1997-11-10 Richard Moore Dear cj, Here’s a piece you might find interesting. Bob is analyzing events in terms of their system-changing consequences, a= nd he exposes official rhetoric as being a distraction from the real core issues. This is a methodology he and I share, and it is no surprise we sometimes find each other’s … Read more…

1997-11-09 Richard Moore 11/06/97, •••@••.••• (Susan LaBarre) wrote: >Richard, > >Your mission review sounds great and well articulated. As usual, I’m a fan >of how you string words together. >Keep going! > >Susan > >ENVISION CREATIVE SERVICES — 11/08/97, Bill Michtom wrote: >Since so much of what you will be examining seems to be exactly … Read more…

1997-11-07 Richard Moore Dear cj, As promised, here’s the summary and outline for the book project. Your comments are welcome – and if you don’t want them published please mark your message “PRIVATE”. The next piece in this series will be “cj#728.2> Brief review of globalization and world systems”, and so on for the rest … Read more…

1997-11-06 Richard Moore Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 Sender: Yves Leclerc <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#726> Our woman in Havana Richard, Jan’s reaction to her week in Cuba exactly corresponds to my own past experiences, and to those of a lot of Quebeckers and Canadians who’ve been routinely going there for vacations — and going back … Read more…

1997-11-05 Richard Moore Dear cj, As a respite from yesterday’s sizable missives, I’d like to share this letter just received from a close friend in Bristol. Interesting how travel seems to be a universal muse. If you have suggestions for reading material, let me know and I’ll forward. rkm ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ From: [Jan in Bristol] Date: … Read more…

1997-11-04 Richard Moore Dear cj anb Bcc friends, My attitude toward cyberjournal has been a bit on the lax side, in terms of devoting dedicated time to it. Typically I’ve waited until something special came across my desk to forward, or until I happened to be in the mood to put down some ideas or … Read more…

1997-11-04 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 From: Ann Bennington <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#723> a complaint about cj topics >Over the past month the number of cj subscribers jumped suddenly from 750 >to 850. I’d appreciate it if some of the new subscribers would let me know >how they heard about cj and … Read more…

1997-10-31 Richard Moore Dear cj, Over the past month the number of cj subscribers jumped suddenly from 750 to 850. I’d appreciate it if some of the new subscribers would let me know how they heard about cj and what their expectations are… thanks, rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 Sender: Frank Scott <•••@••.•••> … Read more…

1997-10-29 Richard Moore Dear cj, I wanted to share this resource information with you. I may not have time to follow up myself, so if anyone does I’d appreciate forwards of particularly useful pieces. rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 From: CAP *Erie-Lincoln* <•••@••.•••> Organization: Canadian ACT!ON Coalition News To: •••@••.••• Subject: IMPORTANT re: … Read more…

1997-10-28 Richard Moore From: Carolyn Ballard <•••@••.•••> Subject: Am.Reporter/9-25-97/OKC Bombing REPORTING: OKC BOMBING GRAND JURY + Bill Johnson American Reporter Correspondent Oklahoma City September 22, 1997 grand jury 1410/$14.10 GRAND JURY HEARS CONTRADICTORY BOMBING STORIES by Bill Johnson American Reporter Correspondent OKLAHOMA CITY — County grand jurors investigating the federal building bombing heard a lot … Read more…

1997-10-26 Richard Moore Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 From: CAP *Erie-Lincoln* <•••@••.•••> Reply-To: •••@••.••• Organization: Canadian ACT!ON Coalition News To: •••@••.••• Subject: Rachel #568: Part 2: The Nature of World War III] This is good…. especially for the Yanks, as they do not seem to be as aware of this assortment of scams as we … Read more…

1997-10-25 Richard Moore [resent to test server recovery; apologies if two copies are delivered] Dear cj, My operation went smoothly and I’m mostly recovered already – stitches come out Friday. How nice it was on returning home to find some half dozen or so warm encouragements in my in box – my thanks to each … Read more…

1997-10-08 Richard Moore Dear cr, My reasons for bringing up Iraq on the list were not to praise Saddam nor even particularly to condemn neo-imperialism. It was really more about propaganda and how it works. The strategic mission of propaganda is to create the context in which people make judgements: to limit the alternatives among … Read more…

