activism

Here is an email I wrote to an enviro-wacko from a real activist (me) that works in the field and not from the comfort of his own little studio. He had claimed that all hunters are, basically, evil:

I'd like to remind folks that libelous slander, in the United States, only exists in cases in which an issuer's claims are not true. In the U.K. that is not true and we are not in the U.K. That said, here is the latest, small chapter in the psy-op known as the Mike Ruppert Entourage.

Hooray guys! We've hit the big time! Rupert Murdoch's memetic war machine knows who we are!

The ceremony had gone smoothly. Ronald Reagan was given a crystal statue. His audience responded with warm applause. Then an obscure activist approached the lectern. What happened next is a modern parable of how we grant authority - and to whom.

Lakota Oyate: "We ask individuals to cease with false personal attacks, slander and attempts to erode the advances of the Lakota Freedom movement."

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It is important that we realize that in the modern world, the success and overall legitimacy of this movement will be evaluated later, perhaps decades from now. I think it is important that we all ask ourselves this question: just one month ago, wouldn't it have been considered a ludicrous statement to say that the average Lakota person isn't interested in sovereignty or real international recognition?

It is the intense experiences that shape us and on June 1, 1997 I walked around a corner to see an angry group of Eugene (Oregon) citizens threatening to engulf a logging operation and police line. There is plenty to this story including my introduction to teargas. Check it out.

"IMMEDIAST projects are against all forms of coercive communication, cultural monologue and media control. We acknowledge non-violent public insurgence as a legitimate response to sustained violations by media and state. We recognize the air as public property, and the signals that travel through it to be the domain of the public."