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Leaflet for MLK day in DC

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A Call To ActionI Challenge Your Courage, Brothers and Sisters

By David Slesinger
Printed January 19, 2009

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

The leadership of both spiritual and secular progressives finds it convenient to consciously or unconsciously suppress efforts to ask the hardest questions about the most important political event in recent history, 9/11. Progressive activists correctly urge each other to question authority, but they don’t consider it suspicious when they are urged by their own leadership to ignore government lies. My challenge today holds you grassroots activists responsible for the suppressive decisions of your leaders. (See Project Censored links at 911courage.org for evidence suppression by progressive institutions.)

William Pepper believes Martin would face the challenge of 9/11
Many of you are aware of attorney William Pepper’s efforts on behalf of King’s family to expose the lies about Martin’s murder. He notes, “Without doubt, Martin King would be in despair over what has transpired in his beloved native land. I also have no doubt that he would enthusiastically support this quest for truth about the atrocity that has shaken and drastically changed our world. He would remind us that truth crushed to earth will rise again and that we should never continue to mourn into passivity the loss of liberty and our loved ones – but organize.”

Every major institution in the US refuses to ask the hard questions about 9/11. Because of that reality, we as Americans DO NOT DESERVE to live in a free country.

What do I ask of you?

Am I suggesting you must stop whatever is your current focus to immerse yourself in 9/11 truth research? No.

Am I suggesting you must come to the conclusion that there was government complicity?
No.

I AM suggesting that you care enough about justice within the movement to help create a place of respect for 9/11 truth advocates and researchers in relevant progressive institutions. This doesn’t mean “truthers” are above criticism. I deplore the paranoia and anti-collective attitudes so prevalent among fellow truthers. We still deserve a place at the progressive table. Truther opposition to the current imperial wars deserves recognition.

The war in afghanistan requires embracing the "war on terror."
The "war on terror" requires suppression of investigating 911
 
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Links to Leaflet at MLK day in DC

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A Call To Action

By David Slesinger dslesinger@alum.mit.edu
410-499-5403

9/11 is complicated, but a few individual pieces of evidence can each alone prove inside job. These include the freefall collapse of the 3 towers (implying something other than planes caused all resistance to the collapse from below to disappear), the symmetrical collapse of those same towers (implying that ALL the points of collapse at each given level actually gave way within a fraction of a second), and the pools of molten steel found under all 3 towers (implying some other source of energy was needed to raise the temperature sufficiently, since the jet fuel burned off quickly).
Left Progressive Media Inside the Propaganda Model
INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH
By Peter Phillips and Project Censored
In this study researchers at Project Censored explore the degree to which the propaganda model of understanding self-censorship extends throughout the media culture including left-of- center independent media organizations. We examine the deepening propaganda model pressures inside the corporate media and hypothesize the potential for these pressures to impact left progressive media in the US
http://www.projectcensored.org/articles/story/left-progressive-media-inside-the-propaganda-model/
I wrote the following essay in early 2007 entitled, “Why the Left Should Not Be Hostile to 9/11 Truth Efforts” to be found at this link:
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20070321104405515
 
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List of 17 911truth action ideas

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A Call To Action17 Action ideas for 911 truth (don't stop after the first 3)

1) Whistleblower bannering and leafleting as regards 9/11. I prefer ae911truth.org with fuller explanation OR patriotsquestion911.com standing alone. The content of the banner or leaflet would be a URL, or more detailed encouragement to well placed citizens to put saving the constitution before professional security. Targets of this would be federal civil servants and assemblages of significant professions and vocations as regards 911. These jobs include construction in all its levels, firefighting, airlines, security and police. That’s right. Go leaflet the police.



2) Whistleblower leafleting and bannering WITHOUT reference to 9/11 truth. Excellent statements warning of the coming police state have been issued by Dan Ellsburg, Naomi Wolf, Steve Lendman, Paul Craig Roberts, and Ray McGovern. This is something that can be done with mainstream peace activists. The focus would be federal civil servants and any security personnel who might be called in to work roundup. Everyone against roundup should work together!!


3) Assistance is needed for a specially designed website delineating both praiseworthy and suspicious activity of the FBI as regards the war on terror. I am not a researcher. I’m an organizer. Once we have a decent website, I have a catchy URL in mind, and I’ll go hold the banner at the Hoover Building . Contributions in research and funds to hire researchers should be sent to Dan Nalven PO Box 1132 , Ossining , NY 10562


 
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Response to Robin Hordon/Defense of nonviolence/5 nonviolent actions

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A Call To Action Response to Robin Hordon's attacks on nonviolence.
I first must complement Robin for having the courage to include me in his post. I’ve sought through Doug Brinkman to encourage Robin to debate me, and I feared he was actively avoiding me. I’m happy he is not.

Robin and I worked together a year ago leafleting for whistleblowers on a cold January afternoon outside the FAA in DC. Robin was given the opportunity to review the leaflet we distributed before we printed it up. He, of course, had a depth of experience in the airline realm. I assisted in preparing material he distributed in his own way at the convention of Air Traffic Controllers happening at that time.


