Re: MONETARY: Re: Urgent Action needed -- Dr. Alamgir

["Rodney Shakespeare" <Rodney.Shakespeare1@btopenworld.com>]

Dear All,

1.    I  hope that everybody is signing the petition to prevent the
detention and torture of Dr. Alamgir who is a splendid worker for decency
and justice in the world.  Thanks to Norm for generally alerting us.  The
facts are amplified by Amnesty International at
http://www.bangladeshpolitics.com. The Amnesty appeal is posted on
http://www.stoptorture.org/urgent/index.php.

There is more information at http://www.banglapolitics.com/

2.    I have not been participating in any of the COG groups since the end
of last September when, returning to London on a flight  from New York, I
was taken ill, the plane was turned round and I ended up in hospital in
Gander, Newfoundland (which I had always wanted to visit because, during the
Second World War, it was a major departure point for men, armaments and, for
children like myself, magic parcels of goodies and, indeed, practical things
like warm clothing for which, decades later, I express my thanks).
    For a several weeks afterwards, I felt generally weak and, upon
recovering, from then on I had to concentrate on writing (with Peter
Challen) the book -- Seven Steps To Justice -- and, as a consequence,
several organisations have asked for various papers to be written.
    You may remember that in the Monetary Reform Group there was an inchoate
paper called Four Demands.  Well, it became Five Demands and finally ended
up as Seven Steps To Justice.
    The book is with the publishers (New European Publications) and I am not
quite sure of what is the present state-of-play but there is an intent to
get it published by July particularly in time for an August conference.
    In a day or two I hope to be able to give you some information as to how
the Seven Steps have developed and what are the implications in the monetary
reform area.
    Don't forget -- sign that Amnesty petition for Dr. Alamgir.
Rodney Shakespeare.