The Morning Mix with Project Censored – December 23, 2011 at 8:00am Click to listen (or download) MEDIA ROOTS – Project Censored celebrates its one year anniversary show on KPFA’s Morning Mix with more groundbreaking interviews with activists. Mickey Huff, Director of Project Censored, and Abby Martin of Media Roots interview Robert McChesney, co-founder of Free Press, about the … Read More
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Black Agenda Report: Occupy Atlanta Occupies FCC
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MEDIA ROOTS — On December 1, 2011, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Commissioner Michael J. Copps held a public forum, entitled FCC Forum: Information Needs of Atlanta, on Georgia Tech’s campus in order to “assess the needs of Georgia’s citizens in the current media landscape.” With the Occupy Movement putting economic inequality and financial corruption on blast, Black Agenda Report … Read More
Doug McKenty Speaks With Economist John Perkins
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MEDIA ROOTS — Doug McKenty of KZYX interviews economist John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, The Secret History of the American Empire, and Hoodwinked about the politics of economic hitmen, predatory capitalism, banksters, and much more. Perkins also discusses his experiences with the Peace Corps, indigenous consciousness, socioeconomic solutions, and why the 99% are Occupying.MR***
Self-Immolation in Tiananmen Square
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MEDIA ROOTS — Reminiscent of the December 2010 act of self-immolation in Tunisia by Mohammed Bouazizi, which helped inspire the globally influential “Arab Spring,” a Chinese man surnamed Wang has undertaken this extreme form of protest at China’s Tiananmen Square on October 21. Whereas, Mr. Bouazizi’s act of protest was widely covered around the world, Mr. Wang’s act of self-immolation … Read More
Occupy LA – Direct Action at CSU Chancellor’s Office
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MEDIA ROOTS — Los Angeles-based Margot Paez of Insight Out News continues to bring you unembedded, grassroots news that matters to the people, as the corporate media seeks to smear the Occupy Movement and its plain and sincere demands for socioeconomic justice on various levels. After marching in solidarity Monday and Tuesday against the, apparently Federalised, anti-First Amendment police state … Read More