Raging Grannies and the Press

Day 11th Troops Home Fast

We gathered for the Raging Grannies one year anniversary of being arrested at the Recruitment Center on Speedway. It was a beautiful gathering. They sang songs and gave speeches. I held up my TROOP HOME FAST sign to the oncoming traffic.

Who didn’t show up was the press. Not one mainstream radio, TV or newspaper came, not one. Several days before the event, I talked to a lot of the local press on the phone asking them to come to the Grannies gathering and report on The Troops Home Fast. The Grannies also sent a press release. So, it was a total media black out.

Why do peace events rarely make the news? It seems as though someone has to either get arrested or killed to make the news. Bombings and war always make news. Kind actions towards global healing and love are not news in America. Dissenters go unnoticed even though they are there. There is no minority voice in main stream America except for Cindy Sheehan. The voice of Big Brother corporations reigns supreme.

If I was to carry this fast all the way and die, would the press then report of it? Wayne doesn’t think they would. I would be just be another nameless casualty in the movement towards global liberation. He is not the only one who has told me that fasting for a political reason works if you are famous. But if you are a nobody woman, who will care if you die are the few people who know you.

The one thing I wish they had at the Grannies gathering was an open mike. I would have liked to tell people about why I am fasting.

Tomorrow I’ll blog about why I am fasting and my new campaign Pounds for Peace.