Archives du Réseau for Mar15-98

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> From: Ben
> To: reseau(at)lists.nothingness.org
> Subject: Re: Embassade Mexicaine
> Date: Friday, March 13, 1998 11:58 PM
>
> Salut! Voici l`adresse que tu recherches:
> http://www.DocuWeb.ca/Mexico/1-fran/ambass.html
> A noter: leur courrier électronique ne répond pas.
> Je me demande bien pourquoi.....
> Ben et fils nets
>
> A. Gervais wrote:
>
> > Bonjour- quelqu'un aurait la bonté de m'indiquer l'adresse de
l'ambassade
> > du Mexique à Ottaw..... s-v-p et grand merci ag
>
>
>
>

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 10:41:34 -0500
From: "A. Gervais"
Subject: Re: Embassade Mexicaine

2ème réponse; j'aurais dû spécifier, adresse postale.....merci pour
l'adresse électronique...
c-i-a-o ag

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 15:00:43 -0500
From: Georgina et Thierry Ruyer
Subject: Mvt_des_chômeurs_-_Occupation_EDF

Nous ne sommes pas morts ...
... et EDF nous doit toujours plus que la misère

Lundi 9 mars 1998, 16h00

En soutien aux chomeurs et a toutes les personnes connaissant une situation
economique difficile, les membres du Collectif qui avaient occupé l'agence
EDF du boulevard Barbès dans le 18e arrondissement de Paris entre le 15 et
le 24 janvier maintiennent leur pression sur cette entreprise censée assurer
une mission de service public. Ils occupent depuis ce matin 11h00 l'agence
EDF Saint-Ambroise au 94 de la rue Saint-Maur dans le 11e arrondissement de
Paris et sont soutenus dans cette action par la CGT de l'agence. Des
négociations sont en cours avec le directeur du secteur Est de Paris ; une
greve et une manifestation sont prevues pour demain mardi dans le cadre de
cette action.

Les membres du Collectif exigent toujours pour tous ceux disposant d'un
revenu inferieur au SMIC hors allocations familiales :

- - l'arret des coupures de courant
- - l'apurement des dettes à l'inclusion des frais de coupure et de retablissement
- - la fin des limitations arbitraires de consommation d'electricite
- - le retrait des compteurs a carte
- - la destruction du fichier EDF des "mauvais clients"
- - l'application du tarif industriel consenti aux entreprises
- - la baisse de la TVA sur l'electricite de 20,6% a 5,5%

et enfin :

- - l'arret des sanctions contre les agents EDF qui refusent de proceder a des
coupures.

L'EDF est encore à nous, prenons la en main. Nous vous invitons a rejoindre
sur place les membres du Collectif pour les soutenir et a exercer vous meme
des pressions sur EDF. Ecrivez nous si vous souhaitez partager vos
experiences ou organiser des actions coordonnees. Vous pouvez egalement nous
laisser un message au (0) 1 44 62 12 48.

Merci a tous de faire circuler l'information.

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 15:00:52 -0500
From: Georgina et Thierry Ruyer
Subject: Mvt des chomeurs - Occupation EDF

... suite des informations sur l'occupation par le Collectif Barbes de
l'agence EDF Saint-Ambroise dans le 11e arrondissement de Paris.

Le collectif Barbes (prononcer Barbesse !) est un collectif autonome qui
regroupe des personnes au chomage ou en situation economique precaire et les
amis qui les soutiennent.

Mardi 10 mars 1998

Apres avoir ete evacues hier lundi en fin de journee par la police, les
membres du Collectif Barbes se sont retrouves mardi matin devant le Centre
EDF Paris Aurore qui gere l'ensemble des agences EDF de l'est de Paris. Ils
y ont soutenu les membres de la CGT-EDF de l'agence Saint-Ambroise qui
protestaient contre une flexibilite du travail imposee aux employes ainsi
que contre des suppressions de poste "compensees" par des emplois precaires
non-statutaires.

Rappelons que les membres de la CGT-EDF de l'agence avaient la veille
soutenu l'integralite des revendications des chomeurs qui occupaient
l'agence Saint-Ambroise, revendications relatives au droit a l'energie
(detail des revendications dans le courrier precedent). Le Collectif Barbes
s'efforce de continuer a construire des passerelles avec les employes de
l'EDF, syndiques ou non, et de montrer ainsi que les interets des chomeurs
et ceux des travailleurs ne sont aucunement antagonistes comme on cherche
parfois a le faire croire.

Encore merci a tous ceux qui nous ont rejoint ainsi qu'a ceux qui ont fait
circuler l'information et a bientot.

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 15:44:15 -0500
From: "holenweg"
Subject: 15.3 Bulletin de la CSSI

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1. RESOLUTION DU PARLEMENT EUROPEEN SUR L'A.M.I

2. Appel à une Rencontre internationale des Collectifs de Chômeurs/ses, de
Précaires et
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1. RESOLUTION DU PARLEMENT EUROPEEN SUR L'A.M.I

From: "Laurent & Fianna"

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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:05:27 +0100

