WHO KILLED LENNON.
from Roger Bunn @ Mihra

JOHN Lennon's youngest son yesterday blamed the fatal shooting of his father almost 20 years ago on a conspiracy backed by the United States government.

Sean Lennon, who made his debut as a solo artist last month, told New Yorker magazine that the ex-Beatle was a "counter-cultural revolutionary" who the American government could not ignore.

He said: "He was dangerous to the government. If he had said, 'Bomb the White House tomorrow', there would have been 10,000 people who would have done it. These pacifist revolutionaries are historically killed by the government.

"Anybody who thinks that Mark Chapman [who shot Lennon outside his New York apartment in 1980] was just some crazy guy who killed my dad for his personal interests, is insane. Or very naive. Or hasn't thought about it clearly. It was in the best interests of the United States to have my dad killed. Definitely. And, you know, that worked against them because, once he died, his powers grew . . . They didn't get what they wanted." The young Lennon, 22, told the magazine that his childhood with mother Yoko Ono was "as close to normal" as it could be, except that he had two armed detectives as companions. Like his father, he has an elder Japanese girlfriend - 37-year-old Yuka Honda - and is passionate about racism, rain forests and sexual harassment. He is also a big Beach Boys fan.

(Don't they mean anti-racism?)

While his half-brother Julian's singing career faded quickly, Sean Lennon told New Yorker he wanted to be known for his own style of music. He said "The more I make my own path, the less people will associate me with my parents. If you go to a high school and ask kids to tell you the difference between John Lennon and Paul McCartney, they don't even know what band they were in."

New York Police Department's exhaustive investigation into John Lennon's killing found no evidence that the disturbed Chapman did not act alone.

The young Lennon's debut album, Into the Sun, has recently appeared in American record shops. In 1995, he sang with his mother on an album, Rising.

He said of his new album: "This is a time when a lot of people are making records that are negative and sad, and I just wanted to do the antithesis of that, so I tried to do something that was light and romantic and beautiful and positive. I felt that would be a kind of rebellious thing to do."

23 February 1998: Wanted: curator to lead magical mystery tours 10 January 1998: [etcetera] Must it be Lennon or McCartney? 27 October 1996: Sketchbook reveals John Lennon's 'drug-fuelled visions'



Native America, Brazil and General Genocide
sent via Roger Bunn @ Mihra

Khwe Ish, (and Making Music, a rare "independent" music magazine UK) Please push this around......

From: Maria Emilia
Organization: ZAS PROD. ARTISTICAS
To: Roger Bunn

The ianomamis are starving after the Amazon Fire,at Rondonia State, pushed the animals and birds or fishes off their hunting areas, far from them. The Brazilian government is doing noting to help them, as it's very difficult to get to this region, only by helicopters and actually they are not worried about the 8000 indigenous people living there. "May Day" for the brazilian indians.

Maria

*Keep the air and the fresh watter sources clean* Save our Mother Earth - Mae Terra - Madre Tierra

BRANSON? By the way Roger, what a nazi the german guy of the sacred spirit CD! He should be in jail!

Anyone with a telephone and the number of their local Brazilian Embassy? If so, send to Roger @ Mihra



A CASE FOR THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER?
from Roger Bunn @ Mihra

According to the 1-27-98 Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS, Page C-2, a black community newspaper known for taking controversial stands and warring with local officials was firebombed Monday. Charles Tisdale said his office has been vandalized or bombed more than 20 times over the past years. Stories in the weekly Advocate have criticized a number of public officials at the national, state and local level. Tisdale said he does not expect the city to pursue the bombers and said in recent months they have ignored his reports of vandalism, including drive-by shootings. ----------------------------------------------- Inside scoop: Charles Tisdale has been openly warring with former FBI Co-intel James Ingram - now Director of Public Safety for the State of Mississippi. Tisdale has reportedly said about retired FBI agent Ingram, "He's the most dangerous man in America". It is rumored that Tisdale has leaked intelligence linking Ingram to being the triggerman behind the Martin Luther King, Jr. homicide. It is absolutely true that Tisdale's home and office have been shot up and bombed on a number of occasions; but the authorities will not investigate.

