State v. Johnstone: Crimen Injuria

Plaintiff: Hon. Patricia de Lille, MP, ID

Defendant: Lara Johnstone, HARTSSTARH

CT-CAS 1340/7/07 &: 17/1384/07 &: 14/1198/08

George-CAS 572/02 ::: HC-CPD Appeal A 696-04

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TO: SAPABOfrd of Directors;clo & via: M . Hannes de Wetclo & via: M . Ben McLennan

Mr. Ben McL nnanCapetown B reau News EditorSA Press Ass ciationTel: (27) 02 4242133Fax: (27) 02 424 9376Email: capeews@sapa.org.za

Honourable ransparency CC: Cape Party Leader: Mr. Jack Miller [Ref: (11) HonourableTransparenc RSAMedia Enquiry]

SAPA Board df Directors; clo & via Mr. McClennan,

RE: (I) RetJuest to SAPA: News Article: 19 July 2007:(11) and HonourableTranspantncy RSAMedia Enquiry

(I) Request tt:> SAPA: News Article: 19 July 2007: Woman Defies Court over Rude De LiUeSMS's

Mr. MacLenntn, Thank you for very much for your very professional help, in our brief telephonicconversation earlier today.

A brief reca 1 requested to be provided with the name and contact details of the journalistwho wrote t e aforementioned article, distributed by SAPA. You informed me, you werecurrently un ble to inform me of the details I requested related to the journalist, since thejournalist w a freelance journalist, also known as a 'stringer', who may be irregularlymoonlighting without the knowledge of their primary employer. Accordingly disclosure of theirname may re ult in them losing their job, since their employment contract forbids them tomoonlight wi h other news organisations.

For the ReCOf:1 have no objections to you providing a copy of this correspondence to the

'stringer jou alist' who wrote the original article; whose name you are currently unable toinform me of I do not allege - in any way - that such journalist was maliciously motivated; onlythat their so rces, or their source's sources appear to be either (i) negligently misinformed, or(ii) intention lly providing the journalist with disinformation.

1 hope it wastcase of the former (negligently misinformed), in which case, such mistakels canbe easily cor cted, by the provision of accurate information for such individual to adjust theirformer perce tion in the matter.

Please aCCOiinglYfind my written request, as per your request that I submit the essence of mytelephonic quest to you in writing; so that you may submit the information and request toSAPAautho ties for their decision in the matter.

I request SA[A to provide me with the name and contact details (telephone number), of thejournalist w 0 wrote the SAPANews Article, of 19 July 2007, titled, Woman Defies Court OverRude De Lit SMS's.

specificallY'tromthe journalist, I require the source of the following information, as per thequestions he e following (I have provided further quoted information, should yourself, SAPA,orthe journali find the additional information useful in terms of making your decision in thismatter):

I require thsource/s ofreport; or (be subpoenso that the jwitness stan

information, so that I can either (a) contact the journalist to find out whom theheir erroneous information was; related to the allegations made in their news

if I am unable to contact such journalist, to obtain such sources details for them tod to testify to the information published by SAPA;I require the journalists details,urnalist can be subpoenaed to provide the information, for the defence, on the

1. The ftails of Johnstone (Defendant's) arrest on Wednesday 18 July 2007, implying that

the a rest was legal; i.e. conducted with the relevant required Arrest Warrantdocu entation, and not blatantly irregular, due to the absence (non-existence) of anyArres Warrant.

Outstanding Evidentiary Documentation: 'Outstanding Warrants': Two Alleged'Outstanding Warrants', used by SAP INSP. Christian, to plausibly irregularly orillegally arrest and detain Defendant in this Crimin Inuria Matter, on 18 July2007.

At the time of Inspector Christian's arrest of Defendant, Inspector Christian statedhis justification for the Arrest were two outstanding Warrants, one allegedly inPietermaritzburg and one in Port Elizabeth.

Defendant requested proof and copies of these alleged Outstanding Warrants, asper the Constitutional Principle "to be informed of the charge with sufficientdetail to answer it." Inspector Christian refused to provide proof of these allegedoutstanding warrants, and proceeded to arrest and detain Defendant.

