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There used to be a time when the airwaves in this country were FREE. Free to put forth ideas, objections, and alternative viewpoints. There was a time when giant media conglomerates did not rule the airwave roosts, and small public voices had a say in the course of history. There was a time when anti war protest music could be heard on the air, and in the streets. However, with the relaxation of FCC rules regarding the acquisition of radio stations by multi media giants in the 90's things have changed radically, and not necessarily for the better. All of these voices of protest that should have been heard on your radio have been silenced.
Since the 60's, when opinion and protest music helped to change the the course of another unjustified war -there has been a definite paradigm shift. During that war, lies and fabrications let to the 50,000+ names written on a certain granite wall in Washington. Today a media "Stonewall" exists, separating the people from the truth of an unjust war, hearing and seeing only one particular embedded viewpoint (Some things change, some never do). This time though, the lies and fabrications of an administration could lead to the extinction of life on the planet.
Today, the Iraq war pales in comparison to Vietnam, but don't worry though, because there are more Iraqs planned for the near future. More unending wars lie ahead that could have horrible repercussions for our country and the world, yet nobody is talking much about it-at least here in the States.
-Might is right, and the US military is the 800 pound gorilla, armed to the teeth with weapons of true mass destruction, and extinction. What Americans conveniently forget though, is the fact that another 800 pound gorilla exists, waiting in the wings. This 800 pound gorilla has an alliance with China, who we seem to be dead set on a collision course with. The horrors of a future Nuclear War is what PaxAmerikana.com is protesting about. They are protesting about blind stupidity. They are protesting about extinction. They are protesting about Nuclear Winter.
The protest against the present war has been muted, while all protest music has died a convenient corporate death, silenced by the media. The rallying of songs and spirit to fight an injustice and true evils, have been silenced. The advances in technology combined with the use of mind numbing media techniques has done it's job, and done it well.
Embedded with the establishment, flag waving shills and apologists have managed to shout down the protest, and shut it out from mainstream opinion and view. While one can still manage to get a book published against this administration, you will never hear a protest song on a commercial American Radio Station. Protest music against the Iraq war, and the Bushies and their ilk though has found a welcome home on the internet, short-wave radio stations, and other stations overseas.
The band PaxAmeriKana.Com is part of a new and growing phenomenon. The internet has now become the main voice of protest against the actions of an illegal and unjust war, and the wars that are bound to follow. Having been blacklisted from American Commercial Radio Stations in this country, this band has attracted listeners from around the world who oppose the actions of the Bush Administration. Yes, the truth is out there, for anyone with 2 fingers, an internet connection and of course an open mind. This is a band will not be silenced, or ignored. The genie is already out of the digital bottle, wending it's way around the world.
As the internet has proven to be a huge boon to the Howard Dean Presidential Campaign, so too will the truth that is contained on thousands of web sites, prove to be the great equalizer in the election of 2004. A president will be found out. 911 will be laid out. The truth will out, no matter what the apologists say; lie- or stonewall about.
It may be the 21st century and the year 2004, but it is still 1969 on the Internet.
In that context, PaxAmerikana raises a huge voice against this outrage of silence, and the hypocrisy of this age. Between the music, and their web site, a powerful voice of intellectual dissent can be read, and downright good music can be heard. You can find out what this band is all about at their web site -http://www.paxamerikana.com. Peace.
P.S. Seems like it's 1984 in 2004. George Orwell would be proud.
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