Tuesday, November 11 2008   -   Other Important News

from IVAW.org
November 11, 2008

While it is fitting that our nation reserves a special day to honor the sacrifice and commitment of our warriors, it also serves to highlight how we, as a country, have fallen short of caring for our veterans, reintegrating them back into our communities, and demanding that our military be used responsibly and only as a last resort. Over 1.7 million men and women of the U.S. military have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many of them now struggle to cope with physical and emotional injuries, with family relationships strained because of prolonged separation, and with finding employment during an economic recession.

Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War know that in order to truly honor our veterans, we must listen to them, not just on Veterans Day, but on the other 364 days as well. It is for each other, our military brothers and sisters, and for our country that IVAW works every day to share our experiences, to challenge the predominant narrative of war as heroic and glorious, and to expose people to the brutal reality and true human costs of modern warfare.

 

Tuesday, November 11 2008   -   In the Media

On Veterans Day, Body of War, the documentary about IVAW member Tomas Young who was paralyzed by a bullet to his spine after serving in Iraq for less than a week, will be shown at 7pm ET on the Sundance Channel. There's no better way to mark Veterans Day than by listening to veterans, and watching this film is just one of many ways you can listen.

Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan: Another way you can honor our veterans today is by listening to the Winter Soldier Hearings. Read more ...

 

Monday, November 10 2008   -   Editorials

Discussion of the very real doubts over the World Trade Center attacks was conspicuously absent from the US presidential race. But America's international image will always be tainted as long as the uncertainty remains

by Richard Falk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories
Sunday 09 November 2008
The Journal Issue 13

Every so often attention is called anew to the doubts surrounding the true character of the events surrounding the 9/11 attacks. Recently, the report of the collapse of Building 7 represented such an occasion. Any close student of 9/11 is aware of the many serious discrepancies between the official version of what took place and the actual happenings on that fateful day in 2001. David Ray Griffin and others have analyzed and assessed these discrepancies in such an objective and compelling fashion that only wilful ignorance can maintain that the 9/11 narrative should be treated as a closed book, and that the public should move on to address the problems of the day.

 

Monday, November 10 2008   -   Resources and Materials



Call for Articles for the December 2008 Issue
Deadline Thursday, November 13

The November issue of the Creek has "sold out" in record time. (View it here) It is time to start putting together the next issue.

Rock Creek Free Press Wins Project Censored Award

First I wanted to let you know that the Rock Creek Free Press has been recognized by Project Censored for our coverage of one of the year's 25 most censored stories: "Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror".

 

Monday, November 10 2008   -   9/11 A/V Galleries


Diana Castillo comments on Richard Gage speaking event at Madrid 9/11 Truth:
We had overflowing presence at our event, many people had to leave because there was no more room.
Video Source: Tele 5 web site: A Telecinco.esarticle from 2006  

Sunday, November 9 2008   -   Truth Movement News

THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF 9-11-2001

Professor PAUL ZAREMBKA (USA), Professor of Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY. Editor of "THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF 9-11-2001",
General Editor for RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, and FRONTIERS IN ECONOMETRICS.

CANADA's "WAR ON TERROR"

Professor MICHAEL KEEFER (CANADA), Professor of English, University of Guelph, Graduate Royal Military College of Canada, Former President, Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English. Widely published on "War on Terror", "Toronto 18", 9/11, and philosophy.

Friday November 14, 2008, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto

 

Sunday, November 9 2008   -   Other Important News

By Felisa Cardona
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 11/06/2008 05:34:24 PM MST

DNC PROTEST

* Read the ACLU's letter to the Office of the Independant Monitor (PDF) .
* Watch video from the August, 2008 standoff between DNC protesters and police at 15th & Court in Downtown Denver.
* Watch video of protesters getting sprayed with pepper spray, from the August, 2008 standoff .

When a Jefferson County deputy deployed pepper spray into a crowd during the first night of the Democratic National Convention, he did not know that his targets were undercover Denver police officers.

During a melee that occurred Aug. 25 between protesters, police and bystanders near Civic Center Park, undercover Denver detectives staged a struggle with a police commander in order to get out of the crowd undetected.

 

Sunday, November 9 2008   -   9/11 Consequences

By Randall Mikkelsen
Nov 7, 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI tracked about 108,000 potential terrorism threats or suspicious incidents from mid-2004 to November 2007, but most were found groundless, a Justice Department review found on Friday.

The department's office of inspector general gave the figure in an audit of the FBI's terrorism case-tracking system, called Guardian, launched in 2002 after the September 11 attacks.

 

Friday, November 7 2008   -   In the Media

Paul Zarembka Lecture to be streamed on scantv.org - 11.7.2008 - 8pm Pacific

That's this evening, Friday November 7, 2008 - 8pm Pacific.

http://scantv.org

Paul Zarembka is the editor, and a contributor to, The Hidden History of 9-11, recently released in paperback, revised since the original Elsevier hardcover. The paperback features some new material from Kevin Ryan and David Ray Griffin. Below is one of the chapters from the book, the essay by contributor Diana Ralph, Islamophobia and the "War on Terror": the Continuing Pretext for U.S. Imperial Conquest.

