17 May 03 – newslog postings

2003-05-18 Richard Moore http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?lists=newslog 08 May 2003 All fact: The 9/11 Timeline 12 May 2003 Transformation: re/ How deep must the scalpel go? 12 May 2003 New Democracy: A REVOLUTIONARY ALTERNATIVE 14 May 2003 9/11: MADE IN THE U.S.A. – a new analysis 17 May 2003 Iraq: Task Force Unable To Find Any Weapons 17 … Read more…

Transformation: re/ How deep must the scalpel go?

2003-05-12 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors Friends, You folks have been sending in very useful articles and comments re/Transformation — as you will see below. This posting is a bit long, but I hope you’ll have the time to look at most of it. If you lose interest in some parts, please scroll ahead. Some of … Read more…

Lastest newslog postings

2003-05-08 Richard Moore 08 May 2003 THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 08 May 2003 AIDS and SARS have a ‘man-manipulated’ common denominator 08 May 2003 CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS RUN IRAQ TV 08 May 2003 A manifesto: Salmon Nation Declaration of Interdependence 08 May 2003 Bush’s defeat – Superpower for Peace Our Only Hope … Read more…

John Spritzler: “NO, VOTING WON’T WORK”

2003-05-05 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 09:30:16 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Aaron Koleszar <•••@••.•••> Subject: Voting won’t work! —<fwd>— Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 21:24:14 -0400 From: Bob Olsen <•••@••.•••> Subject: Voting won’t work! “By making people place their hopes on some elected officials rather than on themselves, an electoral … Read more…

Transformation: How deep must the scalpel go?

2003-04-30 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:07:57 -0400 Subject: Re: dialog re/ Transformation From: Robert R. Holt <•••@••.•••> To: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> Dear Richard, Thanks for your reply. It is clearer now where we differ. I agree on your goal of transforming society as a most worthy long-term goal. I also … Read more…

Korea update: Blockade could be dangerous

2003-04-29 Richard Moore Friends, In the previous Korea posting, we heard about plans being considered for a limited bombing strike by the US against N Korean nuclear installations. Below we hear of a less confrontational approach — a limited blockade, with perhaps some kind of sanctions. But if our other posting was accurate, even this … Read more…

The Global Fascist Regime: consolidating on all fronts

2003-04-27 Richard Moore ___________________________________________________________ Posted today to newslog: http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?lists=newslog * Total Police State Takeover: Patriot Act II * Korean War II: on the brink of apocalypse ___________________________________________________________ (quotes provided by our roving reporter, Don Nordin) “If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” — … Read more…

dialog re/ Transformation

2003-04-24 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:29:51 -0400 Subject: recent posting on transformation From: Robert R. Holt <•••@••.•••> To: Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> Dear Richard, Both the German and the Indian piece were moving, in a way, giving the heartening feeling we all got by the huge global turnouts of Feb. 15, summarized … Read more…

newslog update: The latest from Iraq…

2003-04-22 Richard Moore Friends, My apologies: I gave the wrong URL for newslog in the previous posting. The correct URL is always provided in the signature at the bottom of postings. That is: http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?lists=newslog I am posting two more important articles to newslog. I’d like to bring those to your attention before returning to our … Read more…

Why we need transformation: News Review

2003-04-20 Richard Moore “The agenda, as always, begins with trying to find out what is happening in the world, and then doing something about it, as we can, better than anyone else. Few share our privilege, power, and freedom — hence responsibility.” – Noam Chomsky, in posting #9 below ______________________________________________________________ http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/lists=’newslog’ 17 articles posted to … Read more…

Transformation from War to Peace

2003-04-13 Richard Moore Friends, This transformation thread is not something I dreamed up on my own. It is a response to a change in the kind of mail I’ve been receiving. Since the Iraq invasion started, people in many parts of the world have been inspired to dig deeper, to think harder, to listen to … Read more…

Transformation-> From Hope to Hopelessness

2003-04-12 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors “Hope is a dimension of the soulŠ an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It transcends the world that is immediately experienced and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. . . .It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something … Read more…

Re: Let’s talk about Transformation…

2003-04-09 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors —————————————————————————- From: “John Bunzl” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Let’s talk about Transformation… Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 12:16:08 +0100 Dear Richard, Hope this message finds you well. I very much share the views put by both yourself and by Paul Bottis. They very much reminded me of the relevance … Read more…

Tx> Dismantling the Infrastructure of Tyranny

2003-04-03 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors Friends, Continuing our thread on “Transformation” (subject prefix: Tx), I’d like to share an article by Arthur Topham. This is one of the pieces I mentioned yesterday, an “interesting analytical piece of an unusually radical nature”. And here is something I consider important: Arthur doesn’t just give us an analysis, … Read more…

