Hello from beautiful Kauai!

2004-02-15 Richard Moore Friends, This post is a bit of a miscellany. First of all, I just want to let you know that I’m having a wonderful time with my family on Kauai. A really relaxing non-activist interlude. Next week on the other hand is action packed. My itinerary is below in case there might … Read more…

Don’t overlook Bush’s many accomplishments!

2004-02-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Bills” Subject: Giz a Job! To: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:23:25 GMT RESUME George W. Bush The White House, USA EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: LAW ENFORCEMENT: * I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and … Read more…

rkm report & * New idea for Global Transformation *

2004-02-02 Richard Moore Friends, My USA tour is shaping up very nicely. I’ll be meeting with Jim Rough (creator of Dynamic Facilitation) in Port Townsend, Washington. He set up a 30 minute TV show for the two of us, and we’ll be having (separately) a roundtable discussion with some of Jim’s friends. Several other meetings … Read more…

John Pilger: “Power, Propaganda and Conscience”

2004-01-27 Richard Moore Friends, I am pleased to share with you this important and inspiring essay, sent to us by Betty Daly-King. An excerpt: For in spite of the propaganda campaign I have outlined, never in my lifetime have people all over the world demonstrated greater awareness of the political forces ranged against them and … Read more…

re: rkm USA visit in February

2004-01-25 Richard Moore Friends, I’ll be visiting BushLand in February, and it would be nice to hook up in person with some of you folks. Here’s my itinerary: Feb 7-16: Kauai Feb 17-20: SF Bay Area Feb 20: party in Palo Alto Feb 21-27: on the road up to Oregon and back to Bay Area … Read more…

Arundhati Roy: “We must consider ourselves at war”

2004-01-21 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:25:16 -0400 Subject: WSF 2004 :Text of Arundhati Roy’s Speech – Opening Plenary [The Hindu Jan 18] ============== http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/18/stories/2004011800181400.htm Online edition of India’s National Newspaper Sunday, Jan 18, 2004 Front Page Do turkeys enjoy thanksgiving? By Arundhati … Read more…

Direct Democracy, Wisdom Councils, and The Revolution

2004-01-19 Richard Moore Bcc: misc. interested (I hope) parties We are already all of us, right round the world, subject to the cold, pragmatic ideology of fascism-including the violent suppression of dissent and other human rights; the use of torture, assassination and concentration camps; and most important, Benito Mussolini’s preferred definition of ‘fascism’ as ‘corporatism’, … Read more…

Hopeful signs: VISIONING BRASIL 2020

2004-01-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:04:31 -0800 To: •••@••.••• (undisclosed list) From: Tom Atlee <•••@••.•••> Subject: Some good news from a struggling planet http://www.hazelhenderson.com/visioning_brasil_2020.htm “VISIONING BRASIL 2020” by Hazel Henderson, author evolutionary economist Brasil’s leadership in forming the Group of 21 (now 22) developing nations opened a new era … Read more…

How the US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons

2004-01-10 Richard Moore Friends, Happy New Year! Sorry to be so long in communicating. I’ll be posting a few more items over this weekend. I’m sure most of you already know that the USA was responsible for putting Saddam in power and giving him weapons of mass destruction. You probably also know that Saddam had … Read more…