Eyewitness Reports from Falluja

2004-04-16 Richard Moore “As I was there, an endless stream of women and children who’d been sniped by the Americans were being raced into the dirty clinic, the cars speeding over the curb out front as their wailing family members carried them in.” – Dahr Jamail ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 06:20:22 -0400 To: … Read more

James Petras: Third World resistance and western intellectual solidarity

2004-04-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: “Tim Murphy” To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Third World resistance and western intellectual solidarity Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:39:50 +0100 7th April 2004 Rebelion Third World resistance and western intellectual solidarity by James Petras Falluja, Baghdad, Ramadi, Nasiriya – an entire people has risen to confront the colonial occupation … Read more

sorry about spam posting!

2004-04-12 Richard Moore I’m trying to sign up for an anti-spam service, but it doesn’t work for email list moderators! It ends up posting the spam. I turned it off and will look for a workaround. Happy Easter, Richard

USA genocidal massacre in Iraq

2004-04-11 Richard Moore Friends, The barbarity of the Amerian assault in Iraq is almost unbelievable. Yes it is horrible how some of the invaders have been killed, as the US media trumpets, but how are people to respond when their women and children are being slaughtered in their thousands? Can resistance to conquest ever be … Read more

AMERICAN PLAN FOR GULF OIL CONTROL AND WORLD DOMINATION

2004-04-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: “mer” <•••@••.•••> From: “MER – Mid-East Realities – MiddleEast.Org” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Oil, Power, Israel, and World Domination Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 08:16:58 -0400 10 April 2004 THE AMERICAN PLAN FOR GULF OIL CONTROL AND WORLD DOMINATION Raping the Middle East for its oil By Robert Dreyfuss <http://www.motherjones.com/toc/2003/03/index.html> Mother Jones … Read more

MER: Iraq Seething in Anger Heading to Civil War

2004-04-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: “mer” <•••@••.•••> From: “MER – Mid-East Realities – MiddleEast.Org” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Iraq Seething in Anger Heading to Civil War Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:43:37 -0400 8 April 2004 News, Views, & Analysis Governments, Lobbies, & the Corporate Media Don’t Want You To Know <http://www.MiddleEast.Org/subscribe> If you don’t get MER, … Read more

Report from Baghdad — Opening the Gates of Hell

2004-04-08 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Subject: ZNet Update, Iraq Commentary, and Book Interview Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:38:22 -0400 From: “Michael Albert” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> —<snip>— Report from Baghdad — Opening the Gates of Hell By Rahul Mahajan Before the Iraq war, at a meeting of the Arab League, Secretary General Amr Moussa famously said … Read more

(fwd) Boudewijn Wegerif: WHAT MATTERS-168

2004-04-02 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Boudewijn Wegerif” <•••@••.•••> To: <“Undisclosed-Recipient:;”@smtp3-2-sn1.fre.skanova.net> Subject: WHAT MATTERS-168: Relating as a Voyeur to ‘No Honest Americans’ by John Kaminski + + Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 23:48:49 +0200 WHAT MATTERS-168 –April 3, 2004 Relating as a Voyeur to # No Honest Americans, by John Kaminski # The Barbaric Assassination of … Read more

Tues dialog re: intentional communities

2004-03-30 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 00:50:26 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: <•••@••.•••> Subject: intentional communities feedback hello richard although generally a passive cj listserve reader, i am moved to briefly comment on the intentional communities thread, having been directly and peripherally involved in several. i think that we, the self-styled cultural creatives, … Read more

More intentional communities…

2004-03-27 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Kevin Carson” To: •••@••.••• Bcc: Subject: RE: Weds dialog > Intentional communities & The Movement Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 05:27:47 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Mar 2004 05:27:47.0564 (UTC) FILETIME=[E86D1AC0:01C41229] You might also check out Anarchist Communitarian Network, which promotes federalism, cooperation and information exchange between intentional communities. http://anarchistcommunitarian.net/ ——————————————————– From: … Read more

Weds dialog > Intentional communities & The Movement

2004-03-24 Richard Moore Bcc: those mentioned below & a few friends Friends, Please don’t miss Tom Atlee’s conference announcement at the bottom, “A gathering for people bringing transformational practices to social change”. rkm ——————————————————– Preface from yesterday’s posting. From: “Claudia Woodward-Rice” <ricesofhi-at-hilobay.com> > Even tho I’m a pretty independent soul, I have found myself thinking … Read more

dialog re: “I’d like to hear from you”

2004-03-23 Richard Moore Friends, Here are responses that came in to Sunday’s posting. Notice that contributors email addresses are now disguised. “-at-” is used instead of @ too fool spam engines. A request: please tell your friends & colleagues about this list if you think it would be interesting for them. cheers, rkm ——————————————————– From: … Read more

re: “I’d like to hear from you”…

2004-03-21 Richard Moore Friends, In my previous posting, I asked you for your ideas about what you’d like to see on this list, and a few responded (below). Sorry for the big gap since that last posting. My email bandwidth has been used up dialoging with the folks I met on the West Coast. Many … Read more

