An Interview with 9/11 Truth Activist Carol Brouillet

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An Interview with 9/11 Truth Activist Carol Brouillet

 

 

 

Talk about an activist for truth! Just imagine if all of us did even

one-tenth of what Ms. Brouillet does in her efforts to wake up America?!

 

The only way things can be turned around is if enough Americans know

what is actually going on. We, the well-informed, must teach others

all the things that Uncle Sam and the controlled mainstream media will

*not* tell them.

 

May Ms. Brouillet's words inspire each and every one of us to seek the

truth, broadcast it out there far and wide to everyone we possibly

can, and actually BECOME the Media for them.

 

If we fail to become vocally strong, courageous, and take action (like

Ms. Brouillet does)? We most certainly will be seeing only more

" disasters " like 9/11 and Katrina in our future.

 

In reality, we have seen quite clearly over the past few years that we

can not depend on our government nor our media to " save us. " Dear

smart, informed friends, I mean it when I say, quite seriously...

 

You and I - each and every single one of us normal, average,

non-celebrity, ordinary citizens - We are all we've got.

 

The future of America quite literally depends on you and me. No one

else can or will do this job for us. And together, one by one, many

thousands of us can - and simply - *Must* do this.

 

If we each do not do a better job of getting out all these truths to

our fellow citizens? Then things in the US will only continue to

deteriorate in the downward spiral of ruin of our freedoms and our

once-great nation.

 

And to those of you already doing all you can possibly do to

communicate these and other truths not covered by the media? Thank

you from the bottom of my heart.

 

Please feel free to share this article with others who you think still

do not know about the fabricated " War on Terror. "

 

Once all of America learns that an " enemy " was created on 9/11

specifically for the purpose of invading and occupying (and profiting

from) various nations in the Middle East? That is the day when

Americans will demand an end to these wars and a return to addressing

the actual needs of our citizens.

 

May this article inspire you as much as it has me this morning.

 

Warm regards and love,

 

Cathy Garger

Writer/Activist

Maryland

 

 

 

 

An Interview with 9/11 Truth Activist Carol Brouillet

Written by Bob Feldman

Monday, 28 November 2005

 

A co-founder of both the International Media Project, Making

Contact alternative media group and the Northern California 9-11 Truth

Alliance, Carol Brouillet is one of the most energetic, creative and

politically productive West Coast-based anti-war activists.

Toward Freedom: Since October 2001, you've been organizing weekly

" Listening For Peace " anti-war protests in Downtown Palo Alto,

California. In what various ways have people in Palo Alto responded to

your weekly " Listening For Peace " actions during the last four years?

Carol Brouillet: In the wake of the passage of the PATRIOT Act, I

thought it was important to exercise our First Amendment Rights,

before they were gone, forever. I was inspired by a woman from

Colombia who did a " Listening Project " there to defuse violence. I set

up tables, chairs, banners, have free food, free literature, and

educational materials on the tables. But mainly I try to get people to

respond to 3 questions which haven't changed in 4 years: " What do you

think/feel about the events of September 11th and the U.S.

government's response? How could we defuse terrorism? How could we

create a safer/better world for our children and all children? " I

write down their responses, and usually by the time they have answered

those questions, I have some idea of how receptive they will be to the

information, ideas that I would like to share with them. Sometimes

people come to help me, as listeners, or just to engage in discussions

with people attracted to the table. Sometimes, I launch rallies or

marches from my spot in Lytton Plaza. I do recruit volunteers who have

helped me immeasurably to table at anti-war rallies, organize other

events. Just to create a weekly time and place for serious discussion

on the political issues that we find most important, I believe is my

own idea of " public service. "

 

Responses vary dramatically from the rare obscenities shouted by a

passing SUV to intense, powerful hour-long conversations from which

lasting friendships have been born. A friend would like to write a

book, chronicling the notebooks filled with the varied responses to

the questions. Some people have no clue as to what is happening and

what they could do. Some people are very well informed and have

brilliant ideas about solving the problems we face. Generally

responses depend on where people are getting their information from; I

do feel we are on the cusp of a media revolution, as the corporate

press is rapidly losing whatever credibility it once had.

