MEDIA ROOTS — Earlier this month, we featured the Guns & Butter broadcast with Catherine Austin Fitts, “Unpacking Mr. Global, Part 1.” Today, we bring you “Unpacking Mr. Global, Part 2.” Last year, Washington D.C. national-security reporter, Sharon Weinberger wrote about the U.S. Military’s so-called Black Budget, “Not since the end of the Cold War has the Pentagon spent so … Read More
Media Roots Radio – Police State & OWS, Current Events by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Abby & Robbie Martin cover Occupy Wall Street: the police state repression against the First Amendment, the Democratic Party’s attempt to co-opt the movement, the Obama administration’s hypocrisy to praise revolution abroad and censor it at home, the “Black Bloc” provocateurs and their attempt … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Felipe Messina of Media Roots speaks with Vaquous of Occupy Montreal to get an international perspective of the global Occupy Wall Street Movement, find out what Canadians are saying and doing as they participate, and what lessons they can share with their international counterparts about what can be done toward socioeconomic justice through collective action and the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — On Saturday, November 19, 2011, Occupy Oakland (OO) held another mass day of action after the nationwide crackdowns against the Occupy Movement days before. In response to the coordinated Federalised repression, the OO General Assembly voted unanimously for a coordinated West Coast Port Shutdown, for which ILWU leaders have announced support, even urging a simultaneous East Coast … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Over the last two months I have witnessed an organic uprising take root in my backyard of Oakland, CA. Although it’s been emotionally tumultuous to incur the harsh police state crackdown on the First Amendment and witness the brutal Oakland PD assault against peaceful protesters, it’s always inspiring as hell to see thousands of people taking it … Read More
