2000-03-27 Jan Slakov Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:24:01 -0800 From: Ron Rowe <•••@••.•••> Organization: Rowe Communication Services Subject: Update: Colombia “aid” (corporate-military welfare) package Below is an updated action alert on the Colombia “aid” package now making its way through Congress. Not only will this $1.7 billion package pay for the purchase of over … Read more
2000-03-27 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Once again, a most useful column by Carolyn Ballard. It’s great to think that articles like these are getting printed, not just diffused on the net! all the best, Jan *************************************************************** From: “Carolyn Ballard” <•••@••.•••> Subject: latest @ Odds column — sanctions & embargoes as weapons of war — the … Read more
2000-03-25 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Int’l Network on Disarmament and Globalization” <•••@••.•••> To: “MIL-CORP” <•••@••.•••> Subject: [mil-corp] BEYOND SEATTLE, BEYOND KOSOVO Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:30:15 -0800 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: •••@••.••• Network members: Welcome new network member! A number of people who responded to the INDG’s first mailout earlier this year were … Read more
2000-03-24 Jan Slakov Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 12:12:20 -0600 From: Jessica Sundin <•••@••.•••> Reply-To: •••@••.••• Organization: University of Minnesota Subject: Colombia: A Call to Action Advance apologies for any duplicates. Please let us know if you received this message more than once. Thank you. ———————————————————————— A Call to Action ~ Colombia Action Network ~ … Read more
2000-03-24 Jan Slakov Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 12:26:15 -0800 From: Ron Rowe <•••@••.•••> Organization: Rowe Communication Services To: Ron Rowe <•••@••.•••> Subject: SPECIAL ALERT: U.S. “military” companies in Colombia, Kosovo, … [If you are concerned about the interlinked issues of corporatization, militarization, globalization and privatization, I urge you to read the material below. Please … Read more
2000-03-24 Jan Slakov Dear RN, If I understand the comments from Wendell W. Solomons (below) correctly, the idea is that if we deny funding for oil & gas projects through quasi-public institutions like the World Bank, then governments will go to big corporatations. Actually, we can see this happening with privatization of military operations as … Read more
2000-03-24 Richard Moore rkm had written: My belief is that if we cannot achieve democracy then other reforms are ephemeral, and if we do achieve democracy then our economic and other policies will be worked out through the democratic process. 3/20/2000, Michael Albert responded: This, howeer, is exactly the same kind of belief that feminists … Read more
2000-03-23 Jan Slakov Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:50:30 -0400 From: Brian Townsend <•••@••.•••> Subject: TV turn-off week – Just say NO to TV Hello Jan Since our family abandoned TV in 1979 and have lived happily without it ever since, going without TV for a week doesn’t seem like much of a challenge. It’s … Read more
2000-03-22 Jan Slakov From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:40:57 +0000 Subject: Call for World Bank to stop Oil, Gas and Mining Financing !! Given the dependency of the military on fossil fuels and certain minerals, and the growing use of private armies to secure oil, gas and mining projects in … Read more
2000-03-22 Jan Slakov From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:29:16 +0000 Subject: IMF on the Ropes [Corp Focus Column] Dear All: …..For two decades, the IMF has exerted a stranglehold over developing country economies, denying them the funding they need to make foreign debt payments and avoid default, unless they enact … Read more