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Ironically, I e-mailed Geraldo Vichy last week with Mae Brussell's "Why Was Patricia Hearst Kidnapped" from "The Realist" in 1974 after his show on Kathy Soliah. By the way, you seemed to really piss him off. I like Cyril Wecht. Anyway, I've kept up with the Littleton thing - would love to see it tied more to the other shootings, especially Paducah. My new home number is 818 760-7135. With flak this heavy (not to mention the media coverage alone) maybe you should reconsider your first story on Jr. - sounds like you must be on to something. Stay cool. ********** Bradley: Pro-contra Democrat Wednesday, July 28, 1999 Consortiumnews.com - http://www.consortiumnews.com Former Sen. Bill Bradley is gaining ground among Democratic liberals by positioning himself to the left of Vice President Al Gore on some issues. Many of these liberals seem to have forgiven Bradley for his crucial vote switch in 1986 that helped President Reagan resume CIA military aid to the Nicaraguan contras. Or the liberals simply may have forgotten the key vote. Consortiumnews.com reexamines Bradley's important flip-flop in the politically charged atmosphere of Ronald Reagan's Washington in the mid-1980s. Bradley cast his vote despite growing allegations of contra drug-trafficking and their gross violations of human rights. At the time, Bradley was in charge of the Senate Intelligence Committee's oversight of the contra war. Consortiumnews.com at [http://www.consortiumnews.com] is a free Web. But we urge those who wish to support our investigative journalism to subscribe to our print publication, iF Magazine, for only $25 a year (six issues) or buy Robert Parry's new book, Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' for $19.95. Or get both one year of iF and the book for a package price of $35. Orders can be placed with Visa/Mastercard by calling 1-800-738-1812 or 703-920-1802. Or by check to The Media Consortium, Suite 102-231, 2200 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201. Add $15 for non-U.S. orders. We are now in the midst of an emergency fund drive that must raise $10,000 by the end of August. Besides offering the book and iF subscriptions, we also accept direct contributions to pay for future investigative reporting that is planned for Campaign 2000. ********** Bernard Kaplan and NANA Thursday, July 29, 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From Bernard Kaplan's obit: Veteran American foreign correspondent dies 7.46 p.m. ET (2346 GMT) July 28, 1999 PARIS (AP) Bernard D. Kaplan, a veteran foreign correspondent who covered wars, peace talks, popes and British royalty, has died, his family said. He was 71. He joined the North American Newspaper Alliance as a correspondent in Paris in 1956. Before joining the Heart Newspapers in 1975, he also worked for the Montreal Star, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and NBC. from Peter Dale Scott's essay on Lewinsky: But did you notice that the person who forwarded Linda Tripp's tapes of Lewinsky to the FBI was a book agent and pseudo-journalist called Lucianne Goldberg, who in 1972 "told the McGovern campaign that she worked for the North American Newspaper Alliance"? Goldberg's role was not simply that of a cut-out or messenger for Linda Tripp. On Jan. 22 she told the press "that she encouraged her friend Linda Tripp... to tape conversations with intern Monica Lewinsky." (All quotations are from an article in the January 23 San Francisco Chronicle, p. A11. She kept the tapes for Tripp and later turned them over to the FBI. If Tripp instigated Lewinsky, it would appear that Goldberg instigated Tripp. Both Tripp and Goldberg are apparently Republicans. Tripp was one of only two holdovers from the Bush White House. Goldberg was exposed in 1973 as "a spy for Nixon while she traveled with the press corps" covering McGovern's 1972 campaign. It was at this time that she said she worked for NANA (North American Newspaper Alliance), and supplied an address for NANA which "is the same as her current residence" in Manhattan. Watergate investigators "said the Nixon campaign paid her $1,000 a week." Not mentioned in today's story is the relevant fact in 1972, as today, Lucianne Goldberg was snooping for sex. She told the late Anthony Lukas (Nightmare, p. 161) that the Nixon people "were looking for really dirty stuff...who was sleeping with whom, what the Secret Servicem men were doing with the stewardesses, who was smoking pot on the plane -- that sort of thing." Serious students of the JFK Assassination have long been interested in NANA, which supplied Priscilla Johnson (better known now as Priscilla McMillan) with the job (or, to some, cover) by which she voyaged to Moscow and there interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald on the urging of U.S. Consul Snyder. After the assassination, Johnson developed a close relationship with Marina Oswald, in connection with a book contract originally arranged by C.D. Jackson of Life Magazine at the urging of Allen Dulles. NANA was created by a senior veteran of OSS, Ernest Cuneo, an continued to have intelligence connections. In 1963, before the assassination, it had come under Congressional scrutiny for publishing Chinese Nationalist propaganda, for which it had been paid large sums without registering as a foreign agent. At this same time its President, Ernest Cuneo, was a member of the Citizens' Committee for a Free Cuba, a group calling in 1963 for a more militant anti-Castro policy, and meeting with dissident Cuban exiles. I am not here suggesting anything about the guilt or innocence of Clinton, only that at least one of the people making his life difficult has a background suggestive of past intrigues. I hope that someone reading this can check Lucianne Goldberg's current address and see if in fact (as she alleged) it was also the address of NANA. ********** Who Killed Yizhtak Rabin? Who Cares? Tuesday, July 27, 1999 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin? Who Cares? When Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated, my thoughts were mainly focused on the diplomatic send-offs by Clinton and such of Rabin as a "godly man." Of course, as the leader of Israel, Rabin was to be considered a holy man and prophet. I wondered why Olaf Palme, the assassinated leader of Sweden, was not likewise eulogized. It turns out, naturally, that this "godly man" Rabin had done some pretty despicable things, including brutality against Palestinians. The following is an excerpt from Ralph Schoenman's "The Hidden History of Zionism," a book that exposes "the secret betrayal by Zionist leaders of millions of Jews murdered by the very Nazis with whom Zionist leaders collaborated": [quote] "'With anger, hatred, and sheer ferocity, thousands of youngsters hurled rocks at their Israeli occupiers, undaunted by the gunfire that greeted them. This was more than civil unrest . . . It was the beginning of a civil rebellion.' "This is how Jerusalem Post correspondent Hirsh Goodman described the uprising of Palestinian youth in the West Bank and Gaza in mid-December 1987. "Goodman's remarks were written the day before the December 21, 1987, general strike which engulfed every Palestinian community under Israeli rule. The strike was described by the Israeli daily, Ha'aretz, as 'writing on our wall even more serious than the bloody riots of the last two weeks.' "'On that day,' wrote John Kifner in The New York Times, 'the vast army of Arab laborers who wait on tables, pick vegetables, haul garbage, lay brick and perform virtually all Israel's menial work, stayed home.' "The Israeli response to the uprising was brutal. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered the use of tanks, armored vehicles and automatic rifles against an unarmed population. "The San Francisco Examiner cited Rabin as openly advocating assassination. 'They can shoot to hit leaders of disorder,' Rabin said in defense of the army's practice of using marksmen with high-powered .22-caliber rifles to shoot indiscriminately at Palestinian youth. "Rabin ordered house-to-house searches, first for young men and later for anyone of whom an example might be made. By December 27, over 2,500 Palestinians were seized, many of them as young as twelve; by the end of January the number reached 4,000 and was rising. The 'militants' were marked for deportation. Israeli high-security jails and detention centers were overflowing. Mass trials of Palestinians were underway. "The act of brutality which most inflamed the Palestinian population was the army seizure of the wounded from hospital beds. This practice, standard procedure throughout the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, made Shifa Hospital in Gaza a center of resistance. Great crowds amassed to defend the wounded, whom, they rightfully feared, would never be seen again. . . . "As the uprising intensified, the Israeli cabinet and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin implemented 'collective punishment,' a tactic characteristic of the Nazi occupation of France, Denmark and Yugoslavia. Food, water and medicine were prevented from reaching Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza and the West Bank. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (U.N.R.W.A.) personnel reported that children seeking powdered milk at U.N. depots were shot at and beaten with sticks." [endquote] And so the sickening carnage went on, as students were hauled from their beds and had their hands smashed to smithereens so they could no longer throw rocks. Of course, this "mad crowd" was armed only with rocks, while the Israelis had high-tech killing machinery. These beatings were essentially designed to keep the Palestinian serfs and virtual slaves in line so they would continue to accept their servitude under the "chosen people." Schoenman continues: [quote] "John Kifner reported in The New York Times: "'Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin continued to defend their policy, with both men saying publicly that the purpose of the beatings was to instill fear of the Israeli army in Palestinians.'" [endquote] In addition to the beatings, which often left the victim pulped, men were shot through the testicles and "soldiers poured boiling water over a 2-year-old infant, rendering her catatonic." And Rabin granted the right to Israeli citizens to shoot at will at Palestinians. One young Arab girl was shortly thereafter shot in the head by a follower of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the founder of the vicious Jewish Defense League (JDL). Kahane, of course, was also assassinated, prior to Rabin. These Israeli leaders were not "atheists" but believed in their God-given right to the land and to exterminate and/or drive out its previous inhabitants. Said Reuvin Rivlin, a member of Likud, the party started by Menachem Begin, "I believe God is Jewish. I believe the demographic problem will be solved." Rabin and the rest's behavior, of course, was only part of a long line of Zionist abuses heaped upon the Palestinian people. Zionist leaders in Germany and Britain had been plotting the usurpation and removal of Arabs from Palestine for decades before the establishment of Israel in 1947. That "establishment" was not a peaceful integration of Jews and Arabs but a deliberate theft of property with the intent of driving out or killing millions of Arabs. One leader, Chairman Heilbrun of the Committee for the Re-election of General Shlomo Lahat, the mayor of Tel Aviv, stated, "We have to kill all the Palestinians unless they are resigned to live here as slaves." [schoenman, 32] Such genocidal sentiment among Zionists was so strong - and was acted out so viciously - that Schoenman was prompted to write: "Menachem Begin gloated over the impact throughout Palestine of the Nazi-like operations he commanded at Deir Yasin. Lehi and IZL Commandos stormed the village of Deir Yasin on April 9, 1948, slaughtering 254 men, women and children. . . . Inhabitants were force marched in blood-soaked clothing through the streets of Jerusalem to jeering on-lookers, before disappearing." There were many other such pogroms against Arabs, but Deir Yasin was considered a "great success," as one of the more effective strikes, because it catalyzed Palestinian fear. After six months of such terrorist tactics, some 800,000 Palestinians had been "killed, forcibly expelled or fled in panic before slaughtering bands of Israeli army units." [schon 41] Following this genocide and expulsion, "nearly 400 villages and towns were razed to the ground during 1948 and 1949." [schoenman 41] Prior to 1947, Jews owned less than 6% of the land in Palestine. Post-1947, however, they had aans. All of this was part of the Zionist plan, going back at least to the "father of Zionism," Theodor Herzl, who said in 1895, "We shall . . . spirit the penniless population across the border . . . while denying it any employment in our country." Obviously, there are two sides to every story. === Acharya S Archaeologist, Historian, Mythologist, Linguist, Humanist Minister Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece Associate Director, Institute for Historical Accuracy http://www.truthbeknown.com ********** Documentary on the Hollywood Blacklist Friday, July 30, 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ever since the controversy surrounding Elia Kazan's Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy Awards ceremony this March, there has been renewed interest in the Hollywood blacklist. There are numerous biographies and autobiographies of blacklisted screenwriters being published, and recent articles and books have appeared 'revising' the true nature of the McCarthy era. In light of this, a new documentary-in-progress is currently being produced which focuses on this period of history. We are asking for your support. "TENDER COMRADES: A BACKSTORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST" is a documentary which presents a group portrait of many of the cultural and politicial activists of the 1930's and '40's within the film industry, who stood up to McCarthyism and defended the Constitution. Prior to 1947, when the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) descended on the motion picture industry and eventually destroyed