March 15, 2012 MEDIA ROOTS — With the reverberating excitement around the recent Italian Modern Monetary Theory Summit 2012, which is shattering orthodox and right-wing economic dogma in the Eurozone with common sense and offering the post-Shock Doctrine Occupy Movement intellectual tools to strengthen its activism, Media Roots takes a look at the work of one of the grassroots Summit’s … Read More
March 9, 2012 MEDIA ROOTS — “In this same dream I had a girl waiting for me down the hall. I wanted to go out and see her but the nurse wouldn’t let me so after trying to fight my way out and failing I called the MP’s who promptly arrested them. After that I found out that they were … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Pacifica Radio’s Flashpoints broadcast sharp analyses of the Occupy Education ‘Fund Our Future’ rally in Sacramento on Monday, March 5, 2012. Although the events included another impressive showing of nearly ten thousand protesters demanding socioeconomic justice in fine U.S. tradition, the messaging from the leaders on stage amounted to PR for the Wall Street Democrat Party (DP). … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Recently, Flashpoints interviewed the filmmakers of the new film, “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” which premiered at the SF Green Film Festival last Friday. Mary Liz Thomson (Director) and Darryl Cherney (Producer) join Karen Pickett, a long-time friend of Judi Bari, to discuss with Flashpoints’ Dennis Bernstein, their shared experiences as friends and activists over the years … Read More
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
