At 11:41 PM 1/1/00 , Bob Hillmann wrote: >Jay: > >Here is a link to an article that was recently published in GLOBAL >GOVERNANCE that deals with the origins of the current drive to integrate the >world both economically and politically. > >"Quincy Wright and the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace" > >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4476/wright-paper/wright01.html Hi Bob, Thanks for the URL. Here's another interesting post: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Rich Media, Poor Democracy Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:41:05 -0500 Newsgroups: alt.politics.usa.republican, alt.politics.democrats.d, alt.politics.reform, alt.politics.greens, alt.politics.libertarian, alt.anarchism, alt.journalism, alt.religion, talk.politics.misc Rich Media, Poor Democracy by Robert W. McChesney In These Times magazine, November 1999 American democracy is in a decrepit state - exemplified by a depoliticization that would make a tyrant envious-and the corporate commercial media system is an important factor in understanding how this sorry state came to be. The corporate media cement a system whereby the wealthy and powerful few make the most important decisions with virtually no informed public participation. Crucial political issues are barely covered by the corporate media, or else are warped to fit the confines of elite debate, stripping the ordinary citizenry of the tools they need to be informed, active participants in a democracy. For those who regard inequality and untrammeled commercialism as undermining the requirements of a democratic society, media reform must be on the political agenda. <snip> +++ For those who are interested in discussing these topics in more detail, please send an email with the word "subscribe" as the subject to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Respectfully, Jay Fenello, New Media Relations ------------------------------------ http://www.fenello.com 770-392-9480 "We are creating the most significant new jurisdiction we've known since the Louisiana purchase, yet we are building it just outside the constitution's review." -- Larry Lessig, Harvard Law School, on ICANN
