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Saturday, January 04, 2003

Nude Women Create a Sign of Peace: Literally

"It was automatic, said local singer and Point Reyes Station resident Rhiannon of camaraderie after the protest photo. We all ran into the cold, glorious water. It was a great moment. We were washing each other off – The whole thing was very body, very human, very physical. And at the same time, we felt we were doing the best we can to represent the humans who don’t want to go to war.
· Protest Photo [Ptreyslight]

War & Peace Triumph of Doublethink in 2003

Orwell Warned Against the Kind of Lies We Are Being Fed About Iraq
We, the Winston Smiths of today, know that 15 years ago, the US and Britain were in alliance with Iraq. We know that the British Foreign Office sided with Saddam Hussein when he did those terrible things to his own people listed in Jack Straw's recent doublethink dossier. We know that our government changed their own guidelines in order to sell Saddam the ingredients of any weapons of mass destruction he may or may not now have. We also know that the key bases from which US bombers will take off to kill Iraqis are in Saudi Arabia, whose regime is even more dictatorial, savage and terrorist than Saddam's. But where does that knowledge exist? Only in our own consciousness.
· Doublethink [Indy Media]