1998-09-26 Richard Moore [continued…] ———————————————————————— Functional democracy — is it a utopian vision? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ So far this chapter has been an investigation into functional democracy, an attempt to identify why Western systems fail to be democratic, and an attempt to identify the processes necessary for functional democracy. In this investigation, perhaps ironically, models from sound … Read more…

1998-09-26 Richard Moore Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative Part II – Chapter 5 – preliminary Copyright 1998 by Richard K. Moore 26 September 1998 – 5780 words book maintained at: http://cyberjournal.org/cadre/gri/gri.html —————————————————————————- Part II – Envisioning a livable world: common sense, not utopianism —————————————————————————- Chapter 5 – Democracy: collaboration and harmonization instead of competition and … Read more…

1998-09-23 Richard Moore (continued…) ———————————————————————— Strong Economic Medicine ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Since the 1994-95 Mexican crisis, the IMF has played a crucial role in shaping the “financial environment” in which the global banks and money managers wage their speculative raids. The global banks are craving for access to inside information. Successful speculative attacks require the concurrent implementation … Read more…

1998-09-23 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 Sender: World Order Conference List <•••@••.•••> From: Ross Wilcock <•••@••.•••> Subject: Financial Crisis To: •••@••.••• —–Original Message—– From: Michel Chossudovsky [mailto:•••@••.•••] Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 11:25 PM To: Recipient list suppressed Subject: financial crisis FINANCIAL WARFARE by Michel Chossudovsky Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, … Read more…

1998-09-21 Richard Moore Dear cj, APFN is a source whose reliability varies. Sometimes they offer perspectives and analysis which seem worth looking at, and which can’t be found readily elsewhere. I hope you find this one to be of interest. rkm ———————————————————————— Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 From: American Patriot Friends Network <•••@••.•••> To: “”•••@••.•••”” … Read more…

1998-09-17 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— From: Anthony Arrott <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#832-2/2> GRI.II / Intro & C.4: “Livable and sustainable societies” To: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 Do you address the fundamental problem: In a cooperative society, an non-cooperative individual or collective can exploit those that cooperate. Of course, if everyone or every group is … Read more…

1998-09-15 Richard Moore [continued…] ———————————————————————— Achieving sustainability: there is no single recipe ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To summarize what has been established so far, the fundamental characteristics of a livable and sustainable world — based on the essential requirements of livability and sustainability — are the following: (1) Societal politics is democratic, locally based, and participatory. (2) Accurate … Read more…

1998-09-15 Richard Moore Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative Part II – Introduction, Chapter 4 – preliminary Copyright 1998 by Richard K. Moore 15 September 1998 comments to: •••@••.••• book maintained at: http://cyberjournal.org/cadre/gri/gri.html —————————————————————————- Part II – Envisioning a livable world: common sense, not utopianism —————————————————————————- Introduction [509 words] —————————————————————————- Part I examined the path on … Read more…

1998-09-09 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— From: •••@••.••• (John Trechak) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#830> the terrorism debate heats up… If there really are Cyberjournal subscribers who doubt that the major media are incredibly biased, let me suggest they read Censored 1998: The News that Didn’t Make the News by Peter Phillips … Read more…

1998-09-08 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 To: •••@••.••• From: Bill Ellis <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: “WAR IS IMMINENT” Cc: “Free Arab Voice” <•••@••.•••> BE: The piece on “WAR IS IMMINENT” is a prime example of the misinformation being cirulated in the Internet. It raises the question of how to se filter the nonsense … Read more…

1998-09-07 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— INVITATION to Help Achieve a Livable World 21 August 1998 Citizens for a Democratic Renaissance (CDR) mailto: •••@••.••• – http://cyberjournal.org – – – We are an informal group of activists who have been considering the question: “How Can We Achieve a Livable World?” We recognize that humanity, indeed the entire Earth, … Read more…

1998-09-05 Richard Moore Dear rn & cj, Thanks to those of you have been following the gri-book series (“Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative”) and sending in comments and critique. As I begin Chapter 4, “Sustainable economics: a realizable necessity”, I find I am short of reference material. I’ve got lots of books that document how … Read more…

1998-09-04 Richard Moore Dear cj, I was, meaning no disrespect, amused by the responses to cj#825 re: “WAR IS IMMINENT”. (See below). There I was, checking email after midnight on a Sunday, and in came this message about DEFCON alerts. The contributor often sends alarmist warnings and I usually just file them away. On the … Read more…

