I am so pleased to tell you that the John Judge Collection is completely moved out of his house and into the new Hidden History Center at 105 Rowell Court in Falls Church, VA! It is the end of a long journey, and the beginning of a new one.
The final load, containing nine filing cabinets, assorted office supplies, disassembled tables and 38 archive boxes, was moved by Great Scott Moving Company on Sunday, July 5. (Those who loved John most should know that we also moved his lifelong friends, Clownie and Ducky, and put them in a place of honor in a glass display case in the new office.)
This project was a Herculean effort by the movers in hot, muggy weather, carrying everything down the long flights of stairs at John's house and up a flight at Rowell Court. The guys did a great job and handled the collection respectfully and carefully. Nothing remains at John's house now, except a few odds and ends, which we can easily transport in a van or SUV. We are thrilled to be at this point after 14 long months of work!
I owe a debt of gratitude to all the volunteers who worked long and hard to pack John's books and carefully sort his papers. Many people contributed time and effort to honor him. I especially want to thank Richard Ochs, Deborah Cunningham and Susanne Zeiders, who showed up week after week and worked tirelessly to help me. They are my heroes!
So now we begin in earnest to create the Hidden History Center in John's honor. Right now, we have an office packed with boxes. There is barely room to walk around. We need to begin making order out of chaos. We have a plan for our next steps, including
cataloging the books in the collection
digitizing the newspaper clippings
sorting, organizing and digitizing the documents
creating an exciting, information-packed new website (watch for it to debut late this summer)
creating an extensive e-mail list that will enable us to keep in touch with our supporters
It has take lots of determination and sacrifice to reach this point, but it has been worth every bit of the hard work. I know John would be so delighted to see his dream coming true, and I know those of you who love him are pleased, too.
We can use your continued help and support. Let me know if you have skills to offer that might help us accomplish the goals I have listed above. Or, if you have no time, you can always help us pay the rent and utilities at Rowell Court by sending a check, made out to the Museum of Hidden History, to me at P.O, Box 514, New Cumberland, PA, 17070. Or you can contribute using the Donate button on the $upport Us page of our website. The link is below.
With much love and deepest gratitude to everyone whose thoughts, prayers and contributions made this accomplishment possible, I remain ~
Marilyn Tenenoff
Executive Director
Hidden History Center
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
A nice version in pdf of one of John Judge's classic pieces....."Good" Americans
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
The Museum of Hidden History is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Green from Texas to its Board of Directors. Joe was a very dear friend of our founder, John Judge, and worked closely with John on the COPA (Coalition on Political Assassinations) conferences.
In addition to working full-time, Joe is a story and research consultant for the upcoming film, "Dallas in Wonderland." He is working as co-writer and co-producer for the documentary, "King Kill 63." He is also the author of seven books, including "Einstein's Wrong About Everything," "Dissenting Views" and "The Dull are the Damned." Joe is a busy man, so we are especially gratified that he is willing to devote some of his time to the Museum of Hidden History and our Hidden History Center project.
Welcome aboard, Joe!
You will be hearing more from us soon. Our dedicated Assistant Director, Dave Ratcliffe, is actively working with a website designer on a dynamic new website for the Hidden History Center. We are also busy developing a system for organizing our collection in Falls Church, VA. We will shortly be asking for your input on cataloging categories ~ especially those of you who are experts and researchers.
Even if you are not near the Hidden History Center, there are many projects you can help with. We need help
developing a single extensive e-mail list from the many lists on John Judge's computer
creating a crowdfunding campaign (to be instituted after we have developed an e-mail list)
researching major donors and writing grant proposals for the Hidden History Center
contacting DC area universities, to find interns who can work at the Center on Saturday afternoons
If you see a project on this list that fits with your expertise and you would be willing to work on, please let me know. We need your help and support to fulfill John Judge's dream of a thriving Hidden History Center.
As always, please let us know if you are near Falls Church and can help us with the physical work of handling the collection. And please remember that donations are always welcome on the $upport Us page of our website.
