2007-01-13 Richard Moore In a speech on Monday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suggested that as the Communal Councils spread they will also deepen and will become the new Venezuelan state taking over what he described as the old “bourgeois state”. According to President Chavez in an announcement earlier this week the BCV [Venezuelan Central Bank] … Read more

2007-01-13 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan07/Whitney09.htm The Fed¹s Role in the Housing Crash of Œ07 by Mike Whitney www.dissidentvoice.org January 9, 2007 ³This is the biggest housing slump in the last 4 or 5 decades: every housing indicator is in free fall, including now housing prices.² — Economist Roubini Nouriel, Dow Jones, August 23, … Read more

2007-01-13 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a2608.htm The Voice of the White House Washington, D.C., January 5, 2007: ³Working in the White House is like working in the monkey house in a zoo when all the primates are loaded with uppers. A number of lower staffers have abruptly quit, Harriet Myers has quit and others … Read more

2007-01-13 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011107A.shtml Bush’s Speech Sets Stage for Showdown With Congress By Matt Renner t r u t h o u t | Report Thursday 11 January 2007 Nearly four years after the United States invaded Iraq and after the deaths of more than 3,000 US soldiers, President Bush has admitted … Read more

2007-01-13 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011107B.shtml http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6251167.stm US Iraq raid draws Iranian anger US forces have stormed a building in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized six people said to be Iranians, prompting a diplomatic incident. Iranian and Iraqi officials said the building was an Iranian consulate and the detainees its employees. … Read more

2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.edge.org/q2007/q07_4.html#dysong GEORGE DYSON Science Historian; Author, Project Orion THE RETURN OF COMMERCIAL SAIL I am optimistic about the return of commercial sail. Hybrid sail/electric vessels will proliferate by harvesting energy from the wind. Two near-inexhaustible energy sources-sunlight and the angular momentum of the rotating earth-combine, via the atmosphere, to … Read more

2007-01-10 Richard Moore Many in progressive circles still think that the task at hand is to ³humanize² globalization. Globalization, however, is a spent force. Today¹s multiplying economic and political conflicts resemble, if anything, the period following the end of what historians refer to as the first era of globalization, which extended from 1815 to the … Read more

2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907J.shtml http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_re_af/somalia Copters attack Somalia militant suspects By SALAD DUHUL, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago Helicopter gunships attacked suspected al-Qaida fighters in the south Tuesday after U.S. forces staged airstrikes in the first offensive in the African country since 18 American soldiers were killed there in 1993, witnesses … Read more

2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907L.shtml http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070122/klare Ominous Signs of a Wider War by MICHAEL T. KLARE [posted online on January 8, 2007] On January 5 Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that he was replacing Gen. John Abizaid as commander of the Central Command (Centcom)–the body responsible for oversight of all US forces in … Read more

2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2535310,00.html The Sunday Times January 07, 2007 Revealed: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran Uzi Mahnaimi, New York and Sarah Baxter, Washington ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran¹s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an … Read more

2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://worldvisionportal.org/WVPforum/viewtopic.php?t=160 Posted: Sat 07 Feb, 2004 Cooking the Books: U.S. Banks are Giant Casinos by Michael Edward While media financial reporters keep the current focus of the public eye on Martha Stewart, the insolvency of U.S. banks due to their derivative holdings is being swept under the carpet. Because … Read more

2007-01-07 Richard Moore ____________________________________________ AN EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY DEMOCRACY (1.1) 7 January 2007 Richard K. Moore – •••@••.••• author of “Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can change the world” http://EscapingTheMatrix.org (prepared with a little help from my friends) (feedback or forwarding invited) _____________________ “We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy … Read more

2007-01-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Mapping Dialogue A research project profiling dialogue tools and processes for social change Version 2.0 April 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa Produced by: Pioneers of Change Associates Commissioned by: The German Technical Co-Operation (GTZ) Project: Support to the HIV/AIDS Programme of the Nelson Mandela Foundation ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION This publication is the … Read more

