The news of the arrest of Amy Goodman and her producers while they were working as reporters at the Republican Convention in St. Paul (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS) underlines the increasing official clampdown of anything that smacks of dissent in the US. Doubly worrisome is the near total lack of any coverage of these incidents in the main stream media. We are systematically being duped by our media to concentrate of Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter’s pregnancy while near police state tactics are allowed to go on without so much as a word in the media.
Last night I spent the evening with Jes and Leslie Richardson of Code Pink (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS) who are engaged worldwide with peace activities. They have just returned from Iran, where they report that the perceptions in the West of Iran and the next target in the “war on terrorism” are totally distorted. Leslie was arrested in connection with a protest at the congressional testimony by General Petrus about the state of affairs in the middle east. Not only was Leslie arrested, but she reports that the charges against her were raised to include “Conspiracy,” a much more serious charge. (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS)
I urge you to view the police tactics that are being employed at the Republican Convention to see what serious trouble democracy is in in the USA. If you would like to see Democracy Now's hour-long news broadcast about these arrests CLICK HERE.
When I read on the Internet about Amy Goodman's arrest I wondered where I could research how many times this abuse of power has happened and if it ever occurred at a Democrat event. If memory serves me correctly, it is always at a Republican event. This goes along with the secrecy and other abuses of power by this administration. I believe it started with Ronald Reagan's ascent to power and Karl Rove.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Darlene, for your comment. While it is not true that police state tactics are the sole domain of the Republican Party, it is true that they have an agenda to suppress dissent and fog the airwaves with trivia to keep us occupied. I urge you and all thinking people to keep up a steady stream of research and reporting of these dangerous trends in our country.
ReplyDeleteI am currently working on a piece about the "angry left" comment by Bush last night.