2004-04-08 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Subject: ZNet Update, Iraq Commentary, and Book Interview Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:38:22 -0400 From: “Michael Albert” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> —<snip>— Report from Baghdad — Opening the Gates of Hell By Rahul Mahajan Before the Iraq war, at a meeting of the Arab League, Secretary General Amr Moussa famously said … Read more…

2004-04-02 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Boudewijn Wegerif” <•••@••.•••> To: <“Undisclosed-Recipient:;”@smtp3-2-sn1.fre.skanova.net> Subject: WHAT MATTERS-168: Relating as a Voyeur to ‘No Honest Americans’ by John Kaminski + + Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 23:48:49 +0200 WHAT MATTERS-168 –April 3, 2004 Relating as a Voyeur to # No Honest Americans, by John Kaminski # The Barbaric Assassination of … Read more…

2004-03-30 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 00:50:26 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: <•••@••.•••> Subject: intentional communities feedback hello richard although generally a passive cj listserve reader, i am moved to briefly comment on the intentional communities thread, having been directly and peripherally involved in several. i think that we, the self-styled cultural creatives, … Read more…

2004-03-27 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Kevin Carson” To: •••@••.••• Bcc: Subject: RE: Weds dialog > Intentional communities & The Movement Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 05:27:47 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Mar 2004 05:27:47.0564 (UTC) FILETIME=[E86D1AC0:01C41229] You might also check out Anarchist Communitarian Network, which promotes federalism, cooperation and information exchange between intentional communities. http://anarchistcommunitarian.net/ ——————————————————– From: … Read more…

2004-03-24 Richard Moore Bcc: those mentioned below & a few friends Friends, Please don’t miss Tom Atlee’s conference announcement at the bottom, “A gathering for people bringing transformational practices to social change”. rkm ——————————————————– Preface from yesterday’s posting. From: “Claudia Woodward-Rice” <ricesofhi-at-hilobay.com> > Even tho I’m a pretty independent soul, I have found myself thinking … Read more…

2004-03-23 Richard Moore Friends, Here are responses that came in to Sunday’s posting. Notice that contributors email addresses are now disguised. “-at-” is used instead of @ too fool spam engines. A request: please tell your friends & colleagues about this list if you think it would be interesting for them. cheers, rkm ——————————————————– From: … Read more…

2004-03-21 Richard Moore Friends, In my previous posting, I asked you for your ideas about what you’d like to see on this list, and a few responded (below). Sorry for the big gap since that last posting. My email bandwidth has been used up dialoging with the folks I met on the West Coast. Many … Read more…

2004-03-08 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Boudewijn Wegerif” To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Its been some time Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 04:55:36 +0100 Hi Richard, I trust you are well. Its been some time since a posting from you – or has my name fallen off the cyberjournal list? Warm regards, Boudewijn ——————————————————– Friends, I’m … Read more…

2004-02-24 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:05:39 -0400 From: Aaron Koleszar <•••@••.•••> Subject: Haiti: Five Facts and One Urgent Appeal —<fwd>— From: Dru Oja Jay <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:43:29 -0400 Subject: Haiti: Five Facts and One Urgent Appeal Five Facts about Haiti: 1. The US Government Backs … Read more…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

2003-12-14 Richard Moore Friends, I’d like to share with you one of the most optimistic messages I’ve received in quite some time. I’ve received many that expressed optimism, but not many whose sentiments I could go along with. There are many paths of premature optimism. Below, after a pitch for support, Tom Atlee talks about … Read more…

2003-12-07 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Brian” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Zen of Transformation: new thoughts Greetings; Firstly, activism to build a movement: I often say that the movement won’t happen for you until you do it. What better way to activate than with your/our own bodies? What … Read more…

2003-12-05 Richard Moore Friends, There are two articles below by James Meek of The Guardian. The first is about the judicial system being set up to deal with the prisoners at Guantanamo. The Pentagon is having difficulty finding military lawyers who can stomach the gross injustices of that system. The second, longer article talks about … Read more…

2003-12-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> To: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> Subject: THE SOLDIERS AT MY FRONT DOOR Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:28:38 -0500 <http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1129-07.htm>http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1129-07.htm Published Sat., Nov. 29, 2003 by CommonDreams.org The Soldiers At My Front Door by John Dear I live in a tiny, remote, impoverished, three block long … Read more…

2003-12-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:23:52 -0500 From: “Charles D. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Hold On To Your Humanity – GIs In Iraq Dear Friends – I saw combat as a hospital corpsman with the Marines in Korea. As a psychiatrist in the Veterans Administration I have treated … Read more…

2003-11-24 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:35:21 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: “Fred V. Cook” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Joe Vialls: An amazing geopolitical assessment! Dear Richard, This is a very important (if true) piece of information which (to date) has not gotten the attention it deserves in the US commercial media. I would … Read more…

