Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:52:35 -0400 From: "Peter Pflaum" <wiredbrain@earthlink.net> To: <synergynet@eGroups.com> Subject: Finding something useful - Among the protesters Message-ID: <001301c1113d$24b4f200$6b7ffc9e@pflaump>
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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 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2479.6" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#d8d8e8> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>The protest is a good example = of=20 Globalization - </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>"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."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR> BBC News BUSINESS Among the protesters</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <P>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." </P> <P>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 </P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C1111A.D9C3E340-- ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C1111A.D9C3E340 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="BBC News BUSINESS Among the protesters.url" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="BBC News BUSINESS Among the protesters.url" [DEFAULT] BASEURL=3Dhttp://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_939000/939= 982.stm [InternetShortcut] URL=3Dhttp://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_939000/939982.= stm Modified=3DE03962103B11C10199 ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C1111A.D9C3E340-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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