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

["Norman G. Kurland" <thirdway@cesj.org>]

Dear Rodney,

Thanks for the prompt response to Dr. Alamgir's situation.  Looking forward to
your new book and possibly attending your conference.

Warm regards,
Norm

Rodney Shakespeare wrote:

> 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.