The Gainesville Iguana--1998 articles

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January 1998	Immokalee workers hunger strike for bargaining rights Feminists protest sexist morning after pill practice at UF infirmary Short bits Fla. NOW Conference in Gainesville Jan. 23-25 NOW's Women of Color & Allies Summit Public Interest Env. Conference March 5-7 No to NATO expansion Cabinet to decide on Lake Alice Jan. 21 Joseph Judge: First-Hand History Jericho March '98 Free Radio Gainesville Manifesto History of Free Radio Gainesville Micropowered radio war escalates Platform Issues of the Million Woman March Reflections on the Million Woman March Million Woman March Mission Statement 2000 protest, 601 arrested to close Army School of Americas Why do they hate us?--Reflections on Chiapas and Florida ACLU Legal Panel calls for cases
February 1998	BLACK HISTORY MONTH Free Radio Gainesville schedule Jericho March '98 Bike ride speaks for bike rights "Do not bomb Iraq" Gainesville-area Women's Liberation Movement pioneers honored in NYC Comments on the 30th Anniversary Honoring of Women's Liberation Organizers Commission votes to broaden City anti-discrimination ordinance Black-owned newspaper firebombed Highlights... Micropowered Radio Teach-in featuring members of 87X (Tampa) Fair Trade or Bust Bus tour hits Gainesville Mexico Solidarity Growing in Gainesville; Next event Friday, Feb. 20 Program to explain Comprehensive Plan review process Civil rights organizer Julian Bond speaks on the work ahead Fidel Castro's welcome to the Pope Grassroots specialist on Gulf War illness speaks Feb. 13
March 1998	Experts try to justify threats to bomb Iraq 27-year political prisoner invites students to join struggle March 27 Jericho rally in D.C. raises freedom banner for U.S. political prisoners Child Care teachers seek "Worthy Wages" U.S. military aids Mexico's attacks on Zapatista movement Fair trade or bust bus visits Gainesville Highlights... The AFL-CIO is convening a statewide rally called "Many Voices, One Movement" in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 17 In defense of 97X Saturday, April 14 will be a fundraiser for local musician Bike trails blooming in Gainesville Yucca Mountain slated for nuclear waste storage Liberating the airwaves--events & strategies State Road 20 4-laning part of Florida wide road plan
April 1998	UF arrests six for protesting Gulf War chief's honorary doctorate Childcare teachers call for worthy wages Saturday labor history class offered by UF Solidarity Summer School in Chicago Aug. 3-6 Florida women to get constitutional equality? Corporate promotion in schools reaches new low Labor rallies at capital to protect free speech Highlights... State Representative Willie Logan (Opa-Locka) will address Common Cause The A. Philip Randolph museum exhibit is scheduled to open at the Matheson Center The ninth annual Florida Youth Peace Camp will be held in two stages this summer CAMPUS NOW PROTESTS SEMINAR ON PHONY ABORTION DISORDER Jericho '98, the March 27 rally in Washington, DC for freedom and amnesty for all political prisoners USDA moves to make organic food labels meaningless Women tell experiences of rape & sexual harassment at NOW event Campus NOW's demands on rape on campus Man arrested at School of Americas prepares to serve 6-month sentence--Interview with Dwight Lawton
May/June 1998	Event to celebrate Gainesville Women's Health Center . . . "Health Care for People, Not for Profit" was clinic's mission 97X bites the dust Black Radical Congress 94.7 Free Radio Gainesville expands schedule U.S. should pay its United Nations debt Highlights... Stand for Children day 1998 will be celebrated locally on Sunday, May 31 Waco: The Rules of Engagement Lesbian/Gay Pride Week in Gainesville is officially June 7-13 The A. Philip Randolph Travelling Exhibit State buys out farm owners, leaves out farmworkers Critical Mass bike rides: Three riders tackle issues Bill Batlle: Get involved on many levels Maliah Rosenbloom: Make this part of the world safer for bikes Scorpio: On the front line Worthy Wage Day event honors childcare teachers protest in front of Manoucheka "Chica" Thermitus' appeal hearing in April
July/August 1998	Free Radio Gainesville 94.7 stays on the air defying FCC orders "The Big One" hits Hogtown Viva Mexico Night July 17 Ohio McDonalds workers attempt precedent-setting organizing effort City declares 'Workers right to organize' day Aug. 4 event to tell the truth about Florida's welfare destruction program Peltier's medical condition serious Hey 97X-heads! East Timor film & discussion July 14 1% tax is a bad way to pay for recreation
September 1998	Welfare cuts lower area wages, increase pain for jobless Newport in, Hutch in runoff Job Stats: Too Good to be True Family of police killing victim in Archer speaks out Mumia Abu-Jamal's rights as prison journalist were violated, 3 judges agree Legendary IWW comes to life in Gainesville Campus NOW invites participation About that $20,000 for Dan Quayle ... Nudity draws huge media coverage The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas ACLU accuses UF of civil liberties violations in Schwarzkopf arrests Free Radio Gainesville 94.7 Schedule Scratching the surface until we bleed U.S. power feeds Mexico's war on the poor Pledge resistance...Radical Rush Sept. 15-18
October 1998	Campaign gathers signatures to get health care for all in Florida Civic Media Center celebrates 5th birthday Sister Helen Prejean spoke to an overflow crowd at the University Auditorium Sept. 17 NAACP exposes local discrimination Clean Air ordinance on Nov. 3 ballot Labor Party exposes privatization scam ...No, the private sector doesn't do it better Revitalize the Public Sector Upcoming... Demonstrators will gather at the Army School of Americas at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia Farmworkers, students, and farmworker advocates will hold a national meeting, "Sowing Seeds of Change" on the weekend of Nov 6-8 Just what are these ghouls cooking up now? There will be a slide show "Steps 4 Experience: South America" Who's waging Class War? Free Radio Gainesville October Schedule Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice links environmental & social justice movements Inside the Civic Media Center Florida Constitutional Revisions on the November 3rd ballot Redesigning University Avenue
November/ December 1998	Hard-fought Clean Air ordinance narrowly defeated... Battle continues against tire-burning cement plant Spitfire tour raises level of debate Will the U.S. execute a journalist? New trial denied to political prisoner on death row Number of Americans without health insurance jumps to 43.2 million Get insurance companies out of health care! Campus NOW protests church's "Hell House" Upcoming... Hempfest set for downtown plaza on Saturday, November 14 The Gator Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Ritalin, the drug prescribed to supposedly hyperactive schoolchildren Gainesville Area National Organization for Women (NOW) "Mobilizing Community Support for Welfare Moms and Children" Civic Media Center conducts membership drive Protest slated for Nov. 21-22 to shut down "School of Assassins" FREE RADIO GAINESVILLE program schedule Coalition seeks to expose & end UF job discrimination Employment Discrimination Survey

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