Cynthia McKinney Speaks From Israeli Prison

There are at least three youtubes,. audio only, from Cynthia and comrades while they were kidnapped and held in Israeli prison:

  Cynthia McKinney calls WBAIX from Israeli prison

  Cynthia McKinney - Prisoner 88794 call Day 2 from Prison

  Cynthia McKinney and 3 of the Gaza 21 July 4 prison call

As well as an interview with Mairead Maguire at Democracy Now!:

  Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail Cell After Arrest on Boat Delivering Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

'  AMY GOODMAN: What is your response, Mairead Maguire, to Mark Regev, the Israeli spokesperson, who said aid is free to pass into Gaza?

'  MAIREAD MAGUIRE: No, that is wrong. I mean, we know it is not free. I mean, Gaza is like a huge prison, but—because its borders are closed. The sea pass into Gaza, which has been closed for over forty years by the Israeli government—we are only the seventh ship to get in to the port of Gaza that tried to break the siege.

'  And as we do that, it’s very interesting, we pass the gas fields of Gaza. You know, Gaza has huge gas deposits, which Israel is now beginning to use. So it’s very important that there is the issue of who owns the gas in the Gazan Strip. And also farmers—fishermen, who try to go out without—in about twelve miles to fish for their families, are shot up and have been killed by the Israeli navy in that area.

'  So, Gaza is a huge occupied territory of one-and-a-half million people who have been subjected to collective punishment by the Israeli government. That breaks the Geneva Convention, every international law in the book. And the tragedy is that the American government, the UN and Europe, they remain silent in the face of the abuse of Palestinian human rights, like the freedom, and it’s really tragic.  '

Although our elected officials are uniformly a criminal disappointment Cynthia, and all the others, demonstrate that attention can be brought to the depredations of "civilization" by individuals.

I ended up voting for Ralph Nader, since Mike was not on the ballot in Texas. I take no pleasure in the observation that Barack Obama has turned out exactly as anyone not on "the drug" knew he would, the $800,000,000 man carrying out the orders of his owners. We are all going to have to run for office ourselves if we want to straighten-out our sorry nation. Please have look at the USpvp, join the virtual party and the struggle.

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Times have changed. We are going to empower the American people. Let’s work together. I am tough. I’m not afraid. None of this politics as usual. -- Mike Gravel