May/June, 2001	Volume 12, #7

June First! by Lucas Spiegel "June 1st" has become a household word in Eugene. On the first day of June in 1997, 11 people staged a peaceful act of resistance to a "public/private" development and the cutting of 40 heritage trees cleared to make room for it. They were met with dozens of cans of OC (pepper) spray, tear gas, beatings, and criminal charges. The actions of the Eugene Police (E.P.D.) were condemned by Amnesty International as acts of Police brutality and torture. For many, June 1st became symbolic of the lengths to which the E.P.D. will go to protect the interests of the elite. Full Story... The Legendary Bandit Queen of India by Liz Larvicide The legendary bandit queen Phoolan Devi, a lower caste womyn from India, rose from poverty, rape and abuse to become a modern day bandit, personally avenging her honor and stealing from the rich while giving to the poor. Seen by some as nothing but a common criminal, she is heralded by countless others as a heroine, a modern day female Robin Hood who fought in the name of the poor lower castes of India while simultaneously fiercely advocating wimminıs rights. Full Story... May Day Round-up gathered from various IMCs May 1st is International Workers' Day, and is celebrated in almost every country in the world but the United States and Canada. Full Story... FTAA Round-up Blaine, Washington Full Story... Quebec City Full Story... Burlington Full Story... San Diego Full Story... Review of "A FTAA Diary" Full Story... Reproductive Rights by Emily Sinoradzki The man chatters on, animated. Heather and I keep smiles pasted on, as befitting random tourists who "have never seen a dairy before," though I doubt these conditions would make the average person smile. I hope my expressive face is not giving me away as the man chats about pounds of milk and heads of cattle and I watch the cows, udders prominent, being automatically let in and out of concrete-and-metal pens. Full Story... Shorts Radical news from the front. Full Story... Logging Updates Summer logging could have dire consequences on Oregon's forests Full Story... Three years of resistance at Fall Creek tree-sit Full Story... Boycott StUmpqua bank Full Story... New Subpeonas Issued for Grand Jury: Two Activists Summoned Regarding March Car Lot Arson Full Story... The Borderlining of America's Women: Borderline Personality Disorder by Steve Redfield Full Story... No Sweat Zone Campaign Begins at UO by Venus Killen Full Story... We Came, We Saw, We Told Zinser to Go Home by e.g.-f. Full Story... A Piece (Partly Abstract) Regarding Jazz Music and Our Daily Ascension by Nicholas Vaughan Full Story... Local Updates The Independent Police Review Project, Support Coalition International, The Center for Appropriate Transport, Sexual Assault Support Services, and The Cascadia Media Collective Full Story... Vegan Recipes Corn bread, tofu cutlets, soy tooth decay, vegab BBQ, spicy peanut sauce w/ broccoli and tofu Full Story...