We take care of each other.
What’s the matter with that?
Is it not a human attribute?
__________
Or should we follow Darwin’s principles
and resort to survival of the fittest
and let the poor bastards
who can’t afford it to die in the streets.
Deep down inside,
I knew that 9/11 would affect everyone worldwide.
__________
And it has.
I knew that 9/11 would affect everyone worldwide.
__________
And it has.
Our mandate has been to try to put George W. Bush
and company behind bars while he’s still in office.
__________
Issue 13 will be the final word we have to say on the matter.
and company behind bars while he’s still in office.
__________
Issue 13 will be the final word we have to say on the matter.
Cheney was deeply involved.
__________
Many of us in the 9/11 Truth movement
would indict him first.
__________
Many of us in the 9/11 Truth movement
would indict him first.
By just sitting there in the classroom
for eight or nine minutes
__________
after he’d been told that the second tower
had been hit and that
“America was under attack,”
was a dead giveaway.
Whether or not we are “socialists,”,
depends on your definition.
__________
Myself, I prefer to think of us as
“humanitarians” with big hearts.
depends on your definition.
__________
Myself, I prefer to think of us as
“humanitarians” with big hearts.
The only difference between the media here
(in Canada and the US)
and in the former Soviet Union
__________
is that the Soviets knew that Pravda
was complete propaganda BS
and as a result learned
how to read between the lines.
(in Canada and the US)
and in the former Soviet Union
__________
is that the Soviets knew that Pravda
was complete propaganda BS
and as a result learned
how to read between the lines.
IAN WOODS__________
Here, I’d say 90 percent of us
don’t even realize we are being
brainwashed every day,
every hour, every minute
with new world order propaganda.
don’t even realize we are being
brainwashed every day,
every hour, every minute
with new world order propaganda.
__________
THE
New American Dream InterviewIAN WOODS lives in Barrie, Ontario.
He is a Canadian publisher and political activist, editor of Global Outlook, an international magazine aimed at uniting the worldwide anti-globalization and anti-war movements.
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The New American Dream Trivia Question:
To win a round button that says, "Bush Is Lying About What He Knew," be the first one to correctly answer the following.
Ian Woods would rather be ....
a. Shuffling off to Buffalo
b. Checking Karl Rove into the boards
c. Fishing for bullheads in Iowa
d. Meeting Karl Rove in the alley behind Doc Malone's
e. Anything to be on the cast of The Red Green Show
f. Interviewing Dick Cheney live from his protective custody cell at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
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NAD: Ian, hello, thank you for taking the time for this.
Where did you grow up?
IAN WOODS:
Toronto
NAD: What was the name of your high school?
IAN WOODS:
Upper Canada College
NAD: What was the school mascot name?
IAN WOODS:
The Blue Machine
NAD: What was on the list of activities under your senior picture in the yearbook?
IAN WOODS:
Film, fhotography, football and long distance running.
NAD: What did you start out wanting to be?
IAN WOODS:
A football coach
Is there still time?
Yes, they are always looking for better football coaches … at all levels.
NAD: How did you get into magazine publishing?
IAN WOODS:
It seemed to be the only way to get the truth out there.
I started with Monetary Reform Magazine in 1996 and it grew into Global Outlook in 2002.
NAD: How do you afford to be hard copy, print, color, all that?
IAN WOODS:It started off as just a photocopied 81/2 x 11 newsletter of twenty-four pages and grew from there.
I never tried to get advertisers, as I didn’t want to be influenced by their hidden agendas.
So I picked up products and services which were compatible with our editorial message and sold them to our readers as well as subscriptions.
But obviously that wasn’t enough, so I kept on asking for donations and that is basically what kept us growing and going.
NAD: It must be fun, all in all?
IAN WOODS:It has been, yes. But frustrating too.
We deal with a lot of volunteers and their timetable is quite a bit different than ours, so meeting all deadlines is next to impossible.
NAD: Why so much interest in 9/11, an American thing?
IAN WOODS:
We, here in Canada, are so close to you guys living in the US that it was quite natural for us to want to help in any way we could.
Plus when I saw such a big lie or huge hoax, being pulled off over so many people it made me want to do something about it.
Deep down inside, I knew that 9/11 would affect everyone worldwide.
And it has.
Well, you are much closer to New York, after all, I guess than the majority of the United States, is that part of it? Not really.
NAD: Would you like to choose one of these to answer, elaborate on?
We don't ask this to make fun. We ask because we really seek the answers.
— Are UFOs real?
— Did we land on the moon in 1968?
— Was Paul Wellstone's death an accident?
— The Oklahoma City bombing? Wasn't that just another U.S. government terrorist exercise? Or not.
— Waco. We burned kids, right? You can see flames shooting out of the tanks. Or not.
— Is Bigfoot real?
— Is there a God?
— Did Bush knock down the towers?
Bush was involved, for sure.
How much he knew is debatable.
Cheney was deeply involved.
Many of us in the 9/11 Truth movement would indict him first.
But these two and the rest of the Bush administration are merely puppets on strings, strings being pulled by the secret government composed of psychopathic neo-cons.
... What makes you think that?
By just sitting there in the classroom for eight or nine minutes after he’d been told that the second tower had been hit and that “America was under attack,” was a dead giveaway.
I think the designers of the plot wanted to give the so-called hijackers time to hit their targets so that Bush could be blamed for reacting too slowly.
*Does Canada have its own such mysteries?
I can’t think of any except one:
WHY would Canadians want to privatize our healthcare system when it is one of the best models in the world. (Just ask Ralph Nadar about it!)
And yet many of our politicians seem keen on privatizing it.
NAD: Do you have hope in Obama?
IAN WOODS:
No.
