1999-12-31 Richard Moore Dear friends, In case the net goes down tomorrow I thought I’d go ahead and share this article draft which is very near completion. Your feedback and comments are desired. What I’m trying to do is get down in approximately 10,000 words the entire revolutionary analysis which has been developed collaboratively with … Read more…
1999-12-30 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 15:51:12 -0800 (PST) From: Charles <•••@••.•••> To: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: [RRE]How We Really Shut Down the WTO (fwd) MIME-Version: 1.0 ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 15:53:23 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Agre <•••@••.•••> To: Red Rock Eater News Service <•••@••.•••> Subject: … Read more…
1999-12-28 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#1043, rn> COMMENTARY- re: Seattle, WTO, police states Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 17:28:10 -0800 Richard; When are you coming over, and how long can you be on the West Coast, esp., CA & OR? Incidentally, when you say, “Yes I realize the … Read more…
1999-12-25 Richard Moore Dear friends, It’s been very difficult to find time to write over here on Kauai, what with such lovely distratctions as family & xmas & some contracting work. But there are a few things I want to say about Seattle, the WTO, Y2K, and police states. After that I probably won’t be … Read more…
1999-12-23 Richard Moore Dear cj & rn, We are living in interesting times. Events in Seattle were extremely signfiicant, but more confusion than understanding has resulted. As for Y2K, we have no idea what is going to happen. The following items are interesting, but I do no recommend taking them at face value. My comments … Read more…
1999-12-19 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:13:56 -0800 From: frank scott <•••@••.•••> Organization: college of marin To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#1037,rn-> guest essay re: “What to do about the WTO” Seattle was the most encouraging mass event in years, especially since so much of it was focused on a systemic problem rather … Read more…
1999-12-16 Richard Moore Dear cj, Here is the companion posting for today – both about the “designer era” of globalization. This one is about the NWO’s “Roman Legions”. Those of you who have taken the trouble to stay informed know that the US/NATO role in Yugoslavia and especially in Kosovo has been a human-rights disaster. … Read more…
1999-12-16 Richard Moore Dear cj, Globalization is a “designer era” – the worst features of several past historical eras are all being revived and combined. The economic model comes from the laissez-faire Robber-Baron era; the imperialist model comes from the most extreme European colonialism of the 1700s; the Western political model seems to be some … Read more…
1999-12-15 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:41:20 EST Subject: THE AP: HOW THEY LIE ABOUT SEATTLE To: •••@••.••• MIME-Version: 1.0 THE AP: MISLEADING FROM THE START by Jared Israel [Note from www.emperors-clothes.com Readers are encouraged to distribute this article but please do so in full, with credit to emperors-clothes.com. Thank … Read more…
1999-12-15 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: •••@••.••• To: “Social Movements List” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Another Seattle report Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:50:48 -0000 Quite an interesting trade-union voice…. Colin Barker ******************* THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT…. by Jeff Crosby I went to Seattle with 15 members of unions in the North Shore Labor Council, from the area … Read more…
1999-12-13 Richard Moore Dear cj, I am somewhat at a loss about what to be posting these days. Things are happening so fast. The potential from Seattle is TREMENDOUS for all of the following: -democratic resurgance -fascist suppression -overall confusion I’ve got about a dozen things that seem important to post. There are useful forwards … Read more…
1999-12-13 Richard Moore Dear friends, One thing Seattle has made clear is the value of Internet. Imagine if the only news you got from Seattle was from the mainstream media!!! Now think about this… All the gestapo violence in Seattle was ‘excused’ by ‘violent protestors’. And the establishment has more or less ‘gotten by with … Read more…
1999-12-11 Richard Moore Dear friends, Let’s review the outcome of Seattle from a strategic perspective. First let’s consider some good news. Seattle may prove to be the turning point in the creation of an effective global movement FOR grass-roots democracy, and AGAINST globalization and tyranny — FOR a livable world, and AGAINST poverty and the … Read more…
1999-12-10 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Delivered-To: moderator for •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 12:34:03 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Norman Solomon <•••@••.•••> Subject: “On Trashing and Movement Building” During the last few days, I’ve received some emails in praise of the window-smashing that occurred in Seattle. So I was glad to read the following … Read more…
1999-12-10 Richard Moore ============================================================================ X-Sender: •••@••.••• (Unverified) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 22:03:12 -0800 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; From: Randy Schutt <•••@••.•••> Subject: Some Thoughts on WTO Folks, I’ve finally gotten my computer back from the fixit shop. I had some thoughts on the demonstration in Seattle that I thought I’d pass along. First, as … Read more…
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…
1999-12-08 Richard Moore friends – there have been many very good reports and some really bad ones – this seems to give the best overall picture covering both the WTO process and the demonstrations. See corp-focus subscription and website info below – many thanks to Mokhiber & Weissman – rkm ============================================================================ Reply-To: •••@••.••• Sender: •••@••.••• … 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…
1999-12-07 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…
1999-12-05 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…
1999-12-03 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…
1999-12-03 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…
