Media Roots Radio – Live From Occupy Oakland General Strike 11-2-11 by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS- Abby and Robbie Martin broadcast a live episode of Media Roots Radio at the center of Occupy Oakland’s historic general strike from Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland on . They discuss the police brutality that occurred last week during the initial raid of … Read More
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KPFA Covers Occupy Oakland Attack Aftermath
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MEDIA ROOTS — KPFA’s Dennis Bernstein and Davey D broadcast their analysis of the Occupy Oakland aftermath following the brutal police-state assaults on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. In this edition of KPFA’s “The Morning Mix,” we hear radical commentary of the ongoing Occupy Oakland sit-in and encampment begun on 10/10/11 in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, which … Read More
Björk – Biophilia Album Review
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MEDIA ROOTS— Plaintive ripples of harp-like plucked string sounds of Björk’s invented gameleste set the aural stage for the Icelandic singer in Biophilia, her eigth studio album. ‘Moon‘ is a gentle opener, and tesla coil rhythms reminiscent of slightly softened saw-wave synth sounds follow with ‘Thunderbolt‘ procession, ushering the listener into Björk’s latest opus. The literal and metaphoric are then … Read More
FBI Informant Plan to Instigate Terrorism Backfires
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MEDIA ROOTS- This is an older story worthy of re-posting because it’s a perfect example of how the federal government actively tries to perpetuate ‘terrorism’ in an attempt to justify the continuation of the ‘War on Terror’. Back in December 2010, an FBI informant (and former criminal) was paid $177,000 tax free in the course of 15 months to try … Read More
Occupy Wall Street, Divide & Conquer, Medical Marijuana
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Media Roots Radio – Occupy Wall Street, Medical Marijuana by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS- Abby & Robbie Martin cover the Occupy Wall Street movement: Bay Area activism compared to other cities nationwide, the divide and conquer tactics being used to discredit OWS, the different schools of thought and ideology within the movement and the original demands made by the US … Read More