He’s another puppet on a string surrounding himself with Clinton “retreads.”
NAD: What happened to Kucinich, Nader, McKinney, Paul — and why did they not have a chance?
IAN WOODS:
I like what Greg Palast (and I’m sure others have) said: America has the best democracy money can buy.
Kucinich, Nader, McKinney, Paul just didn’t have enough money to buy the media coverage they needed to make it.
NAD: Who decided our candidates would be Obama and McCain anyway?
IAN WOODS:
The secret or invisible government.
__________
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NAD: What is one thing Americans just don't get about Canada?IAN WOODS:
Thanks for asking.
We are often accused of being socialists that live in a welfare state.
When you look at what we do have, you can see that really that is an insult to one’s intelligence.
The main difference is that we have universal health care.
It’s the envy of people right around the world including the majority of Americans.
So we pay a little more in income tax, but at least no one goes bankrupt trying to pay a medical bill.
We take care of each other. What’s the matter with that? Is it not a human attribute?
Or should we follow Darwin’s principles and resort to survival of the fittest and let the poor bastards who can’t afford it to die in the streets.
(Have a look at Michael Moore’s film, SICKO, if you don’t know what I mean.)
Whether or not we are “socialists,”, depends on your definition.
Myself, I prefer to think of us as “humanitarians” with big hearts.
NAD: Please tell us more about yourself, the things you have done, what you would like to do, what you did today. What do you eat, what do you drive, what do you drink.
IAN WOODS:
Today, I’m working on the final print edition of Global Outlook.
It’s been seven years since we began publishing.
Our mandate has been to try to put George W. Bush and company behind bars while he’s still in office.
Issue 13 will be the final word we have to say on the matter.
NAD: What did you absolutely have to get done by noon today?
IAN WOODS:
This interview, so I can get on with Issue 13.
NAD: How about by Christmas 2009?
IAN WOODS:
Be fully engaged in my next career, whatever that may be.
NAD: Is there any difference between American mainstream media and Tass, Pravda, in the days of the Soviet Union. How about the Canadian media?
IAN WOODS:
The only difference between the media here (in Canada and the US) and in the former Soviet Union is that the Soviets knew that Pravda was complete propaganda BS and as a result learned how to read between the lines.
Here, I’d say 90 percent of us don’t even realize we are being brainwashed every day, every hour, every minute with new world order propaganda.
NAD: What else would you like to add? What else should we have asked?
IAN WOODS:
The crux of the crux of the problem is our corrupt political decision-making process which we call “representative democracy.”
May I suggest that those who want to solve the majority of all the problems we face as a human race, take a close look at the Swiss system of direct democracy.
I’ve written an article about it on our website (www.GlobalOutlook.ca).
It’s called “Direct Democracy – An Idea Whose Time Has Come.”
I welcome any feedback to this great idea. Send your comments to: editor@GlobalOutlook.ca.
Thank you, Mike, for this opportunity to share my thoughts with you and your readers. Good luck everyone!
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About
THE New American Dream Feature Interviews
If you search the archives below, you will find, in a sort of order [last to first], interviews with:
Richard D. Brinkman, Edmonton, Canada 9/11 Truth
Lynn Berg, New York City actor
Alejandro Rojas, of MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network
Brian Kasoro, publisher of The Liberator magazine
Brother Raymond, walked from Denver to D.C., for truth
Korey Rowe, one of the producers of Loose Change
Dave Zweifel, editor of The Madison Capital Times
Cathleen Howard, expatriate, from Tucson to Mexico, to pursue her dreams
Sander Hicks, Brooklyn radical entrepreneur, writer, publisher
Joe Bageant, America's blue-collar author
Frida Berrigan, a lifetime of faith, hope and love
Denise Diaz, brewing up a revolution, at The Ritual Cafe in Des Moines
Deanna Taylor, Green Party activist, teacher, in Salt Lake City
Rossie Indira-Vltchek, writer, filmmaker in Jarkarta, Indonesia
Nora Barrows-Friedman, Pacifica reporter in Gaza
Delaney Bruce, Friends of Peltier
Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs
Michael Sprong, South Dakota Catholic Worker
Brian Terrell, Des Moines Catholic Worker
Bob Graf, One of the Milwaukee 14
Loren Coleman, Bigfoot researcher
Monty Borror, Sci-Fi artist from Virginia
David Ray, Great American Poet
Jack Blood, radio show host, in Austin, Texas
Danny Schechter, A Real Reporter
Bob Kincaid, host, Head-On Radio Show
Tony Packes, Animal Farm Radio Host, Keeping An Eye on Big Brother
Richard Flamer, Working With the Poor in Chiapas
David Ray Griffin, 9/11 Truth activist author
Barry Crimmins, U.S. comedian, author, social activist
Bret Hayworth, political reporter for the Sioux City [IA] Journal
Lisa Casey, publisher of website All Hat No Cattle
Joe & Elaine Mayer, activist couple in Rochester, Minnesota
Fr. Darrell Rupiper, U.S. priest revolutionary
Whitney Trettien, MIT student, Green Party activist
Meria Heller, radio show host
Phil Hey, professor, poet
John Crawford, book publisher
Steve Moon, Iowa Bigfoot researcher
Carol Brouillet, California social activist, 9/11 Truth
Russell Brutsche, Santa Cruz artist
Kevin Barrett, professor, radio show host, 9/11 Truth activist
A'Jamal Rashad Byndon, social activist in Omaha
Chris Rooney, Vancouver, Canada Catholic Worker, website publisher
Marc Estrin, political novelist, from the left
Peter Dale Scott, poet, professor, author, activist
Anthony Rayson, anarchist zine publisher, works with prisoners
Alice Cherbonnier, editor of The Baltimore Chronicle, an independent newspaper
