[CIMC-work] Re: anarchist-in-subway allegation/Anthrax in Illinois

Wed Nov 19 13:10:10 PST 2003

Hi, Mike. You should know that the 'anarchist in the subway' spin was put out 
initially by the Chicago police department, picked up aggressively by the 
corporate press -- and later turned out to be completely bogus (unsurprisingly, 
the corporate press didn't exactly extend itself in correcting the record). The 
guy had no connection with 'anarchist' groups in Wisconsin, et al. Chicago 
Indymedia has updated our wire and calendar listing to reflect this. You-all 
might want to do the same.

Chris Geovanis

In a message dated 11/19/03 12:46:40 AM Central Standard Time, 
ckaihatsu at myrealbox.com writes:

> Subj:[CIMC-work] (anarchist-in-subway allegation) Fw: Anthrax in 
> Illinois!!!!!!! 
> Date:11/19/03 12:46:40 AM Central Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:ckaihatsu at myrealbox.com">ckaihatsu at myrealbox.com</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:imc-chicago-working at indymedia.org">imc-chicago-working at indymedia.org</A>
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> CIMC,
> 
> The sixth item in the press release below refers to an allegation we
> discussed at Sunday's meeting -- should we issue any sort of statement to
> debunk the allegation?
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MICHAEL FOERSTEL" <m-m-23 at msn.com>
> To: "CampusGreensMidwest" <CampusGreensMidwest at yahoogroups.com>; "eclist"
> <eclist at chicagomediaaction.org>; "rollingthunder"
> <rollingthunderchicago at groups.msn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:16 AM
> Subject: Fw: Anthrax in Illinois!!!!!!!
> 
> 
> 
> PROTEST BIOWEAPONS RESEARCH AT UIC
> 1:00 PM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
> 900 S. Ashland, in the Molecular Biology Research Building (MBRB)
> First Floor, Auditorium
> West Side of Building Entrance by the sculpture
> 
> On Thursday, an informational meeting will be held at UIC about a new
> program on campus that involves making ciprofloxacin-resistant
> anthrax. The program, funded by a 15.7 million dollar NIH award,
> professes to be for developing "life-saving" new drugs against
> antibiotic-resistant anthrax. The NIH awarded UIC researchers in the
> MBRB, based on a grant proposal they submitted that demonstrated they
> already have created new antibiotic-resistant strains!
> 
> --UIC is not a military establishment and, therefore, is neither an
> appropriate place for bioweapons research nor can it accommodate the
> kind of security needed for such research.
> --The development of ciprofloxacin-resistant anthrax defies the 1972
> International Biological Weapons Convention, the 1925 Geneva Protocol
> and is rejected by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
> --Ciprofloxacin is now effective against anthrax strains known to
> exist. It is unethical to develop new strains resistant to the
> current therapy even on the pretext that new drugs must be developed
> to anticipate an enemy also developing antibiotic-resistant strains.
> We must remember that the only deaths due to weaponized anthrax in
> this country came from a U.S. strain developed in the Dugway Proving
> Grounds, a "secure" military facility.
> --Faculty, staff and students have never been informed about the
> bioweapons research on campus.
> --There are no safety plans in place at UIC in case of theft,
> accidental release or attack.
> -- Last March, a Wisconsin man was arrested on the UIC campus in
> connection with multiple thefts on campus, and was found to be living
> in a steam tunnel under the Education, Communication and Social Work
> Building, and in possession of a quarter pound of cyanide powder
> which he stored in CTA cabinets in the Blue Line one block from the
> Federal Building.
> --The undergraduate school of social work was quietly axed at the
> same time UIC is publicly celebrating its new bioweapons research
> award. Has the mission of the University of Illinois changed?
> 
> THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!
> 
> See below for a statement and call to mobilize from UIC Students for
> Social Justice and the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism:
> 
> Weapons of Mass Destruction Found.and Created...in Chicago
> 
> Some researchers at the University of Illinois-Chicago boast that
> they have created a new strain of deadly anthrax, and are touting
> their creation as a "contribution" to Bush's "War on Terrorism." For
> this they have been rewarded with a $15.7 grant from the National
> Institutes of Health.
> 
> At its worst, the government-sponsored development of a new strain of
> anthrax represents a dangerous escalation which could help fuel a
> biological warfare arms race. At the very least, this development of
> another deadly strain of the disease which terrorized postal workers
> and others in 2001, is the height of irresponsibility. The source of
> the previous anthrax scare was a highly-guarded, U.S. government
> facility out west.
> 
> By contrast, the UIC's "research" was conducted at a virtually
> unguarded building at the Chicago campus, itself in the middle of a
> major population center. That the University would allow and
> encourage such conduct is an arrogant affront to the health and
> safety concerns of UIC students, faculty and staff, let alone the
> rest of the city.
> 
> Creators of the new anthrax bioweapon will hold a public meeting at
> this Thursday at 1 pm in the Molecular Biology Research Building
> auditorium in an attempt to explain away their misconduct. Whether
> part of the UIC community or not, all who oppose this should attend
> this meeting to protest. 1 pm, 900 S. Ashland, in the Molecular
> Biology Research Building (MBRB), First Floor, Auditorium, (West Side
> of Building Entrance by the sculpture).
> 
> PLEASE NOTE: Some people want to attend the forum in order to ask
> questions and raise concerns, some may choose to protest outside of
> the room and/or building, and others may choose to engage in
> alternative forms of protest.  In any case, we are not dictating to
> others what particular form of protest to engage in and are asking
> that everyone respect the generic call for a diversity of tactics and
> plurality of visions.
> 
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