I also have a general critique of the way nonviolent resistance is practiced in the US. In general, Gandhi's wisdom is ignored. I hold that the weakness of nonviolent protest in the US is because activists don't agree with Gandhi that they should not seek mercy. He always pleaded guilty.
I once met Narayan Desai, son of Gandhi's secretary, Mahadev Desai. He remarked that when his father went to jail, they would say goodbye by saying," Maybe next time you'll get a longer sentence."

It seems that Robin doesn’t agree with the UTNE article he links to. I do. The article says that there should be creative ways to achieve justice in addition to civil disobedience. Robin is categorically opposed to civil disobedience. He does not believe nonviolence can be anything other than phoney. This is not only misguided, but dangerous. Alongside the general resistance to discussion of nonviolence within the 911truth movement, his position is profoundly dangerous.
 
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FREEWAY BLOGGING

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A Call To ActionQuestions about freeway blogging arose in a recent conversation - legality, blah blah blah, after thinking for awhile, I imagined a pretty safe, effective way to "freeway blog."
One could simply fabricate a number of blank banners designed to be quickly "deployed," and then add graphics (paint, dye, whatever). Take a LARGE swath of fabric, like a sheet, hem in a 3/8 rod at top AND bottom, attach two chains with locking hooks to the top rod only. Works like this: design non-violent messages on banners, roll 'em up and hit freeway overpasses in high-traffic areas. It could be as quick as walking up, securing the banner by the hooks to fencing, and throwing the thing over the side (making sure the sign is not upside-down or backwards), move on. Even a half-hearted effort could reach hundreds of people before the sign gets removed... ?
 
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CALL FOR MEDIATION

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A Call To ActionBy Dave Slesinger - dslesinger@alum.mit.edu . Please post public responses here (911courage.org)

I have been removed from the 911truth.org grassroots contact list after having been an active truther since 2002, having given out over 55,000 deception dollars and having spoken on nonviolence at national 911 conferences in 2005, 06, and 07. The reason is that I'm seriously considering taking nonviolent sanctions against dc911truth.org, a group I co-founded, and against Webster Tarpley, a DC area resident. Before I take action, I will give the rest of the movement a chance to mediate.

I do this out of respect for the rest of the 9/11 truther movement, which could experience some problems as a result.

 
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THEY LAY AT FINAL REST

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A Call To Action

They lie in flag draped coffins
War's time for them, is done
But, for their family and friends
The battle has just barely begun.

Some may have had babies born
That they will never get to know
Some, fiancees wait to marry them
But fate, would not let it be so.

Some parents bury their children
Not right, in the scheme of things
Just one, of the many horrors
That mankind's warring brings.

They fought for their god and country
They proudly answered duty's call
Along with all their comrades in arms
But, sadly, these just gave their all.

The haunting sounds of Taps
And a three volley, gun salute
An Honor Guard in uniform
At attention, standing mute.

The flag will be folded reverently
Presented to those left behind
A small token from a grateful nation
But, relief from grief is hard to find.

Their name added to a roll of Heroes
With all those who have gone before
And there seems to be no ending
To all those to be sacrificed to war.

Del "Abe" Jones
6.19.2007
 
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Not Taking Sides (in NYC)

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A Call To ActionIn a message dated 4/5/2007 12:32:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

rabbitholecentral@<snip> writes:

(Actually it was Sander:

Subject: Re: Letter re Tom Foti
From: "Sander Hicks"
Date: Wed, March 28, 2007 23:15

dmn)

> His fascination with converting the cops disturbed me, too.
> It seemed so politically naive, when we were picking up our
> bags together in Phoenix. He told me about it then.
>
> It's so silly, it's so strategically inept. So doomed to failure.


SnowFunMan Writes:

This message should not be construed as "Taking Sides", in the Great Division of the 9-11 Truth Movement, but rather, it is merely a statement about my position on this particular issue, to wit:

It is not clear to me, who is responsible for the portion of the message which appears at the top of this reply, however, that message is laced with nothing but generalizations, and high level abstractions.

It has been commonly held through the ages, that (1) fraud lurks in generalizations, and (2) he who deceives, speaks in general terms, and (3) he who defines and distinguishes well, teaches well.

Difficult projects of spirited people, always seem to mediocre minds, to be "Doomed to Failure", before they are accomplished, hence, "Historians always write about how impossible Revolution is,.....until it happens,......then they write about how inevitable it was."

I strongly disagree that it is a useless endeavor to reach the police with our messages of 9-11 Truth.

We who are involved in the 9-11 Truth Movement, have diligently attempted to combat the enormous resources of the U.S. Main Stream Media Disinformation Machine, and by extension, the Cognitive Dissonance Problem, by vigorously engaging the Public At Large, in discussion of the evidence in support of our position. I see nothing exceedingly more "Silly", or "Inept", about extending that discourse to police officers.

We Truth Warriors must not be so snobbish, and haughty, as to think, that we are so much more highly evolved than police officers, or that the police, once having accessed the information which we have, could never reach the conclusions that we have reached concerning 9-11.

