A journalist who in the
last decade worked with me on many stories and even reached a point
where he would come, unannounced, knocking on my door seeking help,
is not convinced I was targeted by authorities since 2012. Despite
the fact that I provided him with evidence of how authorities
conspired with a foreign power against me, how they did not protect
my family from local extremists and are currently involved in
destroying and sabotaging my professional career, he is still not
convinced.
This demonstrates a clear
example of all mainstream media working according to the same script
and serving the same agenda. It explains why mainstream media never
showed any interest in the violent activities of local extremist
supporters of the Syrian “revolution”. Despite the fact that
local extremists started to fundraise and recruit terrorists from
local mosques in Australia from the end of 2010, the first story
about these activities did not come to light until mid-2012. I will
talk about this issue in detail in another article.
In this article, I will
talk about the new wave of McCarthyism that this Liberal government
has managed to stir up and why it will fail. Of course we cannot
expect that the current McCarthyism will be as vicious as the
previous one. We do not expect that the federal government will ban
the Communist party, arrest/kidnap its members, torture and kill some
of them. Current McCarthyism will be more subtle and less violent.
And this can be attributed (at least partially) to the
telecommunication revolution and the emergence of social media.
During the previous
McCarthyism, activists and revolutionists who were targeted did not
have the means to challenge the brainwashing of the masses who were
told they, the activists and revolutionists, were a threat to
National Security and Global Order. The media was controlled by the
State or by major corporations. The masses were easily convinced and
coaxed to hear one side of the story. The current situation is far
different.
I can claim easily that we
(as a group of colleagues) were able to achieve a lot using a
combination of Facebook posts, community actions and access to
mainstream media. The mainstream media did not want to be left alone
and marginalised in the process. This is why mainstream media
resisted all our calls for them to shed light on the extremist’s
violent activities in Australia, until the news could no longer be
hidden from the masses due to the combination of social media and
community actions.
Mainstream media, working
according to the script will pick and choose what suits them, unless
active members of society manage to raise certain issues as “issues
of public interest”. In the previous context, the mainstream media
was the one that decided what issues became “issues of public
interest”. Now, many active community groups have succeeded in
surging ahead of the mainstream media, forcing it to follow suit.
Facebook plays a role in
all of this. It is now commonplace to watch news on the mainstream
media that was first aired or trending on Facebook or YouTube.
Mainstream media knows very well that it marginalises itself if it
continues to stick to the script it runs and keeps up its original
format.
Incidentally, I am not
saying that Facebook or YouTube was created by “revolutionary”
elements in society in order to break the monopoly on public opinion.
On the contrary, I deeply believe that Facebook was created to serve
the Empire even further, after the masses started to give up on
mainstream media. But, due to the nature of social media, it is a
tool they quickly lost control of.
I need also to emphasise
that the process here to affect public opinion is not simple. People
cannot expect that by starting a Facebook account or page they will
become prominent in their society or influence the public discourse
per se. The process is more complex than this. However, compared to
pre-social media times, it is much easier and more efficient these
days in the social media era.
These changes have been
quite evident in the current political developments. Before the
social media era, Australia had maintained the grip on power by its
main political parties. Since Federation and until the beginning of
this millennium, more than 90% of Australians voted for either one of
the two main parties. Currently the two parties combined do not get
more than 65% of the votes. It has become increasingly difficult to
continue deceiving people to the same previous extent.
My journalist friend can
deny I was targeted because of my political views. I am ready to hear
his explanation on why Australian authorities needed to conspire with
a foreign power against me to the point of putting my life in danger.
I am also open to hear his explanation as to why the authorities did
not arrest until now a single extremist, despite my repeated
reporting of dozens of physical and verbal attacks on me and my kids.
I am more than happy also to discuss with him why our organisation
could not secure a single dollar in funding to help local communities
and to help fight against radicalisation, when other well-known
extreme organisations secured millions of dollars in public funding
to stir hate and extremism in our society.
But what I am sure of here
is that our continued campaign will prove him wrong and will expose
the new McCarthyism this government has initiated in targeting its
opponents.
Thank God for Facebook.