Let’s talk about Transformation…

2003-04-03 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- From: Paul R. Bottis Sr. <•••@••.•••> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:41:53 EST Subject: (no subject) To: •••@••.••• The world has never seen a movement of the magnitude of the protests around the world in opposition to the preemptive attack on a sovereign nation. The movement has made alliances of those … Read more…

dialog re: “Puzzling Iraq developments”

2003-03-29 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 From: F Subject: Your Theories on Why “Coalition” Force are Bogged Down To: •••@••.••• Dear Mr. Moore, You certainly paint a frightful scenario. There are several problems with your theories, however. Rumsfeld went into this conflict fully aware of the fact that we did not have … Read more…

Puzzling Iraq developments…

2003-03-26 Richard Moore First a brief dialog… —————————————————————————- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:02:47 +0000 From: T To: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: My Thanks… I would just like to extend my thanks to you. I have only subscribed to your list recently, but it has been refreshing to my sense of referenced sanity to … Read more…

newslog: 24 Mar 03 postings

2003-03-25 Richard Moore snippets… —————————————————————————- Delivered-To: mailing list •••@••.••• Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:48:59 +0100 To: •••@••.••• From: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Worldwide protest summary… Bush, Blair blasted as war criminals at antiwar protests http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/world/5459328.htm Posted on Sat, Mar. 22, 2003 Zoe Pilger: Generation Apathy has woken up 23 March 2003 Police hem … Read more…

Chossudovsky: The Anglo-American Military Axis

2003-03-24 Richard Moore Friends, For those who want to understand geopolitics, you probably won’t find a more savvy analyst than Michel Chossudovsky. So many others talk about military affairs OR they talk about economics OR they talk about politics, but not together. Michel puts them in perspective as aspects of the overall power game. This … Read more…

Articles posted to newslog…

2003-03-24 Richard Moore Friends, I try to keep the traffic on cj & rn within manageable bounds. The postings are infrequent enough that folks should have time to read them all if they wish to. This makes for some tough choices, since people send me so many articles that deserve to be distributed and shared. … Read more…

Iraq, Oil, and the American elite agenda

2003-03-21 Richard Moore Friends, The article below is one of the best analyses I’ve seen for some time. No punches pulled, to the point, and insightful. There are some longer-term considerations that may have been overlooked, and I’ll comment on that at the bottom. Lots of interesting sound bites these days. On one channel, Bush … Read more…

Jan Slakov dialog, re: hope & the movement…

2003-03-16 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 1956 18:09:21 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: Jan Slakov Subject: a comment on recent postings Dear Richard, I just thought I’d like to give you some feedback on your recent postings; I generally like to hear from people who get my postings. It strikes me that we can … Read more…

rkm: Ultra blitzkrieg genocide to be tested in Iraq

2003-03-12 Richard Moore Comments follow this report. rkm —————————————————————————- From: “dnordin” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••>, <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: [NN] Mother of all bombs may be tested in Iraq war Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:24:00 -0800 ———- > From: Mike Wallace <•••@••.•••> > To: •••@••.••• > Subject: [NN] … Read more…

Guardian: AFGHAN PRISONERS BEATEN TO DEATH AT U.S. BASE

2003-03-12 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Reply-To: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> From: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> To: “Global Network Against Weapons” <•••@••.•••> Subject: AFGHAN PRISONERS BEATEN TO DEATH AT U.S. BASE Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 22:33:51 -0500 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0307-04.htm Published on Friday, March 7, 2003 by the Guardian/UK Afghan Prisoners Beaten to Death at US Military Interrogation … Read more…

Newsweek: What weapons of mass destruction??

2003-03-12 Richard Moore Bcc: some folks —————————————————————————- Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:34:44 -0500 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; From: Randy Schutt <•••@••.•••> Subject: Star Witness on Iraq Said Weapons Were Destroyed —<snip>— from Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) http://www.fair.org/press-releases/kamel.html Star Witness on Iraq Said Weapons Were Destroyed Bombshell revelation from a defector … Read more…

Patriot Act’s Big Brother: welcome to the Fourth Reich

2003-03-07 Richard Moore Friends, Your friend, spouse, or neighbor disappears, never to be heard from again. They have committed no crime. No announcement is made of the arrest, and your inquiries are met with “We know nothing.” No lawyer or court is allowed to review the case or to have any information about it. The … Read more…

The Nazis & The Bush family

2003-03-06 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors Friends, Since 911 I’ve written several pieces comparing the WTC to the Reichstag fire, and comparing the Homeland Security measures to Hitler’s fascism-enabling legislation. We might also add that Hitler was preparing to launch major military offensives, and that his favorite form of warfare was Blitzkrieg – again the parallels … Read more…

