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…

1997-07-31 Richard Moore Bcc: xx Dear cj, This posting is relevant to our thread about reaching out to groups with whom “we” have serious disagreements, in an effort to overcome elite divide-and-conquer tactics. Incidentally – I’ve been receiving interesting communications from organizations in Australia and New Zealand in this regard, which I’ll report on later. … Read more…

1997-07-24 Richard Moore Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 From: David Shove <•••@••.•••> To: Richard K Moore <•••@••.•••> Subject: Forward to Chomsky Richard Here’ part of a letter from my friend Sam Gale, who received your series on China et al via my list. From: Samuel W Gale <•••@••.•••> To: David Shove <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: PM: … Read more…

1997-07-12 Richard Moore Interesting comments below. I presume the “why we slipped” remark is a bit tongue in cheek, but it conforms accurately to objective fact. The same political leaders who tout the EU’s recent enhancements to green laws, worker protection, etc. markedly fail to point out that such laws are strictly lame-duck measures given, … Read more…

1997-07-12 Richard Moore [I didn’t get a posting in my inbox of this the first time I tried – rkm] Dear cj, This was written more than a year ago, but seem even more timely today, as the consequences of the Telecom Bill have become more widely apparent. Surprisingly few changes would be necessary to … Read more…

1997-07-12 Richard Moore Dear cj, Just received this impassioned plea for relief from the anti-muslim sentiment that seems to be increasingly prevalent in the West. The first Crusades were by Euro invaders, who, among other things, demolished cities and massacred their citizens – all in the name of the invaders’ religion, but perhaps more motivated … Read more…

1997-07-07 Richard Moore Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Joe Ferguson wrote: >So, I suggest you also seek out “conservative” venues for your articles, >assuming there are some of these that are essentially honest and valid >(I’m sure this is true just like there are such publications on “the >other side.”) Dear cj, Just about the time … Read more…

1997-07-05 Richard Moore Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 Sender: Francisco Lopez <•••@••.•••> Subject: (en)Class War Gets Serious (fwd) From: Lyn and Shawn <•••@••.•••> A AA AAAA The A-Infos News Service AA AA AA AA INFOSINFOSINFOS http://www.tao.ca/ainfos/ AAAA AAAA AAAAA AAAAA Class War Gets Serious by Husayn Al-Kurdi (Portland Free Press; May/June 1997 issue, Page 26) … Read more…

1997-07-02 Richard Moore To: •••@••.••• (world-system network) From: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) Subject: Re: Globalisation 6/16/97, Karl Carlile quoted David Yaffe: >On the one hand [globalism] does mean new forms of >capitalist integration and co-operation across national boundaries but >on the other hand, it also means active competition between national >and regional capitalists. ‘So the … Read more…

1997-06-30 Richard Moore ________________________________________________________________ Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kathleen Geathers) Subject: Re: cj#686> THE EXECUTIVE ORDER – anti-constitutional Thank you Richard for your article on the constitution. Only yesterday I mentioned to people that democracy as described as power coming from the people does not exist. When government conceals everything, there is … Read more…

1997-06-28 Richard Moore Dear cj, It seems that one of the bricks in the wall threatening to isolate cyberspace from democratic use has been removed – the immediate threat of over-broad, direct government censorship. As many have noted, CDA threatened to do much more than prohibit indecent speech. Because of the openness of many Internet … Read more…

1997-06-26 Richard Moore Dear cj, Someone sent the following unattributed fable to the “philosophy of history” list: One sage in China devoted a half of his life to fight dragons. When he became sufficiently sophisticated in this art he began wandering in all over the country in order to meet a dragon and to win … Read more…

1997-06-23 Richard Moore Dear cj, One of our cj subscribers wrote to me privately: >I was greatly impressed by your 3-part article on the NWO and China. There >is a need to ‘market’ your writings, disseminate them in a systematic >manner. I don’t know how. One problem is that their reading requires an >unusual level … Read more…

1997-06-22 Richard Moore Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 Sender: Francisco Lopez <•••@••.•••> Subject: Executive Orders (Potential for the erosion of the rights of the individuals) From: SKYWATCH Post Only <•••@••.•••> From: •••@••.••• In reviewing a couple of the latest posts from skywatch, it occurs to me that a lot of people are concerned about the … Read more…

