While you wait for Breaking Bad to come back on the air, you try to fill the ‘TV-show void’ with things like Enlightened, The Walking Dead, Californication, or even Dexter (this is one I’m embarrassed to say I did). In modern TV show canon, Breaking Bad is unparalleled in its caliber of acting, characters, and writing. Dare we say it, … Read More
INTERVIEWS
Election 2012: Rocky Anderson vs. The Two-Party Dictatorship
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MEDIA ROOTS — Has the U.S. two-party dictatorship completely saturated Election 2012 media coverage? Can you recall when you last heard news coverage of any alternative party candidates? At least one third-party candidate is resisting this year’s media blockade against alternative Presidential candidates who are not partisans of the Wall Street Democrats and Republicans. (No, it’s not Ralph Nader, who … Read More
Project Censored KPFA Special: Killing the Rule of Law
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MEDIA ROOTS — Project Censored has become a centrepiece at KPFA, free speech radio, the flagship motherstation of the national Pacifica Radio network. During this season’s fund drive, on Friday, February 17, 2012, Project Censored broadcast a two-point-five-hour special programme entitled ‘Brought to Justice? The Indefinite Detention and Targeted Killing of the Rule of Law’ with music by David Rovics. … Read More
Occupy Oakland Video: The Battle of Oakland
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MEDIA ROOTS — On January 28th, 2012, Occupy Oakland moved to take a vacant building to use as a social centre and a new place to continue organising. This is the story of what really happened that day as told by the participants. The video features raw footage of police brutality and interviews with Boots Riley, David Graeber, Maria Lewis, … Read More
Abby Martin on RT TV: GOP Campaign Rhetoric
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MEDIA ROOTS — The 2012 GOP primary debates have given people many things to make fun of—and worry about. Bill Maher, along with other comics, has poked fun at GOP candidates’ risky remarks regarding foreign policy. Abby Martin, of Media Roots, joins RT in their DC studio to discuss what this means for the U.S. people. MR *** Abby Martin … Read More