With love and gratitude ~
Marilyn Tenenoff, Executive Director
Museum of Hidden History
Hidden History Center
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
On Saturday, October 17,we returned John Judge's ashes to the earth in a Native American ceremony ledby Chief Billy Tayac, the hereditary chief of the Piscataway Nation. John is now resting peacefully in a beautifulclearing at Twin Oaks Community, at the base of an oak tree along a quiet lane. While about 25 of usgathered at the burial site and settled into our chairs, Richard Ochs playedhis guitar softly, setting a peaceful mood. The weather was sunny and cool. The clouds were billowy and skidding rapidly across the sky. We could see the autumn leaves falling allaround us and hear the acorns hitting the earth whenever the breeze blew. There was even the cry of a pileatedwoodpecker in the distance. Chief Billy began theceremony by sharing his wisdom about the deep connection human beings have withthe earth, with all of nature, and with their ancestors. He reminded us that John was not gone, thathis spirit was still with us ~ even in the breeze we felt blowing on ourfaces. Then he instructed Shakti, John'sdear friend and former partner, to light a bundle of sage, with which we couldcleanse ourselves. Shakti brought the sage toeach of us in turn. We pulled the smoketoward us with our hands, so it drifted across our faces and bodies. Once we had all been cleansed, Shakti walkedaround the circle with a picture of John. The Chief invited each of us to speakdirectly to John and say whatever we felt. Many of us had heartfelt words to say. Bill Mooney recited a poem he had written for John. After everyone who sodesired had spoken to John, Chief Billy instructed Shakti to unwrap herceremonial pipe. He explained theimportance of tobacco in Native American ceremonies ~ how it was used to carryprayers to the Great Spirit. He alsoexplained that the number four had great significance, because it representedthe four directions (north, south, east and west) and the four elements (earth,air, fire and water). The Chief then askedShakti and me to come forward and put tobacco in the pipe four times, sendingup a prayer each time. Shakti made twoprayers, and so did I. The pipe was thenlit and Shakti smoked it, until the tobacco was gone. The ashes from the pipe were then put in the graveprepared for John's remains. At that point, we openedthe box containing John's ashes, and I poured them into the grave myself. A couple of people placed small items on topof the ashes. Shakti placed somesage. I placed a pea (John always calledme Pea). Patti Crawford placed a longbraid of John's hair. After that, a bowlof tobacco was passed around, so all in attendance could take a pinch. Each person in turn dropped his/her tobaccoon top of John's ashes and said a prayer ~ some silently and some aloud. After everyone had said aprayer, Shakti and I took turns covering John's ashes and the offerings of theparticipants with earth, one shovel full at a time. Shakti gently danced on the earth, until itwas firmly packed and even with the ground surrounding it. John was home. For awhile, we sat insilence, and then Chief Billy invited all of us to say whatever we felt movedto express. Shakti sang a song she hadwritten for John. I read a poem I hadwritten for him, which was based on a dream he had. When no one else had anything further to say,Chief Billy concluded the ceremony, reminding us once again that John was notdead ~ that his spirit was still all around us. It was a deeply moving experience for everyone who came. We could sense the sacred nature of the spaceand of the moment. We all feltconnected to each other and to John's spirit. To give you some sense ofthe experience, I'm attaching some photos taken by John's dear friend, Patti Crawford.
Godspeed, John Judge ~
Love ~ Marilyn
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
It looks like it was a really beautiful ceremony for John and his family and loved ones. Nurturing for all. Sadly missed and irreplaceable but at peace.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
This Friday marks the second anniversary of the loss of a
slighted great American, whose vision was never fully appreciated
or understood during his lifetime.
Our beloved friend and mentor, John Judge, passed away on April
15, 2014, but his spirit is still with us every day. We think of
him whenever we read about the corrosive effects of the permanent
war economy, the earnest aspirations of ordinary people for
social justice, or the powerful hidden government that operates
in the shadows all around us.
As recently as last Sunday, John's investigation into government
subterfuge surrounding 9/11 was reflected on TV's 60 Minutes.Â
Congressmen reflected certainty that John was right about an
orchestrated cover-up.
John was indeed our conscience. He would have heartily approved
of Michael Moore's new movie, "Where to Invade Next," which
indicts the U.S. economic, political and educational systems
and their focus on competition rather than cooperation.
Similarly, John railed against a punitive country which has 5% of
the world's population and yet has created a sickening industry
that incarcerates 20% of the world's prison population.
In John's honor, we have established
the Hidden History Center to house his book and document
collection, and to carry his work forward into the future.
