2006-03-13 Richard Moore Friends, Jim Rough has just uploaded an audio interview with Joseph McCormick of the Democracy in America campaign. It is very inspiring, and talks about Joseph’s very effective work bringing diverse groups together to achieve a sense of We The People. Jim is the interviewer, and various forms of facilitation are discussed … Read more…
2006-03-11 Richard Moore Friends, Before I share the comments you have sent in recently, let me give the URL of the best-produced 911 video I’ve seen so far – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848 (by Loose Change). It’s an hour and a half long, as a Google video, with no pause button. You can also download it, which I’m … Read more…
2006-03-11 Richard Moore It turns out there is a pause button, and more, at the bottom of the Google window. I stopped my download given this new discovery. rkm the URL again: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848
2006-03-10 Richard Moore The accord comes from the very people who are typically the ones fighting – conservative Christians, who decry homosexuality as a sinful choice, and gay and lesbian leaders, who say many students are bullied at school just for being themselves. ——————————————————– From: Larry Tesler To: •••@••.••• Subject: Yahoo! News Story – Unlikely … Read more…
2006-03-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: NCDD Discussion – Sandy Heierbacher <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: Free facilitation workshop in San Francisco Organization: National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation Tom Atlee just forwarded this announcement to me about a free 2-day workshop on group facilitation in San Francisco. The workshop is taught by Sam Kaner, and will be … Read more…
2006-03-08 Richard Moore Friends, I want to share with you (below) the first stumblings of dialog that have occurred so far on our blog forum. It’s still very early days, and only a few souls have ventured onto the dance floor, but the atmosphere already has a good feel to it. Blogs offer some clear … Read more…
2006-03-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:28:54 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: Molly Morgan Dear Richard – I have not had a chance to check out the revisions to the website yet, but I have finished the book and really loved it. Based on your last message I am not sure whether you … Read more…
2006-03-05 Richard Moore Friends, Lots of you responded on this topic, as you’ll see below. Sorry to be so slow in posting. My main focus remains book promotion. Here’s my model: -the book sells the ideas -the website sells the book -my job is to get people to look at the website I’m starting to … Read more…
2006-03-03 Richard Moore Friends, Over the years many of you have asked for a more interactive forum to enable dialog directly with other subscribers. I’ve now set up a blog for that very purpose! You can browse it whenever you feel like it, and you can leave comments to blog postings if you’re inspired to … Read more…
2006-03-03 Richard Moore Hi, We now have three ‘team members’ for the forum, and people have started posting and commenting. Already I like the feel of it. If you are new to blogspot, see recipe below for registering. If you want to become a team member, so you can create new postings, just let me … Read more…
2006-02-26 Richard Moore Friends, I’ve been having a dialog with a fellow about about human nature. He’s been expressing the common notion that human nature is the cause of warfare, destructive competition, etc. etc. He makes the usual arguments, interpreting Darwin’s results as showing that we live in a dog-eat-dog competitive world. Below, I’d like … Read more…
2006-02-20 Richard Moore Friends, Chris and I have made major improvements to our websites. http://cyberjournal.org – slight reformatting, and link to the ETM page. http://EscapingTheMatrix.org – now has reviews and live bibliography. cheers, rkm
2006-02-16 Richard Moore There can be little doubt that a nuclear attack on Iran is coming soon. Bush said recently that this option would be necessary if “diplomatic efforts fail”. As in Yugoslavia, and Iraq, the US has deliberately done what is necessary to guarantee that diplomatic efforts fail, so as to facilitate an attack. … Read more…
2006-02-16 Richard Moore Friends, We should all be aware that the primary concern of US geopolitical planners, along with controlling global oil & finance, is the ascendency of China. We hear little about this in the mainstream media because the current policy is to make money from investments in China, just as the US made … Read more…
2006-02-15 Richard Moore Friends, Most of my time these days is devoted to promoting the book, building a book website, and setting up some related blogs. I haven’t had much time to deal with current affairs, Iran, racist cartoons, etc. I’ll send out some comments in another posting today. Our list archives are now up … Read more…
2006-02-11 Richard Moore Friends, I am very pleased to share with you this response from a reader of Escaping the Matrix. In my heart of hearts I have been hoping that the book might inspire some readers in this way, but I find myself a bit amazed that it can really happen. I hope this … Read more…
2006-02-10 Richard Moore If Fitzgerald is the tortoise and Bush the hare, let’s hope Aesop was right… http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/index.html “Today the Court of Appeals affirmed that reporters do not have a First Amendment privilege to refuse to comply with a grand jury subpoena issued in good faith. The Court was clear that this has been the … Read more…
2006-02-09 Richard Moore Friends, Before starting on my recent book, I went on a visiting tour up the West Coast from San Francisco. That was a pivotal tour for me, learning important things from Tom Atlee, Rosa Zubizarreta, Tree Bresson, Jim Rough, and others. It was what I learned in those visits that provided the … Read more…
2006-02-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: JFadiman Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:35:25 EST Subject: Re: Korten : “The Great Turning” – book announcement To: •••@••.••• clearly, a fellow traveller. good luck to you both. ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: natalie omara Subject: Re: Korten : “The Great Turning” – book … Read more…
2006-02-03 Richard Moore Friends, David Korten has a new book coming out in May. Based on the description, below, that I got off his website, I’m very eager to read it – wish I could get an early copy somehow. It is clear from his table of contents that our thinking goes on parallel tracks. … Read more…
