MEDIA ROOTS — On December 1, 2011, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Commissioner Michael J. Copps held a public forum, entitled FCC Forum: Information Needs of Atlanta, on Georgia Tech’s campus in order to “assess the needs of Georgia’s citizens in the current media landscape.” With the Occupy Movement putting economic inequality and financial corruption on blast, Black Agenda Report … Read More
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Establishment Left Attempts to Make Demands for OWS
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MEDIA ROOTS — Seeing this reinforces just how brilliant it was for the global Occupy Movement to never have made demands. One of the movement’s most powerful aspects is its indy cred putting the establishment Left, such as MoveOn and their salespeople like Van Jones, to shame with unfiltered handwritten signs. The Occupy Movement articulates what, neither, the establishment Left … Read More
David Barsamian: Media, Propaganda & Censorship
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MEDIA ROOTS — On November 30, 2011, at the Arlene Francis Center for Spirit, Art, and Politics in Santa Rosa, CA, Alternative Radio founder David Barsamian gave a talk entitled “Media, Propaganda, and Censorship.” The event was sponsored by Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, Media Freedom Foundation, Project Censored, and Media Roots. MR *** *** Photo by … Read More
MR Transcript – Michael Ratner CCR on OM Repression
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MEDIA ROOTS — Yesterday, Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discussed on Letters and Politics the Federal involvement in the coordinated nationwide repression of the Occupy Movement, evictions of OM encampments and the U.S. history of police state repression of dissent and First Amendment activities. He also talks about the recent disturbing provision, sponsored by Democrat Carl … Read More
MR Transcript: Davey D Speaks With Carl Dix RCP
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MEDIA ROOTS — On Friday, December 2, 2011, at 7pm, at the Pauley Ballroom on the UC Berkeley campus, a dialogue will take place between Cornel West and Carl Dix. This upcoming event open to the public free of charge is being organised by the University of California, Center for Race & Gender, which notes: “Carl Dix is a longtime … Read More