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>For more information on the vote, you can contact:
>
>Paul-Emile Dupret
>Adviser for External Economic Relations
>United Left and Nordic Green Lefts Group at the European Parliament
>Strasbourg: tél: 33 3 88 17 71 51 fax: 33 3 88 17 91
51
>Brussels: tél: 32 2 284 71 51 fax: 32 2 284 91
51
>e-mail: pedupret@arcadis.be
>
>OR
>
>Gaby Kueper
>Assistent to Wolfgang Kreissl-Doerfer
>Green Group in the European Parliament
>Brussels: tel: +32 2 284 51 10 fax: +32 2 284
9190
>e-mail: email: wkreissl@europarl.eu.int
>
>
>EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
>
>
>RESOLUTION ADOPTED 10/03/98
>
>
>Resolution containing Parliament"s recommendations to the Commission on
>negotiations in the framework of the OECD on a multilateral agreement on
>investments
>
>The European Parliament ,
>
>- having regard to its resolution of 14 December 1995 on the Commission
>communication on direct investment worldwide 1 ,
>
>- having regard to its resolution of 15 January on relocation and foreign
>direct investment 2 ,
>
>- having regard to the draft multilateral agreement on investments of 6
>October 1997,
>
>- having regard to Rule 90(5) of its Rules of Procedure,
>
>- having regard to the report of the Committee on External Economic
>Relations and the opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary
Affairs
>and Industrial Policy, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens" Rights,
>the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media, the Committee on
>Development and Cooperation and the Committee on Fisheries ( A4 -0073/98),
>
>A. whereas as a result of the huge increase in foreign direct investment (
>FDI ) in the wake of economic globalization, a multilateral agreement has
>become necessary in this area,
>
>B. whereas, although there are 1 800 bilateral agreements on FDI which
>endeavour in varying ways to establish general conditions for FDI , a
>multilateral framework of binding legal rules may not offer complete
>guarantees of improved clarity and enhanced security, but does generally
>provide greater certainty and offer an opportunity for creating the general
>framework for world trade,
>
>C. aware of the danger, in the absence of multilateral rules of this kind,
>that, on the one hand, FDI would continue to be subject to numerous
>constraints and, on the other, relocation might also get out of control,
>
>D. concerned that the draft multilateral agreement on investments (MAI)
>reflects an imbalance between the rights and obligations of investors,
>guaranteeing the latter full rights and protection, while the signatory
>states are taking on burdensome obligations which might leave their
>populations unprotected,
>
>E. whereas the MAI must not only provide benefits to the industry of the
>countries of origin, but should also contribute to responsible development
>of the country of establishment by promoting technology, sustainable
>economic growth, employment, healthy social relations and protection of the
>environment,
>
>F. whereas the aim of an MAI should be to prevent any ruinous competition
>and competition harmful to the populations concerned between investors in
>order to foster, on a global scale, environmentally and socially
sustainable
>and regionally balanced economic development,
>
>G. regretting the fact that the negotiations have hitherto been conducted
in
>the utmost secrecy, with even the parliaments being excluded, although
>transparency and parliamentary supervision in key international economic
>issues are of crucial importance for the legitimacy of relevant
>international agreements,
>
>H. whereas the EU has not yet supplied any studies on the impact of the MAI
>on trade, commerce and the labour market or intellectual property and
>whereas the compatibility of the MAI with existing environmental, social
and
>cultural legislation and legislation on intellectual property rights in the
>EU, relations with the ACP countries and the EU"s development policy, and
>its relationship with international environmental agreements (MEA),
>international conventions on intellectual property and regional agreements
(
>REIO ) have still not been clarified,
>
>I. Puts to the Commission the following recommendations:
>
>1. Emphasizes the need for a broader public debate and ongoing
parliamentary
>monitoring of the negotiations being conducted within the framework of the
>OECD, bearing in mind that the decisions to conclude an agreement are a
>matter for the state and national parliaments, the European Parliament and
>the Council;
>
>2. Calls on the Commission, within a reasonable period, to carry out an
>independent and thorough impact assessment in the social, environmental and
>development fields, investigating to what extent the draft MAI is in
>conflict with:
>
>(a) relevant international agreements , such as the Rio Declaration, Agenda
>21, the UN guidelines on consumer protection (1985), the UNCTAD Set of
>Multilaterally Agreed Principles for the Control of restrictive business
>practices (1981) and the HABITAT Global Plan of Action and international
>commitments already entered into by the OECD;
>
>(b) previously agreed OECD guidelines , such as the undertaking to
integrate
>economic, social and environmental policy (May 1997), agreements on the
>responsibilities of multinational enterprises, as laid down in the OECD
Code
>of Conduct of 1992, and OECD policy on development cooperation as
formulated
>in "Shaping the 21st century: the contribution of development cooperation"
>(1997);
>
>(c) regional, national and EU legislation designed to promote sustainable
>development ;
>
>3. Notes that non-OECD member states, and hence developing countries in
>particular, may also accede to the agreement under negotiation, but regards
>the fact that those countries may not themselves exert any influence on the
>content of the agreement as a major shortcoming of the MAI, and calls on
the
>states involved in concluding the MAI to refrain from exerting any pressure
>on the developing countries in order to induce them to accede to it;
>
>4. Regards it as essential that the extension of the agreement to cover a
>territory whose international relations are the responsibility of one of
the
>contracting parties should be notified to the depositary and the other
>contracting parties, after which any state which has already acceded may
>decide not to apply the terms of the agreement to the territory in
question;
>
>5. Calls for the question of investment protection to be examined in a
>multilateral context in which all the developing countries are involved, so
>that UNCTAD , as well as the WTO , would be the appropriate forum for
>these negotiations; the WTO "s consideration of this question must take
>full account of the results of the UN conferences, particularly with regard
>to the environmental and social dimensions;
>
>6. Stresses that it is essential that the principle of partnership, which
is
>now accepted both by the OECD and by the G8 as the basic characteristic
of
>relations between developed and developing countries, should be respected,
>so that the interests of the developing countries and their national
>policies should be taken into account as well as the interests of
investors;
>
>7. Welcomes the fact that, in addition to the Member States, the Commission
>is taking an active part in the negotiations, although the EU is not a
>member of the OECD;
>
>8. Calls for FDI issues to be brought within the sphere of
>responsibilities of the EU as an integral part of the common commercial
>policy in the foreseeable future, provided that corresponding codecision
>and supervision by the European Parliament are guaranteed;
>
>9. Considers non-discrimination, the right to freedom of establishment,
>transparency and protection against arbitrary expropriation to be essential
>and fundamental principles for the MAI;
>
>10. Regards most-favoured nation treatment, transparency and national
>treatment as the basic foundations of the MAI; points out, however, that
>foreign investors must not enjoy more favourable treatment than national
>investors;
>
>11. Considers it necessary for a derogation to be made for balance of
>payments disequilibria coupled with a provision to deter parties from
>abusively invoking balance of payments problems;
>
>12. Is concerned that the performance requirements might curtail the right
>of States to implement existing industrial policies and to develop any new
>ones as required in future, particularly in the field of social and
>environmental legislation, culture and intellectual property, and fears
that
>EU Member States may come under pressure in these areas in the next few
years;
>
>13. Calls on the Commission, therefore, in formulating prohibitions of
>specific performance requirements, to ensure that the latter do not
conflict
>with the environmental, social, structural and cultural policies of the EU
>and its Member States;
>
>14. Insists further that reference should be made to compliance with
>international human rights conventions and environmental and social
>standards not only in the preamble of the MAI and that the MAI should
>contain unequivocal provisions which prevent a lowering of existing
>environmental and social standards by the MAI and make possible the
>introduction of new standards;
>
>15. Welcomes the inclusion of the OECD guidelines for multinational
>undertakings as an annex in the MAI, but advocates that those guidelines
>should constitute a compulsory component of the MAI and calls in any case
in
>this connection on the governments of the Member States to encourage
>international enterprises to draw up their own codes of conduct comprising
>provisions in the field of environmental protection, human rights and
social
>matters;
>
>16. Welcomes the comprehensive definition of the term "investor", which
>includes both private and public investors, but calls for a more precise
>definition of investments in the area of patents for plant, animal and
human
>genes and insists, moreover, that in the light of existing relevant
>international agreements provisions on intellectual property and copyright
>and neighbouring rights should be excluded from the MAI;
>
>17. Considers a degree of scepticism to be appropriate, since the broad
>definition of the term "investment" may lead to difficulties in future;
>therefore calls on the Commission carefully to monitor the further work on
>definitions and to notify Parliament of any changes;
