Frequently Asked Questions about Lara Johnstone:
What did I weigh when I started my hungerstrike?
I am 5'10, and I weighed 196 lbs. On day 33 (Aug 29) I weigh 173 lbs.
Lara Johnson or Johnstone?
Both. Johnstone is my Maiden name, Johnson is my married name. I use
both.
What am I consuming?
I am drinking only liquids -- water with added oxygen (Cell Food),
fresh fruit and vegetable juices (mixed, with added spirulina and protein
powder)and herbal teas. I also once or twice a week, have some wheatgrass
juice. I also occassionaly have soup drained of solids through a tea-strainer.
Have I ever had a UFO Experience?
No.
Do I believe in UFO's?
I have no idea whether UFO's/ET's exist or not. My hungerstrike --
for me -- is NOT ABOUT UFO's, but about FREEDOM OF SPEECH. It is about
supporting
men and women, who have come forward at great risk to themselves, to
their reputations, to their families, who say they have evidence that massively
impacts millions of lives, and which they wish to share.
My hungerstrike is to support people to be heard, to get their day
infront of Congress. If these were members of the KKK, or the KGB, or from
Osama
Bin Laden's friends, or prison guards, or Chinese sweatshop workers,
or human rights workers in Colombia, or prisoners in California, or disabled,
or
gays or children being exploited in wherever! To me it is not about
whether what they have to say is about something I 'believe in' or not,
or whether it suits my 'agenda', or how it affects my 'reputation'.
It is about giving EVERYBODY the right to stand up and talk -- if they
wish to -- and have evidence to substantiate what they are trying to say.
Maybe
when I hear what these witnesses have to say, and see the evidence,
I may be able to better answer whether I 'believe' in UFO's or not. And
maybe not. Until then, I have no idea! ;-)
However, from what I have heard of the Disclosure Project witnesses
testimony, in the Disclosure Book, video and on their website. I have to
say that I do NOT think these witnesses are lying, and I am very disturbed
by their testimony, and I think it is very important that we find out as
soon as possible how much they know. If what they say is true, then we
had
better pay attention and pay attention very quickly.
What I do know is that the US and other governments seem to be going
to extraordinary lengths to deny what these witnesses have to say. It certainly
does not seem as if any Goverment Representatives (with the exception of
the brave, honest and forthright Governor Jesse Ventura) have the courage
to demand that the US Goverment come clean about it's knowledge of UFO's
and extraterrestial visits.
Do I have medical check ups?
Yes, since week three, I have gone in for a weekly check up to the
Berkeley Woman's Health Center, where I get weighed, have a blood and a
urine test, as well as a general check up of reflexes, eyes, ears and that
type of thing. So far -- all is very healthy.
What do my family have to say about my hungerstrike?
My husband -- Demian -- is supportive, he says that is the woman he
married -- someone who cares about the world passionately and is willing
to do something about it. He doesn't know much about this 'ufo business'
but knows enough about how the US goverment hides essential information
from the people it represents to believe there has to be something fishy
going on. My rents in South Africa would rather that I just be normal and
not make such a fuss about the world being as it is, and they don't think
that anyone
will care about what I am doing. My sisters and brothers have not commented,
I imagine they would prefer not to have to think about it.
What do I look like?
Here are three pictures of me over the past few years.
(Click link on top to view pix)
What work do I do?
Well I recently gave up my job in order to devote all my time and resources
to the hungerstrike. Before that I worked in an English pub, as a nanny
for over 4 years, as a caregiver to a quadriplegic college student, as
a deckhand, first mate and captain of various sailing yachts in the Atlantic,
Carribean and Indian Oceans, secretary, office manager and various other
social service related positions. I have also occassionally written various
short articles for internet news magazines and social justice publications,
such as the New Abolitionist, Race Traitor, Woza Internet News, Radical
Honesty Ezine and Free Spirit (San Francisco's Homeless Newspaper). Most
recently I have been working on setting up the Amandla Braveheart Collective,
a nonprofit intentional community in South Africa for at risk youth, ex-prisoners
and drug addicts, similar to Delancey Street in San Francisco.
What other issues have I been active in and concerned about?
For the past 8 or 9 years I have worked as a volunteer and activist
in the prisoners rehabilitation, prison reform, social justice, environmental
justice, ecological education, third world debt relief, anti-globalization,
anti-drug war, anti-police brutality, anti-racism, anti-death penalty,
free-speech, radical honesty, community policing, alternative currencies,
anti-war and new abolitionist movements.
Have I ever been on a hunger strike before?
Yes, once. It was against the California Department of Corrections,
and my request was to Governor Gray Davis. The details of that hungerstrike
can
be found at CA Justice. The California Inspector General's Office finally
investigated (for the third time) and agreed with the complaint I had registered
with their office.
Have I ever been arrested for civil disobedience?
Yes, three times.
- 1) In Cumbria, England with Greenpeace, protesting against Sellafield,
a Nuclear power station as heavily contaminated with radioactivity as Chernobyl;
- 2) In Oakland, CA at the Federal Building, protesting against the
bombing of Iraq;
- 3) With the Democracy Brigades, in the rotunda of the Capital in
Washington, DC, protesting for Campaign Finance Reform. .
"Are you ready for the revolution?"
Lara Johnstone, a California woman who began a Hunger Strike for
Disclosure on July 28th.