Greg Palast: Spiking The Investigation Of Bin Laden

2003-03-04 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- From: •••@••.••• To: •••@••.••• Subject: Did Our President Spike The Investigation Of Bin Laden? Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:09:07 -0500 Traditional Media Inquiries (print, radio, TV interviews): •••@••.••• Website Inquiries (email interviews, excerpts, graphics, links): •••@••.••• For the complete, continually updated schedule of Greg Palast’s upcoming personal appearances, please see … Read more…

William Rivers Pitt: Plantetary Empire

2003-03-01 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> To: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> Subject: U.S. WAR & PLANETARY EMPIRE Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:43:35 -0500 . Blood Money The first step towards the establishment of this Pax Americana is, and has always been, the removal of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of an … Read more…

Debunking the 9-11 Conspiracy Theorists

2003-02-25 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- From: “dnordin” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> ———- From: EcoNews Service <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: (Fwd) Debunking the 9-11 Conspiracy Theorists Date: Sunday, February 16, 2003 1:05 PM ——- Forwarded message follows ——- DEBUNKING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS PARANOID FANTASIES ABOUT SEPT 11 DISTRACT FROM THE REAL ISSUES by Gerard Holmgren •••@••.••• http://quebec.indymedia.org/node.php?id=10560 Copyright Gerard … Read more…

Iraq: a 12-year old’s powerful statement

2003-02-25 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors —————————————————————————- Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:40:03 +0000 From: Paul Swann <•••@••.•••> — From: Marty Greenhut <•••@••.•••> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:59:38 -0500 Subject: A 12-year old’s powerful statement about the possibility of war in Iraq Greetings…<snip>…I felt that all of you might benefit from reading the … Read more…

Uprising of the Soul?

2003-02-22 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: “Brit Eckhart” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: RE From Seattle to London Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 08:35:47 -0500 Why We Are Here (London, 2003 and Seattle) — Robert Arthur Lewis Because the world we imagined, the one we had always counted on is disappearing. Because the sun has … Read more…

(fwd) Groundswell of dissent encircles the globe

2003-02-16 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Brit Eckhart” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: Groundswell of Dissent Encircles the Globe Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 22:48:46 -0500 —–Original Message—– From: •••@••.••• <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• <•••@••.•••> Date: Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:15 PM Subject: Groundswell of Dissent Encircles the Globe The Independent (UK) February 16, 2003 Groundswell of … Read more…

Tensions between Europe and the USA?

2003-02-16 Richard Moore Friends, I received an email from a Russian web-zine, “The Polar Star” – http://zvezda.ru. They sent me a list of questions and explained that they are “gathering views and opinions among a wide range of non-conformist European thinkers”. Here is the Q&A: 1. How deep has the contradiction between the positions of … Read more…

newslog: even exceptional articles…

2003-02-07 Richard Moore Friends, I just posted seven very good articles to the newslog list, now available on the archives: http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?lists=newslog Below are the header lines for each article and a few excerpts to give you a flavor of the contents. My own comments are occasionally interspersed, indented to the left. If you are unable … Read more…

Re: Welcome to 2003 – The Year of The Apocalypse

2003-02-06 Richard Moore Friends, Lots of important messages have queued up. I’ll be posting a whole batch of them to the newslog list later tonight. To this list I’ll post a paragraph on each so you can check out ones that interest you. In the meantime, let me share some dialog from another list. Chris, … Read more…

Re: Are you Green?… Don’t try to fly…

2003-01-19 Richard Moore Bcc: usual suspects ============================================================================ From: “Robert Vogel” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Are you Green?… Don’t try to fly… Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:36:11 -0500 Hi Richard, I posted your note to a Green list and got the following response: Bob ———— Robert Vogel put the “Can Greens Fly” e-mail on … Read more…

Dialog re: recent postings…

2003-01-09 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: “Kevin Carson” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Bush: America needed “a new Pearl Harbor” Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 01:57:21 +0000 Reminds me of a gag-line from an old college gross-out flick (I think it was “Up the Academy”). A crusty old guy in the ROTC cadre kept saying, “I … Read more…

Are you Green?… Don’t try to fly…

2003-01-08 Richard Moore “Of course the people don’t want war…that is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it’s a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, … Read more…

Welcome to 2003 – The Year of The Apocalypse

2003-01-06 Richard Moore Bcc: a few folks —————————————————————————- From: anon To: <•••@••.•••> I haven’t been getting much mail from you these past months and I hope it is not that my address is not working or that I am not on the main list. I speculate that you just needed a break to consolidate. Best … Read more…