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Bypassing the Gate-Keepers- Direct Action, Organizing, Making Noise

by Carol Brouillet (cbrouillet [at] igc.org)
Time to organize. Strengthening the Peace Movement. Through art, humor, overcoming fear and empowering ordinary people. We can make a difference. Join us tonight in Room 219 of the Veteran's War Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
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How do we stop war? How do we identify the criminals that orchestrate and benefit from war? How do we get to the root of the problem and expose a global economy whose heart is a war economy that benefit a criminal transnational elite who deal in arms, drugs, and stealing the natural resources of all nations? We expose the lies. We expose the deceptions. We help people to realize that the responsibility for their government's actions lies in their hands and that we need to demand accountability and not allow Congress nor the Executive Branch to utterly trash the Constitution, shred the principles of the Magna Carta, return us to the days of the Inquisition, torture, the reign of kings who could judge, sentence, dissappear anyone, and wage war unbridled by public opinion.

We simply need to expose "the War on Terror" as a "War of Terror" a "War on Truth, Freedom, Denmocracy at home and abroad." Why is the Peace Movement so timid to articulate these truths? They don't want to "scare people away." They are waiting to get stronger before they challenge the powers that be ove "critical issues." If you have been to any of the anti-war rallies, it is obvious that at the grassroots, people are not stupid; they understand what is going on; they can identify the real terrorists- the ones occupying the White House.

We all know that the government story about 9-11 was the craziest conspiracy theory of all time, and cannot withstand serious scrutiny, without the absolute support of the corporate press, even then the lie cannot hold. How do we push the truth into headlines, into the homes of all Americans, onto the floor of Congress, into the consciousness of humanity, so that the bullys, criminals, will be forced from power, and the war game ruse will never succeed again? We organize, we make noise, we use art, music, film, literature, rallies, conferences, events, actions, radio, televion, websites, whatever we can think of to awaken, mobilize, energize, empower people.

When we marched on our Senators demanding an investigation of 9-11 back in January 2002, I felt betrayed by the "global justice movement and the independent press" on their silence on the questions and issues that we raised. To overcome censorship, I made flyers which I passed out in the streets and at anti-war marches. Images helped to get people to look at them and take them. An activist in Canada, Blaine Machan made the front of the Deception Dollar and I encouraged him to do the backside, so that we could pass them out on the street. We've now printed 6,000,000 of them and people still want them for their rallies and events. The donations we received for them helped us to get 9-11 documentaries made and distributed, and premiered at big events which helped us gather recognition and support from Peace groups. It has been a challenging struggle to overcome the psychological barriers of fear and denial, to get people to even look at the basic facts, so well suppressed by the press. Project Censored has become an ally. The owner of the grand Lake Theater has become an ally. Veteran's for Peace has become an ally. The Truth Movement has become a force, one that needs to be embraced by the Peace and Justice Movement, if we really want peace and justice.

The Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance is organizing three big events to draw attention to the Truth about 9-11, and help unify the many facets of the "Global Justice" movements. We need help, and we invite your participation, we can offer tools, encouragement, support, and community. Yesterday, we printed 10,000 beautiful flyers about our upcoming events, and we need to distribute them as widely as possible in a very short amount of time. We could use help. We are sending out a newsletter; we could use help. We are holding a rally and march; we could use help. We are holding two film festivals in Oakland and San Francisco on the same days, with enormous potential for outreach, organizing, networking, discussions, strategizing, socializing, education, transformation and we could use help.

Tonight is our last organizing meeting before our big events and we invite everyone who wishes to become involved, to make a difference, to help, to participate, to please join us. We will meet in Room 219 of the Veteran's War Memorial Building from 7 pm to 10 pm, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. If you only have time to stop by and pick up some flyers, please do so- and your help will be appreciated.

Premiering at our upcoming Film Festivals will be our film production of the comedy/benefit we did for the San Francisco International Inquiry into 9-11- Behind Every Terrorist- There is a Bush, as well as a 28 minute documentary of the SF Inquiry. We have hundreds of hours of great footage on understanding 9-11 and we want to produce better films. There is a revolution going on right now- it is a media revolution. Those who serve corporate interests are losing credibility. Those who serve human interests are gaining credibility. There is a transformation going on in people's consciousness, collectively and individually; we are part of that process, and we invite you to help us- serving Life and the greater good.
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by Carol Brouillet (cbrouillet [at] igc.org)
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§Behind Every Terrorist- There is a Bush
by Carol Brouillet (cbrouillet [at] igc.org)
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Premiering the Comedy/Music/Spoken Word show featuring David Rovics, Comedians- Rene Hicks, Bill Santiago, Will Durst, Poet Drew Dellinger, Take Back the Media, and 9-11 Truth Activist- Carol Brouillet
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