re: Faith, Humanity, and Power

2003-08-20 Richard Moore Friends, There have many very interesting responses to the “Faith & Humanity” posting and to the “Americas role” posting. And I’ve gotten involved in some more interesting off-list exchanges. For now, let me just share this marvelous contribution that just came in from Arthur Topham. It’s a bit long, but worth it. … Read more…

errata for today’s posting…

2003-08-16 Richard Moore As posted: Although the original Bretton Woods blueprint was remarkably comprehensive and foresightful, the business of running the In the postwar years a huge intelligence & analysis… Corrected: Although the original Bretton Woods blueprint was remarkably comprehensive and foresightful, the business of running the world requires continual assessment, analysis, and planning. In … Read more…

Amerikas role in world politics 1914-2003

2003-08-16 Richard Moore Friends, Following is the draft of a chapter I’ve been asked to contribute to a book project. As usual, your comments are welcomed and the text will surely improve as a result. The themes will be familiar to you from past postings, but I think this treatment is more solid than what … Read more…

Alerts: dangerous new virus & a big red Mars

2003-08-15 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Subject: [OCtech] Digest #10: Technology Tips: AntiVirus; Open Source; Events; Email Merges List-Id: Organizers’ Collaborative Technical Digest <octech.lists.democracygroups.org> List-Post: <mailto:•••@••.•••> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.democracygroups.org/mailman/listinfo/octech>, <mailto:•••@••.•••?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.democracygroups.org/pipermail/octech/> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:00:39 -0400 ======================================== OCTech E-mail Digest 2003, #10 —- August 14, 2003 Published by Organizers’ Collaborative, Inc. … Read more…

* Faith, Humanity, and Power *

2003-08-11 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors and recent correspondents Friends, In recent postings we’ve been engaging in dialog with other online communities, or at least with their moderators. Folks like Tom Atlee, Dave Paulsen, John Bunzl, Arthur Topham, and Jay Fenello. Sometimes email lists feel like isolated islands, and it’s good to get messages-in-a-bottle once in … Read more…

Re: Total Despair & The Queen of Hearts

2003-07-24 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors, FYI ——————————————————– From: “Dave Paulsen” <•••@••.•••> To: Richard K. Moore <•••@••.•••>, Tom Atlee, Jay Fenello Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:30:51 -0700 Subject: Consensus and Place in a Partnership Society [excerpted – rkm] This is a response to a few messages from Richard K. Moore (cyberjournal.org) on the Cyberjournal mail … Read more…

Re: Total Despair & Waking Up

2003-07-21 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ——————————————————– Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:19:38 -0700 From: lynette <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Total Despair & The Queen of Hearts To: •••@••.••• re: Denial People who do not have the privilege of a university education and who still have the capacity to critically think, are I think from my experiences, … Read more…

Total Despair & The Queen of Hearts

2003-07-13 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Marc Bombois” <•••@••.•••> To: “rkm” <•••@••.•••> Subject: denial Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:54:44 -0700 > “In the aftermath of 9-11 we can see how very determined US elites are to employ any means necessary in pursuit of their own designs on world domination during the endgame of the petroleum … Read more…

Not Roger

2003-07-02 Richard Moore ——————————— Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 04:05:11 +0900 From: Chris Case <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• CC: •••@••.•••, •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Localism, Consensus, and Transformation Richard K. Moore wrote: > The popularity >of Roger Moore’s books and films — in the midst of hyper >patriotism and military conflict — can be taken as a … Read more…

Localism, Consensus, and Transformation

2003-07-01 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 10:01:48 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: Tom Atlee <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: NGOs, Accountability & Democracy Dear Richard, How do you envision using localism to address the over-fishing of oceans, the damming or re-routing of rivers for the benefit of one area, the increasing likelihood of nuclear war, … Read more…

dialog

2003-07-01 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 10:01:48 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: Tom Atlee <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: NGOs, Accountability & Democracy Dear Richard, How do you envision using localism to address the over-fishing of oceans, the damming or re-routing of rivers for the benefit of one area, the increasing likelihood of nuclear war, … Read more…

NGOs, Accountability & Democracy

2003-06-28 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:16:47 +0200 Subject: FW: Naomi Klein: Bush to NGOs: Watch Your Mouths From: Helene Connor <•••@••.•••> Resent-To: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> Resent-From: Helene Connor <•••@••.•••> —— Message transféré Bush to NGOs: Watch Your Mouths by Naomi Klein The Bush administration has found its next target for … Read more…

re: Neolibearlism, Fascism, and The New American Century

2003-06-25 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- From: “Brit Eckhart” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Neolibearlism, Fascism, and The New American Century Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 05:22:05 -0400 Dear Richard, Are you watching the currency change from US to Euro? There’s rumor that Iraq oil was to be sold in Euros. Soros is involved in some foundation … Read more…

Neolibearlism, Fascism, and The New American Century (resend)

2003-06-24 Richard Moore [several people said this came through blank the first time] Friends, Have you ever had the experience of postponing a letter to a friend? The longer you postpone, then the more pressure to write a “really good” letter. Which causes stress and encourages further postponement. That describes my gap in posting. I’ve … Read more…

Neolibearlism, Fascism, and The New American Century

2003-06-23 Richard Moore Friends, Have you ever had the experience of postponing a letter to a friend? The longer you postpone, then the more pressure to write a “really good” letter. Which causes stress and encourages further postponement. That describes my gap in posting. I’ve got something to share here, but I don’t know if … Read more…

Naomi Klein: “Elections vs. Democracy in Argentina”

2003-05-19 Richard Moore Friends, An important article by Klein, and well-timed for our Transformation thread. My comments at the end. rkm —————————————————————————- Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 13:15:30 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: Sam Lightman <sam_lightman<at>saltspring.com> Subject: Re: Transformation: re/ How deep must the scalpel go? You should be aware of this. This is what happens … Read more…

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…