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SCHOOL HOUSE HYPE
Carrie Ching, AlterNet

As we near Columbine's one year anniversary, principals, politicians and
cops are still fighting the imaginary threat of school violence. But as
new statistics show, there's no increase in school violence -- just in
media hype.  http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Ching041400.html

COMMODIFYING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH JEREMY RIFKIN
Tamara Straus, AlterNet

Jeremy Rifkin believes one day soon you will wake up and find that your
entire life has become a paid-for experience. Sound frightening? It
should, Rifkin explains in a thought-provoking interview. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Straus041400.html

DC COPS CRACKING DOWN ON IMF PROTESTERS
Jason Vest, SpeakOut.com

Since late March, a number of anti-IMF/World Bank activists have been
harassed by the DC police force with numerous tactics -- from surveillance
to intimidation to implicit threats. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Vest041400.html

WHOSE MILLENNIUM MARCH?
Joshua Gamson, The Nation

This year's Millennium March -- the fourth annual lesbian and gay rally in
DC, scheduled for April 30 -- is tearing the gay rights movement apart
from within.  http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Gameson041400.html

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN HUMAN SLAVES IS FLOURISHING
Michael Lindemann, GS Report

Last year at least one million human slaves were traded on the black
market for total revenues estimated at $7 to $17 billion -- third in total
profit among all criminal enterprises. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Lindemann041400.html

*** Countdown to Earth Day ***

A GLOBAL GREEN DEAL
Mark Hertsgaard, TomPaine.com

Instead of financing rainforest destruction and climate change, says Mark
Hertsgaard, the World Bank should support a Global Green Deal: a program
to renovate human civilization environmentally while truly fighting
poverty.  http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Hertsgaard041400.html

CONSERVATIVES DIGGING IN AGAINST EARTH DAY 2000
Bill Berkowitz, CultureWatch

As we approach Earth Day 2000, some conservatives are either looking for a
place to hide or commandeering the green sensibility by launching some
pro-environment-sounding, anti-environmental initiative. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Berkowitz041400.html

DOWN THE DRAIN: THE COMING WORLD WATER CRISIS
Jim Motavalli, In These Times

Our beleaguered planet is in the midst of an acute fresh water crisis that
is likely to intensify in the coming years, exacerbated by global warming,
industrial pollution and high-tech agriculture. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Motavalli041400.html ***

JESUS IS OUT -- ANTHONY ROBBINS IS IN
Trisha Ready, The Stranger

"I have seen the messiah, and he is Anthony Robbins -- the late-night
infomercial king who pushes super-positive slogans to help modern
spiritual pilgrims thrive." 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Ready041400.html

FIGHTING CHANCE
Michael Eskenazi, Washington Monthly

Only 25 percent of American day care centers offer quality services -- and
those are the 25 percent most expensive. We know how to do it better. Why
can't poor kids have the same advantages? 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Eskenazi041400.html

WOMEN LIKE ME EXIST
Annalee Newitz, Metro San Jose

"Normally, I don't like to complain about gender crap, because then I
become 'a woman' who 'has issues' or something retro-1970s like that. See,
I'd rather be a geek than a girl. But I hate having to make that choice." 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Newitz041400.html

FOOD FIGHT
Jennifer Gonnerman, Village Voice

College students everywhere boycotted their dining halls last week,
protesting against Sodexho Marriott Services, which provides food to their
cafeterias and also is deeply tied to the prison industry. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Gonnerman041400.html

STOP DRUGS: KILL ADDICTS!
Dennis Hans, MoJo Wire

Inspired by increasing US military aid to stamp out drugs in Colombia,
Colombian Senator Jose Canusi has made a Modest Proposal to help win the
war on drugs -- kill American drug users. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Hans041400.html

MIXED SIGNALS
Eric Boehlert, Salon

NPR says it supports low-power FM, but it's joining with industry
lobbyists to drive a stake through the heart of grass-roots broadcasting. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Boehlert041400.html

PROTESTS IN WASHINGTON CLASH WITH MEDIA SPIN
Norman Solomon, AlterNet

Mainstream news coverage describes the IMF/World Bank demonstrations as an
"anti- trade festival." But the protesters aren't against trade any more
than those who fought to outlaw slavery were against work. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Solomon041400.html

AMERICA -- TOWARD A POLICE STATE?
Manning Marable, AlterNet

"Millions of white middle- and upper-class people think that some
unjustified killings of blacks, Latinos and poor people may be necessary
to maintain public order. They may soon find that when cops are given a
license to kill, they won't just use it on us." 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Marable041400.html

SHUTDOWN REDUX
L.A. Kauffman, AlterNet

"Anti-IMF/World Bank protesters are unwittingly reenacting a pivotal but
nearly unknown moment in radical history -- the segue in 1971 between the
centralized, male-dominated leadership and the more diverse, decentralized
tactics of today." 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Kauffman041400.html

GOALS: THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR SOCCER PLAYERS ANYMORE
Mad Dog, AlterNet

"Once the Big Three were discovered -- fire, the wheel, and the TV remote
-- we suddenly could pursue our spiritual side. This gave rise to
Christianity, yoga, the Crusades, LSD, The Psychic Friends Network and
crystals."  http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/MadDog041400.html

CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX #5
>From the Public Campaign

The Public Campaign's biweekly collection of bizarre, outrageous and
downright hilarious statistics about dirty money in politics. This week: 
dirty money from dirty industries. 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/PublicCampaign041400.html

YOU CAN'T MAKE STUFF UP LIKE THIS
Will Durst, AlterNet

"If a judge ruled Elian Gonzales should be sliced in half with both Miami
and Cuba receiving equal portions, both parties would probably scramble
over their mothers in baseball cleats to sign the custody agreement." 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Durst041400.html

RISING ABOVE THE TRAFFIC
Jim Hightower, AlterNet

"More and more cranky rich folks are literally lifting themselves above us
riff-raff in the slow lanes of life by buying personal helicopters to take
them to and from their suburban enclaves." 
http://www.alternet.org/PublicArchive/Hightower041400.html


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