The proof of these alleged Outstanding Warrants used to arrest and detainDefendant on 18 July 2007, have yet to be provided by Inspector Christian, theSouth African Police Services, or the National Prosecuting Authority; and wererequested from the SAPSand the National Prosecuting Authority, by LaraJohnstone; from Attorney Mr. Malcolm Gezzler, by Lara and Andre Johnstone, andAttorney Mr. Milton de La Harpe, by Lara Johnstone.-- Excerpt: For the Record: State v Johnstone; 'Crimen Inuria': Incomplete FurtherParticulars

2. The s urce of the following SAPAreported information: (i) the name of the court orderlywho i formed the court that "[Lara Johnstone] was violent, swearing and abusive, andrefus to be brought into the courtroom"; (ii) the court record, where the Magistratenoted that "Accused refuses to be brought to court. She is abusive and hostile. "; (Hi) thecourt ecord letter from Mr. Theo Dahms, from the Forensic Section of Community HealthServic s Organisation, wherein he stated, "[Lara Johnstone] is totally uncooperative, andrefus to answer any of my questions. She simply walked out of the room. I canthere re not comment on her mental condition, but would think if she persists in this

way ~he needs to be sent for psychiatric observation"; and (iv) The PsychiatricAssesl;ment allegedly handed in to the court on September 22, 2007.

Outstanding Due Process Documentation: Referral to Forensic Psychologist,Forensic Psychologist's Report; and subsequent State Psychological Report:

At approximately 10 am, on 19 July 2007, while awaiting to appear in court, in theMagistrate Court cells, the SAPSinformed the Defendant she was being taken to'the Doctor'. At no time did the Defendant request to see any Doctor. TheDefendant requested the Police to provide written reasons, for why she was beingrequired to see a Doctor, without her request for seeing any Doctor. The Policelaughed and told her to 'Shut Up and do as you are told'. The Defendant wastaken by the SAPSto the Family Planning & Community Health Services to seeForensic Psychologist, Dr. Theo Dahms.

The Defendant refused to answer any of Dr. Theo Dahms questions (Annex:Woman Defies Court Over Rude De Lille SMSs,SAPA); until she was provided withwritten documentation, proving (i) her arrest and detention to have been lawful,i.e. provided evidence of the alleged outstanding Warrants, and their relevantlegal validity; and (ii) written documentation, including written reasons (SouthAfrican Constitution § 32 & 33: Access to Information and Just AdministrativeAction; Criminal Procedure Act § 77 - 79: Accused: Capacity to UnderstandProceedings: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility) by the alleged courtofficial who alleged the Defendant was required to see a Forensic Psychologist, asa result of her being incapable of understanding Proceedings, due to MentalIllness.

The Defendant was returned to Magistrate Court Holding Cells; and requested atelephone call to arrange for an Attorney. The SAPSrefused to allow theDefendant a telephone call, to arrange for an Attorney. The Defendantaccordingly refused to enter the Court Room, without having been provided withher right to a telephone call to arrange for an attorney to represent her in courtto apply for bail on her behalf. The SAPScontinued to refuse her the opportunityto make a telephone call, until the end of court day, and subsequently theDefendant was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison, by the SAPS;where she remaineduntil 22 August, when Attorney Mr. Malcolm Gezzler, and Advocate Gary Beale,represented her in a bail hearing, where she was granted bail. The bail wasgranted upon the alleged legal validity, authenticity and existence of the stilloutstanding Warrants, used to arrest and detain Defendant; which to this datehave yet to be provided by the SAPS.-- Excerpt: For the Record: State v Johnstone; 'Crimen Inuria': Incomplete FurtherParticulars

For th Record: NPA-CT have so far refused to provide the aforementioneddocu entation requested of them and the SAPS[See court proceedings of 02 March2009]. The NPA: Pretoria, Adv. Ackerman (Priority Crimes Litigation Unit) did kindlyres 0 d to my request, by forwarding my complaint to NPA:WC: Adv. De Kock. I have hadno res onse from NPA:WC, Adv. De Kock, or anyone else in Western Cape, or CapetownNPA.

ShOUl~OU require any further information from me, in order to enable you to make a

fully i formed decision in this matter; please simply ask; and if the information isavail a le to me, I have no problem whatsoever making it available to you. All - and Imean LL - information available to me, is according to my Radical Honesty principles ofTrans rency and'Disclosure, available to SAPAin this matter.

Furt rmore, the primary documents related to this Crimen 'nuria and its preceding HighCour Appeal matters, that are in my possession,I have made publicly available, athtt : Icrimeninuria.blo s ot.com, in accordance with my PRHvalues of transparencyand 'sclosure, in this and related matters.

(11)Honoura le Transparency RSAMedia Enquiry.

I am a great an of multi-tasking. Since it was my intention to call SAPAJohannesburg for acontact pers n, to submit Honourable Transparency RSA Media Enquiry to; and since I had tosearch for t ephone and fax numbers for SAPAJohannesburg, and I had been struggling to get aresponsefro SAPACapetown in repeated previous telephonic conversations in 2008, re: my19/07/07 En uiry (above); I thought I would do both at once. Johannesburgdid not answer theirphones, so t at is how I got hold of you - Mr. MacLennan-- first.

