1998-12-20 Richard Moore Dear cj & rn, (please pardon duplication) This is a first report on my whirlwind tour of northern california activism, hosted by Brian Hill, roving-activist extrordinaire. You’ve seen postings from him on rn (Nov 24, Sep 27 being the most recent – I can forward on request). Brian’s career began in the … Read more
1998-12-19 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Dec. 19 Thanks to Bill Blum, Snezana Vitorovitch, James Crombie and the Refuse and Resist list, we can see how we are, once again, being lied to. all the best, Jan ***************************************************************** From: •••@••.••• Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 15:36:43 EST To: •••@••.••• Subject: the set-up of Iran [Iraq] … Read more
1998-12-19 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Dec. 19 I have a bit of a confession to make: There have been so many good things happening to resist the bombing, that the excitement of being part of that has almost obscured my awareness of what people in Iraq will be suffering now. Anyhow, I must share … Read more
1998-12-17 Jan Slakov Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 19:43:57 -0800 (PST) From: Kathy Kelly <•••@••.•••> Subject: Declaration – VITW – Urgent DECLARATIONS, 1998/99 In January of 1996, the Voices in the Wilderness campaign sought commitments from supporters which included signing a letter of intent to violate the sanctions and help send medical relief supplies to … Read more
1998-12-17 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Obviously, those of us who tried to prevent the bombing have not succeeded. There are actions we can still take and that others are taking, that we should know about. (I am considering just walking down the local highway tomorrow with a sign: “What good will the bombing do?/ … Read more
1998-12-16 Jan Slakov Dear RN List, Dec. 16 I have this sinking feeling: It looks as if Iraq will, once again, become target practice for the US military. Along with the news item about the likely attack (below) I will post the most recent information from Voices in the Wilderness, which steadfastly represents those of … Read more
1998-12-16 Jan Slakov From: Paul Swann <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fwd: Richard Douthwaite on . . . “which crash are we re-visiting?” *** Original message: Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:51:37 +0100 To: •••@••.••• From: Aubrey Meyer <•••@••.•••> How will the present economic crisis turn out? As I write, stockmarkets in Europe and North America have almost … Read more
1998-12-16 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Dec. 16 Because those of us who have access to e-mail are, for the most part, quite insulated from real poverty, it is easy to forget how fragile the system is which we rely on. The posting below tells of how people are faring in Kamchatka, with severely diminished … Read more
1998-12-13 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, First, Antonio Rossin has a little message for us: The address I gave you for his web site in the Dec. 10 message on education does not work.: Hi all, let me correct and apologize. The above URL was mispelled and doesn’t run. The correct one is: <http://www.mripermedia.com/Rossin/> Best … Read more
1998-12-13 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Dec. 13 I was curious to find out who the person coming in first on the _Time_ magazine “man of the Year” contest is. Turns out Matthew Shepard is someone I think most people on the RN list will be interested in knowing about. I am sure I am … Read more