>
>18. Cannot agree to endorse any agreement which would have the effect of
>rolling back EU legislation and preventing further harmonization of EU
>legislation; insists, therefore, on the insertion of a separate part of a
>Regional Economic Integration Organization ( REIO ) clause permitting new
>harmonized measures, e.g. environmental legislation, adopted within the
>framework of such an organization and replacing the measures previously
>applied by these States;takes the view that countries belonging to REIOs
>are not obliged to extend to countries not belonging to the organization
>concerned the more favourable treatment reserved for member countries;
>
>19. Demands that any proposal should be compatible with international
>conventions already ratified by the EC;
>
>20. Is aware of the fact that the contracting parties must initially insist
>on a limited number of derogations from the basic provisions of the MAI,
but
>calls at the same time to be informed whether the standstill and rollback
>commitments could obstruct the further harmonization of legislation within
>the EU Member States;
>
>21. Calls for the invoking of national security interests to be made
subject
>to objective criteria which are verifiable under the disputes settlement
>procedure; in this connection also advocates the inclusion of an anti-abuse
>clause;
>
>22. Regrets the fact that the MAI largely disregards issues relating to the
>taxation of undertakings operating internationally, but welcomes the fact
>that rules are to be agreed on investment incentives with a view to
>preventing an international subsidy race for relocations which would cause
>distortions of competition, and calls on the negotiating partners to
include
>taxation and international competition policy in the built-in agenda;
>
>23. Considers the proposed provisions on investment protection, and in
>particular on expropriation, compensation and the transfer of capital and
>profits, to be too far-reaching; takes the view that governments must make
>sure that they cannot be condemned to making compensatory payments if they
>establish standards on the environment, labour, health and safety;
>
>24. Calls further for provisions on secondary investment boycott measures
>which forbid the contracting parties to impose obligations or prohibitions
>on investors or investments from another contracting party on account of
>investments in a third country, as is the case under the Helms Burton Act
>and the d" Amato Act;
>
>25. Draws attention to the innovative nature of the proposed disputes
>settlement procedure, which will enable private companies also to take
>action against the government of a contracting party; considers this
>development of legal protection to be questionable and asks for it to be
>considered whether the existing national and international disputes
>settlement procedures are not adequate; calls in any event for a balanced
>system of legal protection which enables both the investor to enforce the
>rights he derives from the agreement and the contracting state to ensure
>compliance with binding provisions of its environmental and social
legislation;
>
>on the cultural sector
>
>26. Points out further that the cultural autonomy and diversity of the
>signatory states must not be called into question by the MAI and that the
>cultural policy objectives and EU initiatives in support of a European
>cultural policy must not be jeopardized; calls, therefore, for a derogation
>in respect of the application of the MAI for the cultural industry in the
>EU, especially for the audiovisual sector, which might read as follows:
>
>"Nothing in this agreement shall be so construed as to prevent any
>contracting party from taking any measure to regulate investment by foreign
>companies and the conditions of activity of these companies in the
framework
>of policies designed to preserve and promote cultural and linguistic
>diversity" ;
>
>27. Asserts that the adherence of the MAI agreement in the cultural sector
>would prevent the implementation of the European Union legislation in
>application of Article 128 of the Treaty, because the principles of the
AMI
>agreement, i.e. the "national treatment" principle and the "most favoured
>nation" principle, if applied to the cultural sector, would directly
>undermine the functioning of the EU"s various initiatives in the cultural
>and audiovisual sector;
>
>28. Believes that at the very least the MAI should contain an exemption for
>the audiovisual sector. This should be implemented in the form of a
>reservation in respect of the national treatment, most favoured nation and
>the performance-related obligations with regard to present and future
>policies, irrespective of the technologies used;
>
>29. States that the multilateral agreements already in place to regulate
>intellectual property are legally binding international agreements. They
>make further multilateral agreements on these issues, under the auspices of
>the MAI, unnecessary. These agreements include those of the EU itself, the
>World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), and the World Trade
>Organization"s Treaty on Intellectual Property (TRIPS);
>
>30. Insists therefore on the exclusion of intellectual property from the
>scope of the implementation of the MAI agreement, in order to retain the
>tradition of authorial rights and moral rights that exists in many European
>countries. Any inclusion of strictly economic definitions of intellectual
>property, which exclude references to authorial rights or moral rights,
>would be contrary to the multilateral agreements already operating in this
>field;
>
>31. Regrets the pressure being brought to bear by certain OECD Member
States
>on applicant members not to apply the EU audiovisual " acquis
>communautaire ". Such pressure is completely unethical and contrary to EU
>enlargement procedure;
>
>32. Stresses that nothing should endanger the freedom of the European Union
>or its Member States to take any initiative to promote and support cultural
>and linguistic diversity, now or in the future;
>
>33. Asserts that unconditional liberalization of the cultural industries
>would frustrate the legitimate objectives of cultural policy. The basic
>principles of the MAI agreement, that is the "national treatment" principle
>and the "most favoured nation" principle, if applied to the cultural
sector,
>would directly undermine the functioning of the EU"s various initiatives in
>the cultural and audiovisual sector, as listed in the explanatory
statement.
>These initiatives are essential for the EU to continue to meet its legal
>obligations under Article 128 of the Treaty. Adherence to the MAI agreement
>in the cultural sector would, therefore, prevent the proper implementation
>of European Union legislation. The support mechanisms existing in the EU
and
>individual Member States are specifically designed to enhance European
>cultural pluralism and diversity. It is clearly contradictory to open up
>such mechanisms automatically to third countries;
>
>on the fisheries sector
>
>34. Urges the European Union and the Member States not to sign and ratify
>the Multilateral Agreement on Investment until the following can be
assured:
>
>&bull the fishing communities throughout the EU have been consulted and
been
>provided with ample opportunity to discuss the implications of the MAI on
>their industry;
>
>&bull the ability of the European Union to establish and implement policies
>for the conservation of fish stocks and the management of Community
>fisheries will not be compromised;
>
>&bull the Commission and the Member States will continue to be able to
>conduct their regional and structural policies as they choose so as to
>benefit those areas which are dependent upon fishing for a significant
>portion of their livelihood;
>
>&bull the European Union can manage its internal market for fisheries
>products in a sustainable way and according to its own policies;
>
>&bull the Community maintains its ability to negotiate fisheries agreements
>with third countries which are consistent with the conservation of fish
>stocks and coherent with Community development policy;
>
>&bull the European Parliament has been fully consulted under the assent
>procedure;
>
>on the legal aspects
>
>35. Proposes that structures for the democratic ratification of any
>agreement to be concluded in the framework of the WTO or the OECD should
>be put in place and that the interrelationship between legislation of
>international organizations, the EU and Member States be scrutinized;
>
>36. Instructs its Legal Service to work in close cooperation with the
>competent Commission services and to keep the draft MAI and relevant
>Community legislation under review in order to evaluate whether existing
>189b acts would be affected by the MAI; further instructs its Legal
Service
>to regularly report on its evaluations;
>
>37. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to submit,
>pursuant to the procedure provided for in Article 228(6) ECT, the
definitive
>draft of the MAI to the Court of Justice for full examination;
>
>II. Calls on the OECD to respond specifically and in detail to the above
>observations concerning the draft MAI;
>
>III. Believes that a process of open dialogue and consultation on these
>matters should form an integral part of the MAI process, and that there
>should be an explicit commitment to transparency in the negotiations. The
>opinion of the European Parliament must inform the negotiating position of
>the European Commission, on behalf of the European Union. Looks forward to
>giving a second opinion to its Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens'
>Rights once the text of the final agreement has been received by the
>European Parliament for its assent;
>
>IV. Calls on the parliaments and governments of the Member States not to
>accept the MAI as it stands;
>
>V. Calls on the Council to consult Parliament, pursuant to Article 228(3),
>second subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, on the possible of the MAI on behalf
>of the European Union under the assent procedure;
>
>VI. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the
>Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the
>Secretariat of the OECD.
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2. Appel à une Rencontre internationale des Collectifs de Chômeurs/ses, de
Précaires et
solidaires
à Strasbourg les 31 mars, 1er et 2 avril

