1998-12-03 Richard Moore Dear rn, The final Chapter 1 is now ready for review on our website, under “Achieving a Livable, Peaceful World”: http://cyberjournal.org I’ll be happy to send it to anyone who would rather receive it via email. Considerable new material has been added, including details of CFR planning of the grand strategy for … Read more
1998-12-03 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- (…continued) The destabilization of Western societies ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ One of the policy shifts was described above — the re-introduction of the doctrine of laissez-faire economics. This undermined a century of social progress in the West, abandoned government’s attempt to provide a beneficial “guiding hand” to the economy, and brought government policy-making into … Read more
1998-12-03 Richard Moore Dear rn, cj, and Bcc friends, I believe the following TOC and Introduction are final-final, but comments continue to be welcome. I hope you enjoy. A formatted version is on the website, and a final-final Chapter 1 will show up there today or tomorrow. Reviewers have continued to put in dedicated effort, … Read more
1998-12-02 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— From: “Laurence Cox” <•••@••.•••> To: “Social Movements List” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Ireland from Below activist / academic workshop Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:27:41 GMT Organization: Waterford Institute Of Technology Comments: Originally To: •••@••.••• This might be of interest to some listmembers. People from beyond these islands might be interested to note … Read more
1998-12-01 Jan Slakov Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:59:35 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: Veronica <•••@••.•••> To: Jan Slakov <•••@••.•••> Subject: SOBERING ARTICLE: The Global Economy: Can it be Fixed? (fwd) ———————————————————- The Global Economy: Can it be Fixed? Based on a presentation to the Bellerive/GLOBE International Conference on Policing the Global Economy Geneva, March … Read more
1998-11-30 Jan Slakov Dear Renaissance-Network, Nov. 30 The three items below shed some interesting light on the current financial crisis in East Asia. It is all too easy for people in North America to convince themselves that East Asia’s crisis is largely due to an unfortunate regional tendency for corruption. Certainly, our mass media seem … Read more
1998-11-28 Jan Slakov Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:33:00 +0000 From: Paul Swann <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fwd: PINOCHET ACTION * Note: To avoid broken lines and arrows when forwarding, please copy & paste to a new message * —–Original Message—– From: SMTP:•••@••.•••[SMTP:•••@••.•••] Sent: Friday, November 27, 1998 12:06 PM To: bethan Subject: Pinochet Action-FWD Importance: High … Read more
1998-11-27 Jan Slakov Dear Rn list, Nov. 27 Eric Fawcett of Science for Peace sent us the original “Darkness and Light” message; I am just expanding on the theme. A bit more light: A huge protest agains the School of the Americas, notorious for tranining death squad types seems to have been very successful. (But, … Read more
1998-11-25 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Nov. 24 I had a message for you all ready to post and the news that the House of Lords ruled that Pinochet does not have immunity just came in. I bet there will be a big party in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, “chez nous” too! all the best, Jan … Read more
1998-11-24 Jan Slakov Dear Renaissance-Network, Nov. 24 When I saw Brian Hill’s birthday wish to Noam Chomsky, I thought that surely many of you would like to see it too. It says a lot about the usefulness of seeing beyond the silly political allegiances people sometimes make…! From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Happy Birthday Noam! … Read more