The voices of youth and their organizing in Baltimore. What rights they don't have, calling those who finally could stand no more "thugs," by even their own mayor. Enlightening!
“The public had a right to know about these programs. The public had a right to know that which the government is doing in its name, and that which the government is doing against the public.” —Edward Snowden Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata truthdig.com May 5, 2015 It’s gone largely unnoticed that the first interview More
We talk to trailblazing editor in chief of the alternative media site, Mint Press News, Mnar Muhawesh about the alternative media revolution, her work, and her life as an activist entrepreneur — from death threats to coloring books. https://youtu.be/uSIJxIpJN18 MintPress News @MintPressNews · Apr 26 2015 Published on Apr 23, 2015 Occupy.com Subscribe or “Follow” us More
Assange: The most disappointing thing of all about The Snowden Files is that it is exploitative. It should not have existed at all. We all understand the pressures facing print journalism and the need to diversify revenue in order to cross-subsidize investigative journalism. But investigative journalism involves being able to develop relationships of trust with your sources.
Russian Opposition Journalist Andrey Babitsky Discovers Western Freedom of Speech BY ANATOLY KARLIN The UNZ Review March 21, 2015 Andrey Babitsky was the quintessential Russian democratic journalist. A correspondent for the US government funded Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe (RFERL) since 1989, his star began to shine at the start of the Second Chechen War in 1999, More
Fiore: What’s the new frontier in scientific denial? Earthquake denial! First, fossil fuels help change the atmosphere, now they’re causing earthquakes. It’s official, this isn’t just some crackpot conspiracy theory designed to undermine the oil industry. The USGS and loads of scientists confirm that the industry practice of injecting oil and gas wastewater deep underground is causing earthquakes.
Discussing authoritarian regimes, we might instantly think of countries in the Middle East or maybe China, but in terms of censorship we must also put USA into this category. US media is heavily sanitized. From the article: For example, US mainstream media rarely if ever shows dead bodies where in other countries the gory realities of death, destruction and war are shown in broadcast media.
Media wars have entered new territory: Secretary of State John Kerry, members of the EU and the military alliance NATO all have singled out this television station - RT - as some kind of security threat. Since when is holding and broadcasting a different opinion or narrative a threat to global media freedom? By Bruce More
Giroux: The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, its children, the ideals of democracy and its future.
According to a new study by Media Matters for America done in partnership with Color of Change, four New York City television stations consistently reported crimes by black people at a higher rate than their arrest rates. TERRELL JERMAINE STARR ALTERNET RawStory.com March 28, 2015 Skeptical black man (Shutterstock) There is a reason why More
Schwarz: Bolton helped force out José Bustani, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in 2002. According to Bustani and others, Bolton was infuriated that Bustani was making plans for his organization to determine whether Iraq still possessed chemical weapons, since it would undermine the Bush administration’s plans for war.
Levinson: Fear can be a useful political tool because people who believe they’re surrounded by enemies are primed to accept almost anything. When you feel you’re losing control, the response is often to try to get more control, which is part of the appeal of the BDSP crew, with their exaltation of swarms of people in uniforms equipped with tanks and guns.
