"Witness" the Truth, Then Do Something With It...ANYTHING!

While playing with the Al Jazeera website, I came across a very interesting program they produce called "Witness." Why this show isn't on prime time in the United States...OK...I know why it isn't on prime time in the United States. As our friend Jessica says about Coos Bay, folks here are "beligerently anti-intellectual." In general, it seems that most U.S. citizens are "beligerently anti-intellectual." That is why FANTASTIC programs like Witness are not on the air on prime time on any major U.S. network.

One I recently watched and was hoping to post here from YouTube, but seem to be having some sort of problem from YouTube's end, is called "The House of Journalists."

Click here for part 1.

Click here for part 2.

137 journalists were killed last year. One of my favorites, Anna Politkovskaya, was killed in her apartment elevator by assassins who didn't like her work. She mostly wrote about the illegal and genocidal activities of the Russian government in Chechnya. She wrote a book called "A Dirty War," detailing the attrocities enacted in that nation by Russia and how Soviet soldiers were going AWOL. A fascinating read you all should read.

The House of Journalists is in Paris, France. It is for journalists who's lives are in danger especially from the nations they reported in. Journalists from Cuba, Africa, the Middle East, etc., are housed there and most are survivors of torture in their own nations. One journalist in Iraq was tortured because he wrote articles about Iraqi's sticking together instead of fighting amongst each other. As the Cuban journalist stated about the Cuban government he wrote so much about, they are afraid of the truth. They could torture him, but they could not change the truth.

The U.S. has arrested artists and destroyed the careers of many a truthful journalist. Some still shine through, like Seymour Hersch. But here in the U.S., the system is different. The citizenry in general are "beligerently anti-intellectual," and all the U.S. has to do is put on another reality TV show and the citizenry becomes satisfied with their ignorance.

I produced a radio program for KBOO called "Mitakuye Oyasin" for 12 years. For those 12 years, I did my best to bring forth the truth. I had help from folks like David Liberty, Jim Craven, Shusli Baseler-Johnson, Leigh Anne Kranz, and Warren Robinson to help. We had guests on the phone and in the studio like Vine Deloria, Jr., Ward Churchill, John Trudell, Klee Benally and the whole Blackfire band, Skip Mahawk, etc. We had guests live on the phone from occupations in Ontario enacted by the Mohawk nation. All those years and with a lot of help, we brought you truth and beauty. Truth...

I've been told by several people that they feared I would be killed for speaking the truth the way I did. Personally, the actuality of something like that happening here is pretty minute. Again, folks here are "beligerently anti-intellectual" and empire can always count on that. You could run them over with a bulldozer full of truth and they would still demand that bulldozers don't exist. The U.S. government is secure in their populace having little desire to know the truth about its activities. The corporate owned government also started our public education system which was headed by the elites in order to insure that the masses remained silent against the horrors they committed to their own citizenry, let alone world wide.

KBOO is having some hard times these days. KBOO is a good venue for truth and beauty. However, the listenership has dropped and so have the funds from the listeners. KBOO is listener supported. Read this article in the Skanner by Lisa Loving, "KBOO 90.7FM Community Radio at a Crossroads." KBOO is really working hard on regaining their listenership, and it is undoubtedly ruffling a lot of feathers. No matter the process, I hope the truth still keeps coming over the airwaves.

The truth is a dangerous thing to empire. There are many things they don't want you to know. Dig deep, folks. It really doesn't take much to find the truth. It is out there and easy to get your hands on. But the terrorist actions of empires worldwide keep us scared from seeking the truth. Empires don't want you to know the truth, because the truth is, empires will stop at nothing to acquire wealth for the few. We who are not members of those few far outnumber those few. Since they have done a great job of teaching us to FEAR the truth, most folks will rarely seek it out. The empire has many armed thugs to serve and protect the puproses of the elite.

So go out there, find the truth, and use it to crush empire as best you can and give the world back to the people instead of the ultra elite.