Subsequent your request to me, to put my request to SAPA- via yourself - in writing; andsince my req est to your office, is directly related to the issues raised by individuals within TheCape Party legations - namely whether the media is committed to PRACTICINGhonourabletransparenc and disclosure, and honourable integrity in their reporting on controversial andpolitically in orrect issues-- I thought I would submit both requests to SAPA;clo and via,yourself.

AcCOrdinglY'~would appreciate it if the issuesraised in these two allegations related to

plausible Me ia Bias- and if intentionally avoiding the enquiry into the integrity and honour ofTRC-RSA'sal eged identity, perhaps even fraud -- are of concern to you, to please be so kind asto forward t em, to the appropriate SAPAOfficials; for their attention and response.

Respectfully 6ubmitted

Lara JOhnsto~eState v. John tone: Crimen InudahttD:llcrime inuria.bloQSDot.com

Encl: Honourbble Transparency RSA Media Enquiry

State v. Johnstone

Charges: Crimen InjuriaPlaintiff: Hon. Patricia de LilleDefendant: Lara JohnstoneCT-CAS 1340/7/07 ft George-CAS 572/02Cases: 17/1384/07 ft 14/1198/08

HC-CPD Appeal A 696-04

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rable Transparency RSAMedia Enquiry:

'I) Are the South African Media Predisposed to:(a) E.tctreme Prejudice and Bias, or (b) Fair and Balanced

Reporting, towards The Cape Party?

(11)Wa the TRC a massive fraud upon South Africans, blackand wh te? Is 'TRC-RSA' serious B: committed to Truth Telling,Trans rency and Forgiveness? If not, is the TRC-RSA 'social

cont act' null and void, as a result of fraud B: betrayal?

Cape Party: Letter of Authorisation

Elehoral Commission: Acceptance of Nomination by a Ward Candidate

George By-Election: Ward 19: Cape Party: Lara Johnstone

Media Enquiry Enclosures:

The IrRC was a massive fraud on South Africans, black and white •• (PRH)

US Convict Wins Love and Support in SA Town (Sunday Times);

SA tplaasmeisie' vas in VSA oor Golf-protes (Die Beeld);

Woman Defies Court over Rude De Lille SMS's (SAPA);

It's all Downhill From Here (Farmers Weekly)

Timothy McVeigh & Me (New Abolitionist)

You never C~ange things by fighting the existingreality. To c ange something, build a new model

that mak s the existing model obsolete."!iuckminster Fuller's Law

"What people ""ink is what they do. Its corollary: Tochange what ~eople do, change what they think."Quinn's Second Law

"If the WOrltissaved, it will be saved by peoplewith change minds, people with a new vision. It

will not be sav d by old minds with new programs."shmaels Story of B Law

"If the only ultimate check on the growth ofpopulation is misery, then the population will grow

until it is miserable enough to stop its growth."Kenneth Boulding's "Dismal Theorem"

"There never was an idea stated that woke men outof their stupid indifference, but its originator was

spoken of as a crank."Oliver Wendell Holmes 'Buck v. Bell' Law

Insincere Politeness, n. The most acceptablehypocrisy.

'TRC' 'Proudly South African' Law

CAPE PARTY~

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Letter of Authorisation

ape Party hereby authorises, Ann Johnstone, ID number: 4602140019083, to act

on l;fhalf ofthe Cape Party in the nomination of the candidate, Lara Johnstone, forthe cteorge By-election on 24 June 2009.

Tel: (021) 671 8668; Fax: (021) 671 8202Email: cape@capeparty.com ; Website: www.capeparty.com

MEC 26

Electoral Commission

CCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION BY A WARD CANDIDATE - SECTION 17(2)(b) OF

THII LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL ELECTORAL ACT, 2000 (ACT NO. 27 OF 2000)

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Place:

Date:

t my nomination as an i~elB~BA€Jcnt'::8r~-~-8te/party ward ~ndidate (deletepplicable) in the abovementioned election by ..Wf '&4.[Y .name of nominating individual or party)

Signature of candidate

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Mr. Awie Se koeiElectoral P ject CoordinatorIndependen Electoral Commission (I.E.C)George Mu cipality - WC 044Tel: (044) 8 3 2347 11 Fax: (044) 873 2367 11 Cell: 076: 1580861

CC: Jack Miller, Cape Party Leader; PEREmail

RE: Geor. By Election: Ward 19: Cape Party: Lara Johnstone

Notice:

1. Cap Party Decision: Withdrawal of Nomination

I was informed by Mr. Jack Miller, per telephone on the afternoon of 4 June 2009;that ubsequent to a meeting he held with Cape Party Officials, the Cape Partyhas cided to withdraw their nomination of myself, for George By Election: Ward19, 0 24 June 2009.

