New Attack on the Right to Vote
Kennedy, Palast Investigate
Greg Palast is an investigative journalist of the highest integrity, truthfulness, and courage. He simply is not for sale - to anyone. No matter the offer, his unshakable commitment is to preserving the facts and exposing those forces which compromise, violate, and plunder democracy, truth, and the founding principles of our nation. It is both very telling and disturbing that a number of years ago Greg Palast felt compelled to move to England because he found more freedom in that nation to do honest reporting than here in the United States. Gratefully, however, his passion and commitment to exposing the dark forces in our midst in America - so we can do something about it! - is unrelenting. Greg Palast has been the premier reporter and often the first to expose extraordinarily important stories, such as what happened to the vote in the election of 2000, the horrendous truth about New Orleans both leading up to and in the aftermath of Katrina, and much, much more. Gratefully, too, is the fact that more and more Americans know who Greg Palast is. I have now seen Palast speak twice here in Portland, and both times were to beyond capacity crowds.
I also recently saw Robert Kennedy, Jr. for the first time. He is amazing. Amazing! (And thanks to Ken, who loves to take pictures as much as I do, I now have added to my collection a photo of me with Bobby Kennedy, Jr. Thanks, Ken!) I've heard Robert Kennedy, Jr. on Ring of Fire radio on Saturdays for some time now, and I have read his extraordinary book Crimes Against Nature, which is "ultimately about the corrosive effect of corporate corruption on our core American values". Bobby Kennedy has earned my deep respect, trust, and gratitude. His father would be proud.
So it is both very exciting and hopeful to see Bobby Kennedy and Greg Palast joining forces to help protect the American right to vote. Now they need the rest of us to join them! As I write these words, I wonder how many Americans even know how severely this most essential right has been compromised? The state of our democracy is under such significant threat and attack and surely this issue is among the most important for us all to be informed about. That this assault on the foundations of our nation is not making HUGE headlines, and is largely not reported at all, truly speaks to how vulnerable America is at this time. Instead there are soundbites tossing out he said/she said to the American public along with a plethora of other distractions. What has happened to the media, to true journalism!, in America? What can we do about it??!
Gratefully, there are those like Greg Palast, Bobby Kennedy, Howard Zinn, Bill Moyers, Amy Goodman, Ron Suskind, and many, many others who are consistently and increasingly bringing us the truth of the real issues that are impacting us here at home and all of us globally. We just often have to find the caring in our hearts and the energy and time in the midst of our busy lives to seek to look more deeply. It is my belief, experience, and commitment that we all can help in this effort to get the truth out by spreading the word about the real stories that we need to be informed about. This is certainly one of the times in our evolution that we are being asked to face and transform that which keeps us divided and instead work to come together. For me, that journey has begun in my own heart and expanded outward from there.
For the article on the attack on our right to vote, please go here: http://www.gregpalast.com/robert-kennedy-greg-palast-the-final-investigation/
You can find Bobby Kennedy's book here: http://www.amazon.com/Crimes-Against-Nature-Corporate-Plundering/dp/0060746874
For an article on Crimes Against Nature, you can go here: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1120-01.htm
You can checkout Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio on Ring of Fire here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/
For more information on voter caging, please go here: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/330/index.html
Truthout's website is here: http://www.truthout.org/.
Please help spread the word.
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Molly
"This is the first White House in America, the first Justice Department in American history, that has not gone out and fought and defended civil rights... Historically, the Justice Department has been the place where Americans, poor Americans, can go to get justice. This Justice Department has in fact been exactly the opposite. They have in fact brought cases against individual voters to prohibit them from voting." ~ Bobby Kennedy, Jr.