1999-12-19 Jan Slakov Dear RN, I like to send you something of a “Christmas present” around this time of year; these two postings fill the bill I think. Loving best wishes to us all and to the earth and its beings! Jan ************************************************************* Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:33:27 -0500 To: •••@••.••• From: “Mike Nickerson, … Read more
1999-12-19 Jan Slakov Dear RN, I was really pleased to get a message from someone at New Society Publishers (below). They publish quite a few really good books and you can see their catalogue at www.newsociety.com . And the Frankenfood leaflet below originates in Aotearoa (New Zealand) but could be used just about anywhere. Last … Read more
1999-12-19 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:13:56 -0800 From: frank scott <•••@••.•••> Organization: college of marin To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#1037,rn-> guest essay re: “What to do about the WTO” Seattle was the most encouraging mass event in years, especially since so much of it was focused on a systemic problem rather … Read more
1999-12-15 Jan Slakov Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:54:18 -0800 (PST) From: Aaron Koleszar <•••@••.•••> Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE REALEASE – Canadian WTO Protester Featured on the Cover of Time FOR IMMEDIATE REALEASE – December 13, 1999 Canadian WTO Protester Featured on the Cover of Time Magazine; wants to tell the story of what really happened … Read more
1999-12-15 Jan Slakov from: Address witheld by request Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:20:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: RE: rn: Vandana Shiva: significance of Seattle Hi Jan, I’ll read the rest of your post shortly, one thing that popped out at me was this: “The post Seattle challenge is to change the global trade rules and … Read more
1999-12-14 Jan Slakov Dear RN, I managed today to track down a copy of the Dec. 13 issue of TIME magazine. I had been told that Aaron (who is a personal friend & friend of this list too, eg. see the Oct. 11 RN posting) was on the cover, and indeed, it was quite a … Read more
1999-12-13 Richard Moore Dear cj, I am somewhat at a loss about what to be posting these days. Things are happening so fast. The potential from Seattle is TREMENDOUS for all of the following: -democratic resurgance -fascist suppression -overall confusion I’ve got about a dozen things that seem important to post. There are useful forwards … Read more
1999-12-13 Richard Moore Dear friends, One thing Seattle has made clear is the value of Internet. Imagine if the only news you got from Seattle was from the mainstream media!!! Now think about this… All the gestapo violence in Seattle was ‘excused’ by ‘violent protestors’. And the establishment has more or less ‘gotten by with … Read more
1999-12-13 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Dec. 13 I’ve been reading quite a few follow-up pieces to the Seattle protests and among my favourites is this one, by Vandana Shiva, mainly because I like her vision of where we need to go from here: “Against all odds, millions of people from across the world have been … Read more
1999-12-11 Richard Moore Dear friends, Let’s review the outcome of Seattle from a strategic perspective. First let’s consider some good news. Seattle may prove to be the turning point in the creation of an effective global movement FOR grass-roots democracy, and AGAINST globalization and tyranny — FOR a livable world, and AGAINST poverty and the … Read more