'DJ Waldo' Truths up the Mix
Peace 2008 Hip Hop Festival welcomes Truth message to Boston City Hall Plaza

August 3, 2008
jayseverin.org

Boston 9-11 Truth is seemingly everywhere these days. Hot off their successful "Patriots Question 9-11" canvassing party on Boston's Esplanade this July 4th, the group took their message this past Saturday to Boston's City Hall Plaza where they distributed over 1,000 "Revolutionary HipHop" CDs to a highly receptive crowd.

The peace festival, the City's fifth annual, went off without a hitch despite a soggy start, with this year's headliner, legendary Long Island duo EPMD, powerfully broadcasting the peace message to a roaring crowd of about 2,500.

"There is something almost organic about the rap/hiphop scene that jives perfectly with our truth and peace message," said Mike "Waldo" Alexander. "We just knew we had to be here this year."

The group was easily able to distribute its entire inventory of revolutionary hiphop disks, a compilation assembled by Alexander, which questions the official account of 9-11, the "war on terror," globalization and other man-made impediments to peace and prosperity. Included on the disk were underground smashes like "Death March" by Immortal Technique and Paris' "Truth Song."

"We saw this same level of receptiveness on July 4th," said volunteer Jonny Rys. "People are more open to dicussing 9-11 than ever before (because) they're realizing their freedoms are on the line."

Until recently, the group says they sometimes encountered resistance when pointing out that 9-11 is an unsolved crime. But they say 2008 has seen a big shift their way. "It's as if someone suddenly flipped a swit ch here in the Boston area," said volunteer Susan Allen. "Most peoplewe talk to are now accepting of the fact that we never got a true investigation into the 9-11 crime, and that we need to have one now."