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Message no. 1
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: AIM in the news
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:24:36 -0500
In the paper today was the mention that the American Indian Movement
(AIM) is disrupting the president's panel on race in America. Obviously
a predecessor to the more radical SAIM (Soverign American Indian
Movement) that nuked Russia.

Double-Domed Mike
Message no. 2
From: Chris Lubrecht <lubrecht@***.NET>
Subject: Re: AIM in the news
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:18:39 -0500
At 04:24 PM 3/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>In the paper today was the mention that the American Indian Movement
>(AIM) is disrupting the president's panel on race in America. Obviously
>a predecessor to the more radical SAIM (Soverign American Indian
>Movement) that nuked Russia.
>

AIM has been around since the 60's (I believe....).

And we all know how good FASA is at warping history forward and into the
future (just look ta Battletech :) )



Nigel
http://www.users.nac.net/lubrecht
Message no. 3
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: AIM in the news
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0500
At 05:18 PM 3/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 04:24 PM 3/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>In the paper today was the mention that the American Indian Movement
>>(AIM) is disrupting the president's panel on race in America. Obviously
>>a predecessor to the more radical SAIM (Sovereign American Indian
>>Movement) that nuked Russia.
>>
>
>AIM has been around since the 60's (I believe....).
>

Something like that, yes. These fellows got were wearing black ski masks
and beating on drums to protest the fact US President Clinton's "race
relations town hall panel" doesn't include Native Americans.

To which the actor Edward James Olmos replied to the general affect that
the Native Americans have been wrongfully ignored across North America,
which would include the little Chiapas unrest in Mexico.

It's not too hard, if you study current events and history, to extrapolate
things out into the future; it's part of the draw of cyberpunk near-future
games. We can all see it happening.

And as far as AIM goes, I do know that the unrest among Native Americans is
rising; more incidents of civil unrest, urban terrorism and political
activism. And it's looking like it's going to get worse before it gets
better.

I'm not saying that the Native Americans are going to get huge chunks of
land back, like in SR, but there are going to be some interesting
occurrences in this area over the next decade.

Erik J.


"Oh, the silent helicopters and the men in black fatigues? They're just my
car pool to work."
Message no. 4
From: Benjamin Eriksen <benjamin.eriksen@******.UIO.NO>
Subject: Re: AIM in the news
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:24:45 +0200
At 17:48 25.03.98 -0500, you wrote:

>>AIM has been around since the 60's (I believe....).
>>
>
>Something like that, yes. These fellows got were wearing black ski masks
>and beating on drums to protest the fact US President Clinton's "race
>relations town hall panel" doesn't include Native Americans.
>
>To which the actor Edward James Olmos replied to the general affect that
>the Native Americans have been wrongfully ignored across North America,
>which would include the little Chiapas unrest in Mexico.
>
>It's not too hard, if you study current events and history, to extrapolate
>things out into the future; it's part of the draw of cyberpunk near-future
>games. We can all see it happening.
>
>And as far as AIM goes, I do know that the unrest among Native Americans is
>rising; more incidents of civil unrest, urban terrorism and political
>activism. And it's looking like it's going to get worse before it gets
>better.
>
>I'm not saying that the Native Americans are going to get huge chunks of
>land back, like in SR, but there are going to be some interesting
>occurrences in this area over the next decade.

Yes, AIM has been around for a long time, and has a large share of its
members in jail. I'm not about to preach morale to the americans on this
list, as we norwegians are at least equally culpable of having segregated
our Lapp population and imposed laws on their rights to land and property.
All I'm saying is, AIM is a very angry organization, and in my eyes, they
have a right to be. As Tom Clancy so perceptively pointed out in one of
his books, many of AIM's present members are second-gen city indians and
have little to do with living outdoors in the middle of a Northern America
winter, but they have been told about their heritage and seek back to their
roots...which probably don't seem like a very bad place to go, seeing as
their present living conditions aren't what they ought to be, to put it
mildly.
Take the time to read up on AIM. If not for gaming purposes, then just to
be aware.
B.

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