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Truth Emergency conference Jan. 25-27 Santa Cruz (12 posts)

1. truthmod
   Administrator

   I plan to be there...

   http://www.truthemergency.us/

   "PURPOSE A collaborative gathering of media veterans, scholars, activists & whistleblowers to assess and marshal our most powerful messages to rectify history, awaken a critical mass, and effectively expose the accelerating corporate coup d'état.

   VISION Truth movements that arise after pivotal events like electoral fraud, 9/11, key assassinations, false flag ops and casus belli fabrications can/should become more than forensic inquiries into a single heinous crime. They can also strive to expose wider patterns of illicit control, deception and propaganda, and use their revelations to rouse entire societies to reject a malignant status quo.

   Consequently, this is not a media conference to dissect or condemn the conglomerates, demand reforms, or even celebrate the increasing vigor of independent journalism. It is intended as a strategy session for already active and influential players to coordinate their most revealing messages, forge tactical alliances, innovate new distribution technologies, and mutually enhance each others' strongest work."

   Posted 16 years ago #
2. truthmod
   Administrator

   The list of ("currently expected") participants is pretty impressive:

   http://truthemergency.us/content/view/51/52/

   Larisa Alexandrovna

   David Altheide

   Russ Baker

   John Perry Barlow

   Richard Becker

   Nora Barrows-Friedman

   Dennis Bernstein

   Khalil Bendib

   Kristina Borjesson

   Carol Brouillet

   Bruce Budner

   Lenny Charles

   David Cobb

   Gerard Colby

   Peter B Collins

   Gabriel Day

   Elizabeth de la Vega

   Charlotte Dennett

   Bill Densmore

   Katherine Dodds

   Frank Dorrel

   Bonnie Faulkner

   Mike Ferner

   Robert Fitrakis

   Brad Friedman

   Richard Gage

   Jalal Ghazi

   Richard Greene

   David Ray Griffin

   Eric Haas

   Kyle Hence

   Mickey Huff

   Elizabeth Kucinich

   David Kubiak

   Kalle Lasn

   David Lindorff

   Eamon Martin

   Janice Matthews

   David Mathison

   Jason McKain

   Ray McGovern

   Cynthia McKinney

   Linda Milazzo

   Miguel Molina

   Michael Nagler

   Peter Phillips

   Marc Pilisuk

   Coleen Rowley

   Mansoor Sabbagh

   Bryan Sacks

   Danny Schechter

   John Scott

   Peter Dale Scott

   Cindy Sheehan

   Jayne Lyn Stahl

   Peter Thottam

   Barbara Trent

   Sarah Ruth van Gelder

   Tracy Van Slyke

   Aldo Vidali

   Harvey Wasserman

   Toni Whiteman

   Mike Whitney

   Susan J. Zip

   Posted 16 years ago #
3. truthmod
   Administrator

   I'm at the conference. So far so good. There do seem to be a lot of middle aged-older people here. Coleen Rowley is here, which is kind of cool. We're doing some sort of affinity group thing next.

   Posted 16 years ago #
4. Victronix
   Member

   Sorry I wasn't able to make it to that -- the flu intervened. I look forward to more follow-up. I haven't seen any coverage of it anywhere yet (indybay or anything).

   Posted 16 years ago #
5. Victronix
   Member

   Oh, I found the updated link with images via 911truth --

   http://truthemergency.pnn.com/4641-front-page

   Looks good! A good number of people.

   Posted 16 years ago #
6. truthmod
   Administrator

   It was a very positive conference. There was very little distraction/disinformation and many alternative media activists came together while neither avoiding nor obsessing over 9/11 truth.

   Cynthia McKinney gave an energizing address today; she and the Green party seem like a unifying force that we should all get behind.

   And thankfully, there seemed to be barely any Ron Paul fanatics or wild-eyed paranoids.

   Posted 16 years ago #
7. truthmod
   Administrator

   Here are some of the orgs/projects I learned about at the conference. I'm not endorsing them, just listing them...

   http://realnews.org/

   http://empowermentproject.org/films.html

   http://www.gaia.com/community

   http://www.bethemedia.org/

   http://www.rockcreekfreepress.com/

   Posted 16 years ago #
8. chrisc
   Member

   I noticed that the Flashpoints people were there, it's an outstanding radio show:

   http://flashpoints.net/

   Posted 16 years ago #
9. truthmod
   Administrator

   One of the major themes that came out of the conference was the need to unify the forces of independent media. There are so many sources and organizations that one can feel totally overwhelmed and resources can be spread too thin. Of course, our decentralization is fundamental to our democratic, independent mission, but when it comes down to it, we also need to be able to unify for strength and efficiency.

   One idea was for an alternative news wire that could support our cause and focus our energy.

   Another was for a inter/national TAKE BACK THE MEDIA day/week which would involve varying levels of dissent and civil disobedience.

   Posted 16 years ago #
10. Victronix
    Member

    I've tended to wonder about rockcreekfreepress.

    Clicking on it now I see that it cites 'http://www.electricpolitics.com/' as it's top link along the side. I look there and one of it's main stories (http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2008/01/green_grievances.html) above the fold is a story that attacks the Green Party via a person most in the party describe as nutty, and naturally, is published by Counterpunch, which seeks to destroy the party from within and constantly highlight any nugget of infighting they can find.

    A purpose of the article is to turn people away from McKinney by describing her as a "demogreen," a term that is being created by a very few to divide the party -- in general no such term exists for Greens, but people like this author create them for a purpose. As one of the comments states: "This concept of "DemoGreens" is as useful as "Islamofascists" and in some ways share the same MO: disrupt and disconnect."

    I support McKinney and Nader, but this kind of thing only serves to undermine the party. A strong Nader supporter I talked to yesterday said they are trying to isolate people who are doing this kind of stuff and stop them because it helps no one.

    But this is what rockcreekpress puts front and center.

    Posted 16 years ago #
11. Victronix
    Member

    One idea was for an alternative news wire that could support our cause and focus our energy.

    Another was for a inter/national TAKE BACK THE MEDIA day/week which would involve varying levels of dissent and civil disobedience.

    Those both sound good. Or maybe a one day a month action, like truthaction?

    Posted 16 years ago #
12. truthmod
    Administrator

    Yes, maybe a monthly action (the 22nd of each month?) would be feasible. Taking our grievances directly to the corporate media could be a powerful strategy. I know it's been done before (I helped organize the 9/11/05 march on the NYT and other media outlets), and truthaction often takes this form, but maybe a more general and coordinated campaign against the media is necessary...

    I put up a few pictures from the conference:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/truthmove/sets/721576...

    Posted 16 years ago #

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