Democra-Phobia: Fear of Citizen Power in Honduras

Democra-Phobia: Fear of Citizen Power in Honduras

July 20, 2009
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Dear Colleague,

Peaceful citizen actions against the coup government continue to grow in strength in Honduras. Narco News has been reporting the coup in Honduras since three days before it began and continues today with another report from Publisher Al Giordano.

Giordano writes that when you get down to the core of the coup regime, it is nothing more than a scared group of individuals who, in their fear of “Citizen Power,” staged a desperate attempt to maintain their own grasp on the country.

Giordano reports:

“Strip away all the sensationalism, distortion, simulation, ideological axe-grinding, flotsam and jetsam of media coverage of events in Honduras over the past month and it still boils down to one central conflict:

“The coup regime fears, and was imposed as a last line of defense against, ‘Citizen Power.’

“…‘They are afraid of the people,’ the presidential daughter (Hortensia Zelaya) said to the multitude. ‘A people without weapons. A people that comes in peace… A people that struggles… A people that no longer wants to be repressed… This people is tired of it, which is what we have demonstrated.’

“…From here on out, it’s all about ‘Citizen Power,’ the immediate history of the steps the people of Honduras take to organize their own freedom and a more authentic democracy. That’s been our focus here for the past month. And it will continue to be the central thrust of our reporting.”

Read Giordano’s full report and updates on the Honduras coup online at Narco News:

http://www.narconews.com

From somewhere in a country called América,

ENDS

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