 

It is very noticeable how consciousness has risen over the past

four years and I do feel my work is very much appreciated by the

public, in general. At the last big anti-war rally, there were so many

volunteers, that I was able to take a microphone and banner and

actually participate in the whole march, while six or seven people

minded the table. Now, the donations go into the Northern California

9-11 Truth Alliance account, the group meets twice a month and

democratically votes on where to put our time, energy and resources;

there is a 9-11 Truth community and I am glad to be a part of it.

 

TF: You wrote in a March 6, 2005 article that " only in 1992, after

seeing the film JFK, did I begin to wake up, began researching the

CIA, and became an activist. " What did you discover by researching the

CIA and do you think U.S. anti-war movement activists should be

demanding that the CIA be abolished?

 

CB: I discovered Chomsky and Peter Dale Scott's work. Between

terrorizing Third World countries and installing brutal military

dictators and trafficking in drugs; it is fairly clear that the CIA is

basically a ruthless criminal organization and deserves to be

abolished. At least, there is an effort to shut down the School of the

Americas. Frank Dorrell's Addicted to War comic book is the best tool

we have to unmask the CIA and the US's dependence on a " War Economy. "

 

TF: You also wrote that " for years I focused on `the global

economy,' changing the monetary system, challenging the IMF, the World

Bank, the WTO. " Do you think there are any lessons for U.S. anti-war

activists from the pre-September 11, 2001 street protests against the

IMF, the World Bank and the WTO?

 

 

CB: I believe that 9-11 was, in many ways, a reaction to the

success of the Global Justice Movement. 9-11 was an act of fear by a

global elite who saw themselves losing power, who decided to use

" terror " and " war " to maintain their power and frighten or silence

dissent by re-labeling those opposed to government or corporate

policies, " terrorists. " Awful as the PATRIOT Act was, it was mirrored

in the UK, Canada, countries throughout the world. Homeland Security,

" the surveillance/security industry " is booming, mainly outside the

US. The corruption, hypocrisy, Orwellian language is more flagrant

than ever. But more people than ever are seeing through it and

organizing opposition to it.

 

TF: In your March 6, 2005 article, you wrote that " those of us in

the 9-11 Truth Movement hope that by exposing the truth about -9-11,

we can end the `War Game,' once and for all. " What led you to conclude

that the Bush Administration's initial account of what actually

happened on September 1, 2001 was false and how did anti-war activists

go about creating the 9-11 Truth Movement?

 

CB: A friend of mine, Dave Ratcliffe, wrote a book called

" UNDERSTANDING SPECIAL OPERATIONS And Their Impact on The Vietnam War

Era:1989 Interview with L. Fletcher Prouty. " In the film, JFK, Prouty

" Mr. X " was played by Donald Sutherland and he patiently explained to

the investigating attorney, Jim Garrison, how he thought the

assassination of JFK bore all the " fingerprints " of a special

operation. The same " fingerprints " - violation of standard operating

procedures, the stand-down of the defenses of the US military, the

quick cover story, the destruction of evidence and the cover-up, all

point to the whole thing being a " black op. " After receiving many

emails, especially the ones by Michel Chossudovsky which viewed Al

Qaeda as a CIA asset, and doing research on my own, listening to

Michael Ruppert, it seems the most logical, feasible explanation of

what happened.

 

The 9-11 Truth movement was born in many minds, in many places,

but most visibly manifested on the internet. The march I organized on

Senator Feinstein's office demanding a Congressional Investigation of

9-11, got some press coverage, and my indymedia article got a lot of

attention; I began getting hundreds of emails a day on 9-11.

Radio-journalists, Barrie Zwicker, who had done the first televised

challenges to the official narrative (aside from Alex Jones who

predicted it and tried to prevent it)--We all began to communicate

with one another via phone calls, and to link our sites.

 

The " Deception Dollar " was the best tool we came up with for

public outreach and to promote the best 9-11 websites, and to fund the

webmasters and research. There was very strong, clear sense of shared

purpose amongst the 9-11 truth activists, a spirit of cooperation and

community; there was a healthy sense of competition, people wanted to

be able to contribute pieces to the incredibly complex puzzle that we

were trying to put together.

