West Yorkshire Truth Campaign
exposing the most troubling events in recent history

My niece was born in 2005 and Thursday September 11th 2008 was her 3rd Birthday. In previous years I'd spent the annivesary of 9/11 in London meeting with other activists, engaging with the public and demonstrating - either outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminister, the United States Embassay in Grosvenor Square or outside the BBC Headquarters in White City. This year I stayed at home in Yorkshire for the 11th and went to see my niece and family.

In the early evening after birthday pizza I wished her a happy birthday, said goodbye to her brother, her baby sister and family and the drove 280 mile trip to London - picking up Emma, a friend and fellow truth activist, on the way. We'd missed the four days of the week long WeAreChange UK vigil outside the US Embassay in Grosvenor Square but we still wanted to show our support for what Dean, Gareth, Kat and James and others had been doing.

On Friday morning we found the "REINVESTIGATE 9/11" camp on the Southwest corner of Grosvenor Square and chatted to Gareth and Kat about the previous days activities. We spent a few hours throughout the day chatting to fellow activists and the general inquisitive public. Many more people are aware of the various problems in our society and are questioning what we are given as the truth without simple taking it on blind faith.

Towards dusk we listened to a several speakers brought together by the Caged Prisoners campaign www.cageprisoners.com. Moazzam Begg, a US detention camp detainee and accused ‘enemy combatant’ now a peace campaigner, finished the series of talks. I'd met Moazzam Begg once before, when William Rodriguez had interview him in Birmingham while we were on the Last Man Out tour. WYTC had earlier in the year, invited him to speak in Beeston near, Leeds but unfortunately the venue management cancelled it due to the 'controversial nature' of the event. As if discussing the declined in civil liberties in post 7/7 Britain is too controvsial for an open public discussion - then where? Behind closed doors away from Big Brother?!

On Sunday morning we finally got round to catching up with Jon Kerr-Smith whose new film Last Man Out was to have its UK premiere that afternoon at a London Film Festival. I hadn't seen Jon since our February or March 2007 when we were on Tour with William Rodriguez and Annie Machon. In fact, the day I left that tour was the day Emma attended her first 911 Truth event in Norwich and began getting involved more proactively.

We left London later than expected and headed south towards Hailsham in East Sussex. The East Anglia Truth Campaign had a presence at the Out Of The Ordinary Festival with the Reinvestigate 9/11 Marque. You can see the East Anglia Truth Campaign in action in Deans awarding winning documentary The Elephant In The Room. www.nosmokewithoutfire.co.uk After a few hours of chatting and catching up with the 911 truth movements force against truth decay it was time for the long drive home.