FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May, 19, 2003Frist AIDS Bill Suggests Medicine Could Be Denied to African Nations If They Refuse Genetically Engineered Food AidWASHINGTON, D.C. - Greenpeace filed a complaint today with the State of Tennessee calling for an ethics investigation of Senator Bill Frist's AIDS bill. The bill suggests withholding AIDS medications from African nations if … [Read more...] about -GREENPEACE FILES MEDICAL ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST SENATOR FRIST FOR BLACKMAIL
-Police Attacks Against Activists, Indymedia in St. Louis and Urbana-Champaign
The other day we announced the Biodevastation 7 events, that were planned for St. Louis, Missouri from May 16 - 18: https://www.tokyoprogressive.org/tpnews_comments.php?id=P437_0_2_0_CWe also had this story about Monsanto's Roundup Ready in Denmark's drinking water: https://www.tokyoprogressive.org/tpnews_comments.php?id=P453_0_2_0_CWell, now this from … [Read more...] about -Police Attacks Against Activists, Indymedia in St. Louis and Urbana-Champaign
-‘Love of country’ curriculum hit
Japan Times Tuesday, May 13, 2003 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030513b5.htmBy GARY SCHAEFER The Associated PressFew schools in Japan are complying with government guidelines suggesting that students be graded on how patriotic they are -- and those that have face opposition from teachers, parents and citizens' groups. "Fostering love of … [Read more...] about -‘Love of country’ curriculum hit
-PATRIOT GAME: Love marks
The Asahi Shimbun (https://www.asahi.com/english/national/K2003050800188.html) This is the first installment of a three-part series on freedom of speech and patriotism in Japan.An elementary school student in Fukuoka brought home a report card boasting straight A's in social studies-except for one category. The lone blemish came because the student had not shown sufficient … [Read more...] about -PATRIOT GAME: Love marks
– JCLU Proposes Anti-Discrimination Law
by Arudou DebitoThe Japan Civil Liberties Union (jclu@jclu.org, https://www.jclu.org), a group of lawyers and legal experts (who have been of fundamental help in defining Japan's hazy Freedom of Information Act and pursuing the Otaru Onsens Case), released yesterday a proposal for a law eliminating racial discrimination in Japan.This is not before time. Japan is the only … [Read more...] about – JCLU Proposes Anti-Discrimination Law