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Subject: Burma Out! Spain, drugs, and a ? of sport and standards?

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                      From Seattle to Sydney

Apart from its treatment of Basque prisoners and their families. 
Spain has a number of reasons for which it should be proud.

It finally ended the Franco regime, regained a royal family,
whatever that means. And is even, with the assistance of the 
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw, ex President of the National 
Union of Students,  "bringing Spanish justice" to bear upon an 
old friend of the CIA "who went sorta outa control".  General 
Pinochet of Chile.

When one thinks of this wonderful nation. Picasso, flamenco,
the advance of tourism through sunshine, a young Seve 
Ballesteros and golf ;-) one also thinks of it with affection. 
And as a paid up member of the European Community.

The dictatorship in Chile killed thousands of innocent people.
But so too, depending upon his understanding of what is right 
and what is "people unfriendly", may be one of their own.

>From his native Catalonia  A man from quality Spain, a man of 
title. A man who has prospered through decades by his use of 
high level Franco contacts and local sport. And who now sits at 
the head of one of the most corrupt eras of an organisation 
purporting to speak both on behalf of the spirit of the flame and 
the international community.

Over the next few months, the behavior of this man and his 
affluent cohorts from around the globe will either bring badly
needed relief and encouragement to millions currently suffering 
from their own or their loved ones misuse of hard drugs, or an
Olympic sanitized death to far too many.

For it is the Juan Antonio, the Marquis de Samaranch and 
his over powerful quango, the International Olympic Committee
who will decide if they will stand up for a history wherein 
proudly, South Africa was barred from competition in Tokyo in 
1964. And during the build up to Sydney, ban an ethically 
unrepresentative team from the Burmese military junta from 
Olympiad 2000.

Why? Because 86% of all the heroin on the streets of the host
nation, comes curtesy of the Rangoon junta. Which in turn, 
launders all the cash.

And as the spotlights shine on the latest IOC twist to "regain their 
image". The honest truth may be that the Marques and friends 
already know the score on Burma and Australian heroin. 

So maybe it is time that Spain took to task its own human rights 
and heroin double standards, and straightened out one of their 
own. 

Would someone be kind enough to mention this to them?

Rr


Follow the plea by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the appreciations 
of HH the Dalai Lama, the Shan Democratic Union,  film maker John 
Pilger, the Free Burma Coalition,  author Alan Clements, Dennis 
Skinner MP, Tony Benn MP, Ann Clwyd MP, Congress-woman  
Maxine Waters,  Socialist Workers' Party,  Dr and Welsh rugby  
star JPR Williams, Hendrix  bassist Noel Redding,  S African jazz 
pianist Abdullah Ibrahim,  All Burma Students Democratic 
Organisation,  All Burma Students Democratic Front, Tasmanian 
Trades & Labour Council,  SACP (South African Communist Party),
COSATU,  Tim Gopsill, editor.  The.Journalist@xxxxxxxxxx, and 
numerous others.   

Supporting a Genuine war upon drugs and human rights abuse.
Sydney 2000 : Burma Out! 
http://www.mihra.org/2K/burma.htm

Music Industry Human Rights Association
http://www.mihra.org / policy.office@xxxxxxxxx 
Union Action http://www.mihra.org/2K/Union.htm

Unchained  : The "New Rachel" page.
http//:www.mihra.org/2K/rachel.htm

Founded during UN50. Mihra's roots are in music and anti-racism and 
was first in line in calling for a sports boycott of Burma for the Sydney
2000 Olympic Games. Mihra also advances protection of creators rights 
in an anti-cultural market, currently 93.8% monopolised by the recording  
/ publishing Grand Cartel.