Friday, June 20, 2008
The process of streamlining the production of True North Perspective so that we can meet our Friday deadlines has slowed us down. A result is that missing from the lineup today are The Book End and Reflections by our most famous correspondent, Fidel Castro. These will be back with us with the proverbial bells on next Friday stronger and better than ever.
Cold water
You will be interested to read the piece by John Pilger in the New Statesman that casts cold water on the support-Obama euphoria. John Pilger, renowned investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, is one of only two to have twice won British journalism's top award; his documentaries have won academy awards in both the UK and the US. In a New Statesman survey of the 50 heroes of our time, Pilger came fourth behind Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela. "John Pilger," wrote Harold Pinter, "unearths, with steely attention to facts, the filthy truth. I salute him."
Now Pilger warns us that Barack Obama ain’t what the Democrat candidate would have us believe he is. “Bobby Kennedy's campaign is the model for Barack Obama's current bid to be the Democratic nominee for the White House. Both offer a false hope that they can bring peace and racial harmony to all Americans,” writes John Pilger.
And investigator Pam Martens writes, "Seven of the Obama campaign's top 14 donors consisted of officers and employees of the same Wall Street firms charged time and again with looting the public and newly implicated in originating and/or bundling fraudulently made mortgages."
Without fail, in this edition we offer you plenty more to think about. Meanwhile, if there’s a will, there’s a way, so take it easy, but take it.
Looking forward.
Carl Dow
Editor and Publisher
True North Perspective
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