John's scholarship and trusted work are harbingers of historic
change. His vision and diligence will be the foundation of
the Hidden History Center, as we work to ignite world-wide
collaboration (communities of interest) using the cloud,
Smartphone, social media and eventually artificial
intelligence.
To accomplish these goals, we need to widely distribute John's
vision for a new future, as well as the history he so
painstakingly researched. We need an easily accessible,
information-packed website, and we need a significant social
media presence. We also need to form groups around areas of
common interest. (Nowadays, groups are amazingly easy to
form!)
Our fledgling website is up and running, but it needs more
development and much more content. Check it out
at http://hiddenhistorycenter.org Hidden History Center | A
Gateway for Truth.
Stay in the loop. Sign up for our mailing list and indicate
your area(s) of interest.
Our enthusiastic team includes dedicated researchers, activists,
an archivist, a librarian, a technical and social media guru, a
world-class futurist and a top decision-maker marketer. We are
energetic and excited, but we can use your help.Please let us
know if you can provide content for the website, have experience
with social media, or would be interested in participating in or
leading a group. Some of the topics we expect to cover on the
website are listed below. A more complete list can be found on
the new website, along the right-hand side of the page.
Let us know if you can volunteer your time and skills. And
please help us expand our Internet presence by making a donation
today to honor John Judge at: www.gofundme.com/p5y7ctuc.
Marilyn Tenenoff, Executive Director
Museum of Hidden History
Hidden History Center
A partial list of Hidden History Center website topics:
Government malfeasance: surveillance, invasions of privacy, the
Patriot Act, lies of omission and media control
The permanent war economy and military insanity (56% of the
federal budget spent on warfare)
The U.S.A corporate empire state and the oil empire
Political assassinations
Government covert operations and wars, including the drug wars
Whistleblowers (Snowden, Wilileaks, the Panama Papers)
Government control: police state, mercenary armies at the
ready, Occupy Wall Street obliterated
Nuclear war and nuclear energy
Mind control: misuse of psychiatry, disinformation and
propaganda
The prison-industrial complex
People power: civil and human rights movements
Peace and anti-war movements
Renewable energy, especially solar
Planet stewardship and sustainability: global warming, etc.
Medical advances: eliminating disease, halting aging, the SpaceX
Tricorder, instant knowledge in your medicine cabinet
The power of technology: 3D printing, AI, robots, sensors,
ubiquitous Smartphones, sensors, the Internet of Everything, over
100 technologies improving exponentially and cross fertilizing
Alternate economic and social structures, based on extreme
abundance
The evolution of a new social consciousness
U.S. GOVERNMENT POWER
9/11 Aftermath Civil Liberties and their Erosion Spying/Citizen Privacy Patriot Act Police Powers/Militarization of Police/Police Relations Crack/Drugs/Drug Wars Prison-Industrial Complex/Prisoners' Rights Mind Control/Psy Ops/Disinformation/Propaganda Jonestown False Enemy Fear Campaigns (Communism, Socialism, Terrorism) Government-Designed Viruses/AIDS/Bird Flu/Pandemics Mae Brussell Nazis/Rise of Fascism/OSS Nazis in U.S. Military & Intelligence Networks National Aeronautics and Space Administration Education/Schools Watergate Ronald Reagan Cynthia McKinney
[B]U.S. MILITARY POWER
US Way of War/Permanent War Economy First Way of War: Unlimited War & Irregular War Doctrine of Discovery: Settler Colonialism Cold War/KGB American Wars Post WW2 Viet Nam First Gulf War War in Afghanistan War in Iraq Anti-War/Anti-Militarism GI Resistance/CCCO/Draft & GI Counseling/Counter-Recruitment/CHOICES Veterans' Services/Veterans' Rights/Agent Orange Nuclear War/Nuclear Energy Militarization of Agriculture
[B]SECRET POWER
U.S. Covert Operations and Wars U.S. Intelligence Surveillance State Central Intelligence Agency National Security Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation Office of Strategic Services Defense Intelligence Agency National Reconnaissance Agency National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Military Intelligence State Secrets Doctrine National Security Classification Contragate/Contras/Iran-Contra Hearings Intelligence Networks and the Drug Trade Peter Dale Scott Government Secrecy and Emergency Plans Secret Societies: Skull and Bones/Knights of Malta/Temple of Set COINTELPRO Suppression of Populist and Nationalist Movements