 

The media censorship was so extreme. People were being terrified

by the press. Politicians continually tried to scare us by

guaranteeing another horrific attack. Research was being done all over

the world; there were several areas of great disagreement and

controversy, but most researchers agreed that " 9-11 was an inside

job. " Nicholas Levis organized the first major 9-11 conference in

Berlin. I organized the San Francisco International Inquiry into 9-11

in San Francisco. Barrie Zwicker and Ian Woods organized the Toronto

Inquiry, they all helped bring people together, face to face, nurture

cooperative relationships, build a movement in a very organic way.

 

TF: You also noted that " last year we organized the San Francisco

International Inquiry into 9-11 Phase One. " What was this event like?

 

CB: For three days we met at the San Francisco War Memorial

Building, which holds the historic Herbst Theater, a beautiful theater

that holds over 900 people, where the charter to the UN was signed. On

the second floor there are numerable meeting rooms which we also had

for dialogue, discussion, tabling, socializing, and we also made

" studios " for the numerable documentary film-makers to interview

people and hold panel discussions. We had over 150 registered

participants, as well as over 750 daily event passes purchased by the

public to view the main presentations and join in the parts of the

Inquiry that were designated " open to the public. " There were also

about 30 members of the press. So much was happening simultaneously,

that no one person had the same experience as anyone else. But we did

create the space for public dialogue and examination of the key 9-11

issues, and a forum to challenge the " Official Cover-Up Commission "

before they issued their final report. We did get some press coverage

and forced a response from the White House that was very lame, indeed.

 

What was really great was for people, who had only known each

other via e-mail or phone, to actually meet in person. I think all of

us felt that we were doing something historic by coming together and

publicly challenging the official story the way that we did. There

were a number of 9-11 books in existence at that time; David Ray

Griffin's book had just been published, but others- Paul Thompson's

book- The Terror Timeline, Michael Ruppert's- Crossing the Rubicon,

Webster Tarpley's- 9-11 Synthetic Terror- Made in the USA were yet to

be published. Webster actually met his publisher at the Inquiry, so

the whole thing bore a lot of fruit.

 

TF: You wrote in your March 6, 2005 article that " we also

struggled to challenge the official Cover-Up Commission and their

flawed recommendations, which would expand the `National Security

State' into a `Global Security State' and give even greater power to

the architects of 9-11. " In what ways do you think the U.S.

government's 9-11 Commission apparently acted as a " Cover-Up

Commission, " in a way that was similar to how the Warren Commission

apparently acted as a cover-up commission following the JFK assassination?

 

CB: Joyce Lynn spoke at length on who the Commissioners were and

what their conflict of interests were. At least the Warren Commission

did publish enough information that researchers could find the blatant

contradictions between the evidence and the conclusions. The official

Commission continually refers to classified documents that no one has

access to, so it conceals far more than it illuminates. Also the

parameters of the Commission was basically to substantiate the

" official version of events and conclusions " without really

challenging them. Whenever a " Commission or Inquiry " is run or

directed by those who should be investigated, a serious cover-up is

taking place.

 

TF: Following the 2004 election, you also wrote that " the

blatantly stolen election evoked great outrage, and, at the same time,

discouraged people, who had worked to re-defeat Bush and felt doubly

betrayed. " Do you think U.S. anti-war activists will be able to

prevent the GOP from stealing the 2006 Congressional elections or

again stealing a U.S. presidential election in 2008?

 

CB: It depends on how outraged and organized we are. I was

impressed by Cynthia McKinney's " Get out the Vote " speech prior to thr

2004 election when she said that if people hadn't mobilized to defeat

Bush in 2000 that they wouldn't have found out that the election was

stolen. More people have to really learn how democracy has been stolen

from us, and to challenge the criminals who have illegitimately seized

power. We need to make our voices heard and create or have some

control over the means of communication to seriously challenge our

" proclaimed leaders. "

 

TF: In your March 6, 2005 article, you wrote: " The United for

Peace and Justice National Conference drew 500 activists from across

the country to vote on proposals, strategy, and direction for the

movement. 9-11 truth activists tried to pass a proposal which would

expand the goals of the peace and justice movement to include the

truth about 9-11; while winning on round one, the vote was delayed

until the last day of the conference, when fewer people were around,

and the proposal was defeated. " Are the United for Peace and Justice

leaders still against expanding the goals of the peace and justice

movement to include the truth about 9-11?

