OCCUPY WALL STREET Media Making as Participatory Democracy: Port Huron to OWS One of the most important characteristics of the Occupy movement is the expanding universe of media makers –citizen journalists, livestreamers, artists and others. AlterNet / By Josh Stearns May 10, 2012 | Photo Credit: OakFoSho “If we appear to seek the unattainable, it has been said, then More
OCCUPY WALL STREET Media Making as Participatory Democracy: Port Huron to OWS One of the most important characteristics of the Occupy movement is the expanding universe of media makers –citizen journalists, livestreamers, artists and others. AlterNet / By Josh Stearns May 10, 2012 | Photo Credit: OakFoSho “If we appear to seek the unattainable, it has been said, then More
Editor's note: This list contains some of the media that has come to WAMMToday's attention, but by no means is intended to be comprehensive. Here is a link to the Chicago Tribune's gallery of photos for the day. They specialize in confrontation, and have very little about the pre-march activity or the march itself. Jennie, More
Editor's note: This list contains some of the media that has come to WAMMToday's attention, but by no means is intended to be comprehensive. Here is a link to the Chicago Tribune's gallery of photos for the day. They specialize in confrontation, and have very little about the pre-march activity or the march itself. Jennie, More
Tomgram> Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? Posted by Noam Chomsky at 7:39am, May 8, 2012 TomDispatch If you had followed May Day protests in New York City in the mainstream media, you might hardly have noticed that they happened at all. The stories were generally tucked away, minimalist, focused on a More
Tomgram> Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? Posted by Noam Chomsky at 7:39am, May 8, 2012 TomDispatch If you had followed May Day protests in New York City in the mainstream media, you might hardly have noticed that they happened at all. The stories were generally tucked away, minimalist, focused on a More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dh8OZqXQA&w=560&h=315] Lawrence Lessig talks with FSTV's Marcy Miranda on the importance of Independent Media and their role in the current political landscape. Join Us! Subscribe to WAMMToday from our blog website and “Follow” us. riseuptimes.wordpress.com WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dh8OZqXQA&w=560&h=315] Lawrence Lessig talks with FSTV's Marcy Miranda on the importance of Independent Media and their role in the current political landscape. Join Us! Subscribe to WAMMToday from our blog website and “Follow” us. riseuptimes.wordpress.com WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our More
Crashing the Gates: How a Handful of Progressive Activists Brought Liberal Talk-Radio Back to the Nation’s Capitol By Joshua Holland February 4, 2012 AlterNet DC is the most liberal region of the country, but until now all the talk on the radio dial skewed right. The District of Columbia, Gallup tells us, is the most progressive region More
The Occupy Effect Katrina vanden Heuvel on January 26, 2012 The Nation I don’t know how Occupy Wall Street will impact the 2012 election, but one thing seems pretty clear: it’s changed the national conversation. A few short months ago, the corporate media and inside-the-Beltway chatter was all debt and deficits, all the time. More
Chris Hedges Examines the Strategy of Occupy Washington, DC By Kevin Zeese – Posted on 23 January 2012 October2011.org The thinking I express in the column below was developed after many months of discussion with people who worked together to create the Occupation of Washington, DC, which began on Freedom Plaza and continues to evolve with a More
Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War Posted by Corbett by James Corbett grtv.ca 2 January, 2012 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLPvr9sEAT4&w=560&h=315] As the drums of war begin to beat once again in Iran, Syria, the South China Sea, and other potential hotspots and flashpoints around the globe, concerned citizens are asking how a world so sick of More