[B]CHANGING POWER (ASSASSINATIONS)
Attempts to Overthrow Foreign Governments Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba (1961) President Ngo Dinh Diem, South Viet Nam (1963) President John F. Kennedy (1963) Warren Commission Report ARRB Feinman JFK FOIA Case Bob Cutler Penn Jones Lyndon Johnson Malcolm X (1965) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) Robert F. Kennedy (1968) Fred Hampton (1969) General Rene Schneider, Chile (1970) Orlando Letelier, Chile (1976) Chico Mendez, Brazil (1988) Dorothy Stang (2005) COPA
[B]CORPORATE POWER
U.S. Corporate Empire State Oil Empire Corporate Globalization Economics/Capitalism Slave Master Into Corporate Constitution Property Interests Trump Living Systems Bhopal Genetically Engineered Food Money as Debt, Finance Capitalism and the Future Corporate Medical Interests/Pharmaceuticals/Big Pharma Anti-Psychiatry/Mental Health Banking and Organized Crime
[B]NON-AMERICAN POWER
Middle East/Israel/Palestinian Rights Muslim Power/Radical Islam Iran Syria ISIS/ISIL Taliban Religion European Union China Russia 9/11
[B]PEOPLE POWER
Disenfranchised People's History: Women/Immigrants/Native Americans/People of Color Indigenous Resistance to Colonial Genocide: Struggle for Land, Surviving Genocide Civil Rights Movements Human Rights Movements Peace/Peace Movements/Peace Studies/Washington Peace Center Anti Nuclear Weapons Movement Social Change/Alternate Social Structures Participatory Democracy Alternate Economics Models/Henry George Economics Intentional Communities/School of Living Ecology/Green Revolution Food Security
[B]TECHNOLOGICAL POWER
Technological Change/Effect on Human Evolution
[B]PUBLICATIONS/TAPES
"Cornerstone" "Covert Action Quarterly" "Democracy U" "In These Times" "Prevailing Winds" "The Realist" "New Solidarity" Newspapers "Open Secrets" "Continuing Inquiry" "World Watchers International" "Army Times" "The Week" "Resist" ""Global Outlook" "New Republic"
[B]CONTRIBUTED COLLECTIONS
Bill Kelly Walter Teague Vince Salandria Ace Hayes Gene Case Penn Jones Ralph McGehee[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
Magda Hassan Wrote:Looks great. It will be fantastic when they have it all on line and organised. A big job and a true labour of love. Thank you to all.
It is happening slowly...but it IS happening. This was a dream JJ had conceived when alive, now being actualized after his being gone. His collection of books and manuscripts, clippings, photos, documents et al. was HUGE. Others have contributed their own archives, as well. When complete it should be a reference library as well as a museum to educate. As I understand it, it is just outside of D.C. proper. Sadly, the Brussell library should be there too. JJ was long the curator of that legacy. I have no idea where it is now [I know it is in more than one place] and exactly who has control over its parts. I do know one of the daughters has been blocking putting it in the public eye for reasons mostly unknown. There might be another individual involved who wants it for himself.
I hope, like the Baylor collections [ever growing] JJ's library and museum will too grow and thrive. Certainly for school groups it should be real wake-up call...as well as to interested and motivated individuals/researchers. I think the long-range plan was to get some of it online, as well as physically there..but all this takes time, money and lots of work.
I really feel the absence of his basso profundo voice and the wisdom that came with it. His memory of things without notes or refreshing his memory was simply phenomenal! He is much missed. Many don't know he ever existed, or only know him for his yearly presentations in Dallas [and organizing a conference each year]. His life was much more multifaceted than that, and he worked on many things in many interrelated areas all his life, and every day of his life...starting aged about five. Many are not aware he was for several years a special national security aide and researcher for a House of Representatives Member - Cynthia McKenny. He wore many other hats.
