2001-10-09 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, I find the first of these messages deeply moving and insightful, the second one almost too scathing. But it is permissible, I think, to be scathing in our denuciation of this war. all the best, Jan *************************************************** Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:42:42 -0700 From: Roger and/or Denise =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lagass=E9?= … Read more
2001-10-09 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, I plan to send these 3 messages to a friend in the military. I hope to gradually convince him that the honourable thing to do now is to get out of the corporate globalization enforcement ranks… and to realize that were he to uphold democracy truly, he might well … Read more
2001-10-07 Richard Moore >Bcc: contributors. in my opinion… The Cold War was invented by the West & forced on the Soviets, who never wanted it and couldn’t afford it. The reason? To provide a plausible reason for world-wide U.S. interventionism in support of global capital growth. Islamic fundamentalism / terrorism is a similar project with … Read more
2001-10-05 Richard Moore Friends, Christopher Hitchens wrote an article for The Nation, which talked about the “masochistic e-mail…circulating from the Chomsky-Zinn-Finkelstein quarter”. Hitchens was arguing that we should consider terrorism only as a matter of Islamic fundamentalist extremism, and ignore all other issues. I’m publishing Chomsky’s reply for those who may have seen the Hitchens … Read more
2001-10-03 Richard Moore Friends, When I started writing that article, it was with a bit of fear. Watching all the flag waving on TV, I had fantasies of being lynched in the streets by some mob if they somehow found out the kind of ideas I had in mind. Of course our subscribers are far … Read more
2001-10-02 Jan Slakov Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:23:30 -0500 From: Rahul Mahajan <•••@••.•••> Subject: America’s Unlimited War — Please Forward America’s Unlimited War Published on Friday, September 21, 2001 www.commondreams.org/views01/0921-07.htm by Rahul Mahajan and Robert Jensen For more than a week everyone has been saying that our world changed on Sept. 11. In fact, … Read more
2001-10-02 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, After so many years of peace activism, I notice a difference now. I think now non-activists are more grateful for my work than ever before. My hunch is that this is true in general, that those of us who believe in non-violence have an unprecedented opportunity to reach “new” … Read more
2001-10-01 Jan Slakov Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:29:18 -0400 From: “Charles D. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> Subject: FullPage Letter to Pres Bush in NYT Dear friends – Just reading this letter from a former Marine seargent to President Bush did my soul good. When I found that it will appear as a full page ad in … Read more
2001-09-30 Jan Slakov Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 20:11:14 -0700 From: CyberBrook <•••@••.•••> Subject: Michael Albert: What’s Going On >What’s Going On? >By Michael Albert, www.zmag.org > >The U.S. response to September 11 seeks to benefit elites in the U.S., >and, to a lesser degree, around the world. There are various goals. > >–> Destroy … Read more
2001-09-30 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Not only should we take heart from the fact the article below made it into the mainstream media, we can also take heart from what Michael Albert said about the radio talk shows he has spoken on recently. When I think of our situation now, and how important it … Read more