1999-05-02 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, May 2 I titled this message “Capital punishment for those without capital” because this is both literally true and true in a figurative sense: Those on death row are almost all too poor to have had top lawyers and the victims of the bombings and the SAPs (structural adjustment … Read more
1999-05-02 Jan Slakov Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 10:54:39 -0700 From: Sid Shniad <•••@••.•••> Subject: Quick Political Scholastic Aptitude Test (QPSAT) Quick Political Scholastic Aptitude Test (QPSAT) This test consists of one (1) multiple-choice question. Here’s a list of the countries that the U.S. has bombed since the end of World War II, compiled by … Read more
1999-05-02 Jan Slakov PS: Dear Richard & all, Nope, I haven’t been on another trip. But this is a busy time: peace vigils to organize, gardens to plant, kids’ birthday parties… tons of messages to read! warm best wishes, Jan Dear RN list, May 2 One thing a war will tend to do is push … Read more
1999-04-25 Jan Slakov Dear RN list (and others), April 25 I am very excited just now; let me tell you why. Where just a day or two ago I felt overwhelmed by the amount of violence in our world, I am feeling now like the pieces are coming together to make some headway for peace. … Read more
1999-04-25 Jan Slakov ——- Forwarded Message Follows ——- From: “Janet M. Eaton” <•••@••.•••> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 11:41:13 +0000 Subject: Nobel Laureates’ Kosovo Peace Initiative !! Ap 22 Cc: •••@••.•••, Andreas Rockstein <•••@••.•••> “At the end of the press conference, the participants said it was inadmissible to use force to solve problems of a … Read more
1999-04-25 Jan Slakov ——- Forwarded Message Follows ——- From: “Janet M. Eaton” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:21:17 +0000 Subject: Real Reasons We Are Bombing Yugoslavia -Argus Cour Dear MAI-nots: Adreas Rockstein, MAI -not leader from Germany, told me recently that Maria Mies, well -known German ecofeminist whom he referred to as … Read more
1999-04-25 Jan Slakov From: jan m <•••@••.•••> Subject: Women in Black + FRY Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:59:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Adam McConnel <•••@••.•••> Subject: A Letter about Some of the Complexities of Opposition Adam McConnel •••@••.••• Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. USA – ——————————————————— FOOTNOTE: Women in Black was started in Israel … Read more
1999-04-21 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, April 21 This Saturday, April 24, in Philadelphia but also in many other cities around the world, there will be protests to free Mumia Abu-Jamal and to insist on racial and social justice. As we know (and as the the following message points out), the issues (Mumia, human rights, … Read more
1999-04-20 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, April 20 Paul Swann, who sends some of the things I and others have found most valuable for this list, has compiled a list of articles and web sites on the Kosovo/NATO crisis which he has found particularly useful. He also includes a short and to-the-point article on the … Read more
1999-04-20 Jan Slakov Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 07:11:08 +0000 From: Paul Swann <•••@••.•••> Subject: Kosovo articles Several people have expressed appreciation for the articles re: Kosovo that I’ve circulated recently. Diana Johnstone’s article “Seeing Yugoslavia through a Dark Glass”, written last August, has been particularly well received. She’s now written another important article called … Read more