MEDIA ROOTS — After the band Rage Against the Machine released their song “Freedom,” new generations became aware and sympathetic to the appeals for freedom of political prisoners, such as Leonard Peltier, Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Rage’s “Freedom” video notes: “On June 26th 1975, two unmarked cars drove onto Jumping Bull property. A … 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 — Some view democracy as something we’re losing with the two-party dictatorship shredding the U.S. Constitution under a post-9/11 pretext of national security, as transnational corporations assert their will over sovereign states. Others assert democracy is a good idea yet to be realised, given the Electoral College has always been a ruling-class fail-safe against true democracy. Post-OWS, we … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — The private, unaccountable, Federal Reserve operates above the law, as it dictates monetary policy. That’s enough to spur Ron Paul followers into calling for an end to the Fed. Now, if you shared in the justified rage of thousands of Occupy encampments across the nation, protesting, ‘Banks got bailed out, We got sold out,’ at the thought … Read More
