I traveled to Washington D.C. to see British M.P. George Galloway of the Respect Party give a speech.
British MP George Galloway
I managed to interview Galloway an hour before his speech, thanks to family connections, and sat down with him for roughly 40 minutes discussing how he came about fighting for Muslim rights and more specifically the Palestinian voice in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The transcript and audio of Galloway’s interview will be posted up soon.
However, Galloway traveled to Buffalo today to see if he could cross the Canadian border. Canada has banned Galloway from its country because Galloway spearheaded a convoy of supplies and goods into Gaza, though the Canadian government alleges to Hamas.
Little has been reported about this in American media, the ban of a political figure because of an accusation of supporting a terrorist group.
Instead there are stories covering Michelle Obama’s talk with Oprah Winfrey or pythons in Florida.
Galloway, known for controversies in the past, has denied any support for Hamas, the elected party of the people of Gaza, but said he does support democracy. Other controversies stem from his relationship with Saddam Hussein and the U.S. Senate’s accusation of Galloway profiting from Oil-for-Food scandal.
As a side note, it seems more and more that his blog is a forum for me to complain about how much I dislike the news media’s decision on what is “news.” With many news outlets misguided by advertising numbers and corporate owners, my frustration may simply never end.
From this point on I will look for the little good in this failure state of journalism.