2. Lara!JOhnstoneSupport for Cape Party DecisionI full support the Cape Party's decision to withdraw their nomination of myself,in thl matter; accordingly I have no objections thereto.

3. Writ en Reasons: SAConstitution: § 32. (1) and 33. (1)

Subs quent to filing the Nomination Papers, a few Cape Party Officials declaredtheir bjections thereto, during a meeting on the issue.

Thei concerns being: The media may be predisposed to extreme prejudice andbias, s opposed to fair and balanced reporting and enquiry; towards the CapePart related to my personal actions and views, as stated in my current legalcases -- namely the High Court CPDAppeal A 696-04 (GSH20/2003 aka SAP572/ 2); and its related subsequent Capetown Magistrate Crimen Inuria Case(SAP: 1340/7/07 aka CT Mag. Case: 17/1384/07, subsequently refiled as14/1 98/08) - currently in the Criminal Justice System.

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I acc rdingly support the Cape Party's decision, as I do not wish to be their - orany olitical party's nominated candidate - unlessthere is full and unequivocalsupp rt for my candidacy by all Party Members, based upon fully informeddeci ons, of (i) the political principles and values I represent and stand for,amo g others Total Transparency and Disclosure; and (ii) accordingly, fullkno edge of my 100%transparent background.

RespectfulbJSubmitted

Lara JohnstGme

Acknowledg~d as Received by IEC:

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PRHExc~rpts: Crimen Inuria: The TRCwas a massive fraud on South Africans, black and white ..

ainst me is for crimen injuria (aAfrican law, that Does not allowt someone's dignity with bad

Brad & ALL!!

Brad: Would you be seriously interested inholding an 8 day Course in Honesty In Politicsworkshop on obben Island, for the leaders of allSouth African political parties and perhaps evenNoble Peace rize dickheads De Klerk, Mandelaand Tutu?

My trial date has been set for 8 July; when thePlaintiff will testifying.

The Plaintiff 's the Leader of the IndependentDemocrats P itical Party: Hon. Mrs. Patricia deLille. She wa very brave and is not afraid ofbeing very 0 spoken. She is coloured, and shewas the pe on who exposed South Africa'smassive arm deal corruption scam whichcurrently ha our possible future President,awaiting trial on over 780 indictments of fraudand corruptio .

Other Politic l Leaders of Political Parties andrenowned So th African individuals shall also becalled for th r witness testimony; such as: Hon.Tony Leon, M ; Former Leader of the DemocraticAlliance; Min of Intelligence: Mr. R. Kasrils;Former Presi ent. Mr. Thabo Mbeki; FormerPresident: Mr NelsonMandela.

The chargeunique Southyou to inslanguage).

Very briefly: ince 2002 I have been alleging thatSouth Africa Truth and Reconciliation wasFAKE... PRET'ND... NOT REAL.. a dog and ponypolitical sho . In 1994 when the TRC wasformed, I ha believed it was real. I voluntarilySubmitted m Submission to the TRC and tookResponsibility for the Crimes that had beenconducted in y name. Over time, all my effortsof sincere re honest dialogue, to address racialissues, and anger and hate issues werediscouraged, ilified, & obstructed.

I repeatedly rovided the STATEthe opportunityto PROVEME RONG;in that they Were SERIOUSABOUTTRUT TELLINGAND FORGIVENESS.THEYDID EVERYTH G TO PROVETHEYWERENOT....AND TO AV ID THE TRIAL, AND ATTEMPTEDVERY, VERY ARD TO HAVE ME CERTIFIEDASINSANE.

For example: Open Letter to the RSAMedia in2002; hand d ivered to Mrs. De Lille [Office]

[Excerpts:]"D mocracy is honesty, transparency,openness, s cerity, truthfulness, integrity,honour, e ics, reliability, uprightness,frankness, c ndour, bluntness, outspokenness,forthrightnes and straightforwardness! Anythingelse is NOTD MOCRACY,it is HYPOCRISY:'

"Reconciliation and transformation are NOT twodifferent things that need to be balanced. YouCANNOT achieve reconciliation (forgiveness)without experiencing personal transformation.They are NOT SEPARATE,they are a PROCESS,one leads to the other. In order to achieve TRUE,HONEST,FRANK, reconciliation (forgiveness), itREQUIRESPERSONALTRANSFORMATION,Le. itrequires telling the truth in an open frank,outspoken, forthright manner to another,listening, getting over your anger, compromisingand getting to a point of understanding as well asforgiveness (not for the other person's benefit,but your own). It requires getting over anger tothe point of forgiveness - THAT IS THE HONESTFORMOFTRANSFORMATIONTHAT LEADSTO REALRECONCILIATION!Anything else, is nothing butpolitics masquerading as 'transformation' and'reconciliation'! "

South Africans are FAKING our reconciliation,because we are TOO AFRAIDto confront eachother openly and honestly with our criticism,fear, anger and hate towards each other, GETOVER IT and REALLYforgive each other (NOTPRETEND).We have millions of people in SouthAfrica who have INVENTEDin their heads theIDEA that we have RECONCILlATON.We DON'T.The sooner we realize that fact and confrontthat problem, the better, for ourselvesindividually, as well as for our country, and thefuture of our children.