2007-01-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– The Israeli-Palestinian School for Peace Overview In 1972, a group of Arabs and Israelis came together to create a village where they would live together voluntarily. They called this village “Neve Shalom” / “Wahat El Salam”, which means “Oasis of Peace” in Hebrew and Arabic. In 1976, the community founded a … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://educate-yourself.org/cn/noamchomskygatekepper26sep05.shtml [links in original] Noam Chomsky: Controlled Asset of the New World Order by Daniel L. Abrahamson <•••@••.•••> http://educate-yourself.org/cn/noamchomskygatekepper26sep05.shtml E-Y posted September 26, 2005 Forward courtesy of Dr. Kanya Vashon McGhee <•••@••.•••> Noam Chomsky is often hailed as America¹s premier dissident intellectual, a fearless purveyor of truth fighting against … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/16363618.htm%20 Posted on Tue, Jan. 02, 2007 Truth at last, while breaking a U.S. taboo of criticizing Israel By George Bisharat Americans owe a debt to former President Jimmy Carter for speaking long hidden but vital truths. His book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid breaks the taboo barring criticism in … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore Lots of mixed signals from our elites these days. rkm —– Original Message —– From: John Loretz<•••@••.•••> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:08 PM Kissinger, other eminent security experts urge ‘world without nuclear weapons’ The Associated Press Thursday, January 4, 2007 WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and three other … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:43:44 -0500 Subject: Bringing Business Back to the Community From: “E. F. Schumacher Society” <•••@••.•••> Just ten weeks after BerkShares made their debut on the streets and in the cash registers of southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, trade in this model local currency has been brisk. BerkShares … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/dec2006/soma-d28.shtml US backs Ethiopia’s invasion of Somalia By Ann Talbot 28 December 2006 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The Bush administration is openly backing Ethiopia’s invasion of its neighbour Somalia. Ethiopia is waging a proxy war on behalf of … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122906R.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-usa-congress-politics.html December 29, 2006 Disputed Fla. Election to Spill Into U.S. House By REUTERS Filed at 5:31 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A disputed election result in a U.S. House of Representatives race in Florida will be one of the first items raised when the Democratic-controlled House convenes … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/123006.html consortiumnews.com Bush Silences a Dangerous Witness By Robert Parry December 30, 2006 Like a blue-blood version of a Mob family with global reach, the Bushes have eliminated one more key witness to the important historical events that led the U.S. military into a bloody stalemate in Iraq and … Read more

2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2112555.ece Robert Fisk: A dictator created then destroyed by America Published: 30 December 2006 Saddam to the gallows. It was an easy equation. Who could be more deserving of that last walk to the scaffold – that crack of the neck at the end of a rope – than … Read more

2007-01-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:10:50 -0800 From: Caspar Davis <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Tom Atlee: processes for addressing specific issues To: •••@••.••• Thanks Richard. I did read Tom’s post before, but this is a timely reminder. These issues are very active in Victoria. —– Hi Caspar, I’m very impressed with what’s … Read more

2006-12-27 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122606T.shtml http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061225.wiranoil1225/GIStory/ BREAKING NEWS FROM THE GLOBE AND MAIL Iran’s oil revenue running dry, analysis shows BARRY SCHWEID Monday, December 25, 2006 WASHINGTON ‹ Iran is suffering a staggering decline in revenue from its oil exports, and if the trend continues income could virtually disappear by 2015, according to … Read more