The police are indoctrinated with the same set of prejudices, false ideas, distortions, and the very same linguistic and logical fallacies as the public at large, therefore, strategies must be developed, which will enable us to convey to the police, our messages of Truth.

Tom's mission is certainly courageous. It will surely require enormous energy, and the strenuous work of those few spirited, and dedicated individuals who participate. Most would lack the inner resources to take on such a project, choosing rather, to simply sit back and criticize.

Let us not forget, that the frame of mind of these police, may one day be the determining factor, in how severely peaceful demonstrators are attacked, and/or mistreated by the police.

Let us not forget, that the frame of mind of these police, may one day be the difference between our ability to sustain our existence, and our bodies falling face down, into the bottoms of mass graves.

Joseph Carranza
 
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911Courage.org Addresses Anthrax on C-Span

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A Call To ActionOn 11/29/06 I was the first person Tom Daschle called on at the Center for American Progress talk on C-Span with Daschle and Lee Hamilton on the topic of Homeland Security. Check C-span for streaming video.

I said I was disappointed the Kean Commission didn't deal with the anthrax issue. I noted that since Daschle and Sen. Leahy were the only elected officials to receive weaponized anthrax. No Republicans were hit. The anthrax hit Daschle and Leahy at the moment they were obstructing the first passage of the USA Patriot Act. This suggests the sponsors of The USA Patriot Act are a good place to investigate.

Both Daschle and Hamilton screwed up on their comment.

Hamilton had earlier claimed the most significant fact about the 9/11 issue is that we haven't been attacked since. I doubt the families and loved ones of the anthrax victims would agree.

Daschle actually said no one died from the anthrax. I spoke to him afterwards and he realized he screwed up. I said the postal workers would like to meet with him. He readily agreed.

Allow me to make one last note about the experience. Hamilton, who is hardly my favorite person, deserves some acknowledgement. He addressed the issue of civil liberties by contrasting the war on terror with the abridgement of civil liberties by Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR during war. At the end of the Civil War, WWI, and WWII civil liberties were restored, but none knows when the war on terror will end.

This reminded me of the last meeting of the Public Discourse Project (The follow up to the Kean Commission involving the members of the Kean Commission). At that time only Richard Ben Veniste spoke passionately that there will be another terrorist attack, and we cannot throw out civil liberties at that time.

The leaflet I distributed follows.

Dave Slesinger
November 29, 2006 10:09PM
 
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Leaflet for "FROM 9/11 TRUTH TO 9/11 JUSTICE" in DC on Saturday Nov 11

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INFORMATION IS NOT ENOUGH 9/11 ACTIVISTS MUST SHOW COURAGE

For 9/11 activists who ask when we'll reach critical mass, aren't you suggesting we've already won? Do you want to be compared to the determinism seen in Marx?

I'll take an optimistic stand, but not a determinist stance. We do have a real chance to bring the truth of 9/11 into the full light of day.

One reason we shouldn't count our chickens before they hatch is because there's political AND spiritual value in doing everything one can to expose the truth about 9/11.

Why is courage so important?

Those who attack us and dismiss our questions offhandedly are AFRAID TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE.

Those who haven't taken a stand are AFRAID TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE.

Those who are actually complicit in the crime know very well why they should be AFRAID TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES PUBLICLY.

BECAUSE COURAGE IS THE MAIN THING OUR ADVERSARIES LACK.

911courage.org presents two options for courageous action.

One is nonviolent civil disobedience. One of the beauties of nonviolence is that you can be as extreme as you want, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONE MAKING THE SACRIFICE. Your adversary is not asked to make the sacrifice. The activist is. This is how you prove yourself to those on the sidelines. You can't create collateral damage if you don't create any damage.

On Monday, November 13th, I will face a judge for the trespass charge from my leafletting at an early showing of Oliver Stone's movie "World Trade Center". I will be presenting the Gandhian plea, "If you believe in what you're doing, give me your stiffest sentence. If you don't, resign." (details at 911courage.org)

The other is whistleblower leafleting. There are thousands of federal civil servants who work closely with the machinery of power and who are NOT part of the cabal. We at 911courage.org have been leafleting the DOJ, the FBI, and State. This requires greater courage than civil disobedience. Those who have something to hide should be much more concerned about whistleblower leafletting than civil disobedience. One moment handing out a leaflet could eventually become the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back for some GS-14 potential whistleblower. Civil servants are not known for their courage. In fact, they're known for the opposite. However, Edmonds, Springmann, Shaffer, Chavez and corporate whistleblowers Ryan and Grove may have set in motion something that could actually become a juggernaut.

IF YOU WILL OPEN YOUR LIFE TO FULL SCRUTINY BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY APARATUS, YOU WILL BE SETTING A COURAGEOUS EXAMPLE FOR THOSE EVEN CLOSER TO THE EVIL.

My friend Gabriel Day has suggested that 9/11 activists do a mass whistleblower leafletting on Friday March 16, the day before the United for Peace and Justice antiwar rally in DC on Saturday March 17. I like it.

David Slesinger dslesinger@alum.mit.edu, (240) 221-3293, www.911courage.org

 
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