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19. Cow's Milk Bacterium May Cause Crohn's Disease Research points to a possible connection between gastro- intestinal Crohn's disease and the milk we drink. Four studies show that the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, which is found in the almost identical Johne's disease in cattle, survives the pasteurisation process and can infect us through the dairy products we consume. This disease has already infected between 500,000 and one million people in the US alone, and approximately 55 Americans are newly diagnosed each day. At least half of these victims will have an inflamed intestine surgically removed. Both medical and veterinary researchers agree that there is cause for concern and great need for further investigations, yet neither the government nor the dairy industry is willing to touch the issue. Forty-five per cent of dairy producers are either unaware of the disease or know very little about it, despite the fact that the dairy industry is losing US$1.5 billion a year from animals lethally infected with Johne's disease. Source: Lisa Chamberlain (lchamberlain@freetimes.com), "The Crohn's Connection?", Cleveland Free Times, 16-22 June 1999. that the White majority is fed up with affirmative action. This false perception may have discouraged White politicians who might otherwise have defended the policy. Since the media have made affirmative action an issue concerning only Blacks and Whites, Latinos and Asians have been left in peripheral positions and women and Native Americans barely register on the radar screen. Sources: Robert Entman (entmen@ncsu.edu), "The Color Game: How Media Plays the Race Card", News Watch, Summer 1999; Linda Jue, "It is the Nuances, Stupid", News Watch, Summer 1999. 17. World Bank's Resettlement Programs Displace cause for concern and great need for further investigations, yet Millions of People neither the government nor the dairy industry is willing to touch The World Bank funds large dam-building projects, but does the issue. Forty-five per cent of dairy producers are either little to help the displaced millions who are forced to relocate. A unaware of the disease or know very little about it, despite the fact recent report by the World Bank's Operations Evaluation that the dairy industry is losing US$1.5 billion a year from Department (OED) shows the Bank's failure to implement its own —_ animals lethally infected with Johne's disease. resettlement policy. The most recent data available indicates that | Source: Lisa Chamberlain (Ichamberlain@freetimes.com), "The 1.9 million people are being displaced by projects in the Bank's Crohn's Connection?", Cleveland Free Times, 16-22 June 1999. current portfolio, and that these numbers are continuing to grow. 20. IMF and World Bank Contributed One of the biggest concerns aroused by the to Economic Tensions in the Balkans authors of the OED report is the Bank's The International Monetary Fund (IMF) inability to restore the incomes of those i and the World Bank were leading contributors resettled. The report recommends that the The Holy See claims to economic tensions in the Balkans that stim- Bank move away from its policy of offering to be the representative ulated the break-up of Yugoslavia. replacement land for land Tost wa project. of "the entire people of Decaiied documents from 1988 reveal that n reality, resettlers lose the best land in the . a ational Security directive, entitle area_river valley land—and it's replaced God", and promotes its "United States Policy Towards Yugoslavia", with the most awful land around, because agenda by threatening set a policy for destabilising the Yugoslavian that is what is left." " " Government. Source: Lori Pottinger (lori@irn.org), to pull out of any of In the early 1980s, the World Bank and "World Bank's Record on Resettlement the 300,000 health care IMF provided loans to the former Yugoslavia Remains Troublesome", World Rivers ilitias | supposedly to "fix" the economic hard- Review, December 1998. facilities it shale ship of the region. The loans from these worldwide, if the UN two organisations included mandated should attempt to force macroeconomic restructuring that, rather srege than helping, in fact destroyed the indus- any of those facilities trial sector and dismantled the welfare to provide abortion or contraception services. 18. Minors in California are being Tried as Adults in the Criminal Justice System It is unclear how many minors are getting bumped into the "big leagues" via fitness hearings which determine whether they should be tried as adults. Due to the lack of a tracking system, there is no way to determine where these minors are ending up, or if trying minors as adults is an effective deterrent hatred, confusion and divisiveness. or rehabilitation method. Research Source: Michael Chossudovsky, shows that 80 to 90 per cent of juveniles who did undergo fitness "Banking on the Balkans", THIS, July/August 1999. hearings ended up in adult court. In 1994, two California State Assembly members "courting 21. The Vatican's UN Status Challenged state. In 1990, the IMF and the World Bank delivered a new "financial aid package" that required new and exten- sive expenditure cuts by the federal gov- ernment. The IMF and World Bank involvement led to the impoverishment of the population, which in turn led to tough-on-crime votes revamped section 707 of the penal code, A special delegation to the Vatican (the Holy See) holds a posi- making it easier to try teens accused of serious offenses in the tion in the United Nations that is more powerful than any other adult system". non-governmental organisation (NGO), enjoying the same status Paul S. D. Berg, PhD, a forensic pathologist who has testified in as politically neutral Switzerland. three or four dozen fitness hearings, stated: "The only cases that The Holy See claims to be the representative of "the entire peo- end up in these hearings are serious cases, so the criterion is met —_ ple of God", and promotes its agenda by threatening to "pull out" by definition." of any of the 300,000 health care facilities it owns worldwide, if Source: A. Clay Thompson (ac_thompson@ sfbg.com), "The Lost the UN should attempt to force any of those facilities to provide Boys: California is trying kids as adults—and locking them up abortion or contraception services. This threat creates a hostage for life. No one knows how many", The San Francisco Bay situation for poorer countries that are reliant on the Church for Guardian, 27 January 1999. poverty relief and basic health care. The Holy See claims to be the representative of "the entire people of God", and promotes its agenda by threatening to "pull out" of any of the 300,000 health care facilities it owns worldwide, if the UN should attempt to force any of those facilities to provide abortion or contraception services. 21. The Vatican's UN Status Challenged A special delegation to the Vatican (the Holy See) holds a posi- tion in the United Nations that is more powerful than any other non-governmental organisation (NGO), enjoying the same status as politically neutral Switzerland. The Holy See claims to be the representative of "the entire peo- ple of God", and promotes its agenda by threatening to "pull out" of any of the 300,000 health care facilities it owns worldwide, if the UN should attempt to force any of those facilities to provide abortion or contraception services. This threat creates a hostage situation for poorer countries that are reliant on the Church for poverty relief and basic health care. JUNE — JULY 2000 NEXUS - 21