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Appel à une IIème Rencontre
de la Coordination Autonome des Collectifs de Chômeurs/ses, de Précaires et
solidaires
à Strasbourg les 31 mars, 1er et 2 avril

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Les 19 et 20 février derniers, douze collectifs en lutte avaient répondu à
l'appel lancé par le Collectif Chômeur/ses précaires Actif et Solidaires de
Nantes. Lors des débats à la manu occupée, quelques
perspectives se sont dégagées :

Une volonté :
- - de coordonner nos actions ( 26février : actions Çles vrais voleursÈ, 10
mars : actions sur le thème du ÇtravailÈ, 14 mars : action transport postal
gratuit)
- - de se doter d'un journal de liaison des luttes locales (l'Echo des luths)
- - de continuer à communiquer sur 3614 chez* (ÇREBELLIONÈ code ÇBASTAÈ)
- - de se revoir à Strasbourg en mars.

Il a été entendu qu'aucune plate forme ne s'est mise en place à Nantes. La
coordination regroupe l'ensemble des collectifs en lutte qui ne conçoivent
pas le port du badge comme principe de la rencontre.

Notre lutte continue d'tre censurée par les médias ou quand ils parlent de
nous, c'est pour nous jeter des calicots. La campagne électorale montre le
décalage qui existe entre nous et ceux qui nous gouvernent
sans alternance. La manifestation du 7 mars a montré que nous sommes
toujours en lutte.

Notre politique, c'est la lutte !

Nous vous proposons dès le mardi 31 mars à 14h :
- - de nous présenter ;
- - de débattre des actions que nous avons menées, des mobilisations qui ont
eu lieu (occupations, réquisitions)
- - de notre attitude face aux médias qui nous ignorent, de la répression qui
s'en suit
- - des formes d'organisation des collectifs de plus en plus autonomes
- - des objectifs de la coordination et du rôle du réseau

LE 1ER AVRIL : MANIFESTATION ÇNOTRE MOUVEMENT N'EST PAS UNE FARCEÈ A STRASBOURG

Cette invitation est destinée aux collectifs européens et intergalactiques.
Il est important de coordonner les luttes existantes et de créer les
conditions de multiples échanges. Nous essayerons d'organiser les
traductions. Ce sera également l'occasion de rencontrer un nombre important
de collectifs du ÇGrand EstÈ pour nous coordonner plus régulièrement.
Faites circuler cet appel car notre liste est loin d'tre exhaustive,
dépassons les frontières !

