A colleague recently tried to put "Judea Declares War on Germany" (about this and other DVDs - Free online condensed version) on Grassroots TV in Aspen, CO.

He was previously successful with putting some of my other DVDs (more info) on public access TV there, as have an increasing number of others across the U.S.

He wrote to the newspaper there, and had a letter published called "Defending Holocaust Revisionists."

As a result, the Grassroots TV is having second-thoughts about allowing this video to be aired. (Legally, they might actually be required, I believe, if they're viewed as public access TV as part of cable; but that doesn't mean they won't fight it.)

Please consider writing the Grassroots TV board of directors - DO NOT BE RUDE - and kindly request that they allow this video to be aired in the interest of fair play: Everyone has seen the opposing views from elementary school to college, and many people are curious as to what revisionists believe.

PLEASE, take a couple minutes and send these gentlemen a brief letter, asking that they honor our cherished First Amendment rights and allow others to get a glimpse of opposing viewpoints. Thanks for any help with this matter.

Below is a letter from the gentleman who would like to put "Judea Declares War on Germany" on Grassroots TV there.

In the middle, please see contact information for the Grassroots TV Board of Directors.

 

Today I was informed by Grassroots TV Executive
Director John Masters that, after receiving my letter
to the editor from me, he sent it to Board of
Directors President Alan Feldman, and Mr. Feldman
watched the video through the link I provided, and Mr.
Feldman wanted to cancel the airing of the video, so
after contacting the other board members (Tom McCabe,
Michael Lipkin, Jerald Bovino, Richard Cohen, Shellie
Roy and Sam Green), they decided to postpone the
airing of the video that had been scheduled for
Monday, Oct. 8, until they have a board meeting which
is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11, 12:30 PM at either
the studio or next door in the conference room of the
Red Brick, after which I would guess they would make a
decision for or against airing.

If the Board of Directors abides by the mission
statement, programming philosophy and core values of
Grassroots TV, their decision should be in the
affirmative.

If you have watched "Judea Declares War on Germany,"
please email the board officers and members and urge
them to air the film to the public. And even if you
have not watched it for some reason (perhaps you don't
have high speed internet), please read the mission
statement, programming philosophy and core values
below and understand that even if you think you
wouldn't agree with the content, you would urge them
to air it anyway for the important reasons stated
below, basically protecting free speech and the free
flow of ideas.

This is probably the pivotal issue of our day and
perhaps all time.

And if you live in the valley and can make the time,
please attend the board meeting next Thursday, Oct.
11, at 12:30 PM. The public is welcome. You can
email John Masters at masters@grassrootstv.org
He should be privy to the message you are sending.
Please be respectful to all and be concise.
You may also include me as a recipient of your email
if you wish. I would appreciate hearing from you.
This is for all of us.
Thank you,
Steve Campbell

GrassRoots Board of Directors

Officers:

Alan Feldman, acting president
alan@aspen-law.com
Tom McCabe, vice president
tomm@ci.aspen.co.us
Shellie Roy, treasurer
shellie@friasproperties.com

Members:

Richard A. Cohen
rcohen@carolannjacobson.com
Michael Lipkin
mlipkin@lipkinwarner.com
Jerald Bovino, M.D.
aspenracer@aol.com
Sam Green
sam@friasproperties.com

GrassRoots Mission Statement:

GrassRoots Television is devoted to protecting and
nurturing channels of mass communication for unlimited
use by all citizens in order that they may better
maintain their Liberty, govern their Democracy, and
enrich the quality of their lives and the lives of
their fellow citizens.

In the Roaring Fork Valley we are committed to
providing the highest quality personal service,
training, and production facilities to ensure the
greatest possible access to electronic media content
creation and its distribution between all citizens,
their organizations and the community at large.

We strive to demonstrate that citizen-determined media
is an essential attribute of a healthy and progressive
democratic community.

Programming Philosophy

GrassRoots TV12 is Unique:
Unlike any other TV channel, GrassRoots TV12 operates
media that defines and strengthens our community. It
is the only media whose mission is to provide
unlimited opportunity of access so that any individual
or organization in the Roaring Fork Valley may
communicate with the local community at large.

Because GrassRootsTV12 users and service recipients
control the content by being, and knowing the
producers, it is bottom-up grassroots community
interest, consensus and norms that determine the
content and its limits, not a top-down owner, editor,
board of directors, publisher or government order.
Due to this combination of freedom and local
relevancy, much of the content on GrassRoots TV12
cannot exist on any other channel.

Access to mass media, even on public radio and PBS, is
fully controlled by the gatekeepers of those media.
Only community television allows community members
themselves to determine the content. It is a true home
of Liberty and the First Amendment. Wide-net public
support and many small donors allow GrassRoots TV12 to
remain non-commercial and apolitical, and to value
diversity and individual expression over purposefully
targeting a commercial or specific donor audience.

Core Values: GrassRoots TV12 Vision

We passionately believe that the health of our
community and ultimately of human society and the
global ecology depends on inclusive communal problem
solving. Such just solutions are only possible with
the active participation of, and unlimited
communications between, literate and sovereign
citizens. The acceptance of every human being’s
inherent right to free speech, peaceful assembly and
access to information is the keystone of Liberty,
Democracy and progress. The need for individuals to
secure and exercise these rights was identified at
least as far back as Rousseau and Locke, was
consecrated by Jefferson in the Declaration of
Independence, put into powerful action by Franklin and
Paine, secured by the People in the Constitution of
the United States of America and is the essence of
Walter Paepcke’s Aspen Idea.

GrassRoots TV12 provides an egalitarian, apolitical
and non-judgmental community media resource where the
ideals of freedom and democracy are protected and
nurtured. GrassRoots TV12 enables and encourages
citizens to participate in unrestricted civil
discourse, free personal expression and open access to
electronic media distribution.

GrassRoots TV12 is viewed as a valuable community
asset. It weaves together the interests and needs of
politically separate but geographically and
economically linked counties, municipalities and
neighborhoods into a single Roaring Fork Valley
community. It helps dissimilar individuals understand
their common challenges, needs, values and dreams.

This unlimited communications link between individual
citizens, their organizations and the community at
large fulfills the intent of The First Amendment,
enlivening our freedoms of speech and assembly from
abstract guarantees into powerful tools for creating
and sustaining a healthy, vital and progressive
community.