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Strike Updates for Chicago, Greece, NC and Thailand 
Unions are calling for a general strike today, while demonstrators are set to take to the streets for a fifth day to protest the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old....
Posted: Sat, Dec 13, 2008 9:36am PST
MPAA Asks Obama for More Copyright Surveillance of the Internet Friday, December 12, 2008 :As part of their commitment to transparent and open government, the Obama Transition Team is posting the lobbying agendas of the groups it meets with for public review and comment. One of the more interesting documents to be found there is the Motion Picture Association of America's "international trade" agenda....
Posted: Fri, Dec 12, 2008 7:59am PST
GeoClan.com interview about Journalists for Mumia Abu-Jamal 
Those advocating this radical journalist's execution show a disturbing lack of concern about the undeniable problems of racism (and all documented police/DA/judicial misconduct) throughout this case. At the most fundamental level, the FOP-led 'Fry Mumia' campaign's lack of concern is racist....The FOP appeals to a racist lynch-mob mentality that has long infected the US, so calling this a 'legal lynching' is no exaggeration....
Posted: Thu, Dec 11, 2008 5:53pm PST
Breaking the Stranglehold on Middle East News Coverage Afshin Rattansi has for more than a decade worked in broadcast and print media around the world. In the UK, he has worked at The Guardian, the New Statesman, for every regional and national outlet of the BBC. In 1999, he helped to launch the developing world's first global financial news and current affairs channel. He is currently a news anchor for Press TV. Rattansi has written six novels including "The Dream of the Decade - The London Novels". He recently spoke with Joshua Frank about Pres...
Posted: Thu, Dec 11, 2008 7:16am PST
New reality show to catch corrupt police 
For former drug interdiction officer Barry Cooper, the media storm is just beginning.
His upcoming reality show, 'KopBusters,' a 'To Catch A Predator' style crusade against dirty officers, sparked an immediate response after RAW STORY covered a news brief of their first sting.
Cooper has now released footage from the initial episode of 'KopBusters,' in which the Odessa, TX police department raids a suspected marijuana grow house, only to discover they played right into the filmmaker's...
Posted: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 6:19pm PST
The Blogging Revolution: A Look at the Repression of Online Journalism Around the World Friday, December 5, 2008 :A new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists says more internet journalists are jailed today than journalists in any other medium. We speak with journalist Antony Loewenstein, author of "The Blogging Revolution." He travelled to Iran, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and China in 2007 to look at bloggers around the world who live and write under repressive regimes....
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2008 7:27am PST
The Shortwave Report 12/5/08 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, Dec 4, 2008 4:46pm PST
Blame the Takers, Not the Makers (audio/mpeg 2.2MB) Isn't it ironic that media reflects such an anti-union bent when many corporate (at least newspaper employees) reporters are members of the Newspaper Guild?...
Posted: Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34am PST
Israeli Reporter Amira Hass Forced Out of Gaza by Hamas, Detained by Israeli Police For Entering Gaza Without Permit Tuesday, December 2, 2008 :Israel has imposed a tightened blockade over its million and a half residents for nearly a month. Last month, award-winning Israeli journalist Amira Hass defied the blockade and entered Gaza on a boat with international peace activists. But on Sunday, Hamas officials told Hass they could no longer guarantee her security and forced her to leave. Hass was briefly detained by Israeli security officials upon re-entering Israel Monday because she did not have a permit fo...
Posted: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 8:02am PST
EFF to Fight Against Telecom Immunity in Tuesday Hearing San Francisco - On Tuesday, December 2, at 10 a.m., the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will challenge the constitutionality of a federal law aimed at granting immunity to telecommunications companies participating in illegal domestic surveillance....
Posted: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 7:07am PST
Best Activist's Public Records & People Search Resource The Best Public Records & People Search Resource, To Find Friends, Loved Ones, The Deceased, Lost Family Members, Unique Books & Information.........
Posted: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 1:47am PST
FRSC: Third Paradigm Radio Show Third Paradigm is a twice-weekly 1/2 hour audio think-tank about how to take back control of our cities, farmland and water; of money, production and trade; of media, education and culture, of religion and even of an out-of-control Biblical God. Thursdays, we focus on economics and community sovereignty, and the Sunday edition puts religion in bed with politics. m your host, Tereza Coraggio, broadcasting from Free Radio Santa Cruz....
Posted: Thu, Nov 27, 2008 3:22pm PST
Coverage of Brad Will Action in Houston in Semana 
SEMANA News is Houston’s largest weekly Spanish-language newspaper focusing on issues relevant to the Hispanic community. Since 1992, SEMANA News has provided Houston’s Hispanic population with news coverage. SEMANA News reports on local and national headlines, including lifestyle issues pertinent to Spanish speaking families in the greater Houston area, the fifth largest Hispanic market in the U.S. with a circulation of 140,000....
Posted: Tue, Nov 25, 2008 8:37am PST
L A CITY COUNCIL TO SEIZE PUBLIC CABLE CHANNELS As a result of the deregulation of cable by the Democrats in the State legislature, the LA City Council may seize the community access cable stations and shut down community access. All the "liberal democrats" like Leno, Fiona Ma and the rest of the crew voted for this deregulation which was funded and pushed by AT&T and the other telecoms...
Posted: Sat, Nov 22, 2008 4:28pm PST
Apple Downgrades Macbook Video with DRM Saturday, November 22, 2008 :Once again, thanks to DRM, a new product ends up less useful than the one it replaces. This time, it's the new family of Apple Macbook laptop computers that gets the downgrade....
Posted: Sat, Nov 22, 2008 7:46am PST
Regional and municipal elections in Venezuela live on Radio Venezuela Live Nov. 22-23 (audio/x-mpegurl 0.1KB) Regional and municipal elections in Venezuela live on Radio Venezuela Live 22 and 23 November...
Posted: Fri, Nov 21, 2008 9:34am PST
The Shortwave Report 11/21/08 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, Nov 20, 2008 4:49pm PST
Bogus IP Claims Quash Debate Over Future of NYC Landmark Tuesday, November 18, 2008 : New York - A New York City community organizer is fighting back in court after her parody website challenging redevelopment efforts in New York City's historic Union Square was shut down with bogus claims of copyright infringement and cybersquatting....
Posted: Wed, Nov 19, 2008 9:45am PST
The Shortwave Report 11/14/08 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, Nov 13, 2008 5:21pm PST
Anti-War Fake New York Times For Jul 4th 2009 
"Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom were brought to an unceremonious close today."...
Posted: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 7:28am PST
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