Nous mettons à votre disposition un site internet
http://nobasta.home.ml.org
e-mail : nobasta@rocketmail.com
afin que chaque groupe puisse y déposer des textes et lire les autres.

Contactez nous pour que nous puissions organiser le logement, la bouffe et
les traductions.
Emmenez votre duvet !
Ce n'est qu'un combat, commençons le débat.

Bien le bonjour.

Pour nous contacter :
Collectif des chômeurs et précaires de Strasbourg
1 rue Sédillot, 67000 Strasbourg
Tel : 03 88 36 18 55/ 06 81 04 61 88
Fax : 03 88 32 37 52

Collectif de Chômeurs et de Précaires de Strasbourg

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Pascal Holenweg, Genève (holenweg@vtx.ch)
"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards, ni
patience"
(René Char)

COMMISSION SOCIALISTE DE SOLIDARITƒ INTERNATIONALE
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Date: 15 Mar 1998 18:01:19 -0500
From: Georgina et Thierry Ruyer
Subject: Mvt_des_chômeurs_-_Collectif_Barbès

Dimanche 15 mars

Depuis 10h ce matin, les membres du Collectif Barbes ont pris l'initiative
de s'emparer d'un hotel à l'abandon depuis 1995, sis au 21 de la rue
Durantin dans le 18e arrondissement de Paris. Fort du soutien de la
population du quartier et d'une quinzaine d'associations, leur objectif est
de mettre en place enfin un lieu de rencontre et de travail pour l'ensemble
de ceux qui s'efforcent de maintenir les liens de solidarite dans
l'arrondissement. Un tel lieu n'existe en effet pas puisque les elus locaux
qui promettent depuis 3 ans une "maison des associations" n'ont jamais
reussi a prendre la plus petite initiative en ce sens.

La police a evacues les membres du Collectif vers 21h ce soir et arrete
quatre d'entre eux. Partie remise.

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 19:09:02 -0500
From: Georgina et Thierry Ruyer
Subject: Mvt_des_chômeurs_-_Collectif_Barbès

Dimanche 15 mars

La police a evacues les membres du Collectif vers 21h ce soir et arrete
quatre d'entre eux. Partie remise.

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 19:21:01 -0500
From: acratik@club-internet.fr
Subject: 8ème jour de grève de la faim couloir de la mort USA

COMITE DE SOUTIEN A MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
C/o Viretto & Dieudonné
18, place Jean Jaurès 13001 Marseille
Tel. & Fax : 04 91 42 98 47 E-mail viretto@lac.gulliver.fr

HUITIéME JOUR DE GRéVE DE LA FAIM DANS LE COULOIR DE LA MORT
DE SCI GREENE, EN PENNSYLVANIE

Témoignage de Mumia Abu-Jamal

"Le 5 mars 1998 au petit matin, l'ƒtat a pris d'assaut la section la
plus rangée de la prison : le couloir de la mort. les gardes ne
s'attaquèrent pas à la personne physique des prisonniers mais à leurs
possessions personnelles, intellectuelles, éducatives et juridiques.
Livres, sous-vtements, vtements de sport, chaussures, stylos à encre,
produits de cosmétique, lettres : tout le monde fut totalement dessaisi.
On plaça les hommes devant deux choix : colis de ré-expédition ou
destruction. Tout ce qui ne rentrait pas dans un carton standard pour
documents A4 fut à éliminer. Le droit de visite fut suspendu, les achats
au magasin de la cantine interdits et les appareils à vocation de
détente ou loisir confisqués. Voilà donc la réponse de l'administration
au droit soi-disant "constitutionnellement protégé" dont se sont saisis
certains d'entres nous qui sommes avocats de prison : celui d'attaquer
en justice. En somme, ce sont des représailles de l'administration
carcérale.
Le vendredi, plus de vingt-cinq hommes avaient choisi d'entamer une
grève
de la faim. Le mardi suivant, les grévistes étaient plus de trente. Tout
ceci ramène à ce que le chercheur Robert Johnson décrit comme le
traitement qui s'étend à tous les couloirs de la mort aux ƒtats-Unis :
un assaut délibéré et prémédité à l'encontre des maigres "privilèges
accordés aux détenus du couloir de la mort afin de les faire basculer au
delà du désespoir.
Pour des détenus - hommes ou femmes - qui n'ont plus que quelques
semaines ou mois à vivre, la visite d'un tre cher qui vient de
parcourir plusieurs centaines de kilomètres ne peut en aucun cas tre
traité à la légère. La capacité de dessiner ou de peindre une image pour
l'un de ses petits enfants ne saurait relever d'une simple frivolité.
L'aspiration humaine à la connaissance du monde qui nous entoure, afin
d'enrichir nos esprits, "ist verboten" sous le nouveau régime. Quand
l'ƒtat a fait construire cet enfer néon et nickel, il avait promis à
tous les prisonniers du couloir de la mort de la nouvelle prison SCI
Greene que leurs conditions de détention
seraient plus détendues, moins répressives. Ils mentaient à l'époque. Ce
mensonge ne peut plus tre mis en doute aujourd'hui. Quand l'ƒtat
travaille systématiquement à provoquer la mort de l'espoir, il révèle
son véritable but, son objectif de toujours : la mort d'hommes. Je fais
appel à ceux d'entre vous qui croient au pouvoir libérateur de la vie :
nous avons plus que jamais besoin que vous fassiez entendre la voix de
votre dissidence.
Après plus d'une semaine de grève de la faim, quelques uns de ces hommes
sont affaiblis, on le comprend. Il n'est pas facile pour eux de faire la
grève seuls, coupés du monde, dans un silence quasi total. Par contre
l'expression de votre solidarité leur permettra de résister. Je vous
tiendrais informés."

