2001-03-23 Jan Slakov —–Original Message—– From: FoE Sydney – Nuclear Campaign [SMTP:•••@••.•••] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:12 AM Subject: Join 189 Groups& MPs Saying ‘NO’ to Missile Defence/’Star Wars’ TO SIGN THIS LETTER JUST EMAIL <•••@••.•••> Dear NGOs and Parliamentarians, 189 organisations and members of parliament have so far signed this letter to President … Read more
2001-03-22 Jan Slakov >Richard Sanders (of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, coordinates below) wrote: This email was sent to me by Andreas Toupadakis <•••@••.•••>, the US nuclear weapons scientist who resigned in protest last year from Laurence Livermore Labs in California. This is a very disturbing insight into the future of the US … Read more
2001-03-20 Richard Moore 2b. A new economics & politics: starting with the community “The challenge before us is to reverse our present backward course and re-create ourselves as contributors to the advancement of life’s epic journey. It starts with choosing life as our guiding metaphor and continues with deepening our understanding of life’s ways in … Read more
2001-03-19 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:10:31 -0800 (PST) From: Jessica Markland <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: rkm> A change of vision: returning to the Garden To: •••@••.••• Dear Richard: I get so much out of your e-mails. Today I tried to get a copy of The Story of B. Local library is bringing … Read more
2001-03-17 Richard Moore 2. Where do we go from here? 2a. A change of vision: returning to the Garden “Before our era, the chorus of distress that had assembled over the ten thousand years of our cultural life consisted of nine voices: war, crime, corruption, rebellion, famine, plague, slavery, genocide, and economic collapse. Beginning in … Read more
2001-03-15 Richard Moore Friends, Thanks again to all of you who entered into the discussion about capitalism, elites, etc. It is by such interactive dialog that these ideas have been developed; I consider myself to be a scribe, part of a collaborative endeavor. Several people asked permission to publish that series in print or on … Read more
2001-03-13 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors __________________ Dear friends, We got _lots of feedback on the three-part series I posted on capitalism, the rise of elites, and the opportunity offered by globalization. I hope the dialog continues… some strong viewpoints have come out, and these topics are of central importance in understanding our circumstances and our … Read more
2001-03-09 Richard Moore Globalization: a unique opportunity for humanity to change course In many ways there is nothing unique or new about globalization. The centralization of power, and the monopolization of markets, is now occurring on a global scale – but the process is very much the same as what occurred earlier in each major … Read more
2001-03-08 Richard Moore The rise of capitalist elites Central to Smith’s model of a market economy was the condition that all buyers and sellers must be small. In this way, prices could not be influenced by individual actors, but would reach a fair and reasonable level – through fair competition between sellers, and comparison shopping … Read more
2001-03-08 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ The birth of capitalism The story of capitalism begins in the late 1700s in Scotland and northern England, with the birth of the Industrial Revolution. Several particular ingredients came together there, which collectively launched the world onto its current path. One of those ingredients was an impressive series of mechanical inventions … Read more