-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto M. Giordano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
June 11, 2002 Please Distribute Widely Dear Colleagues, The Trade Union at Venezuela's largest newspaper, El Nacional, released this historic statement yesterday through its Executive Council, serving warning to the Media owners that "we will no longer allow ourselves to be used" in the ways that occured during the attempted coup d'etat last April in Venezuela: http://www.narconews.com/venezuelamedia1.html It says, in part: "It was made abundantly clear from the disastrous image of those days of disinformation, in which the majority of employees, reporters and journalists put our lives on the line only for media owners and board members to decide not to publish anything and hide from the public the serious events that were taking place in the streets, while mainstream TV channels aired old movies as if nothing was happening. We all must assume those days of confusion, tensions, interests, and mistakes with courage and rectify with deep sincerity. No more manipulation. We workers say firmly and responsibly that we will not accept such behavior again." - Venezuelan Media Workers Statement Caracas, June 10, 2002 To my knowledge, this is the first time anywhere in the capitalist world that media workers have risen up so coherently against the simulators of the mass media. It serves as a model for the task that all of us who are media workers must begin to undertake. It also serves as concrete evidence, as we begin Immedia Summer 2002, that the revolution against Media is alive and well (a fact that, understandably, may not be evident yet to many within the United States and the developed world, because it comes from below, and from the outside in). We await further instructions from headquarters, the only one that we obey: Civil Society. from somewhere in a country called América, Al Giordano Publisher The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe for free alerts of new reports: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconews Suscribete gratis para alertas de reportajes nuevos en Español: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsandes <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
