Chavez implementing grassroots democracy!

2007-01-13 Richard Moore In a speech on Monday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suggested that as the Communal Councils spread they will also deepen and will become the new Venezuelan state taking over what he described as the old “bourgeois state”. According to President Chavez in an announcement earlier this week the BCV [Venezuelan Central Bank] … Read more…

AN EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY DEMOCRACY (1.1)

2007-01-07 Richard Moore ____________________________________________ AN EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY DEMOCRACY (1.1) 7 January 2007 Richard K. Moore – •••@••.••• author of “Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can change the world” http://EscapingTheMatrix.org (prepared with a little help from my friends) (feedback or forwarding invited) _____________________ “We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy … Read more…

newslog: 1 Jan – 06 Jan

2007-01-06 Richard Moore Featured articles: 06 Jan – A Map of dialog processes – Part 1 http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2072&lists=newslog 06 Jan – A Map of dialog processes – Part 2 http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2073&lists=newslog 05 Jan – Saddam: Bush Silences a Dangerous Witness http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2065&lists=newslog 05 Jan – Noam Chomsky: Controlled Asset of the New World Order (?) http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2071&lists=newslog ____________________________ 01 … Read more…

BerkShares: Bringing Business Back to the Community

2007-01-05 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:43:44 -0500 Subject: Bringing Business Back to the Community From: “E. F. Schumacher Society” <•••@••.•••> Just ten weeks after BerkShares made their debut on the streets and in the cash registers of southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, trade in this model local currency has been brisk. BerkShares … Read more…

end of year dialog…

2007-01-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:10:50 -0800 From: Caspar Davis <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Tom Atlee: processes for addressing specific issues To: •••@••.••• Thanks Richard. I did read Tom’s post before, but this is a timely reminder. These issues are very active in Victoria. —– Hi Caspar, I’m very impressed with what’s … Read more…