MEDIA ROOTS — This week’s Project Censored KPFA Show radio broadcast addressed Occupy Wall Street West and today’s day of action around Northern California by coordinated efforts between Occupy Oakland, Occupy SF, and other Occupy groups and organisations. Abby Martin of Media Roots was on the ground covering the day’s events. MR *** PROJECT CENSORED — On Friday’s Project Censored … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — For those born with melanin or a mind critical of the establishment, throughout the education system and beyond, ethnic studies have offered crucial perspectives from which to contextualise ethnic tensions within the U.S. and its caucasian dominant monoculture. Yet, Arizona continues to build its legacy of intolerance against immigrants and people of colour. In 2010, Arizona Governor … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — A neutral Internet’s First Amendment rights to free speech, dissent, and political activity face serious challenges from Congress and the Obama Administration. Currently, the House “Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA)” are being debated in Congress. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has said the “major problem is … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — RT reported yesterday how Israeli “Mossad intelligence officers posed as CIA agents in order to recruit and train Iranian terrorists…” This comes after reports surfaced of Obama deploying thousands of troops to Israel in apparent preparation for a potential standoff with Iran. Both Israel and its Mossad are funded billions of dollars annually by the U.S. and … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Anything under the sun can be abused, yet scientific studies increasingly seem to confirm how relatively harmless cannabis smoking is compared with tobacco, alcohol, and other popular substances consumed by humans. MR *** MSNBC — Periodically smoking marijuana doesn’t appear to hurt lung capacity, the largest study ever conducted on pot smokers has found. Even though most marijuana smokers tend to … Read More
