Pacific Free Press was launched in March 2007 by Dutch-Canadian Richard
Kastelein of V.O.F. Expathos, in the Netherlands along with Chris Cook- CFUV radio journalist and Editor in Chief of Pacific Free Press. Cook is based in , Victoria, British Columbia.
The site is a sister to Atlantic Free Press and Brick Ogden an American Expatriate in Amsterdam has been a key supporter of this project.
The mission of Pacific Free Press is simple: to dig out nuggets of truth from
the slag-heap of lies, ignorance and witless diversion that has buried
public discourse today. Pacific Free Press provides a new venue for
disseminating hard news and insightful, fact-based analysis of the
harsh realities too often ignored or distorted by the mainstream press.
In November the nation clearly voted, by a margin of some seven million votes, for an end to the interminable war in Iraq and a return to sanity in Washington.
Today, less than three months later, with a new Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, we have the president not pulling troops out, but sending more troops to Iraq, where the death toll is mounting faster than ever (25 U.S. troops killed in one day last weekend alone). And worse yet, a Navy armada is being assembled in the Persian Gulf with the clear intention of attacking Iran, a nation that poses no immediate threat to the U.S.
And where is Congress? So far, mulling a pair of non-binding resolutions expressing Congress’s disagreement with the president's escalation of the war in Iraq.
Wow! That's really telling him!
How can it be that a president who has lost the support of
the public--President Bush, in the latest polls, remains at a dismal 33
percent approval rating--is able to lead the country in this way from
one collossal disaster to an even worse disaster?
The answer is that we, the American People, are letting it happen.
We have become so disengaged from our government and from the basic
concept of participarty democracy that if we do anything at all--and
more than half of us don't--we just go to the polls and cast a vote
(which may or may not be counted). Having done that, we go back home,
recline on our sofas and bitch. Which is to say we do nothing.
Well, we have a chance this weekend to change that.
United for Peace and Justice, ImpeachforChange
and other groups have organized what looks likely to be the largest
anti-war march on Washington since the days of the Vietnam War--and in
mid-winter no less. The march, scheduled for this coming Saturday,
January 27, is expected to see people coming in by bus and train from
at least 31 states. It will be followed by a massive lobbying of
Congress on Monday, Jan. 29.
The lobbying message is that Bush's wars must be stopped--and that the president should be impeached.
Congress knows what it has to do--cut off funding for the war and pass
a measure barring the president from attacking Iran without prior
congressional approval, and entertain bills of impeachment.
What senators and representatives need is a stern and loud reminder
from the public that they can no longer hide behind the flag or behind
administration lies. They are going to have to take a stand for sanity
and for the Constitution, which they are sworn to defend and uphold.
No one should sit this one out!
Be in Washington on January 27. (If you absolutely cannot go, then join the virtual march.
Will need follow up written by a guest,
January 24, 2007
Well, we will see what we see this weekend. But undoubtedly there will need to be a follow up in March. Local demos are suggested for March 17. Otherwise, the Congress may figure it can weather this storm and carry on as usual. They will count on Americans quickly forgetting.
The pressure has to be consistently and systematically applied regularly. Eventually, peaceful acts of civil disobedience may become necessary.
Make them understand that they are the servants of the people, not the corporations.
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What madness has gripped America? 
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The pressure has to be consistently and systematically applied regularly. Eventually, peaceful acts of civil disobedience may become necessary.
Make them understand that they are the servants of the people, not the corporations.
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