 

CB: In general the anti-war, peace leaders have been resistant or

frightened of the 9-11 issue. I think they don't want to " scare "

people away from the movement by letting them know how bad our

" government " actually is, so they don't even try to shatter the

biggest lies, but focus on smaller facets where they might have " some

affect " but don't seriously threaten the system.

 

TF: Given the U.S. government's past history of covering-up what

actually happened in

the Gulf of Tonkin prior to its Vietnam War escalation in 1965,

why would the United For Peace and Justice leaders be against exposing

the full truth about 9-11?

 

CB: With the media, we wonder sometimes whether they are " assets "

or " assholes " . With the leaders in the Peace Movement, we also wonder

that, but I think it is mainly fear, and they do track public opinion

and fear losing all their " credibility if they say anything that

seriously challenges a majority of the American people's worldview.

 

TF: A few years ago you began distributing " Deception Dollars " to

people around the globe. What kind of response have you received from

your " Deception Dollars " project over the last few years?

 

CB: We printed 1,500,000 last December, so there are now over

5,500,000 in circulation and over 6,000,000 in print. People love

them. I've sent over 100,000 to the UK. They have been photographed by

Reuters and AP, and listed as some of the most emailed photos. They

are fun to give away and it is the easiest act of activism- to just

pass out a flyer. One woman wanted to give Bush 87 billion " Deception

Dollars " , rather than US dollars to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan. We

made a special Billion Dollar note for her (the most ecological

option) which she passed on to her Congressman- Jim McDermott. He made

a poster of the bill and presented it on the floor of Congress along

with a speech against giving Bush the 87 billion which he had asked

for. The " Deception Dollars " have inspired all sorts of art projects

and have been featured in short films. The donations that we have

received from them have helped to finance the movement, and our

events. They have also been added to the collections of four museums

in four countries- the US, Canada, Cuba and Spain. They have inspired

a cottage industry in Cuba, where a woman varnishes them onto a piece

of wood and sells them for $5.

 

TF: Now that the majority of people in the U.S. are against the

war in Iraq and many more people than previously seem to be

questioning the truth of the U.S. government's official version of

what happened on September 11, 2001, what do you think can be done in

2006 to finally bring peace and justice to the United States and the

rest of the world?

 

CB: John Leonard, publisher of The War on Freedom by Nafeez Ahmed

and 9-11 Synthetic Terror- Made in the USA by Webster Tarpley,

recently came up with an idea for a Global Peace Week, beginning on

Guy Fawkes Day (November 5th) and concluding with Veteran's Day

November (11th). November 5th also happens to be Barrie Zwicker's

birthday, and this year the 400th Anniversary of the day Fawkes was

caught trying to blow up the British Parliament Building. Barrie wrote

an Op-Ed piece about it that should be published this year, this

weekend. Fawkes was one of the first " patsys " set up to take the blame

for an incident, incited by powers that wished to provoke a war

between Britain and Spain. We hope that, if we can educate people

about the true history of war, the fabricated incidents that have been

used for centuries, including Pearl Harbour, Gulf of Tonkin, the

babies thrown out of the incubator story used to sell the first Gulf

War, and 9-11, that they will refuse to participate in or support wars

which serve the few and harm the vast majority of us and the world. My

hope is that we will be able to raise consciousness as soon as

possible to rein in the real terrorists. I hope that in January there

will be a number of Congressional Candidates from Green or other

parties challenging both Democrats and Republicans on 9-11, the phony

war on terrorism, the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, challenging the

reigning military paradigm and showing how false it is. I think there

is hope and that truth, peace and justice will prevail, though what

route we have to take, I cannot foresee. I think we all have to be

louder, show more courage, use humor, truth, art, music, all our wit

and wisdom to win over public opinion and erode any support that they

have. When everyone realizes the " truth, " these guys won't find anyone

to " serve them breakfast, " let alone invade more countries. Then we

will finally be able to redirect resources away from those who seek to

kill and control people to mending, healing relationships, lives, and

remediation for the severely damaged ecosystems upon which so much

life depends.

 

Note: If you check out Brouillet's website at

www.communitycurrency.org, you'll find that her blog provides great

updates on what's going on in the world of grassroots U.S. anti-war

and 9-11 Truth activism.

 

Bob Feldman is an East Coast-based U.S. anti-war Movement

writer-activist.

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