2000-02-14 Jan Slakov From: “Viviane Lerner” <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: Brazil to IMF: Shut up or get out Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:12:47 -1000 http://www.thestar.com/editorial/updates/business/200002130_BRAZIL-IMF.html Feb 12, 19:28 est Brazil to IMF: Shut up or get out RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – The International Monetary Fund has retracted criticism of Brazil’s anti-poverty plan in the … Read more
2000-02-13 Jan Slakov From: “Women’s Strike” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Call to join the Global Women’s Strike and Updates 1+2 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:17:55 -0000 CALL TO JOIN THE WOMEN’S GLOBAL STRIKE ON 8 MARCH 2000. Dear sisters, we invite you, your relatives, friends and colleagues to join the Global Women’s Strike on International Women’s … Read more
2000-02-12 Richard Moore 2/12/2000, Jan Slakov wrote: >Dear Richard, >I hope things are going well for you… haven’t heard much of late… Dear friends, Sorry to be so out of touch…. I’ve been working in downtown San Francisco most days. It’s great to get some much-needed contracting underway, but all my energy goes into work … Read more
2000-02-12 Jan Slakov Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 18:12:07 -0800 From: Randy Schutt <•••@••.•••> Subject: Consumer Reports Magazine on WTO Friends, Look at this: Consumers Union — a fairly mainstream consumer group with a large readership — speaks favorably of the WTO demonstrations in Seattle. Thanks Shel for passing it along. –Randy ************************************************************************* Consumer Reports … Read more
2000-02-12 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Mike Nickerson, who is on this list, has been working for over 20 years on the 4th “r” of environmental sustainability (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink). At a certain point this project took on a name: The Sustainability Project. Currently, the project has taken the form of the 7th Generation Initiative. … Read more
2000-02-12 Jan Slakov Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:13:28 -0800 From: Aaron Koleszar <•••@••.•••> Subject: BAN: BioDemocracy News #24 February 2000 (formerly CFS News) BioDemocracy News #24 February 2000 (formerly CFS News) News and Analysis on Genetic Engineering, Factory Farming, & Organics by: Ronnie Cummins BioDemocracy Campaign <www.purefood.org> A Project of the Organic Consumers Association … Read more
2000-02-11 Jan Slakov Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 01:33:35 -0600 From: Mark Douglas Whitaker <•••@••.•••> Subject: [FAIR-L] ACTION ALERT: NYT on Chinese Embassy Bombing: Nothing to Report (fwd) [A little comparative media article, showing that, likely, for the United States there’s nothing to compare to.] FAIR-L Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting Media analysis, critiques and … Read more
2000-02-11 Jan Slakov ate: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 08:58:32 +0100 To: TFF PressInfo # 86 <•••@••.•••> From: Transnational Foundation TFF <•••@••.•••> Subject: UN Broke in Kosovo, Not Even Nordic Governments Care On http://www.transnational.org from February 7, 2000 TFF P r e s s I n f o # 8 6 U N B R O … Read more
2000-02-09 Jan Slakov Dear RN, The subjects of these postings go “du coq à l’âne” (from cock to donkey) as they say in French…. but they are all linked and I did not want to inundate you with too meny messages. Anyhow, there is lots of material for reflection and discussion below. all the best, … Read more
2000-02-08 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Ira Zbarsky is a Canadian activist (for organic agriculture, appropriate technology & native rights in particular) who was seized by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) on Dec. 4, 1999 because of a 1978 marijuana conviction in Canada. (The marijuana was being used for medical purposes.) After more than … Read more