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Rapacious capitalists don't think there is enough profit from the Internet....
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2006 12:29pm PST
News from Neptune is a radio program about the news of the week and its coverage by the media. News from Neptune is hosted by C. G. Estabrook and P. Mueth and produced by J. B. Nicholson-Owens at the studios of WEFT, 90.1 FM, in Champaign, Illinois USA. The show is named in honor of Noam Chomsky, who said, "Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune."...
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2006 8:07am PST
Jan 31 at 6:30 PM: New College Media Studies MA Program Open House. Learn about New College's innovative media studies education for social change. New College, 766 Valencia St., Room 11B, San Francisco...
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 8:52pm PST
By LAWRENCE R. VELVEL...
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 8:39am PST
A few thoughts on FBI infiltrator "Anna's" posts....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 9:05pm PST
Just before changing its name to New America Media, the San Francisco-based group put on its seventh annual awards ceremony, celebrating the best journalism in ethnic media statewide on Thursday, Jan. 26 in San Jose....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 6:41pm PST
Linux is an alternative to Microsoft and Apple. Ogg Vorbis is an alternative to mp3. The Wikipedia is an alternative to commercial encyclopedias. Craigslist is an alternative to the Classifieds. Indymedia is an alternative to Commercial Corporate news. Firefox is an alternative to Internet Explorer.
What are we waiting for? It is time for an Open Source, Free Search Engine. Is it possible?...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 1:16pm PST
Summary: FCC enters the debate on “local franchising” and could play role in shaping the future of Public, Educational and Governmental TV. Around the country Community Access TV advocates are vocal in opposition to legislation that would harm Access TV....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 6:12pm PST
SF community access CEO Zane Blaney has banned video cameras from recording the "private"
lotteries that he and his rubber stamp board have instituted. It seems a large number of local
community access producers are fed up with the privatization and commericalization of
the San Francisco city supported community access station. It might get on TV....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 5:00pm PST
Films to Highlight Struggle to Bring the Klamath Salmon Home
Locals and Tribal leaders to present films, discuss dam removal efforts
Arcata, CA - Klamath River residents are coming to Arcata this Friday as the first stop in a string of multi-media events in California and Oregon to build support for efforts to remove dams and bring the Klamath salmon home....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 2:34pm PST
There is a curious and deafening silence about Google's deal with the repressive Chinese government in the Left Alternative media.
Where are the anti-corporate, anti-globalist voices?
What follows is a hurried hypothesis about why this is so. Hopefully some more talented analysts and writers will explore this idea....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 1:32pm PST
Over 500 letters to the editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel have been sent, describing opposition to right-wing extremist judge, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. How many letters or articles expressing dissenting opinions about Alito have been published? Zero....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 1:23am PST
Capitalists force workers to work harder online....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 1:53pm PST
Tenemos el placer de anunciar, que el sitio web del centro de medios independientes de Santa Cruz, ahora forma parte de Indybay.org, que es el sitio web de el centro de medios independientes de la bahia de San Francisco. El nuevo sitio web de Santa Cruz Indymedia es http://indybay.org/santacruz....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 1:20pm PST
We are very pleased to announce that the Santa Cruz Independent Media Center's website will now be regionally integrated with Indybay.org, the website of the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center. The new website address for Santa Cruz Indymedia is http://indybay.org/santacruz....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 1:14pm PST
News from Neptune is a radio program about the news of the week and its coverage by the media. News from Neptune is hosted by C. G. Estabrook and P. Mueth and produced by J. B. Nicholson-Owens at the studios of WEFT, 90.1 FM, in Champaign, Illinois USA. The show is named in honor of Noam Chomsky, who said, "Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 12:53pm PST
Can you tell us about some of your e-voting machine hacking activities? On Tuesday, Dec. 13, we conducted a hack of the Diebold AccuVote optical scan device. I wrote a five-line script in Visual Basic that would allow you to go into the central tabulator and change any vote total you wanted, leaving no logs. It requires physical access to a machine, which in many counties isn’t very difficult to get -- you have elections offices full of volunteers....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 7:19pm PST
Lo Mejor del Hip Hop Subterraneo ! Str8 Up Underground en Espanol ! Raperos de Todas Partes Del Mundo Representando el Verdadero Hip Hop ....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 1:29pm PST
The US government's demand for millions of Internet search records from Google Inc. and other prominent search firms has raised new questions about the vast amounts of personal information collected by companies....
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 10:26am PST
KPFA is hosting a very important Town Hall Meeting, Sunday, January 22, from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street, in San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 9:37am PST