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PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE

Issue No. 6.15

07/24/00 - 08/04/00

CONTENTS


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

    New Culture Wars -- Struggling To Unite, Not Divide
    By Emil Guillermo
    Date: 08-02-00
    Whatever its virtues, the Republican Party has not been particularly successful in reaching nonwhite voters over the years. An attempt to change that image has brought some new faces to this year's convention -- though the road ahead seems rocky indeed. Emil Guillermo is host of New California Media TV, a weekly talk show featuring the voices of California's ethnic media, and a reporter for Grassroots.com.

    Meet The New GOP -- One Happy Family Of Brotherly Love Wannabes
    By Emil Guillermo
    Date: 08-02-00
    Whatever its virtues, the Republican Party has not been particularly successful in reaching nonwhite voters over the years. An attempt to change that image has brought some new faces to this year's convention -- though the road ahead seems rocky indeed. Emil Guillermo is host of New California Media TV, a weekly talk show featuring the voices of California's ethnic media, and a reporter for Grassroots.com.

    A Doctor's Dilemma -- Facing Aids With Empty Pockets
    By Dr. Somnuek Sungkanuparph
    Date: 07-26-00
    Nothing is more painful and frustrating to a doctor than knowing how to treat a patient but lacking the resources to do so. But that is the everyday reality for physicians in Thailand, where an estimated million of the country's 60 million have AIDS. PNS commentator Dr. Somnuek Sungkanuparph is with the Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand


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

    Israelis And Palestinians Must Walk One Secular Path Or Peace Will Remain An Illusion
    By Faisal Tbeileh
    Date: 08-04-00
    Despite the most intense, visible effort on the part of President Clinton, peace talks in the middle east seem to be going nowhere. That situation will according to PNS commentator Faisal Tbeileh, until all sides recognize that a single, secular, democratic state that includes both Palestinians and Israelis is the only solution. Palestinian born, Tbeileh has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles. His e-mail address is faisaltb@yahoo.com.

    Lynched By The Law? Boy Of 15 Sentenced To 46-To-Life In California Court
    By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
    Date: 07-24-00
    Recently, civil rights leaders converged on a small town in Mississippi, concerned that the hanging death of a 17 year old boy who had dated a white girl represented a return to the days of lynch law. A case in a small town in California, though totally unremarked, seems to suggest that some of the attitudes underlying lynch law are far from dead. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is the author of "The Disappearance of Black Leadership." His e-mail address is ehutchi344@aol.com.

    Oil -- The Great Divide In The Presidential Race
    BY Franz Schurmann
    Date: 08-01-00
    While both commentators and voters seem relatively uninterested in this year's presidential race, observers in the non-English language media see signs of an important difference between the candidates, especially with the naming of Dick Cheney. These contrasts are particularly clear when the issue is oil. PNS editor Franz Schurmann, professor emeritus of history and sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, is author of numerous books on China and monitors the Chinese-language news media for New California Media (www.NCMonline.com).


* PACIFIC PULSE: The Pacific Century and Its Impact on the Americas

    Taiwan Worries It Could Be "Sold Out" -- And For Good Reason
    By Franz Schurmann
    Date: 07-27-00
    Uneasiness has spread through Taiwan in the first months of the new regime. In part, this reflects familiar causes of concern, but a new and serious worry has come to the fore with revelations about secret diplomacy. PNS editor Franz Schurmann, professor emeritus of history and sociology at UC-Berkeley, is the author of numerous books and articles on China.


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

    Border Dreams -- Planning An Immigrant's Underground Railroad
    By Martin Espinoza
    Date: 07-25-00
    Before the Civil War, slaves who managed to escape their masters often traveled north through a series of safe places -- a journey dubbed the "underground railroad." Today's northward-moving people might benefit if such a system was established for them. PNS commentator Martin Espinoza reports from Guanajuato, Mexico.

    Why The Big Winner In Mexican Election May Be The Catholic Church
    By Daniel Ramirez
    Date: 07-31-00
    Largely unremarked in commentary on the major shift in Mexico's political life is the fact that the winning candidate is closely identified with positions of the Catholic Church. In Mexico, with its extremely strict constitutional provisions against mixing church and state, this may be a very significant element of the new order. PNS commentator Daniel Ramirez is studying for his Ph.D. in theology at Duke University.


* CALIFORNIA COLLAGE: California as Trendsetter for the Country and the World

    Thinking The Unthinkable -- Young, Black, Poor And Republican?
    By Charles Jones
    Date: 08-03-00
    The good-feel vibes of the Republican party convention pierced through a life-long affiliation with the Democratic party on the part of at least one young black viewer. What was missing in the show, finally, was substance -- a reason NOT to vote Democrat. Commentator Charles Jones is a 22-year-old father of three who writes for YO! Youth Outlook, a publication of Pacific News Service.

    "Specialty Visas": Contract Labor Program By Any Name Hurts All Workers
    By David Bacon
    Date: 07-28-00
    Silicon Valley firms are pushing hard for an increase in the number of workers allowed into the United States to work as "specialists." But these workers are often hired under individual contracts, and very badly treated -- which means any expansion of the program would harm all workers. PNS commentator David Bacon writes widely on immigrant and labor issues.

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