1997-10-03 Richard Moore Dear cj, Only now getting around to looking at things people have sent in over the past several weeks… here are a few. rkm ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 14:43:18 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: Nazli Roth <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#704> about rkm Dear Richard, Thank you for the interesting info and … Read more…

1997-10-02 Richard Moore ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE – conclusion Sender: Mark Stahlman (via RadioMail) <•••@••.•••> Folks: I wanted to wait for Richard to finish before commenting on his essay. Overall, it seems to be a valuable contribution. He’s asking many of the right questions; which is … Read more…

1997-09-30 Richard Moore [a thread from the iraq-l list] 9/23/97, Zahir Antia wrote to iraq-l: >The day Saddam’s regime collapses is the day sanctions will be lifted. >Whether or not any outside power has the moral right to dictate this is >not the issue; it is simply a statement of fact given the balance of … Read more…

1997-09-28 Richard Moore 9/28/97, someone wrote: >Could you please send me Part 6, I never received it. Thank you. I’ve put the series up on the WWW as a single article. Click on cyberlib, then look in “RKM-political/”: http://www.iol.ie/~rkmoore/cyberjournal

1997-09-27 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore [part 8] Democracy & Cyberspace: strategic recommendations ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Pursuant to the goal of improving the quality of our democracies, it seems to me, upon consideration, that the only effective strategy is an old-fashioned one: grass-roots political organizing, creation of broad coalition movements, … Read more…

1997-09-26 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore [part 7] Electronic Democracy: dream or nightmare? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ “Electronic Democracy” has no generally agreed upon definition – the term is used to refer to everything from community networking, to online discussion of issues, to email lobbying of elected representatives. What I’d like … Read more…

1997-09-25 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore [part 6] Cyberspace: who’s utopia? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The law doth punish man or woman That steals the goose from off the common, But lets the greater felon loose, That steals the common from the goose. – Anon, 18th cent., on the enclosures. One … Read more…

1997-09-24 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore [part 5] Propaganda and democracy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As Noam Chomsky so competently documents in “Manufacturing Consent”, propaganda has always been an essential mechanism in the machinery of democracy, the primary means by which the elite insure that their own interests are not overwhelmed … Read more…

1997-09-23 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore [part 4] The see-saw of democracy and the advent of globalization ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Democracy has always been a see-saw struggle for control between citizens at large and elite economic interests. This struggle has been perhaps more apparent in a country like Britain, where … Read more…

1997-09-22 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore [part 3] The mass media: monopolized communications ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Like the Internet, today’s mass-media industry is also a global communications network, and also offers access to seemingly infinite information. Beyond these similarities, however, the two could not be more different. While Internet exchange … Read more…

1997-09-22 Richard Moore My involvement with Diana’s alleged accident has now extended beyond theorizing and passing on rumors.. I’ve got a “reliable source” – someone long known to me and trustworthy – who is directly investigating the incident and who has talked to his own “reliable sources”. The following claim of one “Sherman Skolnick” (who … Read more…

1997-09-21 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore [part 2] Today’s Internet: democratized communications ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Today’s Internet is most remarkable for its cultural aspects. Technically, Internet is one small episode in the ever-evolving parade of technology, and soon to be outmoded. But culturally – and economically – Internet seems to … Read more…

1997-09-20 Richard Moore __________________________________________________________________ [part 1] DEMOCRACY AND CYBERSPACE Copyright 1997 by Richard K. Moore Wexford, Ireland •••@••.••• http://www.iol.ie/~rkmoore/cyberjournal Presented at International Conference “Discourse and Decision Making in the Information Age” University of Teesside 18 September 1997 Digital cyberspace: a quick tour of the future ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Let’s stand back for a moment from today’s Internet … Read more…

1997-09-14 Richard Moore ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~–~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 Sender: Dave Moore <•••@••.•••> Subject: Great moments in law Reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal, the following are questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys during trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful witnesses: 1. “Now doctor, isn’t it true that … Read more…

