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Archive: 1996

May 22, 1997

Rosalind Chirimuuta-Harrison, co-author of AIDS, Africa, and Racism, debunks the racist assumptions behind the AIDS-from-Africa hypothesis, and the claim that AIDS is reaching panepidemic proportions on that continent, in "Is AIDS African?" . . . Another of Dissonance's hypertext of resources on AIDS and the Global Economy.

ALSO . . .

• We have removed the broken chat area from DISS/cussion and replaced it with a temporary system. Anyone able to set up a perl chat system, [CONTACT PAGE]!
• For the security phreeks...Our server (finally) no longer asks you for cookies all the time.

May 16, 1997

SIX NEW ITEMS ON THE WSPA SITE! FIND OUT MORE HERE.

May 2, 1997

Rich Rath explains "Relations of Power" in a new Dissonance feature section, "In Theory".

March 25, 1997

Meena Alexander will read from her new book. Find out when and where here.

March 19, 1997

Two from W.S.P.A:

• Mayor of Kiev Closes Controversial Dog Fur Factory
• Task Force Mobilized in Response to Taiwan's Stray Dog Crisis

March 18, 1997

S.A.W.A. has updated its New England calendar of events.

March 4, 1997

Stop Oxen Torture in Santa Catarina. Find out how from W.S.P.A.

February 17, 1997

• The Omnivore's Europe and Northwestern Asia News Page now links to The Glasgow Herald in Scotland, Monitor's English digest in Montenegro, the Serbian-language daily Nasa Borba, and the new Serbia Now independent Web newspaper

February 6, 1997

If you noticed that the Omnivore's Europe and Northwestern Asia News Page has started to look like a very well-fed place, that is because Dave W. Mitchell has volunteered to maintain it. Dave is a translator and poet. He founded the Oregon Coast Rural Information Service Cooperative. He and Carla Perry edit/publish Talus and Scree and The Far Cry for OCRISC. More links to Dave's projects can be found at the OCRISC Gallery.

• How did Dave end up with his own continent? Find out here.
• You can find out who the rest of us are on the "More about Way Net" page.

February 5, 1997

• We updated numerous links and pruned away deadwood on the Omnivore's Europe and Northwestern Asia News Page. All links should now be functional.
• We also added links to The Irish Times, Le Soir of Brussels (in French), Infocity, an extensive Italian press agency (in Italian), Beta News Agency in Belgrade, and Press Now, which provides links to independent media in the former Yugoslavia

January 30, 1997

• We updated the links to the USIS daily bulletins, VITA, and Central Europe Today on the Omnivore's Europe and Northwestern Asia News Page.
• We also added links to The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs: Emergency Reports, Russia Today, which provides extensive coverage of Russia and the NIS, and News Bulletins from the RIA Novosti Hotline

January 21, 1997

• We updated the links to the Nicaragua Solidarity Network and the Weekly News Update on the Omnivore's Latin American News Page.
• You can also see what we've been up to for the past year--1996's "WhatsNew" has been moved to "WasNew@Way.Net"

January 19, 1997

SAWA has updated its homepage.