2003-11-19 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:35:46 +0100 Subject: Re: Joe Vialls: An amazing geopolitical assessment! From: Helene Connor <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Dear Richard, This analysis is earth-shaking. I wish you would not have cut the article though. What is the “fall-back plan” they have in store? Thanks for sharing with us … Read more…

2003-11-19 Richard Moore Friends, Thanks to Dan Nordin for sending in this very interesting report on the current global balance of power. In my in-progress chapter, “The Story of America”, I present a picture of a more-or-less total US global hegemony. If Mr. Vialls’ report is correct, my perspective will need to be adjusted. According … Read more…

2003-11-17 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: re: Zen of Transformation: some new thoughts Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:59:16 +0000 X-Originating-IP: 159.134.245.136 Organization: Eircom Net (http://www.eircom.net/) Hi Richard, > But where will we find an activist in this particular movement? Where is there someone planning or carrying out actions aimed at building … Read more…

2003-11-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Zen of Transformation: some new thoughts Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:18:53 +0000 Hi Richard, Your new thoughts maybe provide an answer to a question I have posed and you have posed in the past; “How do we begin?” Is the answer that we already … Read more…

2003-11-06 Richard Moore Friends, The path / vision described in ZGT is sketchy, and there are many difficulties that the book makes no attempt to resolve. The intent was to show the main stages of the path, to argue that the difficulties in each stage are plausibly surmountable, and to suggest a general means of … Read more…

2003-11-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Reply-To: <•••@••.•••> From: “Tim Murphy” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: From Scotland -Is a U.S. Air Strike in the Middle East imminent ? Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 01:05:25 -0000 <Since Saturday, people in the Highlands of Scotland have been witnessing large movements of US warplanes overhead. Experienced observers … Read more…

2003-10-28 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• To: “mer” <•••@••.•••> Organization: Mid-East Realities From: “MER – Mid-East Realities” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Target IRAN – US and Israel Prepare Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:37:50 -0800 http://www.middleeast.org News, Views, and Analysis Governments, Lobbies, and the Corporate Media Don’t Want You To Know 28 Oct 2003 TARGET IRAN It’s … Read more…

2003-10-26 Richard Moore Friends, Bernd Hamm, a German Professor of sociology, is putting together an anthology to be published in several languages by Zed Books. The tentative title is “Bushgang America” and it will be aimed particularly at non-American audiences. Several well-known authors have promised contributions, and quite possibly the book will be a moderate … Read more…

2003-10-21 Richard Moore Friends, This is proposed final draft of my chapter which before was called “Amerikas role in world politics 1914-2003”. Many thanks to all of you who sent in feedback. Many changes have been made as a result. Comments welcome on this version… still a bit of time before publication. all the best, … Read more…

2003-10-16 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “dnordin” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: MUST READ——-Shocking Story Of Military Serviceman Who Served In Iraq Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:45:28 -0700 ———- > From: Bea Bernhausen <•••@••.•••> > To: •••@••.••• > Subject: MUST READ——-Shocking Story Of Military Serviceman Who Served In Iraq > Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 … Read more…

2003-09-27 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:26:01 -0400 From: John Kaminski <•••@••.•••> Organization: @comcast.net X-Accept-Language: en To: Qasim Khanzada <•••@••.•••> CC: Radical Press <•••@••.•••>, “Rainbolt, Eric” <•••@••.•••>, “•••@••.•••” <•••@••.•••> Subject: The teeth in the smile The teeth in the smile America’s karma: Happiness for some paid for by the misery … Read more…

2003-09-25 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 16:25:40 -0700 From: Lynette <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Gaian transformation & system dynamics To: •••@••.••• Suggest you refer to the writings in Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible A Report of the International Forum on Globalization This group includes Maude Barlow, Walden Bello, Tony … Read more…

2003-09-11 Richard Moore Friends, Thanks to Jan for sending in this inspiring assessment of “the vast revolution that’s going on because our way of life cannot be sustained”. It’s an interview with Joanna Macy that was taken during the Seattle WTO protests. It touches on many of the topics we’ve discussed recently on this list, … Read more…

2003-09-08 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors Friends, There is no information, or perspective, in the article below that we haven’t seen before on this list and others. In some sense it is already “well known” that the Bush Gang planned the WTC bombing in order to carry out their pre-election agenda. What’s interesting about this piece … Read more…

2003-09-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: P To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Your latest messages. Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:21:48 -0400 Dear Richard: In our discussion of a few years ago, I always applauded your pertinent and effective critique of the present World Order, but found your proposals for positive actions less convincing. This also applies to … Read more…

2003-08-25 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:37:57 -0700 Subject: Re: change of consciousness From: Jan Slakov <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Dear Richard, I read your most recent posting. Basically I agree, but I just feel like it is kind of thinking in the abstract since I feel called to work at a much … Read more…