1997-06-19 Richard Moore ________________________________________________________________ Begin part 3 of 3 – “China vs. Globalization” ________________________________________________________________ Epilog – The global megacorp state ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The current world system, now coming to an end, is an anarchistic (not centrally controlled) one – based on nation states, shifting alliances, imperialism, warfare, and trade. Just as capitalist monopolies constitute the natural … Read more…

1997-06-18 Richard Moore ________________________________________________________________ Begin part 2 of 3 – “China vs. Globalization” ________________________________________________________________ Missions for the arsenal: (2) the China question ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In considering why tactical nukes would be deemed necessary by US military planners (not in Libya, but in the long run) – and in considering why the US seeks to advance further … Read more…

1997-06-17 Richard Moore Dear cj, About two months ago the first version of this article was posted. Since then it’s been refined by feedback and updated into a full article. Other parts will follow. rkm ________________________________________________________________ Begin – “China vs. Globalization” – in three parts ________________________________________________________________ China vs. Globalization – the Final War and the … Read more…

1997-06-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 Sender: Elias Davidsson <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#679> cj Mission Statement Dear cj, I agree with your perspective Richard, that the focus should be structural not sectorial, namely how to ensure a democratic environment to tackle the multiple problems to be resolved, including environmental problems. Unless we … Read more…

1997-06-13 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 From: Charles <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#676> letters from readers > From: •••@••.••• > > >Things often turn into their opposites (I forget the generic word for > >this phenomenon). Thus regulatory agencies, instead of curbing corporate > >power, become the vehicles for extending corporate power. Or … Read more…

1997-06-10 Richard Moore Dear cj, Here’s a posting that went out today to the “memetics” list. It deals with “memes” – self-replicating ideas. It looked interesting, but the traffic turned out to be an infinite elaboration of semantic non-issues expressed in esoteric jargon. Many interesting comments have been sent in recently – will be posted … Read more…

1997-06-08 Richard Moore Dear cj, Someone recently invited me to contribute to a book dealing with the dimensions and urgency of global environmental decline. In explaining to him why that wouldn’t be my cup of tea, my own thinking was clarified about what _is_ my cup of tea and why. rkm ________________________________________________________________ Dear xxx, Hmmm… … Read more…

1997-06-06 Richard Moore In outline, Huntington’s thesis seems to be: (1) We had a world system structured by superpower alignments. (2) That system provided considerable free-world stability and gave the US a point of leverage with which to exercise leadership and influence. (3) That system is unravelling due to collapse of one superpower. (4) Regional … Read more…

1997-06-04 Richard Moore Dear cj, I hope you find this posting of interest – sent today to wsn (World System Network) -rkm ________________________________________________________________ Dear wsn, Subsequent to our previous discussion of Huntington, Kulturkampf, etc., I’ve had a chance to look at “The West – Unique, not Universal” (Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 96) and to view a … Read more…

1997-06-02 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 Sender: •••@••.••• (LARRY A BARTON) Subject: Re: cj#669> Giveaway programs The attached references clearly indicate the relevance of government in the (ongoing) development of new technologies that eventually gets into the hands of the private sector -at less than bargain prices- that in turns sells it … Read more…

1997-06-01 Richard Moore Dear cj, Barrie Dowdall and I have submitted a Proposal for Devlopment Funding to the Irish Film Board for our documentary. I’m including summary portions below for your review and comment. I’ve got networking started re/collaborators, consultants, and informal mentors. Interest has already been expressed by the production team of “Manufacturing Consent”, … Read more…

1997-05-31 Richard Moore >Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 >Sender: Wanxia Liao <•••@••.•••> >Subject: Re: cj#673> Tilting against the academic windmills > >Dear Mr. Moore, > >Even I myself could not help laughing when I found out Yesterday that >you characterised my story as “tilting against the academic windmill”, but >of course, laughing with tears. > … Read more…

1997-05-28 Richard Moore Dear cj, This may be a subject I should have responded to in only a personal message. But Wanxia did submit the matter to cyberjournal, and it may be of general interest, so I’ll leave it to you to decide. rkm — Dear Wanxia, I can see that you are troubled and … Read more…