Problems are best handled by confronting themopenly rather than keeping them secret; bytelling other people what problems we have andworking them out in the public arena. As it turnsout, not all problems are miserable.

The current Hypothetical Conclusion for thepurpose of this CRIMENINURIATRIAL: The TRChad been a massive fraud on South Africans,black and white; who now go around pretendingto like each other to each others faces andcannot stand each other as hypocrites behindclosed doors.

Information about Radical Honesty and myperspective that STATESECRECYis AS BADAS ITWASUNDERAPARTHEID(recently a news reportby a State Archivist, Stated as such, accusing theANC of THE SAMELEVELOF STATESECRECYASUNDERAPARTHEID);and that in many ways ourTRC effort of FAKE PRETENDRECONCILIATION,ONLYMADETHINGSWORSE.

I .. shall get to the point.

THISISMY 'DRAFTPLAN/IDEA:In South Africa wehave a two tier law system. What does htatmean? It means for example that communitieswho have different values ... can choose to settletheir differences by a separate judicial system;

PRHExcl:!rpts:Crimen Inuria: The TRCwas a massive fraud on South Africans, black and white ..

where they re 'judged' and 'adjudicated' byindividuals fr 11that particular tribal custom.

MY POINT I THAT MY TRIBAL' CUSTOM ISRADICALHON STY: ..... I want to read them astatement, fr m the Radical Honesty TRIBEORCULTor what ver. Do they have the courage toattend a Radi al Honesty Course in Honesty andForgiveness?

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NOWEVENIF HEYALL SAYNO _n BUTPATRIClADE LlLLE IS 0 lE HELLOF A GUTSYWOMAN,ANDSHE IS OUTR GED ABOUT CORRUPTION... ANDWELLSHEMA HAVETHE BALLSTO SAYSHEWILLPARTICIPATE,AS A CHALLENGETO THE REST...WHICHWILL HENINCLUDETHISCHALLENGEONTHE FUNDAMNTAL ISSUEOF SOUTH AFRICA'STRC AND'NE SOUTHAFRICA'IDENTITY....

Sowhat do yo THINK????

Lara

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Dear Lara,

I think the la you are being prosecuted for isridiculous an dates back to a belief in cursesfrom witch d ctors. And even though you arecrazy and al lays asking for trouble, you arebeing ridiculo Isly prosecuted, and your defenseis justified an accurate and that your statementabout the dif "'rence between posed forgivenessand real forg eness is entirely accurate and, sofar, almost al 'lays avoided by politicians. I thinkthis trouble )u are making is good trouble tomake.

I am suret = conversation about honesty inpolitics must include the liklihood that thedefense indus ry bribes to an upcoming head ofstate were k pt hidden and that what usuallyposes as polit :al honesty, isn't honesty. I wouldlove to do a half day appreciation/resentmentsession with a.[ the party leaders paired up andtalking to ea h other. I think the woman yourefer to may b _interested in that conversation.

I believe in t e death penalty. I, personally,would like to ee a lot of people killed--heads ofdefense indus .ries, Monsanto, corrupt bankers,etc. for lying md murder. I would prefer beingable to confr ,nt them and express myself andforgive them nd would love to have a system ofjustice that g,ve them the option of suicide orconstructive s .rvice to make up for their sins.But since tl e standard is truth but noreconciliation, I think we should just kill themotherfuckers because we don't have time towait for the ki ld of systemic change required fortruth and reco 1Ciliation to occur. A lot of peopleare about to ie anyway, so why not pick whichones?Things r ~mainingas hey are, simply all ofthe poor peop = will go first when at least half of

currently living human beings die within the next10 years.

That said, here is a statement that might be astart at 'splaining the difference between themind's eye view and the heart's eye view offorgiveness:

"Forgivenessoccurs through telling the truth andthen staying there to experience the sensationsin the body and the emotional response of theperson speaking the truth. Staying present to theexperience requires a broadening of attention, awidening of focus from the narrower focus onright and wrong, admitting lies, admittingcrimes, reporting what really happened in thepast. The shift from primary attention to theintellectual domain of judging right and wrong,to giving primary attention to the bodilyexperience that comes with telling the truth, isdo that the person can feel their way through,rather than think their way around, theexperience triggered by the report about thepast.

