Nobel, Noble and Nobble Prizes

Dear list-participants,
Recent news about Washington D.C. meeting with Chomsky, Angela Davis, and 
other important groups representatives added more light and hopes to the 
initial world-party/movement topic of this list.
Another good new, from Stockholm: the Alternative Economics Nobel Prize 
(Right Livelihood Award) was given, among others, to two amazonian indians 
(Tomas Roman and Pascual Letuama) and anthropologist/sociologist Martin Von 
Hilldebrand and Helga Dworschak, in representation of Coama (Amazonic 
Consolidation). Together they worked a project on defending world jungles 
based on native communities wisdom and active control. In a press 
conference, they explained native amazonian concept of development: "prior 
to territory development arrangements, we must arrange our thinking, 
considering that it deals with a living-plan before a developing one, as 
occident calls the extraction and exploitation of non re-newable natural 
resources without consulting native interests, nor their ethnical, cultural 
and biologic value, impossible to measure. They seek the integration of 
aspects like education, because jungle is the class room for peoples, and 
health, because it depends on the equilibrium of our actions for a sane 
environment. This one, on turn, depends on the way in which people 
integrates in preserving nature. They seek a viable economy -which does not 
renounce to its productive character- planned and executed by them, under 
their control." (partial translation from spanish at:
( http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-34817/dec/991211_nobel.html )

Observing all the art, creativeness, imagination and humour displayed by 
popular communities and groups when facing oppresors, as a form of 
resistance and building sense of integration and identity, it may be nice 
to 
consider, if not yet done, the idea of creating a kind of world peoples 
award to those men/women distinguished by their contribution and sacrifice 
in resisting oppresion, helping Noble causes, and defending the rights of 
people against prejudice and world elites devastation. ONGs, and groups, 
like those present at Seattle, would propose men/women/groups candidates to 
the prize according to their field of interest and contribution, and 
information would be shared with other ONGs and groups. This would show how 
many fields and styles of personal and collective heroism exist, serve as a 
mutual educational tool, and as a motive of mutual- pride and reafirmation.
Urgent Noble prizes might be conceded according to the moment. If today, 
perhaps Mumia and Peltier should be the must urgent ones to be awarded 
inside U.S. because their life, freedom and dignity are part of ours. 
Organizing details and procedures are open for ideas.
The other Nobble Prizes would be given to those infamous personalities 
/transnationals/institutions dedicated to further "improper relationships" 
that hurt social and ecological justice, peaceful human convivence, and 
cultural brotherhood. According to my dictionary, word Nobble means: 1) to 
disable or harm, 2)to win over by bribery or other underhanded methods, 
3)To 
cheat or swindle.
If present madness was built from mainstream rationality, perhaps, 
following 
popular artists and humorists, we might add the logics of madness and 
humour 
as a nice tool to face their dangerous solemness. (That is what Cervantes 
did with don Quixote in a time of Inquisition).
Recently, a friend told me that if Monica had not open her mouth, 
Monicagate 
would have not existed. I did not undertand his joke-face because according 
to my logics textbook, from any counter-factual premise we may derive any 
proper/improper relationship or conclussion. Please, let me know about 
recent contributions on improper relationships.
Thanks for season greetings sent, and a nice millenium to all of you.
Emilio


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