For those who are not familiar with JJ, I suggest you look at posted writings and lectures on the earlier parts of this thread.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
John Judge, a Remembrance by David Ratcliffe Remarks delivered at the Celebration of the Life of John Patrick Judge
(See film of remarks, starting at 54:35)
National Press Club, Washington DC
31 May 2014
It is good to be here. I am grateful for the honor of sharing this remembrance with all of you and to Marilyn for putting all this together. I teach piano in Boston.I am going to speak about a significant period in John's life[1] that involved his efforts to carry on the work of his dear friend Mae Brussell. For more than 25 years Mae Brussell was America's foremost researcher into the hidden history of war, political assassinations, covert operations and espionage, terrorism and mind control, secret societies, banking and organized crime, and the origins and rise of international fascism. She held the George Seldes Award for 1987 from the Society of Journalists, and was listed in The International Who's Who of Intellectuals in 1983.Mae authored many articles including "Why Was Martha Mitchell Kidnapped?" and "Why Is the Senate Watergate Committee Functioning As Part of the Cover Up?," "Why Was Patty Hearst Kidnapped?" (about the SLA and the CIA) in The Realist, and "The Nazi Connection to the John F. Kennedy Assassination" in Rebel. Mae's weekly radio show, World Watchers International ran for 851 weeks on California stations KLRB-FM, Carmel, and KAZU-FM, Pacific Grove for a total of 17 years of newscasting.Mae lectured at various universities on the subject of political assassinations, their inter-locking links, the causes, and the people behind the murders. She was among the first researchers to connect the murders of John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and others, relying on her exhaustive cross-reference index of the Warren Commission evidence, and a steady diet of 15 daily newspapers, 150 monthly periodicals, and some 1,000 books a year.I met John in 1987 through Tom Davis. I was living in Santa Cruz and for some years had been listening to World Watchers. Tom was another first-generation assassination researcher and a friend of Mae's who ran Tom Davis Books (PDF),[2] and provided Mae with all her book purchases. After first ordering books from Tom through the mail, in time I was able to visit him at his office-warehouse in Capitola.Tom told me about the work John had been doing and gave me printed copy of some of his writings and his address. I corresponded with John and saw him in Santa Cruz when he was in the area speaking.In June 1988 Mae Brussell was diagnosed with cancer which became terminal. John wrote a proposal[3] dated September 3 and submitted an outline for a Mae Brussell Library and Research Center that included four sections: "Purpose", "Functions and Services", "Income Generation", and "Basic Structure, Requirements".Mae accepted John's proposal and asked him to "make it so." John moved to Santa Cruz from D.C. with the help of Bill Kelly and threw himself into this endeavor with all his passion, drive, and saavy. Although the challenges were immense, John intended to leverage what Mae had studied and amassed over 25 years and create a self-supporting research center. It is noteworthy that in John's proposal, three of the four similar libraries in other topic areas he cited still exist: Data Center in Oakland, Edgar Cayce Association for Research and Enlightenment in Newport News, and Highlander Center in Tennessee.Initially John set up the Center under the umbrella of Downwinders, Preston Truman's established non-profit. There were many processes John was endeavoring to establish in parallel as well as lay the ground work for. One was a flyer (PDF)[4] mailed out to many introducing the center and its goals. Another was creating and publishing a Newsletter to further help raise income. An outline[5] for the first newsletter lists a super-set of content from what was later published.In a February 1992 letter (PDF)[6] to both the MBRC and his own CONSPIRACY! mailing lists, John wrote that "Mae Brussell designated me to set up the research center in her name in Santa Cruz ... because we had worked together as researchers for close to 16 years, and she trusted my judgement and knowledge.... Unfortunately, Mae made no provisions in her will, or any financial planning for this continued work."With publication of the first 20-page Newsletter in late summer, 1989 (PDF),[7] John believed that the organization had turned the corner financially. Tragically, it was at this point that the rug began to be pulled out from under him by individuals who did not want him to run the center. One of Mae's daughters felt the collection should have been put in her care and moved to force John from the organization. A fellow researcher gave in to personal jealousy and professional envy at John's being chosen by Mae to be the director of promoting and furthering her life's work, and began making baseless public attacks on John's integrity, agent-baiting, and claims that he had stolen money, as well as ridiculous charges including supposed links to the Charles Manson family, the Aryan Brotherhood, and Western Goals, all of them fascist intelligence operations that John helped Mae expose.Since the fall of 1988 I had volunteered in various capacities to help John get the center established. The work was demanding and as time passed I was more and more aware of how John was not receiving essential support and help from a number of Mae's friends and followers who did not agree with Mae's decision to entrust her work to John.In a February 1990 letter of resignation, I wrote,
John alone took on the fundamental financial responsibility of launching this project, and without his own initial seed-money/non-interest loans, it would not have come this far. Mae trusted John's judgement enough to leave her work in his care with the goal of establishing a research organization and directing its course. John's experience and background in studying and chronicling the story of how fascism came to America made him a viable and credible choice for Mae to entrust her life's work to. However lack of support for John, including theft of center materials which were never returned as they were promised to be, unjustified rejection of Wendy Govier who offered a tremendous array of news media resources and MBRC access to such media as well as a prior history of substantial support for the center's goals, and a desire by board members to have control of the center's charter and direction without an accompanying acceptance of the responsibilities and duties inherent with such authority, all demonstrate a violation of Mae's trust in John to continue and further her own work.
