Interview With Josh Wolf by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Josh Wolf is an American journalist and filmmaker who served 226 days in prison for refusing to turn over a collection of video tapes he recorded during a 2005 demonstration. Wolf recently graduated from Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he made the film Police Tape for his thesis project. … Read More
THE RAW STORY– The opposition in Belarus on Monday criticised a parliamentary bill that would give Alexander Lukashenko’s regime the legal right to crack down on protesters engaging publicly in “non-actions”.The bill — submitted by top ministers to the lower house of parliament last week — proposes a ban on “previously-agreed actions or non-actions.”This is apparently aimed at the numerous … Read More
Media Roots Radio- US Imperialism, Spying, Self-Censorship, Building Communities by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – In this discussion, Abby & Robbie Martin cover US imperialism: wars, costs, media and government propaganda; the culture of self-censorship and the erosion of privacy in the US; information as power and how communication is an important tool to strengthen and build communities. The above … Read More
COMMON DREAMS– As same-sex couples in New York prepare this weekend to tie the knot, their brethren in Massachusetts — the first state to legalize gay marriage — have some advice. Enjoy the wedding because afterward, they will realize that there are 1,000 or so benefits gay couples can’t get because of the federal defense of Marriage Act: Joint federal tax … Read More
GLOBAL RESEARCH– British Prime Minister David Cameron may well deny he knew TNTW was tapping the phones of members of UK’s Royal household or those of American 9/11 victims. But he can’t claim he doesn’t know his country is a partner in ECHELON, which, according to Washington journalist Bill Blum, is a “network of massive, highly automated interception stations” that is eavesdropping on the … Read More
