The activist liberal, dynamically progressive non-profit organization, Alaskans for Truth, was started in the wake of the hijacking of some of the administrative functions of the State of Alaska by operatives from the McCain-Palin campaign, in early September, 2008. Since then, this small but effective group has been at least partially responsible for a number of events:1). As the McCain-Palin campaign unravelled through the autumn of 2008, Alaskans for Truth helped force the Alaska Legislative Council to publicly release the findings of the Branchflower report.
2). Alaskans for Truth requested (on October 9th) "AG Talis Colberg’s resignation for his unethical and unlawful response to [the subpoenas in the Branchflower investigation]." General Colberg has now resigned.
3). Alaskans for Truth sought "contempt charges against the Governor’s husband, Todd Palin and the state officials who willingly ignored the Legislative Council's subpoenas during the investigation." Contempt charges have been enacted through legislative action.
4). Although Alaskans for Truth as an organization has not directly participated in bringing public attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta communities, most of the progressive Alaska bloggers and media activists working on that are also among the leading members of Alaskans for Truth.
On January 12th, at the same time Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was whining to film maker John Ziegler and to Esquire Magazine, about "pathetic bloggers," the worsening situation on the lower Yukon River became public, through publication of an article about a letter to the editor in the Bristol Bay Times, from an Emmonak elder.
Since that time, Palin's narrative about bloggers has been torn to pieces. By - bloggers.
Watching the governor's press conference today, which centered around the forced resignation (which she denied was forced - did you watch her eyes as she said it?) of Colberg, further action based upon the Branchflower Report, and Emmonak, I realized that it should not be underestimated what Alaskans for Truth and Alaska bloggers for rural relief have achieved since September, 2008.
Here's to Alaskans for Truth!
image from the Alaskans for Truth store
Update: Linda Kellen covered the same territory, but in more detail, this evening.
