Jerry MazzaOnline Journal4 July 2010 July 3: Fireworks explode over Butte, Mont., as part of the city’s Fourth of July celebration. Before “Old Glory” gets raised, the burgers and dogs go on the grill; before the potato salad and coleslaw and other goodies get heaped on your plate, let me lay this pickle next to them . . . First, do you feel independent if you’re one of the 10 to 20 percent of America’s unemployed facing your benefits being cut? Do you feel independent if your voices expressed in…
Ken O’Keefe Joins London Symposium
The honor of announcing that Ken O’Keefe will be joining our London symposium gives me a great sense of pride. For those who do not know, Ken stood tall during the Israeli commando raid on the Freedom Flotilla bringing aid to the prisoners of Gaza, the largest concentration camp in the world. Ken, who is a Marine veteran, captured two Israelis suspected of the murder of Turkish photojournalist during the battle on the Mavi Marmara. As the article we are featuring here explains, he was taken to Israel and beaten,…
Conspiracies and conspiracism
Jim FetzerOnline Journal28 June 2010 MADISON, Wisc. — A new study from Political Research Associates entitled Toxic To Democracy: Conspiracy Theories, Demonization, & Scapegoating, by Chip Berlet now proclaims that conspiracy theories are “toxic to democracy” because they share some portion of moral responsibility for irresponsible acts, such as the shooting of the abortion provider, Dr. George Tiller, which some have associated with Rush Limbaugh and other pro-life zealots. By adopting a sweeping stance that does not discriminate between different cases on the basis of logic and evidence, Berlet discredits…
Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world
The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself. In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and activist shows how it lays bare the hubris at the heart of capitalism. Naomi KleinThe Guardian19 June 2010 ‘Obama cannot order pelicans not to die (no matter whose ass he kicks). And no amount of money – not BP’s $20bn, not $100bn – can replace a culture that’s lost its roots.’ Photograph: Lee Celano/Reuters Everyone gathered for…
Jerry Mazza on the Afghanistan “Miracle” Coincidence
JamesFetzerNews — 19 June 2010 — Jerry Mazza, an independent journalist from New York, has observed that The New York Times is reporting a “new discovery” of precious metals in Afghanistan at the very time of a contentious vote in the Senate over $33 billion more in spending on the war. In this piece, he explains how the US was negotiating with the Taliban for permission to run a pipeline through the northern part of the nation and advised the Taliban, which refused, that if they allowed the pipeline to…
The Afghanistan coincidence
Jerry MazzaInfowars.comJune 16, 2010 A bleak Ghazni Province seems to offer little, but a Pentagon study says it may have among the world’s largest deposits of lithium Is it really a coincidence that as the Congress debates another $33 billion war supplemental bill for 2010 and Democrats ask us to oppose it, the New York Times breaks a story that the U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan. Yes the Times opening reads, “The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond…
JFK and RFK: The Plots that Killed Them, The Patsies that Didn’t
James FetzerVoltairenet13 June 2010 Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated 42 years ago in the midst of his campaign for the U.S. presidency. Largely overshadowed by the death of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, the official account of RFK’s tragic end, allegedly shot down by a lone gunman, like his brother, has received vastly less attention. In both instances, we are looking at staged events that fit into a recurrent pattern in U.S. and world history where innocent individuals (or “patsies”) are baited and framed for cover-up purposes. Professor James…
Memorial Day and the Freedom flotilla massacre
An independent journalist who resides in New York, Jerry Mazza has been incensed by the arrogance of the Israeli assault on the humanitarian flotilla bringing food, clothing, medical supplies and construction materials to the besieged people of Gaza. Israel conducted a midnight raid on unarmed civilians aboard a ship that was flying the Turkish flag, which is an act of piracy or of war under international maritime law. The Israelis insist that they were acting in “self-defense” when they shot and killed ten civilians and wounded scores of others. Israel…
Why did Israel attack civilians in the Mediterranean?
The barbarous attack on a “Freedom Flotilla” by heavily-armed commandos marks a new low in the disregard of international standards of law and morality by the rogue State of Israel. Vessels flying Greek and Turkish flags were boarded in internationl waters nearly 70 miles off the coast, which qualifies as “an act of war” under international law. Apologists for Israel are making the case that the Israeli commandos were acting peaceably, but Turkish television has reported that they came aboard the ships with a list of those targeted for assassination.…
Cyber Warfare over a 9/11 Symposium?
March 31, 2003: A hooded Iraqi prisoner of war comforts his four-year-old son at a US-run centre for POWs near An Najaf, Iraq. Unbelievable as it may seem, a series of emails about a public event scheduled for Wednesday, 14 July 2010–including two over this past weekend–have not reached their destinations. The explanation appears to be that the authorities, especially in the UK, do not want an event devoted to debunking the so-called “war on terror” to occur. The symposium, an evening event featuring the founder of Scholars for 9/11…
