Jan,
What were the "real changes.. third world and some
European counties wanted"? And what were the
chances that they could have gotten them?
Bruce Leier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Matthieu"
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To: "Michael Gurstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"futurework" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: The Battle of Seattle
> The tragic of the whole thing is that the
protestors who managed to disrupt
> the talks at Seattle played straight into the
cards of those interests they
> are so much against. The US big companies prefer
no new talks to any real
> changes the way third world and some European
countries wanted.
>
> Jan Matthieu
> Flemish Greens
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Michael Gurstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Aan: futurework
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> Datum: mardi 7 décembre 1999 17:48
> Onderwerp: Fw: The Battle of Seattle
>
> >> >This is by no means the end of Big Business.
The
> >> >richest 1% still own 90% of everything in
this world.
> >> >They will not go down without a fight.
> >> >
> >> >But they have been put on notice that people
from all
> >> >walks of life have had their fill and will
not let up until we
> >> >have a fair, just, and democratic economy.
This week,
> >> >Seattle was the Lexington and Concord of a
movement
> >> >that now cannot be stopped. Mark it down,
this last great,
> >> >important date of the 20th century --
November 30, 1999 --
> >> >The Battle of Seattle, the day the people
got tired of having
> >> >to work a second job while fighting off the
collection agents
> >> >and decided it was time the pie was shared
with the people
> >> >who baked it.
> >> >
> >> >Yours,
> >> >Michael Moore
> >> ><A
HREF="http://www.michaelmoore.com">http://www.mich
aelmoore.com</A>
> >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >
> >> >P.S. We're still looking for someone to run
our web site.
> >> >Someone who can write, edit, and make the
thing look
> >> >like a million rubles. It's a full time job
located in our
> >> >New York City office. We need someone who,
like us,
> >> >sees all the subversive, crazy potential of
the Internet.
> >> >E-mail us at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