On'A MOVE Vive John Africa !
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Du Couloir de la Mort, 13 mars 1998

Traduction : COSIMAPP

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 20:40:13 -0500
From: JGA@eureka.qc.ca (Jean-Guy Aubé)
Subject: On atteint le 150.

Il y a quelques semaines, je vous avait dit que j'etais fier que la liste
nothingness

A, qui a poirotte au debut entre 70 et 90 abonnes, avait atteint 100
abonne.Aujourd'hui, je suis heureux de vous annoncer que nous sommes maintenant
150 abonnes sur la liste. Aux abonnes actuels, je dis: publicisez la liste dans
vos milieux et aupres de vos ami-e-s.

Salutations a tous et toutes,
J-G. Aube.

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 20:59:42 -0500
From: JGA@eureka.qc.ca (Jean-Guy Aubé)
Subject: Ambassade Mexicaine

Voici ce que j'ai trouve concernant l'adresse postale de l'ambassade mexicaine
a Ottawa (Canada):

Sandra Fuentes
Mexican Ambassador to Canada
1500-45 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1P 1A4
Fax: (613) 235-9123
Faxing by email: remote-printer.Sandra_Fuentes@16132359123.iddd.tpc.int

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 21:01:03 -0500
From: JGA@eureka.qc.ca (Jean-Guy Aubé)
Subject: solidarite avec le Chiapas

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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 13:14:21 -0600 (CST)
From: Regiones Autonomas Plurietnicas
Subject: solidaridad con Chiapas

On behalf of SAPED/Asociacion Shuswap and in collaboration with our partner
federation Regiones Autonomes, we invite you to participate in some activity
of solidarity with the state wide federations of Indigenous of Chiapas for
their day of protest, March 22nd, at Tuxtla Gutierrez.
Our hope is to demonstrate to Mexican authorities and to the Indigenous
organizations themselves, that we are in solidarity with them, that we are
prepared to act on their behalf to pressure Mexican authorities to seriously
consider their long stated demands, and that we are working in close
cooperation with them. Please send notes of support care of this email
address.Send notes, telephone calls, faxes, emails to Mexican authorities both
in Mexico DF and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas.
We encourage you to send delegations to your local Mexican consulate to pass
on your message by formal diplomatic channels.
Respectfully, Ira Zbarsky

Some Addresses:

Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico:
Palacio Nacional
06067 Mexico D.F.
Mexico
Fax (52-5) 271 1764/515 4783
email: webadmon@op.presidencia.gob.mx

Lic. Roberto Albores Guillin
Gobernador del Estado de Chiapas
Palacio de Gobierno
Av. Central y Primero Ote, Col. Centro
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas 29009
Phone/Fax: (52-961) 2 0917

Jesus Reyes Heroles
Mexican Ambassador to the USA
Phone: (202) 782-1696 Fax: (202) 728-1698
Faxing by email: remote-printer.Jesus_Reyes_Heroles@12027281698.iddd.tpc.int

Sandra Fuentes
Mexican Ambassador to Canada
1500-45 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1P 1A4
Fax: (613) 235-9123
Faxing by email: remote-printer.Sandra_Fuentes@16132359123.iddd.tpc.int

For addresses and phone/fax numbers of Mexican consulates, visit:
http://www.ezln.org/embassies.html
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P.O. Box 8673, Victoria, "B.C." "Canada" V8X 3S2

EMAIL: SISIS@envirolink.org
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Date: 15 Mar 1998 21:02:54 -0500
From: JGA@eureka.qc.ca (Jean-Guy Aubé)
Subject: Mohawk Nation News

MNN. Mohawk Nation News. 16.Mar.98. Kahnawake Mohawk Territory.
Today the Mohawk, other Indigenous People and supporters marched to the band
council office to hand Joe Norton and the Council the following letter:

PEOPLE AGAINST THE OAXACA-MOHAWK TRADE AGREEMENT
Handed to Joe Norton and the Band Council of Kahnawake, March 16, 1998
By Mohawk People, allies, friends, and supporters of Indigenous People
of Mexico.

Mr. Norton and the Band Council of Kahanwake,
Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada J0L 1B0

Greetings,
At this time, it is clear that you will not listen to our concerns about
Project OK. Therefore we have no choice but to openly demonstrate our
opposition. In the name of the Mohawk, other Indigenous people and
supporters, we urge you to immediately stop Project OK. At this moment,
we fear that something terrible is about to happen again in Mexico
because the Mexican government has restricted their borders, have asked
tourists and human rights watchers to leave, and there is a military
build-up. In this situation it would be incredibly immoral to even
think about signing a deal like Project OK.
Aside from this, you know that under Kaienerekowa, our Iroquois
Constitution, your Band Council established under the Indian Act by the
Canadian government cannot make nation to nation deals. You purport to
be a nation government but you have not gone through the proper
procedures to get our consent. We know that getting our consent is
difficult. But since you are signing an international agreement you are
setting up a dangerous precedent which can only erode our sovereignty.
Don’t you see that you (and we) are being used by Canada and Mexico in a
public relations campaign to divert international attention from the
repression of Indigenous people in both Canada and Mexico?
On the KRK radio talk-show on March 13th, you inferred that morality and
business are separate issues. This is not so. For example, on the
program 20/20 last week, sweatshops on American soil were condemned. In
Saipei, large multinational corporations like GAP, FILA, Ralph Lauren
and others were exposed as having their products made in repressive
labor camps where human rights were being violated. This documentary
clearly shows that morality and business are very much inter-related.
Furthermore, who exactly are these ‘Indigenous People’ you are signing
Project OK with? ARIPO, your liaison, is an agent of the PRI. PRI is
the ruling party of the Mexican government which is indirectly
responsible for these recent massacres. If the Mexican government is
not responsible for the actions of its military and paramilitary, then
who is?
The three principles of the Kaienerekowa are Peace, Righteousness, and
Power. If we do not agree with actions that concern us, we have a
responsibility to research and discuss the problem together, and come to
one mind. We have some of the information about Project OK, now we need
the rest to make an informed decision. This demonstration is so that
you can clearly see that there are many who are not satisfied with
Project OK. In our opinion, you, similarly, are not fully informed.
In sum, supporters, human rights organizations, and solidarity groups
have informed us of the gross human rights violations that have taken
place in Mexico. This is one issue. The second issue is that once
again we have not been given all of the information about your conduct that
concerns us. Please do not sign Project OK. Please open your minds to our
objections and your hearts to the plight of the Indigenous people in Mexico.