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11.20.97, Burma: And it's Bye Bye to SLORC?

Seeking a change of heart from Brussels on the nations exclusion, Burma's military rulers bring in new faces

*** Burma's military rulers dissolve SLORC *** RANGOON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Burma's military leaders have made a surprise move by creating a new ruling body with fresh faces, but diplomats said it was too early to tell if the announcement would lead to major policy changes. The State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), which ruled the country with an iron hand since 1988, said late on Saturday that it was being replaced by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

Oh yes? What a nice name for murder, slavery and imported champagne?

"Prepare To Pay"

"Life Should Be Precious"

State media said the 19-member SPDC was made up of four former top SLORC leaders, including its chairman Than Shwe and Secretary One and intelligence chief Khin Nyunt.

One Western diplomat, who asked not to be named, said most SPDC members were new faces whose backgrounds were unknown.

``The trouble for all of us is many of the people coming in are new names. Nobody knows where they come from. It is very difficult to know what camps they belong to or how are they going to react when talking about improving dialogue with the NLD (the National League for Democracy),'' the diplomat said.

The NLD is headed by opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi whose landslide election victory in 1990 was not recognised by the SLORC.

Fifteen members of the SPDC are high-ranking military commanders including navy and air force chiefs of staff.

Analysts said many retired SLORC members were shifted to a new 14-member Advisory Board including Minister of Trade and Commerce Tun Kyi.

Announcing the changes on Saturday, state-run media said they were designed to foster ``the emergence of disciplined democracy in the country and to build up a peaceful developed nation.''

One analyst in Rangoon said the SPDC may represent a wish of military rulers to introduce young blood to the ruling regime. He said all those placed on the advisory board, in other words away from real power, were over 60.

The military leaders formed a new 40-member cabinet and launched new ministries of military affairs and electric power. The cabinet comprised 15 new faces but retained 25 former ministers with Than Shwe keeping his job as prime minister, Maung Maung Khin as deputy premier and Ohn Gyaw as foreign minister.

``This is clearly a major revamping of the government, a huge cabinet reshuffle,'' a foreign diplomat said. Some diplomats said the unexpected changes opted by the SLORC may be related to growing economic problems in Burma rather than to sustained heavy Western pressure on Rangoon to improve its human rights policies.

``It probably relates to economic problems including worsening inflation and balance of payments,'' a diplomat said.

Another diplomat said rampant corruption prompted the SLORC to improve its image. ``Growing economic problems have forced SLORC to look at themselves hard and say if there are any corrupt people, let's get them out...it may start with something like the corruption crackdown which may lead to something bigger and more positive.''

Analysts said it was no secret in Rangoon that foreign companies winning major government contracts had been asked to make hefty donations to public welfare organisations like the Karuna Foundation which opened remote rural health clinics run by the ministry of trade and commerce.

Rangoon residents said Burma's inflation this year ran at about 40 percent although the government put the figure at only about 25 percent.

Burma in July became a member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) which also groups Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

This has led to strains with the West and on Friday Burma's membership of ASEAN resulted in a meeting of officials from the European Union being postponed because of objections by Britain about Burma's participation. REUTERS

http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=5980808-3b0

Burma's next stop? Democracy or more fall guys for Sydney 2000?

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Murder or Suicide?
Journalist Danny Casolaro termed "The Octopus"

A CHILEAN COURT HAS REOPENED AN INQUIRY INTO THE MURDER OF BRITISH JOURNALIST FOUND HANGED IN HIS SANTIAGO HOTEL . A LAWYER OF HIS FAMILY HAS SAID.
JONATHON MOYLE, EDITOR OF DEFENCE HELICOPTER WORLD MAGAZINE DIED ON A VISIT TO CHILE IN 1990.
HE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE SALES OF WEAPONS BETWEEN CHILE AND IRAQ.
IN THE PAST THE COURTS HAVE REFUSED THREE TIMES TO REOPEN THE INQUIRY OWING TO A LACK OF EVIDENCE- THE LAST TIME IN JULY

Reference : The Octopus. (Secret govt and the death of Danny Casalaro)

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