2006-02-02 Richard Moore Friends, Our website (http://cyberjournal.org) has been updated and now features the new book. Several reviews are now in progress and I’ve got lots more leads to follow up on. But please don’t hesitate to send in additional suggestions. Many of you have already ordered a copy, and of course I urge all … Read more…
2006-01-31 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:56:00 +1100 From: glparramatta <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: GLW: Chavez speech to WSF in Caracas http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/654/654p15.htm Jim McIlroy & Chris Kerr, Caracas Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proclaimed “socialism or death” in finishing his rousing speech to a rally of around 10,000 people at the Polihedro Stadium … Read more…
2006-01-30 Richard Moore ———————————————— “Behind Every Terrorist is a Bush” (DVD documentary) Edited by Ken Jenkins. Produced by Carol Brouillet and the Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance. VHS video available and DVD (DVD includes bonus documentary on the San Francisco International Inquiry into 9-11, March 2004, 28 minutes), Specify video or DVD, send $20 to … Read more…
2006-01-28 Richard Moore Friends, Evidently, Bill is being featured on C-Span due to his recent notoriety arising from a mention in an alleged “bin Laden” video. (I feel ‘connected to events’, as Bill spent a weekend once down here in Wexford, where he gave a talk to some of my friends in town.) One struggles … Read more…
2006-01-27 Richard Moore Author of “Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower”. recommended, rkm http://cyberjournal.org
2006-01-25 Richard Moore You ask why I don’t live here, Honey, I ask…why don’t you leave? – Bob Dylan, Maggie’s Farm Friends, What a strange & frightening place is the USA. LA freeways, TV designed for babies, cookie-cutter suburbia infinitum…I soon remembered what drove me away. But there’s lots of good people there, and I … Read more…
2006-01-07 Richard Moore Friends, I was quite naive to believe that a book tour could be organized on an impromptu basis. Volunteer hosts aren’t the problem: dozens of you jumped into the breach, offering to host visits in locations from coast to coast. Many thanks for that! The problem is that bookstores need advance notice … Read more…
2006-01-05 Richard Moore Friends, Below is the transcript of a radio interview with Chossudovsky on the topic of Iran. Another version of his thinking can be seen on rense.com: http://rense.com/general69/nuke.htm rkm ——————————————————– Interview with Michel Chossudovsky – Jan. 2, 2006 – Monday Brownbagger Programme, Co-op radio, CFRO 102.7 FM, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Interviewer: Don Nordin … Read more…
2006-01-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:39:43 -0800 Subject: Serious plans to attack Iran From: Jan Slakov —<forwarded>— German media: U.S. prepares Iran strike By MARTIN WALKER UPI Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) — The Bush administration is preparing its NATO allies for a possible military strike against suspected nuclear sites in … Read more…
2005-12-28 Richard Moore Friends, “Escaping the Matrix” is now available on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977098303 I’d like to encourage people to write reviews on Amazon, if they are so inclined. yours, richard
2005-12-18 Richard Moore Friends, Thanks to the generosity of friends and family, I was able to make it to Kauai in time to be with my Father when he passed away. The family was all with him, around his own bed at home, and he didn’t suffer. I’m not a religious person, but I somehow … Read more…
2005-12-06 Richard Moore One more posting before I pack for the trip… ——————————————————– From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> To: Si Subject: What is Grassroots? Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 23:06:25 -0800 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology Hi Si; I heard you on KPFA today so a friend and I came over to Freight and Salvage for … Read more…
2005-12-05 Richard Moore Friends, My father, who is 87, is in critical condition, so I will be travelling this week to Kauai to be with him. As you can understand, you probably won’t be hearing much from me this week. I will have a laptop, so eventually I’ll set up over there and resume posting … Read more…
2005-11-26 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/112505I.shtml A News Revolution Has Begun By John Pilger t r u t h o u t | Perspective Friday 25 November 2005 The Indian writer Vandana Shiva has called for an “insurrection of subjugated knowledge.” The insurrection is well under way. In trying to make sense of a dangerous world, … Read more…
2005-11-23 Richard Moore Friends, We expect my book, “Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can save the world”, to be available in time to order for Christmas from BookSurge.com, Amazon, or Alibris. I’ll keep you posted. — Soon after that, perhaps mid or late January, I want to embark on a book tour in … Read more…
2005-11-16 Richard Moore “It is not a process where the people are waiting for the leader to deliver them a present, it is a process where the people are waking up, are auto-affirming themselves, are growing as people, and are forming themselves in the missions, through [Chavez’s weekly TV program] Alo Presidente , and through … Read more…
2005-11-14 Richard Moore Friends, Chavez, with the overwhelming support of the people of Venezuela, has clearly become the most progressive actor on today’s world stage. There are even more articles available on BBC: VENEZUELA UNDER CHAVEZ KEY STORIES Chavez to eject US preachers Venezuela speeds up land reform Chavez revokes agent immunity Venezuela to seize … Read more…
2005-11-12 Richard Moore Friends, My book is ready to go into print. But first, we would like to get a few quotes / endorsements to go on the back cover. If you’ve been following the draft chapters as they came out, you may want to offer a comment, and I have a PDF version for … Read more…
2005-11-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:03:04 -0500 To: •••@••.••• From: “Raging Grannie (Wanda B)” <> Subject: NPR on Chavez Got this from Liberty Underground…. This morning on NPR’s Morning Edition the news reader again screamed that Hugo Chavez is “anti-American” and there will be “anti-American” demonstrations in Venezuela where Bush meets … Read more…
2005-11-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:08:10 -0800 From: Connie Fogal <•••@••.•••> Subject: A Speaking Itinerary for Connie Fogal, Leader of CAP/PAC , and William Krehm, founder COMER Connie Fogal, Leader of the Canadian Action Party/parti action Canadienne, CAP/PAC, and Bill Krehm, a founder of COMER, Committee of Monetary and Economic Reform, … Read more…