This is a list of files available from another list, the Activist Mailing List. There is a number of stuff of interest here, but the reason I am posting it is because of the number of files it has that pertains to the media. Steve Carr --- -------------( Forwarded letter follows )----------------------- --- Received: from RICEVM1.RICE.EDU by UTXVM.BITNET (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 6031; Sat, 11 May 91 02:53:19 CST Received: by RICEVM1 (Mailer R2.07) id 4605; Sat, 11 May 91 02:52:06 CDT Date: Sat, 11 May 91 01:57:13 -0400 Reply-To: Harel Barzilai <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Activists Mailing List <[log in to unmask]> From: Harel Barzilai <[log in to unmask]> Subject: FILES avail from ARCHIVER (Priodic Posting) To: Steven Alan Carr <[log in to unmask]> ====================================== To get a file named FILE NAME from the archiver (files are two words separa- ted by a space), send the 1-line message GET FILE NAME ACTIV-L to: [log in to unmask] ====================================== - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =============== C o n t e n t s =============== * Networking info * General Resource Files * Book reviews/reading lists * Foreign Policy * Latin America * Nicaragua * El Salvador * The Persian Gulf * The continuing saga of the Iran/Contra affair * The "Secret Government" * Anti-war resources * Media and propaganda * Domestic Policy * Civil liberties in the US * Ecology/Environment * Environment and Health/Safety * Other files of interest... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ****************************************************************** * ACTIV-L ARCHIVE * * This is an edited copy of the ACTIV-L FILELIST, reformatted to be * more readable. The latest versions of this and the filelist can * be had by mailing the commands (1-line email messages) * GET ACTIV-L ARCHIVE ACTIV-L * and * INDEX ACTIV-L * respectively, to [log in to unmask] (alias * [log in to unmask]) The FILELIST is guaranteed to be up to * date, but its format is uglier. * * Any of the following files can be had by mailing the command * GET file name ACTIV-L * to the same address. Note that a file name consists of two words * separated by a blank. * * =============== * Networking info * =============== ACTIV-L ARCHIVE List of files in this archive (this file) AMLDBASE DOC Tutorial on Listserv's database language * NEWSGRP PROPOSAL Proposal for misc.activism.general PROJECT PACH-2 The Progressive Alliance Clearing House project * PEACENET BROCHURE All about PeaceNet, EcoNet, etc. CAMPUS PROGPUBS Email list of Progressive Stud. Newspapers (PSNs) * * ====================== * General Resource Files * ====================== * PUBLCATN RESOURCE Alternative publications GROUPS-1 RESOURCE Progressive activist groups (1/2) GROUPS-2 RESOURCE Progressive activist groups (2/2) SOCIAL INVEST Investing with a conscience * VIDEOS RESOURCE Alternative videos AI VIDEOS Videos available from Amnesty Int'l * AMNESTY CATALG90 Amnesty International's "Human Rights Library" AFSC CATALOG Am. Friends Service Comm. peace resource catalog SOUTH END New titles from South End Press * SPEAKOUT BROCHURE Progressive/activist speakers bureau SPEAKOUT BIOS Short bios of Speakout speakers CHOMSKY TAPES Extensive listing;other spkrs on tapes in catalog AUDIOVID PARENTI Audio and video tapes of talks by Michael Parenti * DNLYCOLT CATALOG Big catalog of b-stickers, posters, incl. customz QUOTES RESOURCE For articles, inspiration * * ========================== * Book reviews/reading lists * ========================== * INSIDE LEAGUE Nazis and the World Anti-Communist League CIA BOOKLIST Books on the CIA with short descriptions REPRESS BOOKLIST Books on political repression/subversion * * ============== * Foreign Policy * ============== * CHOMSKY VICTORS2 Who won Cold War? Encyclopedic survey of 3rd-wrld (parts one and ) domains of Cold-War `victors'; why aren't they (three to come) celebrating? conditions there, incl. vs. EastBloc * E-EUROPE C-AMERIC Comparisons and contrasts by Guat. journalist * * ============= * Latin America * ============= * LAT-AMER HMNRTS90 A comparison of HR reports ; surprizing results NUN_TORT GUATMALA US nun alleges US involvement in Guat. Death Sqd HRWATCH COLOMBIA HR Watch: "drug war" = repression in Colombia * * ========= * Nicaragua * ========= * CONTRA TERROR Contras' origins; make-up; practices - documented FSLN H-RIGHTS Documented HRs comparison w/Somoza,Guat,ES,others FSLN MISKITOS Sandinista treatment of Miskitos;Charges & Realit FSLN NICAJEWS Debunks charges of Sandinista 'Anti-Semitism' * OXFAM84 NICARAG Oxfam America's 1984 report on Nicaragua, in full FSLN ACHIEVE Documented: achievements of the Nica. revolution * NICA-84 ELECTION Documented: Fair under Sandinistas; US subversion FAIRNESS NICA-USA Flwup:`Is Nicaragua More Democratic than the US?' NICRAGUA ELECTION Study in US subversion of '90 Nicaraguan election * * =========== * El Salvador * =========== * WITNESS 