venezuela last night there were shouts of anger from thousands of assembled farmers.

"Allowing 'case by case' approval of Terminator means a slow death for farmers 'coffin-by-coffin' " explained Silvia Ribeiro of ETC Group speaking in Caracas.

The Ban Terminator Campaign will work with groups and movements across the world to strengthen the global resistance to stop Terminator. The fight now moves to the COP8 meeting in Brazil March
20-31.

A transcript of the Draft Recommendation submitted by the Working Group can be read on ETC Group's web site at: http://www.etcgroup.org/documents/8jWorkingGroupRecommendations.pdf

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