I consider both these comments unnecessarily negative. Disagreement is one thing, which I hope is welcomed as inevitable where diversity exists. But those deprecating remarks are intended to wound. They do not offer any grounds for open discussion.
On 8 Apr 2015, at 16:50, Bob Haugen <[email protected]> wrote: Actually, I thought it was interesting where he was going with his schtick. I had not kept up. Rifkin and Merkel! What a couple! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:46 AM, peter waterman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Anna, > > I would have thought he was really on top of his self-publicity operation > and needed little extra from you. > > Best, > > P > > 2014. From Coldwar Communism to the Global Justice Movement: Itinerary of a > Long-Distance Internationalist. > http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/from_coldwar_communism > _to_the_global_emancipatory_movement/ (Free). > 2014. Interface Journal Special (Co-Editor), December 2014. 'Social Movement > Internationalisms'. (Free). > 2014. 'The Networked Internationalism of Labour's Others', in Jai Sen (ed), > Peter Waterman (co-ed), The Movement of Movements: Struggles for Other > Worlds (Part I). (10 Euros). > 2012. EBook: Recovering Internationalism. [A compilation of papers from the > new millenium. Now free in two download formats] > 2013. EBook (co-editor), February 2013: World Social Forum: Critical > Explorations http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/ > 2012. Interface Journal Special (co-editor), November 2012: For the Global > Emancipation of Labour > 2005-? Ongoing. Blog: http://www.unionbook.org/profile/peterwaterman.???. > Needed: a Global Labour Charter Movement (2005-Now!) > 2011. Under, Against, Beyond: Labour and Social Movements Confront a > Globalised, Informatised Capitalism (2011) (c. 1,000 pages of Working > Papers, free, from the 1980's-90's). > > >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Anna Harris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=588d35ee-35b3-44c4-8535-d4747f9b84f0&c=91e9ad10-aa46-11e3-9e40-d4ae52753a3b&ch=92cd7d60-aa46-11e3-9eb5-d4ae52753a3b >> >> >> From: Office of Jeremy Rifkin <[email protected]> >> Date: 8 April 2015 06:05:23 BST >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Update from the Office of Jeremy Rifkin >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> Having trouble viewing this email? 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In the preface to his book, Li Hejun >> writes "I was deeply moved by the author's insights. Reflecting upon my >> experience working in the new energy sector in the past 20 years, and >> especially in the PV industry in recent years, I found Rifkin's thesis very >> convincing." Li Hejun's company, Hanergy, is a leading thin-film solar power >> company in the world. Hejun envisions the installation of solar and other >> renewable energies in every community, allowing millions of people and >> thousands of businesses to produce their own energy and share surpluses with >> others on a digitalized Energy Internet stretching across China. Hejun's >> mission is to transform China into a sustainable post-carbon Third >> Industrial Revolution economy powered by renewable energies. >> >> Mr. Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution vision has also been embraced by >> the new Chinese leadership. In December 2011, Premier Li Keqiang announced >> that he had read Mr. Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution book with great >> interest and had asked the appropriate government agencies to pay close >> attention to the central themes in preparing China's plan to usher-in an >> ecological civilization. Vice Premier Wang Yang has also endorsed Mr. >> Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution economic development model. >> >> >> Click Here to View the Press Release from Bloomberg Business >> >> Thanks to all of you for your continued support! 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