2WAR Story of Quaker doctor in El Salvador FMLN BACKGRND origins, authenticity, support; FMLN/Army abuses * AI_REPT ELSALV Amnesty:So-called `death-squads' are run by army! JOYA BACKGRND Salvadoran `Death Squad' deserter: US involved JOYA MARTINEZ Followup, incl. US efforts to deport Martinez DEATHSQD ES_US ES Death Squads: a pattern of US complicity BEHIND DEATHSQD Behind The Death Squads in ES (frm _Progressive_) GRNBERET TORTURE Two accounts of US 'aid' to El Salvador (1980/82) * BRENDA HUBBARD police terrorize COMADRES(mthrs of pol prisoners) COINTPRO CISPES The FBI's campaign to repress CISPES HRCOMM ELSALV A. Cockburn on the Salv. Hum. Rights Commission * * ================ * The Persian Gulf * ================ * AGEE SPEECH Philip Agee on the "gulf crisis" CHOMSKY GULFJQ Noam Chomsky writes in the Jewish Quarterly SANE_GLF POLICY NYT(!)Critique blasts policy;offers alternatives STOCKWEL GULF1 John Stockwell speech on the gulf STOCKWEL GULF2 John Stockwell speech on the gulf GULF-WAR ANALYSIS Z Mag's summary from Albert/Chomsky articles GULF-WAR CHOMSKY Documents: policy aims:avert peaceful resolution * ENERGY SECURITY Redefining `security'in the gulf crisis & beyond GULF-WAR ORWELL Chilling account of our `Free Press' at wartime * * ============================================= * The continuing saga of the Iran/Contra affair * ============================================= * IRNCNTRA COVERUP NYT: Iran/Contra committee protected Reagan CIA BABIES Costa-Ric govt confirms CIA/contra/drug/terrorism OCTOBER SURPRISE The real Irangate scandal (see also following) VERDICT TREASON Ex-CIA agent's acquittal is Bush's indictment * * ======================= * The "Secret Government" * ======================= * SECRET CIA_WARS Speech by ex-agent John Stockwell + bibliography CIA_NAZI TORTURE Excerpted from an NYT article (Shah, CIA, SAVAK) CRIMES PATRIOTS CIA at play in Australia (From Kwitney's book) * * ================== * Anti-war resources * ================== * MILITARY DISCHARG Administrative discharges from the military MILITARY DELENTRY Getting out of army's delayed entry program * * ==================== * Media and propaganda * ==================== * PANAMA INVASION FAIR's report: "How TV Sold the Panama Invasion" CENSORED PROJ1989 Project Censored top 10 stories of 1989 CENSORED PROJ1990 Project Censored top 10 stories of 1990 CONGRESS MEDIA "How capitol hill controls the press" * ABC FAIR Corporate profile of ABC by FAIR CBS FAIR Corporate profile of CBS by FAIR. NBC FAIR Corporate profile of NBC by FAIR. NYT FAIR Corporate profile of the NYT by FAIR WPOST FAIR Corporate profile of the Washington Post by FAIR DOWJONES FAIR Corporate profile of DJ by FAIR MCNEIL NITELINE Comparative study of two TV news shows by FAIR * MEDIA RESOURCE Books, organisations, publications, addresses JCOHEN INTRVIEW Interview with Jeff Cohen, media activist PUBLIC DIPLOMCY Reagan's domestic propaganda operation * * =============== * Domestic Policy * =============== * ECONOMIC STATS Stats show regressive wealth redistrib 1980-1990 FED-BDGT PRIORITY Dramatic chart: program cuts & milit. increases REGRESSV LOC-TAXS Study shows: state & local tax laws regressive * HEALTH INSURANC General overview cites studies & stats. ANALYSIS NHI Good followup re National Health Insurance * DEATH-P INSTITUT "Common misconceptions about the Death Penalty" DEATH-P AMNESTY Amnesty Internat'l pamphlet on the Death Penalty * * ========================= * Civil liberties in the US * ========================= * FREEDOM ESSAY A short history of political repression in the US COINTPRO METHODS COINTELPRO techniques and how to protect yourself COMMON SENSE Commonsense ways to handle govt. repression FOIA KIT How to use the Freedom of Info Act FEMA MARTIAL FEMA and martial law * WAR_AT HOME1 Important book on WAR_AT HOME2 FBI political respression WAR_AT HOME3 techniques and how WAR_AT HOME4 to protect yourself. WAR_AT HOME5 A MUST READ FOR ALL ACTIVISTS * ACLU HISTORY Pwrfl speech/'card-carrying' attacks, by ACLU dir PLEDGE ORIGIN "The Strange Origin of the Pledge of Allegiance" * * =================== * Ecology/Environment * =================== * RAINFRST DESTRUCT NYT: destruction is much worse than thought EARTH STATS Ozone depletion, greenhouse etc * * ============================= * Environment and Health/Safety * ============================= * SCHL-WTR LEAD-PSN 250,000 US kids mentally impaired/yr fm schl watr MEX-CITY AIRKILLS 100,000 children die each year from pollution * * ========================== * Other files of interest... * ========================== * LAROUCHE PART1 A study of the LaRouche movement LAROUCHE PART2 A study of the LaRouche movement LAROUCHE PART3 A study of the LaRouche movement * ********************************************************************** Please contact Harel Barzilai [[log in to unmask]] or Rich Winkel [[log in to unmask]] if you have any problems/suggestions **********************************************************************