Cremating Monsanto
On Nov. 28, the farmers of Karnataka State in southern India burned an illegal Monsanto field trial. This action marked the beginning of a campaign...
--Adapted by Maria Tomchick from two press releases written by TheKarnataka State Farmers Association (KRRS) in Sindhanoor, India. The KRRSdescribes itself as a Ghandian movement of 10 million farmers. For moreinformation, you can visit the following web site:http://www.halcyon.com/dante/monsanto.

Earthies and Wobblies and Steelworkers, Oh My!
Since industry has made it's mark on our land and our working lives, employers have always been able to connect the issues of labor and the...
--John Persak

Eat The Economy!
Oil Soaked The big mystery these days is not whether Clinton will survive impeachment hearings, but how the U.S. economy has managed to stay afloat...
--Maria TomchickSources for this article include: "Venezuela, oil-rich but poor" by TomAshby, Reuters, Dec. 3; "Ecuador calls national emergency to tap funds" byGustavo Oviedo, Reuters, Dec. 2; "Brazil Senate Ratifies IMF Aid Plan," AP,Dec. 10; "Petrobras to Boost Oil Output 200,000 Barrels A Day in 1999,"Bloomberg, Dec. 10; "Oil market gets familiar with $9 crude," Reuters, Dec.10; "U.S. envoy Jackson urges Nigerian economic reforms" by Paul Okolo,Reuters, Nov. 11; and "Nigeria Leader Touts Privatization," AP, Nov.11.

First Treaty for a First Nation
While the Makah's exertion of their treaty rights in pursuing a whale hunt has gotten a lot of local press, up north in B.C.., the Nisga'a people of...
--Troy Skeels

Impeachment Blues
Republican legislators, as a rule, generally oppose assisted suicide. So why they are, along straight party lines, pursuing impeachment charges in...
--Geov Parrish

Top Local Leaders Get Sick
In an apparent attempt to cash in on the popularity of the late Seattle School Superintendent John Stanford, several prominent area...
--Geov Parrish