[extropy-chat] Re: Transhumanist Caucus within the Transnational Radical Party
Harvey Newstrom
mail at HarveyNewstrom.com
Fri Jan 21 12:53:50 UTC 2005
I had never heard of the Transnational Radical Party either, so I did a
little Googling. They might be too radical for some tastes.
The UN Committee on NGO's recommended a 3-year suspension for the TRP
group because of accusations of supporting terrorists. The United
States and nine other countries agreed with this suspension.
The TRP denies the accusation, and keeps accrediting one member of its
general council, Mr. Kok Ksor, to UN meetings even though the UN has
repeatedly asked them to stop. Both the UN and the United States have
the group on their watch lists. Both the United States and the UN have
actively opposed this group in the past.
I found a story from 2003 that describes the TRP distributing illegal
drugs to protest the War on Drugs. Although this might be a legitimate
cause, it is a radical step to officially participate in the
distribution of illegal drugs as a form of political protest.
There are also numerous references to this group as being started to
promote religious freedom and then expanding into other areas later.
This seems to be their primary mission, with politics being an item
related to religious freedom. So they may be concerned with religion
first and politics second, or vice-versa. Is this our interest in
them? I am not sure they have any interest in technology or
transhumanism in return.
See <http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=40&par=662> for the story.
See <http://www.montagnard-foundation.org/news-03-1218.htm> for TRP's
version
See <http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=40&par=589> for a current
update.
See
<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-4-2003_pg3_4>
for a description of the TRP distributing illegal drugs to protest the
War on Drugs.
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Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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