F is for Fear.... Not
A fellow homeschooling parent asked Andy the other day under what circumstances would he be afraid to go to another country. When he tried to explain he was questioned further as to whether of not he was a tornado chaser. I laughed upon hearing that. Tornado chasing is not our style with a 12-year-old in tow. My answer to the question "under what circumstances would I be afraid to go to another country" is a country occupied by the United States. A country supported with excessive amounts of cash and weapons by U.S to fuel repressive governments and suppress true democracy and human rights struggles. With our daughter at this time I would not take the risk to travel, film and report from these countries. However, this is not the case in Venezuela. Venezuela currently under the presidency of Hugo Chavez may be one of the greatest examples of participatory democracy occurring in the world. Chavez has been led a stable government for 6 years and is up for re-election this December. The Corporate owned media of the United States wants you to believe Chavez is a fascist dictator that says irrational, crazy things. If you believe this you need to diversify your media diet. We are not going to use this space to condone Chavez at all costs. But we are going to investigate the Bolivarian revolution and film the different mission projects that have elevated conditions of the poorest people in Venezuela. Mainly we will listen to Venezuelans and find out why he has successfully won many referendums that repeatedly re-instate him to office. And why other candidates can’t get more than 3% of the votes in the polls. We are going to be open to those who don’t like him, be they conservatives or anarchists and we are going to breathe the air of revolution as we travel the country. REVOLUTION. A radical change for us it will be!
While in NYC for Brad Will's memorial a friend of mine Brandon, was talking about how Brad's death has made us braver. This is true. They have done the worst to Brad that they will do us. They can execute us but they won’t keep us behind their fences, locked in up with fear and eating their lies.
Books I'm reading: Truth, Torture and the American Way by Jennifer Harbury. Her first book Searching for Everardo is also a hard one to but down!
books I will be reading in Venezuela: The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela, by Eva Golinger
Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of hope by Tariq Ali,
Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende and her new book, Ines of my Soul
and of course Lonely planet Venezuela, Culture Shock Venezuela and a Learning Spanish text book. Do you think these are too many books to carry in a backpack? Read along with me and we can have a reading group here on-line. Also if you have questions for the good people of Venezuela that you want to ask or ideas for our video project send it along.
A fellow homeschooling parent asked Andy the other day under what circumstances would he be afraid to go to another country. When he tried to explain he was questioned further as to whether of not he was a tornado chaser. I laughed upon hearing that. Tornado chasing is not our style with a 12-year-old in tow. My answer to the question "under what circumstances would I be afraid to go to another country" is a country occupied by the United States. A country supported with excessive amounts of cash and weapons by U.S to fuel repressive governments and suppress true democracy and human rights struggles. With our daughter at this time I would not take the risk to travel, film and report from these countries. However, this is not the case in Venezuela. Venezuela currently under the presidency of Hugo Chavez may be one of the greatest examples of participatory democracy occurring in the world. Chavez has been led a stable government for 6 years and is up for re-election this December. The Corporate owned media of the United States wants you to believe Chavez is a fascist dictator that says irrational, crazy things. If you believe this you need to diversify your media diet. We are not going to use this space to condone Chavez at all costs. But we are going to investigate the Bolivarian revolution and film the different mission projects that have elevated conditions of the poorest people in Venezuela. Mainly we will listen to Venezuelans and find out why he has successfully won many referendums that repeatedly re-instate him to office. And why other candidates can’t get more than 3% of the votes in the polls. We are going to be open to those who don’t like him, be they conservatives or anarchists and we are going to breathe the air of revolution as we travel the country. REVOLUTION. A radical change for us it will be!
While in NYC for Brad Will's memorial a friend of mine Brandon, was talking about how Brad's death has made us braver. This is true. They have done the worst to Brad that they will do us. They can execute us but they won’t keep us behind their fences, locked in up with fear and eating their lies.
Books I'm reading: Truth, Torture and the American Way by Jennifer Harbury. Her first book Searching for Everardo is also a hard one to but down!
books I will be reading in Venezuela: The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela, by Eva Golinger
Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of hope by Tariq Ali,
Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende and her new book, Ines of my Soul
and of course Lonely planet Venezuela, Culture Shock Venezuela and a Learning Spanish text book. Do you think these are too many books to carry in a backpack? Read along with me and we can have a reading group here on-line. Also if you have questions for the good people of Venezuela that you want to ask or ideas for our video project send it along.
posted by DAZ at 4:12 PM
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Hey Dawn, Zarha and Andy
Safe travels to your new adventure! Let us know that you arrived safely. Missing you already.
KAZ
Thank you for this explanation... certainly you must know I meant no judgement by my question-- just genuine concern for you and yours! Our trip may be postponed due to political upheaval in Mexico, and since I am by choice media ignorant-- your post offers wonderful information. - a fellow homeschooler ;)
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