1998-08-14 Jan Slakov Dear Renaissance network, aug. 14 Russell McOrmond, the “techie” behind the MAI-not list serve**, sent us this message following our earlier discussion of the Y2K problem: (**For MAI-not subscription information, posting guidelines and links to other MAI sites please see http://mai.flora.org/) From: Russell McOrmond <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: rn: comments on “collapse scenario” … Read more
1998-08-13 Richard Moore 8/12/98, Paul Riesz wrote to me and social-movements: >Though you speak of a revolutionary change, you do not spell out, how to >effect this change in political power, which, in a democracy, are the >people’s elected representatives. Dear Paul, The strategy is simple; the logistics challenging. *-> Strategy *-> massive movement arises; … Read more
1998-08-13 Jan Slakov Note to RN list readers, I’m pleased that there is, of late, lots of input to the list. All this interest has a drawback though: I’m feeling overwhelmed by the task of getting it into “publishable” form. So, first a message to those of you who have contributions for the rn list: … Read more
1998-08-11 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— From: <•••@••.•••> Bill Blum [author of “Killing Hope, US Military and CIA interventions since World War II”] Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 22:36:48 EDT To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#812> 1st of series: “Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative” rkm wrote: << In fact the question of genuine democracy arises when the movement … Read more
1998-08-09 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Aug. 9 I wrote to the editor of _Fellowship magazine to let him know that I had mentioned the Fellowship onf Reconciliation, in my list of “favourite picks” on the topic of “deep peace”. Below is a copy of the reply he sent: Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 21:11:33 … Read more
1998-08-09 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Aug. 9 The Progressive Conservative (I know it’s an oxymoron but, that’s politics in Canada!…) Party is the subject of some rather interesting politics lately. On the one hand, in the province of Ontario, the PC government there is about as Reagan/Thatcherish as you can get. On the other, … Read more
1998-08-08 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative Copyright 1998 by Richard K. Moore 5 August 1998 – •••@••.••• First in a series: “Introduction” NOTE TO READERS: This material, and subsequent pieces in the series, are a “draft book in progress”. They are being distributed on several internet lists, and further forwarding is encouraged. … Read more
1998-08-07 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Aug. 8 We have had several interesting comments on Sviatoslav Zabelin’s call to action and the “collapse scenario” idea, enough actually that this message will be unwieldy if I include them all in their entirety. The first one, below, from Greg Guma, editor of _Toward Freedom, is an excerpt … Read more
1998-08-04 Jan Slakov Dear Renaissance Network list, Aug. 4 Two people have so far sent in comments/replies about “collapse scenario” posting I sent yesterday and I want to share them with you. Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 13:58:03 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: Hans Sinn <•••@••.•••> Subject: hand pump Hi Jan, Yes we are thinking of … Read more
1998-08-04 Bill Ellis >From: Derek Tattersall <•••@••.•••> DT: >The best way to bring about “Non Governmental Government”, is getting >people to govern themselves at a local level; getting >people at the local level to start thinking about where their food is >coming from, how it is grown, and what the alternatives are. The biggest >blow … Read more