2000-01-15 Jan Slakov Dear RN, In Aaron’s article below, we see that the Seattle police can be seen as criminals in the pay of Capitalism. Reminds me of a Noam Chomsky “Rent-a-Thug” piece which I will try to find and send out to you tomorrow. all the best, Jan *********************************************************ca Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 … Read more
2000-01-15 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Perhaps some of you will remember my posting of 15/08/99 “More on India’s anti-globalization work”. In it were excerpts from a text by Indian novelist Arundhati Roy, who has contributed to the moving struggle to protect the Narmada River Valley and its people. In the message below we find out … Read more
2000-01-13 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Int’l Network on Disarmament and Globalization” <•••@••.•••> To: “MIL-CORP” <•••@••.•••> Subject: [mil-corp] Susan George on Seattle Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:18:25 -0800 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: •••@••.••• Network Members: We were very fortunate to have Susan George appear on our panel on The WTO and the Global war … Read more
2000-01-11 Richard Moore Dear friends, I suggest we consider this to be part of _our struggle – how can the energy of Seattle hook up with this very significant third-world leadership nexus?? rkm ============================================================================ From: “robert rodvik” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Bcc: •••@••.••• Subject: Fw: China and India Declare War on the WTO Date: Mon, 10 … Read more
2000-01-11 Jan Slakov Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 16:55:23 -0500 From: Curtiss Priest <•••@••.•••> Organization: Center for Information, Technology & Society Subject: more about “better TV” W. Curtiss Priest, Ph.D. Center for Information, Technology & Society 466 Pleasant Street Melrose, MA 02176 E-mail: •••@••.•••, Voice: 617-662-4044, FAX: 617-662-6882 This document may be distributed freely January … Read more
2000-01-11 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:08:06 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Weissman <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: [corp-focus] The Nature of the Machine Sender: •••@••.••• List-Id: Sharp-edged commentary on corporate power <corp-focus.lists.essential.org> By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Imagine this: you study your entire life to reach the pinnacle of your … Read more
2000-01-10 Richard Moore Dear friends, Many thanks to all of your who gave feedback on previous drafts. Your inputs forced me to start anew. I hope this is closer to the mark. all the best, rkm ———————————————————————— EPILOGUE: TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC RENAISSANCE How is it that elites are running the world when the most powerful … Read more
2000-01-09 Jan Slakov Dear RN, As many of you may already know, most of the people arrested at the Seattle WTO demonstrations have had their charges dismissed. As far as I know, the only person on our list who was arrested was Aaron Koleszar, of PEI, Canada. He sends us these updates below. As you … Read more
2000-01-08 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Here is the January column by Frank Scott, a regular contributor to our list. I have a special reason to connect to this piece as he quotes Helen Keller, who is someone I have always admired, all the more so when I learned of her political and spiritual convictions. It … Read more
2000-01-07 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Further to the ideas of the first quote in today,s previous posting, about how our media works to instill in us a sense of “disempowerment, of immobilization and paralysis”, read the following! all the best, Jan ********************************************************* From: “Viviane Lerner” <•••@••.•••> To: “Mai-not” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Norman Solomon: At the Turn … Read more