Sincerely,
People Against Oaxaca-Mohawk Trade Agreement
CONTACT: J. Goodleaf, P.O. Box 1048, Kahnawake Mohawk Territory
(Quebec, Canada) J0L 1B0 514-635-5719

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 21:14:34 -0500
From: JGA@eureka.qc.ca (Jean-Guy Aubé)
Subject: Culture bourgeoise accessible aux faibles revenus!

(Forwarded message)

Un evenement culturel a Montreal
(NDLR: un bel effort: camarade!)

Je suis le producteur delegue d'un spectacle qui prendra l'affiche au theatre
St-Denis le 24 mars prochain.

Toutefois, le jeudi 19 mars, vendredi 20 mars et samedi 21 mars a 20 heures,
nous organisons des représentations gratuites pour tous ceux qui pour des
raisons economiques ne peuvent avoir acces a la culture . Ces representations
se donneront au theatre de l'Usine C situe au 1345 Avenue Lalonde, a Montreal.
Nous accepterons 200 personnes par soir.

Pour les groupes qui veulent se prevaloir de cette invitation
exceptionnelle, priere de communiquer avec le sous-signe soit par EMail:
barras@core-net.com; soit par telephone: (514) 286 4230; soit par
fax: (514) 286 9465.

Le spectacle s'intitule ÇRaconte-moi, GelsominaÈ. Il met en vedette: Louise
Marleau, Claude Dubois, Christian Durocher, dans une mise en scene de Robert
Charlebois.

Henri Barras, producteur delegue

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 21:26:08 -0500
From: JGA@eureka.qc.ca (Jean-Guy Aubé)
Subject: Alvaro Hernandez Luna Urgent Action

Alvaro Hernandez Luna Urgent Action (fwd)
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Subject: Alvaro Hernandez Luna Urgent Action

URGENT ACTION ALERT
Alvaro Hernandez Luna Needs Your Support
Revolutionary activist and Chicano Mexicano political prisoner Alvaro
Hernandez Luna is again facing official misconduct and all forces are asked
to give assistance in an extremely pressing matter.
Alvaro was sentenced to 50 years in prison last year for disarming a police
officer who drew his weapon when Alvaro questioned the harassment he had
endured since his return to Alpine, Texas. In his years as an activist in
Houston on behalf of prisoners and the Mexicano community, as well as his
successful civil suits against the same police force that put him in
prison, Alvaro has remained an unwavering voice for justice. Some of his
past work includes:
- - former national director, National Movement of La Raza
- - former national coordinator, Ricardo Adalpe Guerra Defense Committee
- - activism in ending barrio youth violence
During his trial, Alvaro upheld his people's right to self-determination;
exposed the history of attacks against himself and Mexicanos in the
community like Ervay Ramos, shot in the back as a youth by police; and
demanded to be held under the Geneva Convention as a prisoner of war.
On February 24, 1998, Justice Susan Larsen of the Eighth District Court of
Appeals ordered Judge Kenneth DeHart to hold a hearing on the deprivation
of court records necessary for Alvaro's appeal. Court transcripts were due
February 5, 1998 but the county reporter did not file for an extension or
offer explanation for not filing the papers. These documents are critical
for an adequate appeal, and their delay means Alvaro spends one more day in
prison for the crime of self-defense and revolutionary activism.
Alvaro writes from prison of the need for all activists to speak out. "We
must take advantage of of every specific instance like the one I am dealing
with to expose the injustices and fascist rule against our Raza, the poor
and all victims of capitalist oppression," he wrote. "This is an
opportunity to engage discussion of political persecution, ongoing
harassment and legal roadblocks put up to thwart political prisoners from
access to winning freedom."
Supporters are asked to do the following:
- - Contact Jo Ann Salgado, District Clerk, P.O. Box 119, Alpine, TX 79831,
phone: 915-837-3366 and request that a hearing as ordered by Justice Larsen
will take place as soon as possible.
- - Expose to the local media the fact Alvaro is again being denied justice.
Letters can be sent to the Odessa American, 222 E. 4th St., Odessa, Texas
79761, fax: 915-333-7742, e-mail: oa@link.freedom.com, toll-free:
1-800-375-4661; Alpine Avalanche, P.O. Box 719, Alpine, TX 79831, fax:
915-837-7181, phone: 915-837-3334; KOSA-TV (Ch.7), 1211 N. Whittaker,
Odessa, TX 79701, phone: 915-580-NEWS; KWES-TV (Ch. 9), P.O. Box 60150,
Midland, TX 79711, fax: 915-567-9994.
- - Contact Judge Kenneth DeHart, P.O. Box 1410, Alpine, TX 79831, fax:
915-837-3752 and demand that all charges against him be dismissed and that
Alvaro's freedom be granted immediately.
Carnal Frank for
Comite Nacional Pro-Defensa Alvaro Hernandez
Alvaro Hernandez National Defense Committee
(reachable via P.O. Box 980582, Houston, TX 77098-0582 or
xicano1516@hotmail.com)

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 21:40:04 -0500
From: cef@technologist.com
Subject: L'opposition critique un projet du président Zedillo pour

MEXICO, 15 mars (AFP) - L'opposition de gauche a vivement critiqué un projet du président
mexicain Ernesto Zedillo pour régler le problème du Chiapas (sud du pays) qui doit être présenté
dimanche au Parlement, estimant qu'il est avant tout destiné à préparer "une issue violente" au conflit.