Back in Ireland: rkm report

2004-03-08 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Boudewijn Wegerif” To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Its been some time Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 04:55:36 +0100 Hi Richard, I trust you are well. Its been some time since a posting from you – or has my name fallen off the cyberjournal list? Warm regards, Boudewijn ——————————————————– Friends, I’m … Read more

Haiti: Five Facts and One Urgent Appeal

2004-02-24 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:05:39 -0400 From: Aaron Koleszar <•••@••.•••> Subject: Haiti: Five Facts and One Urgent Appeal —<fwd>— From: Dru Oja Jay <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:43:29 -0400 Subject: Haiti: Five Facts and One Urgent Appeal Five Facts about Haiti: 1. The US Government Backs … Read more

Hello from beautiful Kauai!

2004-02-15 Richard Moore Friends, This post is a bit of a miscellany. First of all, I just want to let you know that I’m having a wonderful time with my family on Kauai. A really relaxing non-activist interlude. Next week on the other hand is action packed. My itinerary is below in case there might … Read more

Don’t overlook Bush’s many accomplishments!

2004-02-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Bills” Subject: Giz a Job! To: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:23:25 GMT RESUME George W. Bush The White House, USA EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: LAW ENFORCEMENT: * I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and … Read more

rkm report & * New idea for Global Transformation *

2004-02-02 Richard Moore Friends, My USA tour is shaping up very nicely. I’ll be meeting with Jim Rough (creator of Dynamic Facilitation) in Port Townsend, Washington. He set up a 30 minute TV show for the two of us, and we’ll be having (separately) a roundtable discussion with some of Jim’s friends. Several other meetings … Read more

John Pilger: “Power, Propaganda and Conscience”

2004-01-27 Richard Moore Friends, I am pleased to share with you this important and inspiring essay, sent to us by Betty Daly-King. An excerpt: For in spite of the propaganda campaign I have outlined, never in my lifetime have people all over the world demonstrated greater awareness of the political forces ranged against them and … Read more

re: rkm USA visit in February

2004-01-25 Richard Moore Friends, I’ll be visiting BushLand in February, and it would be nice to hook up in person with some of you folks. Here’s my itinerary: Feb 7-16: Kauai Feb 17-20: SF Bay Area Feb 20: party in Palo Alto Feb 21-27: on the road up to Oregon and back to Bay Area … Read more

Arundhati Roy: “We must consider ourselves at war”

2004-01-21 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:25:16 -0400 Subject: WSF 2004 :Text of Arundhati Roy’s Speech – Opening Plenary [The Hindu Jan 18] ============== http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/18/stories/2004011800181400.htm Online edition of India’s National Newspaper Sunday, Jan 18, 2004 Front Page Do turkeys enjoy thanksgiving? By Arundhati … Read more

Direct Democracy, Wisdom Councils, and The Revolution

2004-01-19 Richard Moore Bcc: misc. interested (I hope) parties We are already all of us, right round the world, subject to the cold, pragmatic ideology of fascism-including the violent suppression of dissent and other human rights; the use of torture, assassination and concentration camps; and most important, Benito Mussolini’s preferred definition of ‘fascism’ as ‘corporatism’, … Read more

Hopeful signs: VISIONING BRASIL 2020

2004-01-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:04:31 -0800 To: •••@••.••• (undisclosed list) From: Tom Atlee <•••@••.•••> Subject: Some good news from a struggling planet http://www.hazelhenderson.com/visioning_brasil_2020.htm “VISIONING BRASIL 2020” by Hazel Henderson, author evolutionary economist Brasil’s leadership in forming the Group of 21 (now 22) developing nations opened a new era … Read more

How the US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons

2004-01-10 Richard Moore Friends, Happy New Year! Sorry to be so long in communicating. I’ll be posting a few more items over this weekend. I’m sure most of you already know that the USA was responsible for putting Saddam in power and giving him weapons of mass destruction. You probably also know that Saddam had … Read more

Democracy blooming?

