1999-08-06 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Aug. 6 While some of the “noises” about the Y2K danger are reassuring, I suspect that most of us are only too happy to be reassured (just as most computer programers and those who hired them were only too happy not to worry about the problem in the first … Read more
1999-08-04 Richard Moore Dear rn, Only July 30, I sent out a posting entitled “rn- broadbased actions against globalization”. In that was a speech by Thomas Kocherry, and a mention of the National Alliance of Peoples Movements (NAPM). These two paragraphs, in particular, started me thinking about movement strategy… For the first time such a … Read more
1999-08-03 Richard Moore Dear rn, Thanks to Sune Nordwall and Andreas Rockstein for attempting to shed light on what PGA and UP.Secr. are about and what the relationship is between them. You might want to read those yourself before going on to my comments. I want to say what I want to say, but I’d … Read more
1999-08-02 Jan Slakov Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 17:14:02 -0400 From: Eric Fawcett <•••@••.•••> cc: a1 <•••@••.•••> Subject: WTO Information Pack available on request Towards the end of 1999, ministers from the the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) 135 member governments are to meet again in Seattle to decide on a new round of negotiations aimed … Read more
1999-08-02 Jan Slakov Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:05:08 +0200 From: Andreas Rockstein <•••@••.•••> Subject: Susan George: Globalising designs of the WTO Le Monde Diplomatique, July 1999 http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1999/07/?c=05george STATE SOVEREIGNTY UNDER THREAT Globalising designs of the WTO ________________________________________ Header (Appendix of Monde Diplo redaction): The Atlantic Alliance’s intervention in Kosovo is a spectacular example of … Read more
1999-08-01 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Aug. 1 Carole Brouillet, who has put together the Community Currency Website (see RN posting of June 23, ’99), found Richard’s recent posting on “broad-based actions against globalization” most helpful, as her message below explains. And Hans Sinn, who has long been working to shut down the military-industrial complex AND … Read more
1999-07-30 Jan Slakov From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:33:43 +0000 Subject: [GSN] UN Denies NATO bombing led to ecological catastrophe !! 2 Items From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> 2 news releases + commentary !! Over 80 news releases, articles, reports that I have reviewed and referenced and another 11 being … Read more
1999-07-30 Richard Moore Dear rn, In the face of the highly-organized and plentifully-funded forces of globalization, it is a shame that opposition is so fragmented. The rn list started out in the hope that connections could be made – that ‘webs could be woven’ in the fabric of a hoped-for coalition movement. We offered ‘Movement … Read more
1999-07-29 Jan Slakov From: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 23:34:04 EDT Subject: Re: rn: Janet Eaton & UN Balkans Environmental Team To: •••@••.••• In a message dated 7/23/99 1:20:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, •••@••.••• writes: << But I hate to give up on the UN and all its affiliates too easily. (I’m quite sure … Read more
1999-07-26 Jan Slakov Dear RN, July 26 Two postings, one to remind us of what our economic system means for many of the world’s people. It means, if you are an adult, being helpless to prevent the children around you from succumbing to hunger and disease. And if you are a child, it means, sometimes, … Read more