ACAS BULLETIN
Spring/Summer 2000, No. 57/58
Special Issue: Progressive Action for a New Century
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Table of Contents
Introduction to the
Special Issue
by Caleb Bush, p. 1
Progressive Africa Action Workshop, November 10-11, 1999
Introduction to Workshop by William G. Martin, p. 4
Plenary Session: More
Attention to Africa but with what Politics?
Background Paper: "Africa Action After Apartheid: Constitutents or
Activists?" by William G. Martin, p. 5
Summary of discussion, including
presentations by Salih Booker, Meredeth Turshen, Imani Countess, Jennifer Davis,
and William G. Martin, p. 9 Health, Drugs and AIDS.
Background Paper: "Deconstructing the Health/AIDS/Drugs Debates," by
Charles Geschekter and Meredeth Turshen, p. 13
Summary of Discussion, p. 16
Trade, Aid, Debt and Investment
Background Paper: "African Trade Legislation: Progressive Alternatives for
U.S.-Africa policy" by Leon P. Spencer, p. 17
Background Paper: "Discussion
Note on Debt Cancellation, Africa, and the Structural Adjustment Institutions"
by Robert Naiman, Marc Mealy, Jim Cason, and William G. Martin, p. 20
Summary
of Discussion, p. 23
Humanitarian Intervention
Background Paper: "Humanitarian Intervention, Military Aid and Security
Assistance" by Jim Cason, p. 24
Summary of Discussion, p. 28
Plotting
Top Ten Progressive Policies, Constituencies, and Activism
Reflections by Aleah Bacquie, Asma Abdel-Halim and Discussion, p. 30
Top
Ten Policy List, as amended by ACAS Executive and ranked by members, p.
31
Mumia Petition and Signatories, p. 32
AIDS: Tuskegee Two
Followup
"Maternal-Fetal HIV Trials in Africa: Were the sponsors really concerned
about Africa's children?" by Yodit Bekele, p. 35
After the National
Summit on Africa: Exchanges
With contributions from Concerned Delegates to the National Summit, Jim
Lobe and Jim Cason, Salih Booker, Michigan State Co-Chairs, Leonard Robinson and
Herschelle Challenor p. 41
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