MEDIA ROOTS — As we look back on 2011, we feature an important and relevant interview many may have missed with Glenn Greenwald on a myriad of topics including the Occupy Movement, Obama co-optation, and the U.S. two-tiered justice system. The interview aired on KPFA’s Letters and Politics on November 4, 2011. (Please see transcript below.) The wake of the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — For some of us who either have indigenous roots in the Americas going back to pre-Columbian times or have strong consciousness of colonisation and occupation, we know the terms occupy and occupation are loaded terms. On one hand, we can understand contemporary Americans attempting to appropriate a term of oppression in defiance of the ruling-class, the 1%.The … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Felipe Messina of Media Roots spoke with RT about the Occupy Movement and what it’s trying to achieve with the West Coast Port Shutdowns and ILWU rank-and-file solidarity, and peaceful direct action as well as the East Coast Goldman Sachs Shutdowns, on Monday, December 12, 2011. MR *** RT speaks with Felipe Messina of Media Roots about … Read More
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
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***