many careers, Hollywood was a focal point of progressive political ferment. Screenwriters, directors, producers and actors became activists, and engaged in numerous historic political struggles. They founded the industry talent guilds, aided anti-fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War, organized defense committees for political prisoners and helped elect progressive candidates to every level of political office. These 'tender comrades' shared a solidarity, an idealism, a politique which motivated them in their private beliefs as well as their public careers from the defense of Tom Mooney, the Scottsboro Boys and the Salinas Valley lettuce strikers, to the fight against fascism in World War II. Our feature-length documentary will reveal the backstory of the Hollywood blacklist as never seen before. The film is based on 16mm footage shot in 1984, consisting of interviews with: * Hollywood Ten members: Alvah Bessie, Lester Cole and Ring Lardner, Jr.; * Screenwriters: John Bright ("The Public Enemy"), Allen Boretz ("Room Service"), Jean Butler, John Wexley ("Hangmen Also Die"), Ben & Norma Barzman ("The Boy With Green Hair"), Joan Scott, Howard Koch ("Casablanca"), Edward Chodorov ("My Sister Eileen"), and Paul Jarrico ("Salt of the Earth); * Lyricists: Edward Eliscu and Jay Gorney ("Brother Can You Spare A Dime"); * Actors: Karen Morley ("Dinner At Eight"), Sam Jaffe ("Lost Horizons"), and Lionel Stander ("Hart To Hart"); * Director: Jules Dassin ("Never On Sunday"). In addition, director Martin Ritt, the film's advisor, hosted a reunion in 1984 of some 200 Hollywood blacklistees who had not seen each other for over thirty years, and this was filmed as well. In all, a total of 36 hours of film was shot, but the documentary was never completed. This film project has now been revived and a team has been assembled to finish it. We intend to interview more of the Hollywood blacklistees who are still alive today, as well as some of the younger members of Hollywood, who will reflect on HUAC's attack on the film industry and its lessons for today. WE NEED YOUR HELP! We are in the process of raising the money to complete this film. It will include costs such as transferring the 16mm footage to video, purchasing archival footage as well as footage of the films written, acted in, or directed by the Hollywood blacklistees, purchasing original music from the 1930's-40's, renting an editing facility with editors, filming additional interviews, etc. This entails raising thousands of dollars. Our documentary team includes: DIRECTOR/WRITER: HENRY SCHIPPER Since 1990, Henry Schipper has written, directed and produced twelve one-hour documentaries for Fox, A&E, The History Channel and other cable and network outlets. His work includes biographies of Sigmund Freud, Elizabeth Taylor and H.G. Wells. CO-WRITER: PATRICK MCGILLIGAN The author of the 1997 book, "Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Holl written many biographies of Hollywood's greats including Jack Nicholson and George Cukor. PRODUCER: KEN MATE Mr. Mate initiated the documentary project "Tender Comrades" in 1984 and conducted the film's interviews with Mr. McGilligan. He is a five-time Emmy award winning producer of investigative stories for television. PRODUCER: JOAN SEKLER Ms. Sekler is on the Board of Directors of the International Documentary Association and has helped produce and publicize numerous political and social issue documentaries including the Academy Award winning, "The Panama Deception". RESEARCHER: BECCA WILSON Ms. Wilson is the daughter of blacklisted screenwriter Michael Wilson and is an experienced researcher for documentary films. As a legacy for the 20th century, we intend to complete this film as soon as possible. The First Amendment Foundation, an organization which has supported cutting-edge projects relative to government intrusion on individual rights since 1984, is our fiscal sponsor. SUPPORT OUR DOCUMENTARY! GIVE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION NOW AND GET A CREDIT ON THE FILM! MAKE YOUR CHECK PAYABLE TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT FOUNDATION (Please indicate on the bottom of your check: Film Fund) SEND THE CHECK TO: FIRST AMENDMENT FOUNDATION 1313 West 8th St. Rm. 313 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Join us in our effort to reveal on film a myriad of stories about a period of history which has been all but forgotten and needs to be told! Joan Sekler Producer Kenneth Mate Producer FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: 310 458-6566 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GET $10 OFF ANY ORDER @ healthshop.com! No min. purchase req. Save on vitamins & supplements. 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