1997-05-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5/20/97, XXX wrote: >I confess I have never read Report from Iron Mountain, though I do >remember the title. Your reference makes me think it may be worthwhile >looking up. It was certainly not an official report of any kind — but it >may have been a piece of informed speculation … Read more…

1997-05-22 Richard Moore To: •••@••.••• (World System network) From: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) Subject: Re: Kst Stability & constrained capitalism rkm had written: >>The long-term source of coporate-WS instability relates more to Marxian >>contradictions – growth can’t go on forever – than it does to the inability >>of modern political mechanisms to keep people under … Read more…

1997-05-20 Richard Moore Dear cj, Just when you think you’ve seen the worst of globalization, you find out about yet another commission, taking yet more momentous and radical chunks out of the world as we know it. Since MAI focuses directly on the question of global mobility of capital, it can perhaps be seen as … Read more…

1997-05-19 Richard Moore Dear cj, Below are two recent pieces that exemplify the massive amount of research that has been funded by you and me and carried out by the US government. The topics here, by the way, are hypocrisy and theft. Hypocrisy: regarding the efficacy of the private sector and the impotence of government. … Read more…

1997-05-13 Richard Moore A World System (WS) can be either non-existent, anarchistic or hierarchical. Up until the fifteenth century or so, we had a non-existent WS, due, if for no other reason, to limitations in communications and logistics. Since that time, a de facto anarchistic WS has evolved – based on nation states, imperialism, warfare, … Read more…

1997-05-11 Richard Moore Dear cj, Frightening stuff here, not the least of which is “without seeking prior public comment” (first article) and “_Unmarked_ Genetically-engineered potatoes” (second article). Again we see the stealth approach to radical and probably irreversible change. Yesterday (cj#666) we saw regulation of drugs and vitamins, and today we see engineered insects and … Read more…

1997-05-09 Richard Moore Dear cj, Codex is interesting as an example of how our coming world government is planning to operate. With little or no publicity, a remote, corporate-run commission is quietly deciding the rules which will directly effect all of our lives. The whole thing is a stealth operation – at the micro level … Read more…

1997-05-07 Richard Moore ________________________________________________________________ THE ELKHORN MANIFESTO Original Publication Date: 4 July 1996 This Re-Publication Date: 10 January 1997 ************************************************** “Shadow of the Swastika: The Real Reason the Government won’t Debate Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Relegalization” By R. William Davis •••@••.••• ************************************************* The three posts which follow this brief introduction contain the results of … Read more…

1997-05-07 Richard Moore (continued…) ________________________________________________________________ THE GEHLEN ORGANIZATION Probably the most influential Nazi to come to work for the United States intelligence agencies during the Cold War was named Gehlen. “Reinhard Gehlen,” writes author Christopher Simpson, “Hitler’s most senior military intelligence officer on the eastern front, had begun planning his surrender to the United States … Read more…

1997-05-04 Richard Moore Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 Sender: Francisco Lopez <•••@••.•••> Subject: From:•••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Mark A. Smith) http://www.4bypass.com/latebreaking/nat_id.html National ID Card Is Now Federal Law and Georgia Wants To Help Lead the Way By: Cyndee Parker In September of 1996, President Clinton signed into law, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act … Read more…

1997-04-28 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 Sender: Elias Davidsson <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#659> Your responses to: GLOBALIZATION mini-series Dear cj, Although educational materials on globalization are always needed, I have strong reservations about producing a TV-series or programme on the issue. It has been shown elsewhere that TV is inherently a bad … Read more…

1997-04-24 Richard Moore Dear cj, The Albania scenario seems to be shaping up as a precedent of foreboding and historical significance. Although the news stories will focus on what happens in Albania – and that may prove to be dramatic indeed – it is the precedent that is more important in the long run because … Read more…

1997-04-23 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 Sender: •••@••.••• (James Tsao) Subject: Re: cj#655> China & KulturKampf: some predictions In response to Richard K. Moore’s posting on China and KulturKampf, I’m curious as to if this scenario does play out, what his predictions on the economic outcomes are, and whether these actions would … Read more…