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8 June 2006
Volume 3, Issue 5
Free Voices
eZine of the People
Shout the
Truth....
We Will Not
Go Silently: The Death of the First Amendment
Brandon Batzloff
Free Voices Editor
The corporate media have never been particularly good at exposing
government corruption and have often been active participants in
the suppression of information. Now we are seeing that when journalists
and news agencies actually do their jobs correctly, they are in
danger of arrest and prosecution by the federal government. Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales has made it clear that any utterance of
the truth about crimes perpetrated by the government will not be
tolerated. If corporate media is being targeted, independent media
is in great danger. Continue
Does The New York Times Want
to Kill Gay Men?
Liam Scheff
A January 22, 2006 article in The New York Times Magazine
promoted the idea that gay men – not just HIV positive gay
men – but all sexually-active gay men (among others) should
be given an AIDS drug, on the assumption that doing so would stop
AIDS. The drug in question is called Tenofovir (brand name Viread),
which the writer, Jon Cohen, described as “a drug that appears
safer than the other AIDS medications on the market.” Continue
Media Crimes Sanitize War
Crimes in Iraq
Danny Schechter
As events in Iraq continue to slip from bad to worse, the good news
brigade is scrambling for new stories— - ‘anything,
give me anything’ - to shore up what’s left of public
support for a bloody war without end. As some feared and many predicted,
the war hovers over our politics and the president who “brought
it on.” He is, as the journalist Sid Blumenthal puts it, stuck
in a “paradigm” of his own making. The operative word
is the title and refrain of an early Springsteen song: “TRAPPED.”
Another tipping point seems to have tipped. Continue
Sweaty Southern Radical
Queer & Trans Convergence Report Back
Marcelitte Failla
New York, NY, US
About 300 queer and trans folks gathered to take part in workshops
from Men Against Patriarchy, to Sex, Race and the Revolution and
even sexy workshops on BDSM.. Thanks to the organizers and volunteers,
six meals of vegan/vegetarian free food were served throughout the
convergence. All day Saturday there were workshops and the day ended
with dance performances by So-Fuct from South Florida and No-Fuct
from the North, followed by a Burlesque show that had the audience
humping the floor. There was spoken word concerning issues of trans
identity and a dance party that continued out into the parking lot.
Continue
What is the Purpose
of Anarchist Action?
Matthew Lamont
Chino, CA, US
I would like to start by saying that I believe revolution has lost
its meaning. It is a word that has been passed down through centuries
of uprisings and philosophical or idealistic books written in the
aftermaths of those revolts to explain their meanings in intellectual
terms. Its meaning is to overturn or bring in full circle. It is
an end, not a means. It is the act of the oppressed people taking
the boot off their neck and throwing their oppressor on his back.
The fight for freedom, or the fight for equality by overturning
the current social, economic, and political system in replacement
for whatever the people favor. This is a revolution. Continue
Nazi Ties, Grave Robbing,
and the Bush Family
Margaret Kimberly
New York, NY, US
It must be very difficult to become a healthy adult in a family
with a history of multi-generational pathology. Normalcy must be
an impossible goal to reach if your grandfather robbed bones from
graves and then made money for and with Hitler’s war machine.
The Bush family has all of the outward appearances of success. They
are wealthy, white, except for Jeb’s “little brown ones,”
hold powerful positions and can trace their ancestry back to the
bluest blooded New Englanders. Most of them attended Yale, a prestigious
institution of higher learning and more importantly a place that
can guarantee entry into the rarified world of the American elite.
Continue
Crying Art....
America: Freedom to Fascism
Aaron Russo
Determined to find the law that requires American citizens to pay
income tax, producer Aaron Russo ("The Rose," "Trading
Places") set out on a journey to find the evidence. This film
which is neither left, nor right-wing is a startling examination
of government. It exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties
in America since 1913 when the Federal Reserve system was fraudulently
created. Through interviews with U.S. Congressmen, a former IRS
Commissioner, former IRS and FBI agents and tax attorneys and authors,
Russo connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax,
and the national identity card which becomes law in May 2008. This
ID card will use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips which
are essentially homing devices used to track people. This film shows
in great detail and undeniable facts that America is moving headlong
into a fascist police state. Wake up! Continue
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