2006-12-27 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122606R.shtml http://apnews.myway.com//article/20061226/D8M8M7480.html Biden Vows to Fight Any Iraq Troop Boost Dec 26, 1:01 PM (ET) By ANNE FLAHERTY WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joseph Biden, the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he will fight President Bush if the administration decides to send more U.S. troops to … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122306E.shtml http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=asGYyD8czwU8&refer=home UN Imposes First Sanctions on Iran’s Nuclear Program (Update5) By Bill Varner Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) — The United Nations Security Council voted 15 to 0 to impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program for the first time, including a ban on acquisition of materials and technology … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore The state has declared that Democrat Christine Jennings lost to Republican Vern Buchanan by 369 votes. But 18,000 Sarasota County electronic ballots did not record a choice in the race, and Jennings contends that the number is abnormally high and that the machines lost the votes. ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106S.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Florida-Election.html … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://newenergymovement.org/olearygore.aspx Open Letter from Brian O’Leary to Al Gore December 2006 Dear Mr. Gore, I am a former astronaut, Cornell professor, physics faculty member at Princeton University and visiting faculty member in technology assessment at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, Mo Udall’s energy advisor and … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15983.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Impending Police State in America Interview with Professor Francis Boyle Francis A Boyle says 9/11 was allowed to happen, war on terror is facilitating the downfall of The Republic, concentration camps are in place and US citizens are the targets CLICK PLAY … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.counterpunch.org/lendman12042006.html December 4, 2006 The Price of Imperial Overreach The Withering of the Bush Dynasty By STEPHEN LENDMAN The Bush family has been characterized in various ways including the Bush dynasty, crime family or syndicate. George Bush is just the latest in a line of unsavory characters but clearly … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: It was “outrageous that the president has repeatedly stated the greatest threat to U.S. national security is a nuclear Iran, yet explicitly rejects Congress’ declaration that it shall be the official policy of the United States that India will not use its nuclear technology to help develop Iran’s nuclear … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/world/africa/25somalia.html December 25, 2006 Ethiopia Hits Somali Targets, Declaring War By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Dec. 24 ‹ Ethiopia officially plunged into war with Somalia¹s Islamist forces on Sunday, bombing targets inside Somalia and pushing ground troops deep into Somali territory in a major escalation that could turn Somalia¹s … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: Investment in home building declined at an 18.7 percent rate — even more than previously estimated — and was the largest cut in 15 years. ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106E.shtml http://www.startribune.com/535/story/890387.html Last update: December 21, 2006 ­ 8:40 PM Housing stall remains a drag on the economy By Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6208549.stm Ethiopia attacks Somalia airports Ethiopian jets have bombed two airports in Somalia in a widening operation against an Islamic militia group. Jets hit the international airport in the capital, Mogadishu, and another at Balidogle, in the south of the country. The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has been … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122606A.shtml http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/12/26/military_considers_recruiting_foreigners/ Military considers recruiting foreigners Expedited citizenship would be an incentive By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | December 26, 2006 WASHINGTON — The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks — including disputed proposals to open recruiting … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/world/middleeast/25iraq.html December 25, 2006 U.S. Is Holding Iranians Seized in Raids in Iraq By JAMES GLANZ and SABRINA TAVERNISE BAGHDAD, Dec. 24 ‹ The American military is holding at least four Iranians in Iraq, including men the Bush administration called senior military officials, who were seized in a pair … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106D.shtml http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/45721/ Saudi Royals Snub Bush, Fund Opposition to U.S. Troops By Jeffrey Klein and Paolo Pontoniere, New America Media Posted on December 21, 2006, Printed on December 26, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/story/45721/ Early in November, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, in a memo leaked to the press recommended that Saudi … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oaxacastudyactiongroup/message/2172 Report from “Xochitl”; an American doctor in Oaxaca Dear friends and family, After about a week of traveling around Mexico, on the run after our arrest, we returned to Oaxaca for a few days before leaving the country. It was a beguiling, heart-wrenching and stressful time. Beguiling, because … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122206C.shtml Carter: US “Prime Culprit” in Nuclear Proliferation By Sherwood Ross t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Friday 22 December 2006 Ex-President Carter warns: Bush betrays Reagan goals. Former President Jimmy Carter says by “rejecting or evading almost all nuclear arms control agreements negotiated … Read more

2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/6207319.stm Sunday, 24 December 2006, 11:23 GMT Ahmadinejad rejects UN sanctions Iran’s president has rejected UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran, insisting his country would press ahead with its nuclear programme. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the resolution passed on Saturday was a “piece of paper” adding that the 15 countries … Read more