1998-09-02 Richard Moore (…continued) ———————————————————————— Each of these capitalist phases, competition, shakeout, and monopoly, provides its own characteristic investment vehicles which are able to ferry the ever-growing capital pool to the succeeding phase. These same three phases have played out in sequence in many places and at many scales of manifestation. Occurring first in in … Read more…

1998-09-02 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative Part I – Chapter 3 – preliminary Copyright 1998 by Richard K. Moore 2 September 1998 – 5600 words comments to: •••@••.••• online book: http://cyberjournal.org/cadre/gri/gri.html Part I – Corporate globalization: what it is, where it came from, where it is heading —————————————————————————- Chapter 3 – Capitalism: … Read more…

1998-08-30 Richard Moore Judge for yourself -rkm ———————————————————————— —<fwd>— Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:59:30 -0700 From: Anita Sands <•••@••.•••> To: rkmoore <•••@••.•••> [and others] Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: “WAR IS IMMINENT” report] —<fwd>— Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:03:22 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: Bill Kingsbury <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fwd: “WAR IS IMMINENT” report —<fwd>— From: Franklin … Read more…

1998-08-29 Richard Moore Dear cj, Two different levels of propaganda are highlighted in the two reports below. The first deals with the illogic behind the media definitions of “terrorism” and “retaliation”. The second deals with deception regarding the reprisals, the intent behind them, and the evidence that the reprisals were already planned prior to the … Read more…

1998-08-27 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative Part I – Chapter 2 – preliminary Copyright 1998 by Richard K. Moore 25 August 1998 – 3630 words comments to: •••@••.••• online book: http://cyberjournal.org/cadre/gri/gri.html ———————————————————————— Part I – Corporate globalization: what it is, where it came from, where it is heading ———————————————————————— Chapter 2 – … Read more…

1998-08-26 Richard Moore Dear cj, This posting wraps up the series on terrorism, at least for the time being. I’d still be interested in statements and forwards on this topic, for use later. I hope you find the material useful. After this will come chapter 2 of the book: “Evolution of political power: from national … Read more…

1998-08-25 Richard Moore Dear cj, I don’t usually devote so many posts to a single subject, nor do I usually publish controversial material without commenting on it, or trying to qualify its context. I make an exception with these recent terrorist events. A geologist friend of mine was teaching class one day in San Francisco … Read more…

1998-08-24 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— To: •••@••.••• Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 03:10:25 Subject: Clinton bombed Afghanistan and Sudan From: •••@••.••• (Parveez Syed) Friday 21 August 1998 London-UK [Afghan55] From: Parveez Syed Global Media Monitoring Unit Shanti Communications One Stuart Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8RA1 UK Telephone: London-UK 44-0831-196693 E-Mail INTERNET: •••@••.••• Copyright 1998 © … Read more…

1998-08-24 Richard Moore Dear cj, I do not necessarily agree with the views expressed below by Parveez. I have found him to be sincere and well-informed, and I believe strongly-argued alternative views are essential to healthy public debate, especially at a time when one-sided xenophobic hysteria is being promulgated by the US media. Some of … Read more…

1998-08-23 Richard Moore Dear cj, What is “terrorism”? My American Heritage dictionary defines it as: “The systematic use of terror, violence, and intimidation to achieve an end.” “Terror”, in turn, includes these definitions: “Intense, overpowering fear. Violence promoted by a group to achieve or maintain supremacy.” I suggest an additional definition of terrorism: “The use … Read more…

1998-08-20 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 From: Jeff Jewell <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: GRI/I.1: “Evolution of geopolitics: from Pax Romana to Pax Americana, via nationalism” Dear Richard, Congratulations on your absolutely brilliant analysis, masterfully presented! Several points — Firstly, while America is an offspring of Europe, and the collective imperialism under … Read more…

1998-08-18 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative a book in progress Copyright 1998 by Richard K. Moore Latest update: 17 August 1998 •••@••.••• http://cyberjournal.org/cadre/gri/gri.html Table of Contents Introduction [5 Aug 98] Part I – Corporate globalization: what it is, where it came from, where it is heading Chapter 1 – Evolution of geopolitics: … Read more…