"Forgiveness is required for reconciliation. Andthe process of reconciliation is forgivenesssquared. Because, as the one who initiatestelling the truth, whether it is confessing whatyou have done or reporting on what others havedone, you have to stay present to the personswho responds to your words, and to your feelingresponse and verbal response to them, and theymust do the same in response to you... and thismust go on for however long it takes for all theparties to be moved in their emotions, in theirbodies and at the level of sensationsexperiencedin the body, so that the sensations can increase,persist for a while, decrease, and then recedeand go away. It is this bodily sensation of achange of heart that is the criterion forforgiveness that creates the possibility ofreconciliation. If this process goes on honestlyand is supported by those who give the invitationto reconciliation, sometimes former enemiesbecome allies and friends out of mutual respectfor each other's willingness to go through theprocess of telling the truth and experiencing andsharing their honest heartfelt, bodyfelt response.

Sometimes, many times, the truth never getstold. Sometimes, many times, even if the truth istold, reconciliation does not occur.

Sometimes truth and reconciliation happens.When it does, new people make a newbeginning." Brad Blanton, Ph.D., ClinicalPsychologist, Psychotherapist, world renownedauthor of the "Radical Honesty" series of bookspublished in 12 languages around the world(Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian,German, Swedish, Spanish, Polish, ... and someformer Soviet block countries.)

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ASOUTH African plaasmeisie has won a surprise victoryover the hearts of residents of her home town of Volksrustafter marrying a black American who has spent 15 years injail for murder.

31 May 1998

US convict wins love andsupport in SA town

Born into a family related by marriage to former PrimeMinister B J Vorster, was a child rebel, spurning racism forfriendship with a black teacher. She became involved instudent protests during the 80s and worked forGreenpeace and Amnesty International. Lara, now 31,made waves in October last year when she announced hermarriage to Demian Johnson, 33, a black American in jailsince the age of 18 for the killing of a taxi driver.

Her parents, initially shocked by her decision to marryDemian, have become his greatest supporters and haveurged all their friends to write to the parole board,demanding he be set free. A significant number ofVolksrust residents have backed the call.

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Speaking from jail this week, Demian said Lara was "likean angel to me" and that he was "overwhelmed, delightedand inspired" by the support from VOlksrust, a town on theborder between Mpumalanga and Kwazulu Natal.

LOCKED IN EMBRACE: Lara andDemian Johnson share a moment

together behind bars after theirwedding at the California State

Prison

In 1983, he and two friends took a taxi ride, intending torun off without paying. But one of the friends pointedDemian's gun at the driver and the faulty weaponaccidentally fired, killing the man, Wilmer Gates jnr.

Even though Demian had no idea his friend planned totake out the gun, he faced the electric chair. But hissentence was plea-bargained down to "15 years to life" forsecond-degree murder.

Lara "met" Demian over the Internet, while she was inWashington DC and he in jail in Sacramento.

Demian, who spent the first nine years of his open-endedsentence as a "lifer" in solitary confinement, is due for aparole hearing in July.

Speaking from California, this week, Lara said: "Growingup in Volksrust, you got to be pretty racist. It was realBroederbond territory, where the labourers would besjambokked if they did anything wrong. It was MarthaShabalala, who taught at the fann school, who showed meanother way."

Lara's first contact with the world of prisons was as a childwhen her parents contracted prison labour to plant trees onthe fann.

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_tJOhn¥n, wat haar bestempel as 'n eenvoudige plaasmeisie van

Volksr st en "aangetroude familie" van wyle mnr. John Vorster,oudpr ier en -staatspresident, het verlede jaar opspraak gewektoe sy 'n tronk met die veroordeelde moordenaar DemianJohns n (33) getroud is. Hy dien vyftien jaar tronkstraf weens moord uit.

50 mense het aan die optog een van talle oor die he le landbskure beweging The Utopian Anarchist Party aan die spitseem.

Me. Lara Johnson met

die woorde Wag theDog op haar gesig,word in Oakland,Amerika, in hegtenisgeneem saam metnog dertien betogersteen die aanvalle opIrak. Hulle het die

federale gebou in diestad gedwing om tweeuur lank te sluit.

BeeldJohannesburg Finaal Bladsy 1

'plaasmeisie' vas in VSA oor Golf­es

r: 1917

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ngton. Een van Suid-Afrika se voorbok-aktiviste in Amerika,

me. Lctat: .iJohnsom. (31), is eergister in Oakland, Kalifornie,tydensl'n betoging teen Amerika se lugaanvalle op Irak in hegtenisgenee

Sy hetfom op die internet ontmoet, glo dadelik op hom verlief geraak en sedertdien steun inSuid-A rika probeer kry om druk op Amerika uit te oefen om hom toe te laat om hom saammet ha r in Suid-Afrika te vestig.

