From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 20 10:26:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BEED37B405; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:26:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wiredbrain@earthlink.net) Received: from pflaump (sdn-ar-001flhhilP195.dialsprint.net [158.252.127.107]) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAB24274; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:52:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <001301c1113d$24b4f200$6b7ffc9e@pflaump> Reply-To: "Peter Pflaum" From: "Peter Pflaum" To: Subject: Finding something useful - Among the protesters Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:52:35 -0400 Organization: GlobalVillage Schools MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01C1111A.D9C3E340" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2479.0006 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2479.0006 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C1111A.D9C3E340 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0010_01C1111A.D9C3E340" ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C1111A.D9C3E340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The protest is a good example of Globalization -=20 "What is happening now hasn't happened since the anti-Vietnam war = protests of the 1960s," he told me. "Young people from around the globe = are coming together to campaign for economic justice - and our movement = is growing." BBC News BUSINESS Among the protesters She says the protests are as much about cultural as economic concerns, = and praises the "radical street warriors" for showing the world that you = cannot dehumanise people and for "reclaiming our most human desires."=20 It is important to understand the social psychological base for the = protest. These people feel left out - big means less individual feeling = of participation, of being part of the whole. A global peace corps and = person-to-person contacts to help people feel global - part of a larger = humanity. There should be ways of redirecting all this energy into = productive activity - conflict resolution - social services - projects = in the poor world building practical projects - maybe financed by the = world bank - a IMF / world bank international youth corps in health, = education, economic development would be a good start.=20 ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C1111A.D9C3E340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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"What is happening now hasn't happened = since the=20 anti-Vietnam war protests of the 1960s," he told me. "Young people from = around=20 the globe are coming together to campaign for economic justice - and our = movement is growing."

 BBC News  BUSINESS  Among the protesters
 

She says the protests are as much about cultural as economic = concerns, and=20 praises the "radical street warriors" for showing the world that you = cannot=20 dehumanise people and for "reclaiming our most human desires."

It is important to understand the social psychological base for the = protest.=20 These people feel left out - big means less individual feeling of = participation,=20 of being part of the whole. A global peace corps and person-to-person = contacts=20 to help people feel global - part of a larger humanity. There should be = ways of=20 redirecting all this energy into productive activity - conflict = resolution -=20 social services - projects in the poor world building practical projects = - maybe=20 financed by the world bank - a IMF / world bank international youth = corps in=20 health, education, economic development would be a good start.=20

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