Le but de ce projet de réforme constitutionnelle, signé samedi par le chef de l'Etat, est selon le
gouvernement d'améliorer le statut et les droits sociaux des indiens du Chiapas, bastion de la guérilla
zapatiste.

Cette initiative, a déclaré le chef du Parti de la révolution démocratique (PRD, centre-gauche),
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, "fait partie d'un plan pour trouver une issue violente au conflit du
Chiapas".

Le leader du PRD, auquel appartient le gouverneur de la ville de Mexico Cuauhtemoc Cardenas,
candidat probable à la présentielle de l'an 2.000, a également reproché au président d'avoir pris une
"initiative unilatérale" sans avoir cherché un "accord avec les zapatistes" et sans tenir compte des
efforts de médiation de la Commission de Concorde et Pacification (COCOPA), composée des
partis représentés au Congrès.

Selon le quotidien d'opposition "la Jornada", citant des sources proches du gouvernement, la
proposition du président Zedilo reprend en fait des observations déjà formulées par le gouvernement
et que la guérilla zapatiste du sous-commandant Marcos a déjà rejetées.

Le gouvernement estime en effet impossible d'accéder aux exigences des zapatistes sur l'autonomie
des Indiens du Chiapas, leur droit à élire leurs autorités, leur droit à exploiter collectivement les
ressources naturelles et leur droit à disposer de leurs propres moyens de communications sans
mettre en péril "la souveraineté nationale".

Ainsi, si le projet du chef de l'Etat accepte notamment une certaine autonomie pour les Indiens du
Chiapas, il refuse de leur accorder l'autodétermination.

Le président Zedillo a décidé de présenter unilatéralement sa proposition afin de trouver une issue à
un conflit qui dure depuis quatre ans et alors que les négociations entre les autorités et les guérilleros
de l'EZLN (Armée Zapatiste de Libération Nationale) sont bloquées depuis plus d'un an.

Le chef de l'Etat espère faire passer sa proposition au congrès même si le Parti révolutionnaire
institutionnel (PRI, au pouvoir depuis 69 ans) n'y dispose plus de la majorité absolue depuis les
législatives de juillet 1997, en misant sur une éventuelle alliance entre le PRI et le Parti d'Action
Nationale (PAN, conservateur) pour venir à bout de l'opposition du PRD.

Aussi bien le PRD que les guérilleros zapatistes estiment que le gouvernement, malgré sa volonté
affiché de parvenir à une solution pacifique, garde toujours en réserve une éventuelle option militaire
au Chiapas, où plus de 50.000 soldats ont été déployés après le massacre le 22 décembre dernier
de 45 Indiens par des paramilitaires liés au PRI.

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Date: 15 Mar 1998 21:53:24 -0500
From: Sam Boskey
Subject: Mexico: Cardenas' 100 days

NATIONAL

The News
México City, March 15, 1998.

Cardenas Gets Mixed Reviews After 100 Days

By TOM BUCKLEY

The News Staff Reporter

Mexico City Mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas completes his first 100 days in
office Sunday and the
reviews of his performance are mixed.

The mayor and his Cabinet got off to a rocky start in early December and
have been soundly
criticized for not making an immediate impact in addressing this massive
city's myriad problems.

Political opponents have derided Cardenas' failure to present programs to
resolve the city's street
vending problem, the rising crime rate and the crumbling infrastructure.

On the plus side, the new mayor has received plaudits from citizen groups
who praise City Hall's
new open door policy and the government's readiness to engage in dialogue
and listen to the
public's complaints.

Cardenas has also earned plenty of sympathy from city residents, especially
after his Feb. 4 report
describing the state of City Hall upon his inauguration on Dec. 5.

"The city government had not been designed for the citizens, but rather for
the abuse of power," he
said, while portraying a web of corruption under the previous
administration. "The phenomenon of
fraud by the (previous) city government displays characteristics that bring
to mind organized
crime."

Cardenas reported then that he had inherited 12.15 billion pesos (1.43
billion dollars) in
accumulated debt, computers emptied of all confidential files, a payroll on
which one of every 10
paid employees never showed up for work, a property office that couldn't
account for almost half
the city-owned buildings and real estate and broken-down vehicles and
government equipment.
Many offices had been plundered of equipment, including computers and vehicles.

City prosecutor Samuel del Villar estimated that as much as 40 percent of
the city's 4.5 billion
dollars in annual revenue is routinely stolen by criminal organizations
within the city government,
dishonest employees and inefficiency. ''We are just looking at the tip of
the iceberg,'' del Villar
said. ''We don't know how big it is.''

The mayor will offer his own report on his first 100 days in office Sunday
morning, but opposition
parties have already voiced their opinions.

In actuality, Cardenas' honeymoon ended rather quickly when controversy
about police department
heads erupted the week after he was sworn into office as the first elected
mayor of Mexico City
since 1928.

Two newly-named police officials were forced to resign when human rights
groups accused them
of violations ranging from extortion and drug trafficking to murder.

Since then, opposition party politicians have taken pains to point out any
and all contradictions
coming from City Hall -- and there have been quite a few.

The contrast between words and action has been the focus of this
examination: Cardenas said he
would not raise taxes then proceeded to do so; he promised to submit a
public safety plan within a
month and his hand-picked police chief waited three months before
presenting one; government
officials have threatened to cancel infrastructure projects already
underway then said only a delay
was expected; and some City Hall officials clamor for the federal
government to absorb the city's
debt, while Cardenas coyly says he has never specifically asked for such a
remedy.

Many observers believe Cardenas intends to run for the presidency in 2000,
but he has denied ever
publicly expressing such an aspiration.

"However, I fully realize that my success or failure as mayor will directly
affect the presidential and
congressional elections of 2000," Cardenas admitted last week.

Finally, an opinion poll conducted by Indemerc Louis Harris found that the
public felt nothing
much had changed since Cardenas took office, though the mayor's Party of
the Democratic
Revolution remained an overwhelming preference of those polled.

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