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CoEvolution - by Alec NewaldA 'MUST READ' BOOK FROM NEXUS

One night, probably in 1880, John Swinton, then the preeminent New York journalist, was the guest of honour at a banquet given him by the leaders of his craft. Someone who knew neither the press nor Swinton offered a toast to the independent press. Swinton outraged his colleagues by replying:"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it.There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be gone."The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread.You know it and I know it, and what folly is this toasting an independent press?We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
(Source: Labor's Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais, published by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, NY, 1955/1979.)

Caroline Parrish and Free Speech

Three cheers for Caroline Parrish!
The Liberals have built a monolith of power comparable to many West African countries which frankly refer to themselves as ''partis-états'' (one-party states). Ms. Parrish says what a great many Canadians think, and in doing so, she helps protect democracy from those who would browbeat and intimidate us. The proof of this is despite--or rather because of--similar conroversies in the past, she was recently re-elected! Her constituents were doing what many of us would like to do...defending our right to express a reasonable, fair and fully-justified opinion. It's the least a democracy can allow us!

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Ce site se propose de casser la croûte épaisse qu'on essaie d'imposer sur la démocratie--constamment en état de siège de la part des puissants et des bureaucrates, ainsi que d'autres manipulateurs de la société--souvent en bafouant le public pour faire passer des ''sapins'' comme des faits accomplis. Il est inspiré par la fameuse phrase en politique qui veut q'une fois dans l'eau bouillante le ''homard'' qu'est le publique n'a pas de choix que de se laisser faire. Dans ce bût nous voulons faire circuler les faits qui risquent de passer rélativement inaperçus.

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This site aims to post and circulate information (easily minimized or swept under the carpet) which is important to sustaining an informed and sceptical public, a public frequently manipulated by the rich and powerful, by bureaucrats, and by anyone who thinks we should be like ''lobsters in the pot'' and just fatalistically go along with every fait accompli they dump us in. This is how democracy evaporates!

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