1997-09-10 Richard Moore ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 Sender: “mdevos” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#710> Assassination claim (fwd) Hi I read the assasination claim with interest and a certain amount of sadness at the sheer predictability of it all. I have a few observations. -The UK laws may well be as stringent as claimed but … Read more…

1997-09-08 Richard Moore Dear cj, I have no knowledge as to the accuracy of the following report. If it is true, then I presume that would imply some level of cooperation from French officials. If anyone has anything that would substantiate or discredit any part of this report, please send it in. rkm ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: … Read more…

1997-09-08 Richard Moore [previous posting had non-ascii character codes, hopefully this version will be easier to read.] ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Although I have made a fortune in the financial markets, I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life is endangering our open and democratic … Read more…

1997-09-05 Richard Moore Dear cj, I recall the day Patty Hearst was abducted from her dorm in Berkeley. I just couldn’t believe any would-be abductor would be so stupid as to choose the dorm as the place to nab her (instead of, say, the roadside at night), and my first response was “I bet she … Read more…

1997-08-29 Richard Moore Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 Sender: •••@••.••• (Parveez Syed) Subject: Gulf assault crimes: the ultimate bullet Wednesday 27 August 1997, London-UK [I0220-0159] SRTV00004 From: Parveez Syed Global Media Monitoring Unit Shanti Communications One Stuart Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8RA1 UK Tel: London-UK 44-0831-196693 Fax: 44-0181-405 4735 E-Mail INTERNET: •••@••.••• Copyright 1997 … Read more…

1997-08-28 Richard Moore Dear cj, First, let me announce that cyberjournal now has an official home page, which simplifies access to cyberlib: http://www.iol.ie/~rkmoore/cyberjournal Raleigh Myers has also set up a home page pointing to cyberlib: http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/cyberjournal.html — Next, I’d like to continue the cyberspace monopolization thread, last dealt with in “cj#694> Common Sense and Cyberspace”. … Read more…

1997-08-20 Richard Moore ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 Sender: Robert Sullivan <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#704> about rkm Thanks for the informative summary, Richard. Interesting life, interesting list. And the iconclasmic remarks on the conventional wisdom about the Net and the coming of “electronic democracy” seem intuitively correct to me–however much I wish they weren’t. … Read more…

1997-08-16 Richard Moore ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 To: •••@••.••• From: ~–<snip>–~ Subject: Re: cj#703> Globalism and the U.N. Dear Richard: It must be somewhat akin to operating in a sensory-deprivation tank, running a list without feedback from subscribers. Let me therefore throw in my 2 cents. I find cyberjournal to be refreshing in … Read more…

1997-08-14 Richard Moore Dear cj, Good article below by David Korten – author of _When Corporations Rule the World_ (Kumarian). Report on U.N. is useful, as well as are the background comments made about development, WTO, etc. I’d like to hear from some of you lurkers, especially from new subscribers, about your responses to cyberjournal, … Read more…

1997-08-09 Richard Moore Dear cj, The world cheered when NATO storm troopers kidnapped a “war criminal” recently, shooting his colleague, and brought him to the Hague to face “justice”. I personally find the whole development utterly repulsive. Not only because the US and Germany set up the whole Yugoslav destabilization process in the first place, … Read more…

1997-08-06 Richard Moore ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ From: •••@••.••• Date: Sat, 12 Jul 199 Subject: Re: cj#695> “Please, help us to stop cold war against Islam” Thank you for your words of Solidarity, God Bless you, Fr. Labib Kobti ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 From: Frank Scott <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#696> The EU: a globalist Trojan Horse … Read more…

1997-08-02 Richard Moore Dear cj, Excellent article below – concise, traces highlights of the history, the critical court decisions, and traces to the current day. Monopolization is one of the biggest unreported stories of our day. With globalization we’re going to see a whole new breed of global monopolies. “Increased competition” is only one of … Read more…

1997-08-01 Richard Moore Dear cj, For seven days the CPSR listserv ceased functioning, halting traffic on cyberjournal and cyber-rights. Still haven’t heard what happened – traffic simply started up Thursday as mysteriously as it stopped. Since this mystery closure came at just about the same time that IGC (a progressive-causes ISP) was being mail-bombed and … Read more…