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>> ># 2a : The economic aspect - Western style >> > >This must have excellent prospects of achieving success >if it could be done. The switch of oil pricing from >Dollar to Euro would so >undermine the Dollar >that all commodities would almost certainly follow suit. >It is talked about. >How do we give it a push? The Arab countries should have >a natural inclination to do it, and Iran, and the Muslim >countries in the far east, and Venezuela. Unless someone has the ear of one in power there are only a few ways: write letters, publish articles, or get people to demonstrate. >regard both Saudi Arabia and Turkey as major successes in >resisting US pressure. Yes. How to "reward" them though? We hear now about the other super-power -- the people of the world, but to effectively use that power people have to be united, as they are in a labor union, or by acting from a publicity campaign. Any of these possible actions will require organization -- ideally an alternative "government" of some sort. The problem with the UN is that it is composed not of nations, really, but the governments of nations, which are often unresponsive to the people. It is strange, but after all the centuries of organizing individuals into governments all over the world, we need to do it all over again to oppose the corrupted existing ones -- not to replace them as in revolution, but to provide balance. In the US the House was supposed to do that, and I suppose the House of Commons in England -- but they no longer function properly. Quite an ambitious project, actually. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk