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PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE

Issue No. 6.05

03/06/00 - 03/17/00

CONTENTS


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

    Brother Amadou
    By Lance Johnson
    Date: 03-06-00
    Lance Johnson is a 24-year-old college student living in the Bronx, New York. "Recently I have been angered and a bit confused by the acquittal of the four NYPD officers in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed black man," Johnson said. "My frustration prompted me to write about the fear I and many other African American men all over the country feel because of this outcome."

    The Other Vote -- Homeless -- Homeless Voter: Picking The Cleanest Of The Dirty Socks
    By Raendi Beamer
    Date: 03-09-00
    Although it is now possible for some homeless citizens to vote, they do not find the choices have much to do with their lives. At least one first-time voter sees the ballot as a confusing example of some peculiar ideas. Pacific News Service and NCM contributor Raendi Beamer, 23, is a writer for YO! (Youth Outlook) and lives with her dog, Sheba, on the streets of San Francisco. (photos are available).

    Chandlers Go The Way Of All Family Dynasties In California
    By Richard Rodriguez
    Date: 03-14-00
    Family dynasties have always been beside the point in California -- the most famous Californians this state celebrates were born elsewhere. With the sale of the family-owned Los Angeles Times to the Chicago Tribune, the most famous family name in Los Angeles passes into history. PNS editor Richard Rodriguez, author of the forthcoming "Brown," is an essayist for the PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer and the Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times.


* HERESIES: Thinking the Unthinkable About the Future

    Current Oil Crisis May Help Mideast Peace Process But An Even Bigger Crisis Looms
    By Franz Schurmann
    Date: 03-08-00
    Rising gas prices, unrest in the Middle East, threats of a recession or worse -- all very lively topics in recent weeks -- echo the events of October, 1973, the "oil crisis." The resemblance is no accident, writes PNS editor Franz Schurmann, as many of the same forces are in play, but this time overshadowed by an even more ominous crisis. Schurmann is the author of "The Foreign Politics of Richard Nixon" (Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley) in which he extensively analyzes earlier oil crises.


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

    Colombia: "War On Drugs" Is A Game Of Illusion And Pretense
    By Andrew Reding
    Date: 03-07-00
    Congress will likely vote more than $1 billion to continue the war on drugs in Colombia in this election year. But from even a little distance, it is clear that this "war" is a game of mirrors and sleight of hand, of pretense on all sides. PNS commentator Andrew Reding directs the Americas Project of the World Policy Institute and is an associate editor of Pacific News Service.


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

    Poet, President, Peace Seeker -- Chechen Emissary Searches Islamic World For Support
    By Thomas Goltz
    Date: 03-13-00
    In an attempt to find some recognition among Muslims elsewhere in the world, the Chechen government has sent a lone emissary, Selimkhan Yandarbiyev into the world. His efforts have met with singular lack of success, for reasons that apparently have more to do with commerce than religion. PNS commentator Thomas Goltz, author of "Azerbaijan Diary" (M.E. Sharpe, 1999) is currently working on a book on ethnic conflict in the post-Soviet Caucasus.


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

    Infant Killing Pressed By China, Nepalese Authorities Get Tough With Tibetans
    By Mike McPhate
    Date: 03-10-00
    A demonstration marking the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation, held every year in Kathmandu, Nepal, where many Tibetans fled, has been met this year with a particularly violent response. This likely reflects China's unhappiness over the recent defection of a religious leader according to PNS commentator Mike McPhate. McPhate works with the Kathmandu Post in Nepal and studies journalism at the University of Wisconsin.


* YOUTH OUTLOOK: The World Through Young People's Eyes

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