2000-12-16 Jan Slakov Dear RN, I’m afraid I would agree with L.A. Kaufmann that it is an insult to have Bush, an “idiotic twerp and serial executioner installed as president”. (cf. RN posting of Dec. 14) [Of course, I am not in the US but still, it is an insult to me too.] The two … Read more
2000-12-16 Richard Moore Friends, I want to thank all of you who have sent in feedback on the first chapter of the Guidebook. Evidently, the material is getting wide circulation. I received the following note from a “Morgan”: “Your first chapter of the Guidebook is spreading far and wide. I am being asked almost daily … Read more
2000-12-14 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Delivered-To: mailing list •••@••.••• From: “T. K. Wilson” <•••@••.•••> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 05:40:03 -0500 Subject: [FixGov] Fw: [freeradical] NOW WHAT? Good stuff here. Kauffman has some nice relaxed insights about how things really work and a real knack for getting her ideas across. She’s always “on the … Read more
2000-12-14 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Carolyn Ballard (cf. Richard’s RN posting of Dec. 12) wrote to me recently that she figured I must be pretty involved with local activist stuff since I’m posting so rarely to this list. Well, she’s right! I’ll give you some flavour of what’s up below;) But first, a couple … Read more
2000-12-14 Richard Moore Friends, I’ve seen people describe the plight of the Palestinians as being a form of apartheid, and one person even suggested that the Israelis are playing a role toward the Palestinians not unlike the role of the Nazis toward the Jews. There are many possible comparisons with past historic episodes. I suggest … Read more
2000-12-13 Richard Moore Friends, I received the following note from a “morgan” who runs the website “http://www.environment.org.uk/activist/”: “Your first chapter of the Guidebook is spreading far and wide. I am being asked almost daily for Spanish and Italian translations. Is anybody on to this yet?” If anyone is interested in translating the Guidebook into another … Read more
2000-12-12 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Carolyn Ballard” <•••@••.•••> To: “Richard (cyberjournal) Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Leadership Essay Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:22:13 -0800 Richard- I was absolutely delighted to read the essay you forwarded on leadership by Rosa. Since becoming involved in the activist movement over the past several years, one of the things that’s … Read more
2000-12-11 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:23:54 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: Rosa Zubizarreta <•••@••.•••> Hi Richard, i really believe that one of the “sticking points” where we are getting blocked in terms of organizing is around issues of leadership. Given all of the abuse of leadership in our current system, it’s perfectly … Read more
2000-12-09 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: 8 Dec 00 01:29:27 EST From: B-C Greens <•••@••.•••> To: Bill Delahunt <•••@••.•••>, Jesse Jackson <•••@••.•••>, Ted Kennedy <•••@••.•••>, John Kerry <•••@••.•••>, Joseph Moakley <•••@••.•••> Subject: Dec.2 Zapatista Communique #4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Dec.2 Zapatista Communique #4 Originally published in Spanish by the EZLN Translated by irlandesa December 2, … Read more
2000-12-08 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:16:02 -0700 (MST) From: Richard N Hutchinson <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: activism and academia This thread reminds me of Gramsci’s category of “organic intellectuals.” The people who are best positioned to carry out analysis for movement strategy are activists in the movement. Some of them, however, … Read more