MEDIA ROOTS — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has filed suit against Obama and Panetta to challenge the legality of the NDAA (S. 1867), which includes totalitarian provisions authorising the activation of U.S. Military within U.S. borders to imprison anyone within the U.S., or the world, without charge or trial. Hedges, alongside his attorney, sharply articulates what’s wrong with the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – The following is a press release from Occupy San Jose promoting a march and GA happening tomorrow, if you are in the area come show solidarity! *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Occupy San Jose Occupiers, Activists and Friends: SAN JOSÉ, CA – Occupy San José will hold a general assembly in St. James Park against corporate money … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – I’m very excited to announce that an extensive lot of our footage from Occupy Oakland is going to be used to represent the S.F. Bay Area in the upcoming 99% Collaborative Film Project! The film is unique in its collaborative fashion and is geared to represent an honest portrayal of the ongoing Occupy Movement. At 2:18, the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — For some of us who either have indigenous roots in the Americas going back to pre-Columbian times or have strong consciousness of colonisation and occupation, we know the terms occupy and occupation are loaded terms. On one hand, we can understand contemporary Americans attempting to appropriate a term of oppression in defiance of the ruling-class, the 1%.The … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — After the band Rage Against the Machine released their song “Freedom,” new generations became aware and sympathetic to the appeals for freedom of political prisoners, such as Leonard Peltier, Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Rage’s “Freedom” video notes: “On June 26th 1975, two unmarked cars drove onto Jumping Bull property. A … Read More
