MEDIA ROOTS- Abby Martin of Media Roots conducts on the spot interviews with Oakland residents about why they want change on the first two days of Occupy Oakland. The occupiers spread across all walks of life who share a common thread of feeling unrepresented in a failing system. Interviews from the occupiers of Occupy Oakland Check out Abby Martin’s … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Who are these Occupy Wall Street people? What is this “99%”? The question is being asked many times over around the nation, even now as you’re reading this. Perhaps in providing answers, it’s best we start with the One Percent and work our way up. MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, the most-cited living author in the world and one of … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- This inspiring video shows a small aspect of the collective activism happening within the Occupy Wall Street movement. It is a compilation of footage from day 14 of NYC’s Occupy Wall Street protest, where 700 people got arrested as thousands marched from Liberty Plaza to occupy the Brooklyn Bridge. Occupy Everything, Filmed by Kristopher Rae, Edited by … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Despite sweeping arrests and police brutality, the occupation of Wall St. continues and is now spreading across the country. Photographer Kelley McCarthy went out to cover NYC’s Occupy Wall Street for Media Roots over the weekend. Her photography captures some of the activist spirit and energy of revolt that the corporate media is trying so hard to stifle. … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- The First Amendment prohibits Congress from making any law “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” A redress is a means to set right, to remedy or rectify; or a satisfaction for wrong done. On Sept 17, … Read More