This past September, Zarembka lectured on 9/11, based on the contents of Hidden History, at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Seattle. This is what will be broadcast on scantv.org (Also on local Seattle cable: Comcast Ch 77 and Broadstripe Ch 23)

Hidden History of 9/11 is available through 911truth.org's online store.

 

Friday, November 7 2008   -   Resources and Materials

ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE "WAR ON TERROR": THE CONTINUING PRETEXT FOR U.S. IMPERIAL CONQUEST
© Diana Ralph, Ph.D.

Abstract

The 9-11 attacks were the pretext which sold the myth of evil Muslim terrorists imminently threatening Americans. That tale allowed the Cheney-led members of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) to implement their 1990 DPG plan for world control. The “war on terror” has nothing to do with protecting the U.S. and world’s people from “terrorists”, and everything to do with securing the American empire abroad and muzzling democracy and human rights at home. Designed to inspire popular support for U.S. wars of world conquest, it is modeled on Islamophobic stereotypes, policies, and political structures developed by the Israeli Likkud and Bush Sr. since 1979. To defeat this plan, we must overcome our Islamophobic fear of “terrorists” and stand in solidarity with Muslims.

1. Why a 9-11 Pretext?

…the War against Terror is not really about terror….It’s about a superpower’s self destructive impulse toward supremacy, stranglehold, global hegemony. (Arundathi Roy, 2004, p. 34).

 

Thursday, November 6 2008   -   Other Important News

++++ PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ++++

November 4th 2008

A COPY OF ORWELL'S 'NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR' SENT TO EVERY MP

An Internet grass-roots campaign will this week deliver a copy of George Orwell's prophetic novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' to every Member of Parliament.

The books will be inscribed with the words, 'This book was a warning, not a blueprint', and will arrive at Parliament on or before November 5th -- a date of well known historical significance for that building.

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Outraged by the continual attack upon civil liberties within our nation, a fortnight ago the Libertarian Party proposed reminding those in Westminster who they were elected to serve, and in whose interests the laws that they pass are meant to function.

Spread purely by word of mouth, a campaign to send each Member of Parliament their own copy of Orwell's dystopian classic met with overwhelming support on the Internet, with many more books pledged than the 646 required to ensure that every one of our elected representatives receive a personal copy. The Libertarian Party contributed just 75 books itself, with the remainder coming (directly, or via campaign donations) from people of all political parties, and of none.

 

Tuesday, November 4 2008   -   In the Media

Live election coverage will be available, for those of you who wish to find something other than corporate media, from several places. Here are two:

NoLiesRadio will broadcast live, beginning Tuesday at 4:00 pm Pacific - 7:00 pm Eastern - 11:00 GMT. (See note from NoLiesRadio below).
http://noliesradio.org or http://67.18.54.205/~nolies

Democracy Now! will broadcast tonight for five hours, at DemocracyNow.org or kkfi.org.

Free Speech Radio News will broadcast updates throughout the day and night. Listen at KKFI, and many other sources. See http://www.fsrn.org/content/election2008 for more details.

 

Monday, November 3 2008   -   Get Involved

November 15, 2008 - 9-5pm Keene Public Library, Keene NH

9/11 Truth activists of New England are cordially invited and encouraged to attend a one-day Strategy Session to be held in Keene, NH on Saturday November 15, 2008 from 9am to 5pm. This day-long Strategy Session of open discussion among New England 9/11 Truth activists is designed to strengthen our existing activities, evaluate our resources, and develop new plans that we can immediately implement locally and as a region. Everyone is encouraged to bring your ideas. RSVP would be helpful, but is not required.

This is going to be the most important organizing and planning discussion we've had since the first strategy session at the Democracy Center at the original Boston 9/11 Truth Tea Party in 2006. Important ideas were hatched then like, Truth Squads and campaigns like the 11th of the month were inspired from it. Don't miss it!

To RSVP or for further information contact : Boston or Keene, NH

 

Monday, November 3 2008   -   Other Important News

November 1, 2008
from Velvet Revolution blog

Yesterday, after a contentious three hour hearing in an Akron, Ohio federal court, the judge ordered Bush/Rove IT expert Michael Connell to submit to a two hour deposition less than 24 hours before the start of the 2008 election. The Court ruled that Ohio attorney Cliff Arnebeck can question Connell under oath about Man in the Middle computer manipulations, the use of Trojan horses to control election results from a remote location, and the role of Triad in election manipulations.

However, in a strange twist, the judge agreed with demands from Connell’s attorney to keep under seal any testimony about threats and intimidation of Connell by others including Karl Rove. This is seen as necessary to protect possible criminal charges against those who may have engaged in obstruction of justice in this case.

 

Monday, November 3 2008   -   Get Involved

November 2, 2008
YouTube instructions for ALL voters!
From Black Box Voting, Election Defense Alliance and Videothevote.org

Black Box Voting was asked by YouTube to prepare an easy to follow public education program for Protecting the Count on ELECTION NIGHT and the days that follow. We collaborated with Videothevote.org and Election Defense Alliance. YouTube has created a Channel called Video Your Vote. The Black Box Voting Protect the Count series contains important information and several video clips never before made public.

Please distribute immediately and as widely as you can. EASY INSTRUCTIONS: View the videos that best fit your location.

1. Protect the Count - most locations in America