RN: using law to stop economic genocide

1999-02-07 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Feb. 7 Below, a timely message from an rn subscriber who suggests we look seriously at using legal means to bring an end to the willful destruction of national/regional economies which leaves untold misery in its wake. And following that, another endorsement for a very similar idea, from none … Read more

Chomsky, Zinn, Said Herman on Iraq

1999-02-04 Jan Slakov On January 8th, Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, Edward Said & Howard Zinn issued the following statement in their “A CALL TO ACTION ON SANCTIONS AND THE U.S. WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ”: “At the end of 1998, the United States once again rained bombs on the people of Iraq. But even … Read more

Why the media loves to hate Iraq

1999-02-04 Jan Slakov From: “andrew loucks” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: [ADC-ITF] Why the Media loves to hate Iraq… Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 23:39:54 -0500 ******************************************************* …I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And … Read more

solidarity with Brazil

1999-02-03 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Feb. 3 Four days have gone by since I sent you Michel Chossudovsky’s article on Brazil’s IMF-sponsored economic disaster. Right afterwards, our friend and CDR (Citizens for a Democratic Renaissance) correspondent, César Roberto Magellan sent that posting to several lists. He prefaced it with a call for Brazilians to … Read more

Brazil’s IMF-sponsored Economic Disaster (cont.)

1999-01-30 Jan Slakov Enticing Speculators The IMF sponsored operation was largely instrumental in enticing speculators to persist in their deadly raids; “The money was there” to be drawn upon. If the Central Bank of Brazil were to contemplate defaulting on their foreign exchange contracts, the availability of IMF-G7 money “upfront” financing would enable banks, hedge … Read more

Re: RN: the Nuclear threat still exists

1999-01-28 Jan Slakov Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 02:45:16 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: Bill Ellis <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: RN: the Nuclear threat still exists War is hell. I know. I am a WW II veteran. Before the war I was a conscious objector. I choose to stay out, so designed radar systems instead. But as … Read more