John eventually resigned, as he wrote in 1992, "unable in good conscience to bring anyone into such an organization, or continue working with any sense of integrity." The way this period in John's life came to a close was one of the most painful and heartbreaking phases of his journey here. He had the highest hopes for what he envisioned was possible to increase awareness of what Mae had put together for an ever widening audience of people in America and the world.Earlier this week my dear friend Marty Schotz wrote Marilyn the following:
Though I am unable to attend the event commemorating John's life, I wanted to share a quote from a recent issue of The Monthly Review, which I think is very relevant to John. John's hope for a museum of hidden history, was really a hope for a museum of true history. In this connection, consider the following from W.E.B. DuBois:
I remember once offering to an editor an article which began with a reference to the experience of the last century. "Oh," he said, "leave out the history and come to the present." I felt like going to him over a thousand miles and taking him by the lapels and say, "Dear, dear jackass! Don't you understand that the past is the present; that without what was, nothing is? That, of the infinite dead, the living are but unimportant bits?"W.E.B. DuBois, The World and Africa, (1947) p.80.
In this present moment it is vital to appreciate how similar John's goal of creating the Museum of Hidden History is to what he sought to manifest in the late eighties. Each of these projects expresses a recurring desire and purpose of his life: the Museum of Hidden and True History is now ever more vital to pursue manifesting. Marilyn urges all of you who understand this to explore with her the multitude of ways you can contribute to making it so.Since 1987 I have treasured John's friendship through the years. Among other gifts, it was John who introduced me to Fletcher Prouty at the end of 1988 while work at the MBRC was ramping up. In the end, this introduction resulted in my self-publishing Understanding Special Operations,[8] the interview I conducted with Fletcher in May 1989.Twenty-five years later, in a May 2013 e-mail[9] to a few friends including John, I posed the question "who are the David Phillipses, the Richard Helmses, the James Angletons, Ted Shackleys, David Sanchez Moraleses, and William Harveys of today, who execute the imperatives of this era's Terror Warriors? It seems that people who physically or psychologically murder other people are, in some elemental respects, walking dead themselves."John replied to me alone with the following:
In an old and vivid dream I want to write into a story, I was with a group of people trying to confront and catch a killer who had traveled over time, a sort of Jekyll/Hyde/Jack the Ripper character. In the dream we were in the Victorian era London streets of fogs, carriages and gas lamps in a brick factory district, hiding in an alcove to see him go by in his hat and cape.
Then we began to pursue him until he became aware of us and some lit torches and the chase was on. It led down an alley, brick wall building backs on one side, backyard fences and gates on the other. He stopped just as we were gaining on him and tried to insert a key in one of the wooden gates, but fumbled and cursed as he dropped the key, realizing we were then too close to escape. He then turned towards us, his face a grinning skull of evil but also wide eyed with fear of what our retribution would be.
The others had only torchlight and no weapons. I stepped forward and looked directly into his face and eyes, and removed something from a pouch on my belt. I unfolded it and held it up to his eyes. It was the skin of his human face and I offered it back to him. This I think is symbolically how we nonviolently love those who do us evil, by not returning the violence and evil we give them back their humanity, if they are willing to take it. JJ
John's devotion to honoring and serving Life's needs was an extraordinary boon to our single, fragile, and miraculously gifted human family. His understanding, sensitivity, brilliance, vulnerability, ironic and farcical sense of humor was a tonic to all who knew him. The light from the fire in his heart continues to light Life's love and all who serve it and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
911 - What Aren't We Being Told? Everything you wanted to ask but we're afraid to know - Analysis by John Judge, Mail archive, Sept 2001 to the present
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