1999-12-02 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Boudewijn Wegerif” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: SV: cj#1022,rn-> Readers talk about propaganda Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 01:28:43 +0200 Dear Richard, A really interesting and useful posting. It gives an idea for a possible publication – – One writes a few paragraphs and asks for comments. Nice one. Thanks. Boudewijn. … Read more…
1999-12-01 Richard Moore Dear cj, If you want to stay up-to-date on Seattle, subscribe to the renaissance-network list. Also: the great article by Chossudovsky is now on our website: http://cyberjournal.org Thanks to Robert for the following! rkm . ============================================================================ Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 15:03:03 +1300 From: Robert Gregory <•••@••.•••> Organization: Massey University MIME-Version: 1.0 … Read more…
1999-11-28 Richard Moore Dear friends, We got lots of interesting responses regarding propaganda. I’m combining the responses from both lists. I’ll skip publishing anything tomorrow so you’ll have a couple days to look through this long posting. Read at your own risk! The range of viewpoints is considerable! rkm ============================================================================ Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 … Read more…
1999-11-27 Richard Moore Dear friends, I’m working on my chapter on propaganda. I want to convey the depth of the propaganda ocean we live under. One can make a list of the lies, or give examples of the lies, but that doesn’t really tell the story. The metaphor of the ‘fish in water’ helps some. … Read more…
1999-11-26 Richard Moore Dear cj, In cj#1017, Austin <•••@••.•••> had said: …when we inherit (the mildest word handy) this industrialized behemoth, we won’t be able to chop it all up into mom and pop enterprises tomorrow. There will have to be an interim economic system, part of which would almost certainly have to endure permanently. … Read more…
1999-11-25 Richard Moore 11/25/1999, james clarke wrote: >Chossudovsky’s article is excellent, I’m trying to work with it by >excerpting parts. If you can do so would you try sending that article to >www.antiwar.com I think it would make an excellent article for them. If >you are not familiar with that website it is very effective … Read more…
1999-11-25 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:05:41 -0500 X-Sender: •••@••.••• Mime-Version: 1.0 To: •••@••.••• From: Snezana Vitorovich <•••@••.•••> Subject: Michel Chossuvosky:Disarming the NWO SEATTLE AND BEYOND: DISARMING THE NEW WORLD ORDER by Michel Chossudovsky Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and author of The Globalization of Poverty, Impacts of IMF … Read more…
1999-11-23 Richard Moore Dear cj, I hope this posting gets to you. I’m posting indirectly via another account while I’m visiting my family on Kauai. Will be in San Francisco from Jan 12 to Feb 12. Write to me if you might want to get together. rkm ============================================================================ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:11:00 -0600 … Read more…
1999-11-18 Richard Moore Dear friends, I am pleased to announce that an entirely new draft of my long-awaited book is now online! (:>) I wanted to get it out there before Seattle, in case it might be of some use to those who will be strategizing there. It can be found at: http://cyberjournal.org/cdr/gri/gri.html The table … Read more…
1999-11-18 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Vadim Bondar” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: a posting from the past… Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 01:45:44 EST Hi Richard, It was lovely that you posted the first cj message. And since it had a date, I’ve got an astrological chart for cj. Just for fun. Here are the … Read more…
1999-11-18 Richard Moore Dear cj, I’ve found myself in an ongoing debate with someone who wants me to convert to marxism. A recent message argued that the growing gap between rich & poor pointed to the validity of the class-struggle model. The argument also suggeseted we must make up our minds between socialism and capitalism. … Read more…
1999-11-17 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:09:52 -0800 From: APFN <•••@••.•••> Organization: APFN http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb77532 To: APFN ONELIST <•••@••.•••> Subject: [Fwd: PARABLE OF THE MONEY—-A TRUE STORY] [APFN] TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS EMAIL LIST HIT REPLY AND TYPE REMOVE IN SUBJECT LINE: MONEY & TIME: YOU EITHER HAVE TOO MUCH OR TOO … Read more…
1999-11-17 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Copyright (C) 1999, Richard K. Moore, All Rights Reserved ———————————————————————— 4. Societal destabilization and the neoliberal revolution ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In this investigation we have so far identified a single revolutionary shift: the shift in thinking of an elite inner-circle of U.S. policy planners that occurred during the war years. This shift led … Read more…
1999-11-12 Richard Moore Dear cj, Over the years I’ve found Parveez’ reporting to be quite reliable. He seems to have whistleblowers in various intelligence services who tip him off on major events, such as the Diana assassination, right after they happen. I don’t always agree with Parveez’ analysis as to _why the events happen, but … Read more…
1999-11-12 Richard Moore Dear cj, I was checking my files to find out when the cj list started. The earliest message I could find is the one below from Jan 1995. I was struck by the themes covered in this posting. Most of what we’ve discussed since is touched on here. Some of the ideas … Read more…
1999-11-10 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:45:08 -0500 From: Nurev Ind Research <•••@••.•••> Organization: Nurev Independent Research To: cyberjournal <•••@••.•••>, Activist List Mail to <•••@••.•••> CC: conspiracy theory research list <•••@••.•••>, Eternera <•••@••.•••> Subject: Upcoming WTO counter coverage. Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * … Read more…
1999-11-10 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Copyright (C) 1999, Richard K. Moore, All Rights Reserved ———————————————————————— Epilogue – an insane world on the brink of collapse Only when the last tree has died And the last river been poisoned And the last fish caught Will we realize that we cannot eat money. – The Cree When an … Read more…