2003-12-14 Richard Moore Friends, I’d like to share with you one of the most optimistic messages I’ve received in quite some time. I’ve received many that expressed optimism, but not many whose sentiments I could go along with. There are many paths of premature optimism. Below, after a pitch for support, Tom Atlee talks about … Read more

Re: Zen of Transformation: new thoughts

2003-12-07 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Brian” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Zen of Transformation: new thoughts Greetings; Firstly, activism to build a movement: I often say that the movement won’t happen for you until you do it. What better way to activate than with your/our own bodies? What … Read more

Concentration Camp Guantanamo

2003-12-05 Richard Moore Friends, There are two articles below by James Meek of The Guardian. The first is about the judicial system being set up to deal with the prisoners at Guantanamo. The Pentagon is having difficulty finding military lawyers who can stomach the gross injustices of that system. The second, longer article talks about … Read more

John Dear: The Soldiers At My Front Door

2003-12-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• From: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> To: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> Subject: THE SOLDIERS AT MY FRONT DOOR Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:28:38 -0500 <http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1129-07.htm>http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1129-07.htm Published Sat., Nov. 29, 2003 by CommonDreams.org The Soldiers At My Front Door by John Dear I live in a tiny, remote, impoverished, three block long … Read more

Stan Goff to GIs In Iraq: Hold On To Your Humanity

2003-12-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:23:52 -0500 From: “Charles D. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Hold On To Your Humanity – GIs In Iraq Dear Friends – I saw combat as a hospital corpsman with the Marines in Korea. As a psychiatrist in the Veterans Administration I have treated … Read more

Re: Joe Vialls: some corroborative research…

2003-11-24 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:35:21 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: “Fred V. Cook” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Joe Vialls: An amazing geopolitical assessment! Dear Richard, This is a very important (if true) piece of information which (to date) has not gotten the attention it deserves in the US commercial media. I would … Read more

Re: Joe Vialls: An amazing geopolitical assessment!

2003-11-19 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:35:46 +0100 Subject: Re: Joe Vialls: An amazing geopolitical assessment! From: Helene Connor <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Dear Richard, This analysis is earth-shaking. I wish you would not have cut the article though. What is the “fall-back plan” they have in store? Thanks for sharing with us … Read more

Joe Vialls: An amazing geopolitical assessment!

2003-11-19 Richard Moore Friends, Thanks to Dan Nordin for sending in this very interesting report on the current global balance of power. In my in-progress chapter, “The Story of America”, I present a picture of a more-or-less total US global hegemony. If Mr. Vialls’ report is correct, my perspective will need to be adjusted. According … Read more

re-2: Zen of Transformation: new thoughts

2003-11-17 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: re: Zen of Transformation: some new thoughts Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:59:16 +0000 X-Originating-IP: 159.134.245.136 Organization: Eircom Net (http://www.eircom.net/) Hi Richard, > But where will we find an activist in this particular movement? Where is there someone planning or carrying out actions aimed at building … Read more

re: Zen of Transformation: some new thoughts

2003-11-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Zen of Transformation: some new thoughts Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:18:53 +0000 Hi Richard, Your new thoughts maybe provide an answer to a question I have posed and you have posed in the past; “How do we begin?” Is the answer that we already … Read more

Zen of Transformation: some new thoughts

2003-11-06 Richard Moore Friends, The path / vision described in ZGT is sketchy, and there are many difficulties that the book makes no attempt to resolve. The intent was to show the main stages of the path, to argue that the difficulties in each stage are plausibly surmountable, and to suggest a general means of … Read more

Is a U.S. Air Strike in the Middle East imminent ?

2003-11-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• Reply-To: <•••@••.•••> From: “Tim Murphy” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: From Scotland -Is a U.S. Air Strike in the Middle East imminent ? Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 01:05:25 -0000 <Since Saturday, people in the Highlands of Scotland have been witnessing large movements of US warplanes overhead. Experienced observers … Read more

USA & Israel prepare to launch nuclear attack

2003-10-28 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Delivered-To: •••@••.••• To: “mer” <•••@••.•••> Organization: Mid-East Realities From: “MER – Mid-East Realities” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Target IRAN – US and Israel Prepare Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:37:50 -0800 http://www.middleeast.org News, Views, and Analysis Governments, Lobbies, and the Corporate Media Don’t Want You To Know 28 Oct 2003 TARGET IRAN It’s … Read more

re: publication of “The Story of America”

2003-10-26 Richard Moore Friends, Bernd Hamm, a German Professor of sociology, is putting together an anthology to be published in several languages by Zed Books. The tentative title is “Bushgang America” and it will be aimed particularly at non-American audiences. Several well-known authors have promised contributions, and quite possibly the book will be a moderate … Read more

How to Conquer the World Without Really Trying

2003-10-21 Richard Moore Friends, This is proposed final draft of my chapter which before was called “Amerikas role in world politics 1914-2003”. Many thanks to all of you who sent in feedback. Many changes have been made as a result. Comments welcome on this version… still a bit of time before publication. all the best, … Read more

News from Iraq

2003-10-16 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “dnordin” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: MUST READ——-Shocking Story Of Military Serviceman Who Served In Iraq Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:45:28 -0700 ———- > From: Bea Bernhausen <•••@••.•••> > To: •••@••.••• > Subject: MUST READ——-Shocking Story Of Military Serviceman Who Served In Iraq > Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 … Read more