1998-08-15 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:06:38 -0400 From: Steve Kurtz <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#814> report from a cj reader; strategic thinking Greetings Richard & all, Although I agree with most of the perceptions and interpretations that both x and Richard delineated, there is one area which I think is … Read more…

1998-08-12 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Wed, 12 Aug 98 From: <name withheld by moderator> To: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) I have read and thought about your posts on cj and find the basic outline to be fundamentally important as a way to interpret the events and trends as presented by the mainstream media and our … Read more…

1998-08-11 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— From: <•••@••.•••> Bill Blum [author of “Killing Hope, US Military and CIA interventions since World War II”] Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 22:36:48 EDT To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#812> 1st of series: “Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative” rkm wrote: << In fact the question of genuine democracy arises when the movement … Read more…

1998-08-05 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative Copyright 1998 by Richard K. Moore 5 August 1998 – •••@••.••• First in a series: “Introduction” NOTE TO READERS: This material, and subsequent pieces in the series, are a “draft book in progress”. They are being distributed on several internet lists, and further forwarding is encouraged. … Read more…

1998-08-03 Richard Moore Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 From: •••@••.••• (Parveez Syed) To: •••@••.••• Subject: Subverted justice questioned? Monday 03 August 1998 London-UK From: Parveez Syed Global Media Monitoring Unit Shanti Communications; Shanti RTV One Stuart Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8RA1 UK Telephone: London-UK 44-831-196693 E-Mail INTERNET: •••@••.••• Copyright 1998 © Shanti Communications news … Read more…

1998-08-02 Richard Moore Dear cj, I can’t quite tell who is commenting on whom, as the following piece rolls along, but it’s good to see some common sense thinking about economics, and propaganda-economics. (Is there a difference?) At the end, Ed asks: >How many more years will the world have to put up with this … Read more…

1998-07-31 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— From: Philip Sanchez <•••@••.•••> To: “‘•••@••.•••'” <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: China Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 Richard, What’s your opinion? > —–Original Message—– > From: •••@••.••• > Sent: 21 July 1998 > To: •••@••.••• > Subject: China > > Global Intelligence Update > Red Alert > July 21, 1998 > > U.S. … Read more…

1998-07-29 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 To: •••@••.••• From: David Cameron/Nancy Sherwood <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#806> a poem for our times > …- just had to do something – > and the time will come when I will want to > once again > but just now > I would simply like … Read more…

1998-07-27 Richard Moore Dear cj, For many of us, the troubles in Rwanda began one day on tv, when we first heard about inter-tribal atrocities, and saw pictures of armed bands and refugee centers. Little did we know, as the article at the bottom shows, that US forces had been preparing the ground for these … Read more…

1998-07-25 Richard Moore We are free to find out how our soldiers have trained others to kill people just like us free to not buy fish sticks made of ground up dragger-caught juveniles free also to bring our own children into a world we know is in danger. I sat down to write in deep … Read more…

1998-07-24 Richard Moore Dear cj, We will continue a thread about movement building on cj, but I’d like to recommend joining the renaissance-network if you want more depth on this topic. You can join by sending any message to: •••@••.••• The point is that cj has many threads, and there’s no sense in duplicating all … Read more…

1998-07-23 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:38:25 -0300 To: •••@••.••• From: David Cameron/Nancy Sherwood <•••@••.•••> Subject: steps A community will evolve only when the people control their means of communication. — Frantz Fanon The above meme is sort of added by accident as posting signature to rkm’s points for action arrived at … Read more…

1998-07-22 Richard Moore Dear cj, I want to encourage comments on the Bear River report I posted on the 20th. I know its easier to talk about cover ups, evils our governments are up to, and utopian ideas of better societies, and I get no end of suggested postings on such topics. But we’ve got … Read more…

1998-07-21 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 From: Jeff Jewell <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#801> CNN: RETRACTION or SELL OUT? (fwd) On objective analysis, it would be difficult to believe that the CNN retraction was anything other than acquiescence to withering pressure. The reasons to believe this are: (1) it was no … Read more…

1998-07-20 Richard Moore Dear cj, Back on 5 Feb, when we were still on the CPSR listserv, I sent out the following message “shift of focus for cyberjournal” (below), which proposed to hold a “leadership conference” in Candada, hopefully on Prince Edward Island. This initiative led to the formation of a group called “Citizens for … Read more…