Media Justice and the 99 Percent Movement> How net neutrality helped Occupy Wall Street By Betty Yu Extra! December 2011 FAIR It all started with one message posted on a blog on July 13, 2011. The magazine Adbusters, a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine that combats corporate consumerism, issued a call: “On September 17, we want to see 20,000 people More
Nygaard Notes #496 Editor’s Note: This is the first post of Nygaard Notes, which will be featured regularly on WAMMToday. Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 496, December 8, 2011 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ ****** This Week: Iran, Afghanistan, and Climate 1. “Quote” of the Week 2. Global Climate Crisis: “We Can Try to More
Which Side Are We On? NYT, U.S and Cluster Bombs Peter Hart 11/28/2011 FAIR International efforts to ban cluster bombs fell apart late last week. If you were reading about this in the New York Times, you might have been led to believe that the United States was pushing to get rid of the weapons--instead of More
Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood Fans were shocked when Batman writer Frank Miller furiously attacked the Occupy movement. They shouldn’t have been, says Rick Moody – he was just voicing Hollywood’s unspoken values. Rick Moody guardian.co.uk 24 November 2011 via truthdig ‘A mindless, propagandistic storytelling medium’ … The film 300, left, More
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Reading the Iran Nuke Leaks 11/08/2011 by Peter Hart FAIR When the International Atomic Energy Agency is about to release a report on an official enemy like Iran, you can be fairly confident that contents of the report–or what people believe should be in it–will be leaked to elite newspapers by anonymous sources in or near the IAEA, who will More
