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EVIEWS CENSORED 2003: beyond 9-11. Separate chapters from con- The Top 25 Censored Stories tributors cover "junk food news", power by Peter Phillips & Project Censored groups, rebuilding democracy with grass- Seven Stories Press, USA, 2002 roots news, media self-censorship, the top ISBN 1-58322-515-3 (398pp tpb) 10 media giants, and the truth about Afghan Price: £12.99; Euro22,90: US$17.95; civilian casualties in the "war against ter- C$25.95 , oe , ror". Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow provides Availability: UK—Turnaround Publisher reality checks throughout the book with his Services Ltd, tel 020 8829 3000; Europe— incisive "This Modern World" strips. NEXUS Office; USA—Seven Stories Press, _ 10 top itall off, Censored 2003 (a title tel (212) 226 8760, website with extended shelf life) contains an exten- http://www sevenstories. com: Canada— sive list of independent media resources and Hushion House tel (416) 285 6100 activist organisations. Well done, team! SILBURY DAWNING: The Alien Visitor Gene Theory i lil i] by John Cowie The Media Shack, UK, 2002 ISBN 1-903542-01-4 (180pp tpb) Price: A$19.00; £6.99 + £2.75 p&p in UK; Euro12,90 (from NEXUS Office); US$10.00; C$16.00 Availability: Australia—ebooks.com; UK—The Media Shack, 12 Willow Drive, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2SN, tel 01380 727949, website http://www.silourydawn- ing.com; http:/Awww.amazon.co.uk; Europe—NEXUS Office; USA/Canada— Barnes & Noble, http:/Avww.bn.com Hq civilisation could not have devel- oped without the intervention of "Alien Prec Censored, set up in 1976, is a non- Visitors" in improving our genetics, says profit organisation managed through the John Cowie in Silbury Dawning. There's Department of Sociology of the School of evidence for an alien seeding—either by Social Sciences at Sonoma State University emetic engineering or interbreeding— in California, USA. The project, which occurring around 13,000 years ago in the involves at least 200 students, staff and fac- PSt-Ice Age period, and he believes that ulty members, consultants and judges, is this truth will be borne out with careful "dedicated to the freedom of information DNA analysis of ancient mummified bodies. through the United States". Cowie, a computer industry veteran who Every year, Project Censored releases its lives near Silbury Hill and other megalithic rundown of the top 25 news stories (and sites of Wiltshire, takes the perspective that runners-up) that were underreported in the the genetic changes coded into our make-up corporate media in the previous 12 to 18 resulted In vast improvements in our capaci- months (see our summary of the top stories ties for intelligence and imagination. He this issue). The list is whittled down in a even goes so far as to suggest that today's series of steps from several thousand stories. genetic engineers and computer scientists This compilation, published by Seven are merely activating a genetic memory soft- Stories Press in conjunction with Project ware installed by these visitors long ago. Censored, is a must for news-watchers But how to define Cowie's stance? He's everywhere, but particularly in the US. not a Darwinist, yet evolution is part of his Apart from the extensive coverage includ- model. Nor is he a Creationist or Intelligent ing updates on the top 25 stories and run- Design adherent, but his alien intervention ners-up for 2001/02, there are follow-ups on _ hypothesis presupposes a long, uneventful the "winning" stories of the previous year— evolutionary process that was suddenly lest we forget their importance. Several seeded with advanced genetics. He's less introductory pieces set the tone, deploring concerned with how life originated than the fact that on an unprecedented level the with how human intelligence expanded so corporate media are protecting their profits, quickly and created great civilisations. ratings and interests over journalistic princi- Cowie is not the first to propose the alien ples and their charter to keep the public seeding hypothesis, but the idea is gaining informed. Adding weight is a chapter wider credence in the public mind. Is this devoted to news and comment before and because it's part of our genetic destiny? beyond 9-11. Separate chapters from con- tributors cover "junk food news", power groups, rebuilding democracy with grass- roots news, media self-censorship, the top 10 media giants, and the truth about Afghan civilian casualties in the "war against ter- ror". Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow provides reality checks throughout the book with his incisive "This Modern World" strips. To top it all off, Censored 2003 (a title with extended shelf life) contains an exten- sive list of independent media resources and activist organisations. Well done, team! SILBURY DAWNING: The Alien Visitor Gene Theory by John Cowie The Media Shack, UK, 2002 ISBN 1-903542-01-4 (180pp tpb) Price: A$19.00; £6.99 + £2.75 p&p in UK; Euro12,90 (from NEXUS Office); US$10.00; C$16.00 Availability: Australia—ebooks.com; UK—The Media Shack, 12 Willow Drive, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2SN, tel 01380 727949, website http://www.silourydawn- ing.com; http:/Awww.amazon.co.uk; Europe—NEXUS Office; USA/Canada— Barnes & Noble, http:/Avww.bn.com Hq civilisation could not have devel- oped without the intervention of "Alien Visitors" in improving our genetics, says John Cowie in Silbury Dawning. There's evidence for an alien seeding—either by genetic engineering or interbreeding— occurring around 13,000 years ago in the post-Ice Age period, and he believes that this truth will be borne out with careful DNA analysis of ancient mummified bodies. Cowie, a computer industry veteran who lives near Silbury Hill and other megalithic sites of Wiltshire, takes the perspective that the genetic changes coded into our make-up resulted in vast improvements in our capaci- ties for intelligence and imagination. He even goes so far as to suggest that today's genetic engineers and computer scientists are merely activating a genetic memory soft- ware installed by these visitors long ago. But how to define Cowie's stance? He's not a Darwinist, yet evolution is part of his model. Nor is he a Creationist or Intelligent Design adherent, but his alien intervention hypothesis presupposes a long, uneventful evolutionary process that was suddenly seeded with advanced genetics. He's less concerned with how life originated than with how human intelligence expanded so quickly and created great civilisations. Cowie is not the first to propose the alien seeding hypothesis, but the idea is gaining wider credence in the public mind. Is this because it's part of our genetic destiny? 70 + NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2002 — JANUARY 2003