Einde Jerlede jaar was sy weer in die nuus toe sy aan die New Yorkse marathon deelgeneemhet me haar Iyf geverf in die kleure van die Suid-Afrikaanse vlag. Sy wou daarmee dieaanda op haar teenmisdaad-veldtog in Suid-Afrika vestig.

JOhnS~ is saam met nog veertien betogers in hegtenis geneem nadat hulle waarskuwings

veront gsaam en twee ingange van 'n federale gebou versper het. Die woorde Wag the Dogwas in wart en wit op haar gesig geverf en sy was geklee in die kleure van die Suid­Afrikaa se vlag.

gers is weens betreding aangekla en aangese om Dinsdag in die hof te verskyn.

is al maande lank betrokke by die Amerikaanse protes-politiek.

Sy het bister in 'n e-pos-boodskap aan Beeld vertel hoe sy 'n polisie-offisier oor dielugaantalle gekonfronteer het.

"onstt 'n doodkis vol puin voor die ingang van die gebou neergesit en toe vier bottels metrooi vi istof daarop omgekeer as simbool van die bloed wat Amerikaanse bombardementein Irak I at vloei.

"Ons tjet voor die twee ingange van die gebou gaan le en mense verhinder om dit binne tegaan ot te verlaat," het Johnson gese.

Woman defiel court over rude De LiIle SMSs

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n defies court over rude De lille

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A woman wi0 allegedly sent rude SMSs to politician Patricia de Lille - and then refused to appearin the Cape Irown Magistrate's Court - was sent for psychiatric observation on Thursday.

De Lille is th~ leader of the Independent Democrats political party.

Lara Johnst~ne (40) is charged with crimen injuria, and prosecuting authorities are yet to decidewhether to a~d intimidation to the charges.

No details o~the crimen injuria charge were given when prosecutor Thembela Yawa called hercase in the dape Town Magistrate's Court.

According tolthe charge sheet, Johnstone was arrested on Wednesday.

When her C!ewas called, a court orderly went to the court's holding cells to fetch her, butreturned wit out her and explained that she was violent, swearing and abusive, and refused to bebrought into he courtroom.

The magistr1te noted on the court record: "Accused refuses to be brought to court. She is abusiveand hostile."

Also on the icordwas a letter from the forensic services section of the Community HealthServices Or nisation, in which Theo Dahms stated: "She is totally uncooperative, and refuses toanswer any f my questions. She simply walked out of the room.

"I can theref~re not comment on her mental condition, but would think if she persists in this wayshe needs tolbe sent for psychiatric observation."

Johnstone wts remanded in her absence to September 22, when her psychiatric assessment is tobe handed tolthe court.

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It's lall downhill from hereSocial activis Lara Johnstone is a woman on a mission - to alert all and sundry, and particularly

governmentTlrnisters and other people of influence, that the era of abundant fossil fuel is coming

to an end. W th the growing interest in biofuels, and the acute implications of the energy crunch

for agricultul ::,her message may have special relevance for farmers.,

~Q'.'IN 19 , M KING HUBBERT,..'..' " ...•••.a Shel geologist, invented' the p ak oil concept, and.' '. 'i corre Iy predicted the US

production pea fthe early 1970s.'Peak oil' refer to the peak in global oil

production. An I field's production inevi­

tably and irrever ibly declines once abouthalf the oil in th eld has been extracted.

Peak oil refers to he global phenomenon.Worldwide,S f the 65 largest oil­

producing coun ies in the world havepassed their pea and are now in decline.

According to Ma thew Simmons, CEO ofthe world's large t energy investment

bank, a large am unt of data indicatesthat crude oil pr duction peaked inDecember 2005, ith subsequentdecline, and not s 'if that trendcontinues for an ther 12

months, it will b fairly easyfor people that ant to berealists to say w actuallypeaked atthe en of 2005'.

After the peak every barrelis more difficult d expensive

to produce, but ecause of

increased popul tion andeconomic growt , demandcontinues to inc ase, which

creates a growin gap

between supply nd demand,

further spiking t e price.Declining oil oduction

will have massivl

repercussions 0the way we live.In early 2005, thUS Departmentof Energy com­missioned a risk

mitigation studytmpeak oil: Peak­

ing of World OilProduction:

Impacts,

Mitigation and

RiskManagemen"

6 1 December 2001

commonly referred to as the Hirsch Report .It warned of dramatic price volatility,

saying that 'without timely mitigation, theeconomic, social, and political costs will beunprecedented', and that 'viable mitiga­

tion options exist on both the supply anddemand sides, but to have substantial

impact, they must be initiated more thana decade in advance of peaking'. Recently,

it priced such mitigation at a minimum of

$20 trillion of investment - prior to peak.Studies on net energy (also referred to

as the energy returned on energy invested

ratio) are crucial, and help us to evaluatewhether, all factors considered, a par-

ticular energy source providesmore energy than it takes

to produce it. Currentnet energy study

results report thatno combination of

alternative energiescan sustain current

consumption in the absenceof massive investment,as aforementioned.

