1999-12-08 Richard Moore friends, here in kauai we get sparse coverage in the newspapers of anything happening ‘off island’. what shows up here is the mass-media propaganda line distilled to its essence. yesterday’s report was entitled “Seattle police chief resigns following WTO riots”. Excerpts: SEATTLE (AP) — The city’s police chief announced his resignation in … Read more
1999-12-07 Richard Moore Dear friends, It was 58 years ago today that Japanese planes flew over the very spot I am writing from, here on the north shore of Kauai. They used the Kilauea light house as a landmark on their path to Honolulu. A few days earlier lookouts on the north shore had been … Read more
1999-12-07 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Diana and Jeff Jewell” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: RE: cj#1028,rn-> (fwd) APFN, Seattle, & propaganda… Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:55:19 -0800 Dear Richard, Firstly, I must again applaud you for your superb book. I read most of it prior to going to Seattle for the IFG sponsored teach-in. Your … Read more
1999-12-06 Jan Slakov Dear RN, I agree with the idea in the second message below, that now is a very important time to write letters-to-the-ed on the WTO. If any of you write one, please send me a copy. … I will try to write one myself and send it to you before too long. … Read more
1999-12-05 Richard Moore Dear cj, I want to share this for various reasons. For one thing, it includes some interesting testimony from Seattle. For another thing, it is from a list called the “American Patriot Friends Network”. I subscribed to that list for the purpose of tracking ‘right-wing’ thinking. I also subscribe to a few … Read more
1999-12-04 Richard Moore Friends, Wow! We’ve got a very productive discussion going. I have the greatest respect for those who have been contributing – we are ‘collaborating via discussion’, not ‘arguing’. Since this is going to several lists, everyone’s contributions are repeated here. I’ll try to put them in an order such that they help … Read more
1999-12-04 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- From: •••@••.••• Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 15:01:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Fwd/StoptheWTO: Call for Support for WTO protestors To: •••@••.•••, •••@••.••• *** Please forward to anyone else you think would be interested. *** Below is a call for solidarity and for an International Day of Action on Saturday, December 4 to … Read more
1999-12-03 Richard Moore Friends, Sorry to be posting so many things, BUT… – there’s a lot going on – i will soon need to turn to other projects The events in Seattle may turn out to be historic. They could possibly be the symbolic beginning of the revolution that overthrows capitalism. Lots of other beginnings … Read more
1999-12-03 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Delivered-To: moderator for •••@••.••• Delivered-To: moderator for •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 17:32:02 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) Subject: FW: Collateral Damage in Seattle —–Forwarded Message—– Collateral Damage in Seattle Report from Portland student Jim Desyllas (posted 12-2-99) Called-in from a pay phone outside Seattle. Wed., 7:30 pm … Read more
1999-12-02 Jan Slakov From: “Carolyn Ballard” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: Eyewitness account of nonviolent action at WTO Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:32:36 -0800 From: Andrew Hund <•••@••.•••> To: Social Movements List <•••@••.•••> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 4:29 PM Subject: Eyewitness account of nonviolent action at WTO WTO report from Peter Bergel: A committed activist … Read more