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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/22/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Jul 21, 2005 4:35pm PDT
NOTICIAS shut- down through blood and fire/Despojan NOTICIAS a sangre y fuego
Groups of police, urban paramilitaries, and members of the Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants (CROC- a PRI paramilitary front group) initiate an assault on the NOTICIAS facilities and violently removed the 31 sequestered workers
Translated by: Ito/
Grupos de porros, policías y de la CROC consuman asalto a las instalaciones y desalojan violentamente a los 31 trabajadores secuestrados...
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 3:34pm PDT
subMedia releases first DVD/Zine on Bit Torrent
Independent Media Group subMedia (http://submediatv.com) has released its first DVZ (DVD/Zine) ‘‘Molotov’’ as a free download on the Bittorrent network. subMedia founder Franklin Lopez made the announcement last week, after the last ‘hard copy’ of ‘‘Molotov’’ was sold to a costumer in Norway....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 8:08am PDT
Disney KABC Radio in Los Angeles Targets Mexicans
Disney KABC Radio in Los Angeles Targets Mexicans...
Posted: Fri, Jul 15, 2005 1:40am PDT
Fox's Brit Hume: my first thought when I heard about the London attack "Hmmm, time to buy"
During Fox anchor Brit Hume’s coverage of the London bombings, Hume shifted to an economic perspective of the attacks—not normally a devious form of coverage in a capitalist world. But instead of looking at the economic significance of the attacks on world markets, Hume invoked his own stock portfolio: “I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, ‘Hmmm, ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 14, 2005 1:54pm PDT
Fox whore John Gibson on London attacks: "blow up Paris, and who cares?"
On the day that London was selected to host the 2012 Olympics, Fox commentator John Gibson responded on "The Radio Factor" by boldly saying that Paris should have gotten the bid because "it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn't worry about terrorism. They'd blow up Paris, and who cares?" The next day, when London was attacked, Gibson reaffirmed this atrocious claim in his Fox column, "My Word," saying "This is why I thought th...
Posted: Thu, Jul 14, 2005 1:48pm PDT
CPB's Tomlinson Comes Under Fire For Secretly Monitoring Political Content
The head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Kenneth Tomlinson, came under fire from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) at a Senate panel Monday for his decision to secretly monitor public television and radio programs, and about other controversial moves that have led to calls for his resignation. We play an excerpt of the hearing....
Posted: Tue, Jul 12, 2005 7:36am PDT
UK Indymedia Coverage Of London Blasts
07-07-2005 11:14 Five London tube stations and at least one bus have been targeted by bombs. Two fatalities confirmed - some sources suggest 20+. Entire Transport system shut down. Tony Blair returning to London from Gleneagles....
Posted: Thu, Jul 7, 2005 5:01am PDT
Santa Cruz Indymedia Newsletter July 4, 2005
SANTA CRUZ INDYMEDIA UPDATE, JULY 4, 2005...
Posted: Mon, Jul 4, 2005 7:35pm PDT
Race and Natrional Origin in Pacifica Radio Why Should You Care?
Turn on your radio. Spin the dial. Companies like clear channel and Cox own well in excess of 3000 broadcast outlets. That's how most of us get our information. Pacifica exists to counter that. It has only 5 stations, but in major cities, With $400,000,000 in assests and 16 million in yearly budget the foundation is the single most valuable asset of the left. Under one vision it would move to the right, under another it would recruit activists to actually create media....
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2005 8:11am PDT
Bill Moyers On The Radical Right Undermining Of The Independence Of Public Broadcasting
With the increasing politicization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the threat of funding cuts in Congress, public media in this country is facing a serious crisis. We spend the hour with legendary journalist Bill Moyers - the subject of much of the pressure brought by CPB chair Kenneth Tomlinson....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:10am PDT
EFF Publishes Legal Guide for Bloggers
Like all journalists and publishers, bloggers sometimes
publish information that other people don't want published.
You might, for example, publish something that someone
considers defamatory, republish an AP news story that's
under copyright, or write a lengthy piece detailing the
alleged crimes of a candidate for public office....
Posted: Fri, Jun 17, 2005 1:44pm PDT
PBS TV President Warns CPB Funding Cuts Will Cause Spiral of Death for Public Broadcasting
On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee voted to drastically cut funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We host a roundtable discussion on the continuing fight over public broadcasting in this country with the presidents of two PBS stations as well as Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy....
Posted: Fri, Jun 17, 2005 9:18am PDT
Help Deep Dish and the WTI
Help Deep Dish TV To Provide Global Television Uplink of World Tribunal on Iraq June 24th-27th, 2005 from Istanbul, Turkey...
Posted: Thu, Jun 16, 2005 11:29am PDT
As CPB Faces Massive Funding Cuts, A Look Back at the National Media Reform Conference
The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote today on drastic cuts to both the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Representative Ralph Regula's proposal would eliminate $100 million in federal funding to CPB and phase out the existance of PBS. For a look at media under fire, we turn to the National Conference on Media Reform....
Posted: Thu, Jun 16, 2005 9:12am PDT
Big Mac Attack
Interview with Dave Steel and Helen Steel, subject of the new documentary McLibel, from NYC Indymedia's biweeklyn newspaper....
Posted: Wed, Jun 15, 2005 1:36pm PDT
One, two, many Mclibels
Review of recent relase of recent release McLibel, from NYC Indymedia's biweekly newspaper....
Posted: Wed, Jun 15, 2005 1:34pm PDT
Stop Evil Funding Cuts to Public Broadcasting!
Contact your US Representatives to Stop Evil Funding Cuts to Public Broadcasting!...
Posted: Wed, Jun 15, 2005 9:42am PDT
WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA
Downing Street Memo in particular; Media coverage in general...
Posted: Tue, Jun 14, 2005 8:55am PDT