Phenotype, Class, and Oakland Public Education

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MEDIA ROOTS — Among the lot of what is being starved under Obama’s junk economics austerity, schools are being underfunded and then attacked for struggling to perform academically.  Economic hitmen then move in to push the privatizations and the underlying attacks on labour, particularly since teachers are among the last segments of the workforce that are still organized. MR *** … Read More

Video Game Warfare, Covert War in Iran, SOPA & Fair Use

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Media Roots Radio – Video Game Warfare, Iran Covert War, SOPA & Fair Use by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Abby and Robbie discuss the reality of war: the pre-propaganda that has manufactured consent for the illegal occupations, video game warfare and cognitive dissonance in combat, the Marine urination scandal; Martin Luther King Jr. and historical revisionism minimizing how anti-imperialism … Read More

Police State Brutality: The Story of Kenneth Harding

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MEDIA ROOTS — You’ve likely heard of Scott Olsen, the Iraq War veteran shot in the head by a police tear gas canister at point blank range during the nationwide crackdown on the Occupy Movement.  The tragic event transformed him into an international symbol of police brutality, and it continues to be an important story signifying state repression.  Yet, you … Read More

Media Roots Music – ATOP Mix #13

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Atop media roots set13 by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – This set is dedicated to being aware in the present moment. May right now be enough for you to be pleased with your life and grateful for what you have. Hopefully this playlist helps light up your life! Love, ATOP Akkad the Orphic Priest All the featured music on the … Read More

Ron Paul’s $1 Trillion Restore America Austerity Plan

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MEDIA ROOTS — As Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul seduces progressives, we take a look at some perspectives and analyses of Ron Paul’s rhetoric as well as Paul’s published political agenda, such as the $1 Trillion ‘Restore America‘ Austerity Plan— to cut the Pentagon 15%, but Food Stamps 63%, S-CHIP 44%, Medicaid 35%, WIC 33%.  Also, the Fed; militarism bait-and-switch … Read More