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PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE

Issue No. 6.02

01/24/00 - 02/04/00

CONTENTS


* VOICES: First-Person Essays Linking the Private to the Public

    Sanford Gottlieb, Is McCain Big Enough To Scale Down The Pork Mountain?
    By Sanford Gottlieb
    Date: 01-24-00
    Serving constituents, for many members of Congress, means bringing big-time government projects into their home districts. Spending on these now exceeds $1 billion a month, most of it going to military projects the military itself did not request. PNS commentator Sanford Gottlieb is author of "Defense Addiction: Can America Kick the Habit?" published by Westview Press.

    Regret To Mis-Inform
    By Andrew Lam
    Date: 01-25-00
    The lesson American documentary film makers have yet to learn about Vietnam is that Vietnam is not fourteen years old. Barbara Sonneborn's film "Regret to Inform" is no exception, writes PNS editor Andrew Lam, who found the film bore little resemblance to his own Vietnamese memory of the war. Lam, a commentator for National Public Radio, writes short stories and reports for New California Media, PNS' ethnic media web site at www.ncmonline.com.


* HERESIES: Thinking the Unthinkable About the Future

    Native Americans Rally For McCain
    By Koren L. Capozza
    Date: 01-31-00
    American Indians, who have historically voted Democratic, are rethinking their loyalties this year. The message reverberating among the nation's 2.4 million Native Americans is that Senator John McCain is the candidate to bolster. PNS associate editor Koren L. Capozza writes on Native American affairs for New California Media's website www.NCMonline.com.


* VECTORS: A Regular Column on the Ideas and Directions Behind Today's News

    What Color Is Your Vote? Both Parties Wooing Latinos, Igonring Black Voters
    By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
    Date: 01-24-00
    Politicians of both major parties have made it clear that they are eager to attract the newly powerful Latino voter. In this struggle, black voters are effectively being written out of the game plan -- and it's mostly their own fault. PNS commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson is the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black" and the director of the National Alliance for Positive Action. His e-mail address is ehutchi344@aol.com

    What's The New U.S.-China Military Relationship About?
    By Franz Schurmann
    Date: 01-28-00
    Despite occasional political fireworks in U.S.-China relations, military ties between the two countries are now becoming closer than ever, as symbolized by the upcoming five-day stay in Hong Kong of a large U.S. Navy squadron. The growing military cooperation reflects a dramatic shift in how the U.S. views Europe and Asia. PNS editor Franz Schurmann, professor emeritus of history and sociology at UC-Berkeley, is author of numerous books on China and global politics.

    Being A Dot.Org Kind Of Guy In A Dot.Com World
    By Andrew Lam
    Date: 02-02-00
    In San Francisco, the magic words these days are Internet and cyber-anything, and web whatever and e- (if that's a word). Not everyone can get onboard, however, and PNS editor Andrew Lam finds pleasure on another part of the spectrum. Lam, a commentator for National Public Radio, writes short stories and reports for New California Media, PNS' ethnic media web site at www.NCMonline.com.

    Separate And Unequal Treatment In Two National Security Cases
    By George Koo
    Date: 02-03-00
    As more facts emerge about the actions of former CIA chief John Deutch, the actions taken against Dr. Wen Ho Lee take on a new coloration. A careful listing of the similarities and differences in the two proceedings is instructive. PNS commentator George Koo is an independent business consultant, former Chairman of Silicon Valley based Asian American Manufacturers Association, a Human Relations Commissioner of Mountain View, Ca. and a member of Committee of 100, a national organization of prominent Chinese Americans.


* THE AMERICAS: The Growing Enmeshment of the U.S. and Latin Worlds

    The Poisons Next Door -- Mixtec Indians Find A Home Near Superfund Site
    By Mary Jo McConahay
    Date: 01-19-00
    Just when they thought they had bought a piece of the American dream, a group of Mexican Indian farmworkers have learned they live next door to a toxic waste dump so dangerous it's been declared a Superfund Clean Up site. Pacific News Service editor Mary Jo McConahay has reported on the Mixtec diaspora in Mexico and the United States. McConahay writes for New California Media, PNS' collaboration of ethnic news organizations. NCM can be found on the world wide web at www.NCMonline.com.

    Colombia's Mortal Paradox -- Exporting Drugs Means Importing Chaos
    By Robin Kirk
    Date: 01-26-00
    Our mixed feelings about drugs -- nobody hates them more vigorously but nobody consumes them more eagerly -- have brought near chaos to Colombia, a country larger than Texas and California combined. Recent proposals to intensify military efforts there seem to portend an even uglier failure on all fronts. PNS correspondent Robin Kirk visited women revolutionaries in Peruvian prisons when she worked as a reporter in Peru.

    LATIN AMERICANS DIVIDED ON ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE
    By Luis Pazos, Byron Vasquez, and the Editorial Staffs of El Diario De Hoy, La Tercera and La Nacion
    Date: 02-04-00
    The high-profile case of the shipwrecked Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, has stirred a heated debate throughout Latin America. Some Latin commentators denounce the hypocrisy of U.S. Immigration policy, noting that the INS returned 14,000 Hispanic minors to their country of origin last year including 500 under the age of eight who were not accompanied by an adult. Others echoed the voice of Miami Cubans who uphold the right of the child to choose "a better future" for himself and condemned "Castro's manipulation of the child's fate for political gain." PNS associate editors Alfonso Serrano and Koren Capozza excerpted a sampling of opinion from newspapers published in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Chile and Argentina for PNS' New California Media website which facilitates inter-ethnic media exchange at ww.NCMonline.com.


* MOVEMENTS: Strategies For Survival, Identity and Direction by People on the Margins


* CIVIL CONFLICTS: Interpretive Reports on Ethnic, Religious, and Inter-National Conflicts Worldwide

    Andean Countries Fearful Of A Volcanic Eruption Of Race And Class
    By Franz Schurmann
    Date: 01-27-00
    Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela have been in the news recently for reasons as distinct and independent as the countries themselves. But these four nations -- with a landmass half that of the United States and more than 90 million people -- share a potentially dangerous mix of race and class within a rigid social structure. PNS editor Franz Schurmann, professor emeritus of history and sociology at UC-Berkeley, has traveled extensively and reads widely in the Asian, Russian and Arab media. His weekly column "Predictions" can be found on PNS' website New California Media online at www.NCMonline.com.

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