Tom Whipple, a

respected peak oil

journalist, informed

the economic growthfanatics - who ignore

the question as to

how we are goingto feed ourselves

in an energy-scarceworld, let alone

industrially producebiofuels - that 'there

are acceptablealternatives

to putting produced corn in your petroltank. There are no substitutes for eating:

The failure of our governmental and

corporate officials to recognise that themagnitude of the crisis on transporta­tion, food production, medicine, water

distribution and our economic paradigm,

all hugely dependent on cheap oil fortheir survival, requires immediate imple­mentation of massive energy-descent

mitigation strategies, informs us that theonly remaining option is preparation onthe personal, family, and community level.

Consequently I propose two possible

small-scale mitigation strategies:• Some precious beliefs are fatally

threatened: our fantasy of eternal economic

growth and its financial paradigm; ourthrowaway lifestyle; our ideas that oursocietal rules are more important thanare the rules of nature; our definitions of

- ourselves as a 'successful industrial society'of consumers, owners, and so on; our

industrial form of agriculture.We need to create a new world in

our minds, based on the ideas of solar

energy, permaculture and total re-use

of everything, where landfills becomeextinct, where every discarded mate­

rial is an input to another productive

process - the way the planet does it.• Implementation of our power-down,energy-descent, relocalised world could

look something like this: the creation oflocal cooperatives, for example biodiesel,

building, housing, solar and wind energyutilities and urban permaculture gardens;new local renewable energy initiatives;new financial paradigms (local communitycurrencies); and population reduction.

Bluntly: prepare your community for aworld with no food distribution, no electric­

ity, an economic depression and financialmeltdown - and lots of hungry people.

• Contact Lara Johnstone ~~'

atgreean@telkomsa.net, .•.. {visit http://groups.yahoo .. / . :

com/group/PeakOiCRSA. Ifw. /'" ..~,./'

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reviated version of the text below was published in the New AbolitionistJournal of New Abolitionism, Race Traitor, under the heading, 'Timothy

McVeigh and Me']

"I Vvias,and still am, a co-conspirator in the OkLahoma CityBombing. "

By Lara Braveheart.April/May 2001

still am, a co-conspirator in the Oklahoma City Bombing."

My life as co-conspirator in bombings, murder and starvation, started when I was young.All it cost was my money, my vote, and my silence. I never did any of my killing myself,someone lse was always kind enough to do it for me. Why did I want others killed? 1waseither afr id of them (they're brown, black, white, rich, poor, slanty-eyed, have differentreligions an I do, or some political 'ism' different than mine), or more often, theythreatene my financial security (or so 1was told!).

I was afra d of them, so I, and many others, would dehumanize(hate) them, and then thinkourselves etter than them, and very quickly we would have no qualms about gettingsomeone lse, or our government, to silence them forever. Rather than understand myselfand my 0 n fear, 1sold my soul, my vote and my voice, for thirty pieces of silver.

My first t pieces of silver, vote and silence went to the South African ApartheidGovernm t.

In exchan e for the privileges of good schools, universities, shopping malls, jobs, careers,servants d good food for my 'white face', 1paid my taxes, voted and was silent asthousands of blacks were tortured, imprisoned and murdered, becausethey simply wantedto live th 'r lives freely and be treated as humane.

My secon ten pieces of silver, vote and silence went to corporations in the name of massproductio and massconsumption. I worked like a robot on steroids. I conformed like asheep. 1 s polite, nice and thought that the aim of my life was a good job, nice house,and 2.2 ki s. I did what 1was told. I drank beer to numb my questions, slept with strangersto numb y heart's longings, and bought toys to entertain my brainwashed mind. I watchedas motor ompanies bought up public transit systemsand annihilated them. I watched asmining co panies raped the earth. I watched as pharmaceutical companies poured toxicsdown our ·vers. I watched as oil companies supported the murder of indigenous peoples.

I watched s arms manufacturers made billions, subsidized by my taxes, selling landmines,guns and cket launchers to dictators around the world. I watched as the CIAsupportedSaddamH ssein with my tax money, my vote and my silence. I watched mother earth get ahole in he ozone layer, her rivers turn toxic, her fish die, and her indigenous people's getslaughter because they still lived in harmony with nature. 1had lost all harmony with mynature. I d become a silent killing machine. I was eating my own fear of what I hadbecome, 1 as so disgusted with myself and still I sat silent!

My hands ere dripping with blood from the wound of my soul and I was unaware of mypain.