1999-10-29 Richard Moore Dear social-movements, We’ve been talking a lot recently about how movements arise, how their agendas are developed, and about the prospects for an effective movement for systemic change in today’s circumstances. I’d like to put on the table some empirical data for us to look at. That ‘data’ is an actual embryonic … Read more
1999-10-29 Richard Moore Dear PGA, Sergio Hernandez, et al, 10/29/1999, Peoples’ Global Action Secretariat wrote: This call is made in the spirit of continuing the process of building a strong, bold and CREATIVE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT against the economic and political institutions of capitalism. For as we realise that no issue is isolated, be it the … Read more
1999-10-27 Richard Moore Dear cj and rn, I am now undertaking the task of writing an extended article for inclusion in an upcoming issue of Socialist Review – “Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative”. The article will be organized slightly differently than my planned book, but it covers the same scope, and it can be considered … Read more
1999-10-24 Jan Slakov Dear RN, One of the lists I moderate is a Canadian oceans list for people who are concerned about the health of the oceans and coastal communities. As you probably know, Canada’s fisheries are in dire straits. For years the federal government has encouraged the development of more and more “efficient” technologies … Read more
1999-10-24 Jan Slakov Dear RN, I titled this posting, “deleloping a listening ear” because I think this is one of the keys to web-weaving, probably even to “starting the revolution”. I remember once reading, (p. 46 of Joanna Rogers Macy’s _Despair and Power in the Nuclear Age_) about a US citizen, Frances Peavey, who sat … Read more
1999-10-24 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Richard’s posting to us, “rkm re: facing eco-collapse and preparing for it” is classic rkm: not wishy washy in the least, daring us to see the whole picture and to make our actions fit with that view. If we look at “the whole picture”, it is not unthinkable that there … Read more
1999-10-22 Richard Moore Paul Isaacs said: I think that the major portion of any “global plan” is to get people thinking about preparing for a sudden end to the status quo. If more people believed that is was necessary to plan, that would automatically call into question the continuing viability of the current economic produce-discard … Read more
1999-10-22 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 09:14:36 -0500 To: •••@••.••• From: “Mike Nickerson, Inviting Debate” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: RN: facing eco-collapse and preparing for it >Dear RN, Oct. 20 > >I think you will find the two message from Paul Isaacs (below) and a >subsequent bit of dialogue between Paul and I … Read more
1999-10-22 Jan Slakov Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 18:35:25 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: Bob Olsen <•••@••.•••> Subject: WTO Book, Oct 1999 From: “David I. Hay” <•••@••.•••> From: •••@••.••• [mailto:•••@••.•••]On Behalf Of Margrete Strand-Rangnes Sent: October 19, 1999 2:22 PM To: Multiple recipients of list MAI-NOT Subject: (wto) NEW BOOK ON WTO – NOW AVAILABLE!! NEW … Read more
1999-10-20 Richard Moore Dear rn, Several people sent in comments on this topic. Many of them went on to debate interesting issues, such as “Is it the executive or the legislature that should be blamed for the erosion of democracy?”, or “How can we reform the educational system?”. For this posting, I’m brutally snipping responses … Read more