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Free Radio - Liberating the Commons Liberating the broadcast spectrum through electronic civil disobedience and being a voice for the voiceless defines the essential nature of Free Radio....
Posted: Sun, Oct 26, 2008 11:01pm PDT
Kyrgyzstan: A year after the murder of Alisher Saipov - no closer to the truth A year ago on 24 October 2007 a young independent journalist and editor, Alisher Saipov, was killed in his home town of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan as he was walking down a street with an acquaintance. He was shot reportedly at point blank range by two unidentified assailants. The killing was reported to be linked to his professional activities, in particular his critical reporting on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. His death had a further chilling effect on the rights to freedom of ...
Posted: Sat, Oct 25, 2008 9:50am PDT
SF Chronicle Jeopardizes Marriage Equality Friday, October 24, 2008 : In the final stretch of this election, Proposition 8 is dangerously close in the polls—after months of it being safely behind. With massive out-of-state funding, including $8.4 million from the Mormon Church, the “Yes on 8” campaign has scared many swing voters into falsely believing that marriage equality will intrude on their religion and indoctrinate their children....
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2008 7:10am PDT
ACLU Calls On Broadcasters To Stop Stifling Political Discourse On YouTube Monday, October 20, 2008 : SAN FRANCISCO - Television networks should stop silencing political speech on the Internet, according to a letter the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California and a coalition of public interest groups sent to four major television networks today....
Posted: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 6:10pm PDT
Ignoring Evidence, Mexican Authorities Charge Activists with 2006 Murder of Independent Journalist Brad Will Monday, October 20, 2008 :Mexican authorities have arrested two activists in the murder of the independent journalist Brad Will. Speculation has long centered around police officers and pro-government militants in Will's death. Some were initially arrested in the months after the shooting, but ultimately released. But today the government is accusing two members of the popular movement APPO, the group opposed to state governor Ulises Ruiz. Will's family has criticized the charges, calling the...
Posted: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 7:52am PDT
Bush Signs Intellectual Property Enforcement Bill Saturday, October 18, 2008 :On Monday, President Bushed signed a controversial intellectual property enforcement bill into law. This set of proposals for heightened intellectual property enforcement first appeared at the end of 2007 in the House's original PRO IP Act. The winding history of the bill not only sheds light on the agenda of the entertainment industry, but leads to an instructive conclusion -- that the vigilance of public interest groups and involved citizens is having a positive ...
Posted: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 9:05am PDT
Do You Need An Exemption from the DMCA? Friday, October 17, 2008 :Every three years, the U.S. Copyright Office undertakes a rule-making to consider whether the DMCA's ban on circumventing technological protection measures (e.g., DRM and other "access control" restrictions) is interfering with noninfringing uses of copyrighted materials. The Copyright Office has announced that those interested in requesting a DMCA exemption for the period 2009-2012 must submit their proposals to the Copyright Office by December 2, 2008 (there will b...
Posted: Fri, Oct 17, 2008 8:06am PDT
The Shortwave Report 10/17/08 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, Oct 16, 2008 4:50pm PDT
New York Times demands escalation of Afghanistan war Thursday, October 16, 2008 :In an editorial October 15 entitled Downward Spiral, the New York Times calls for the next administration to carry out a swift and serious buildup of troops in Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 7:24am PDT
Ground Noise & Static A video reportback from subMedia and Pepperspray Productions...
Posted: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 11:02am PDT
Arrest Of KPFA Programmer Nadra Foster by KPFA/Pacifica Management This is a video taken during the arrest of KPFA programmer Nadra Foster by KPFA management on 8/20/2008. The arrest ordered by business managers Lois Withers was backed by at that time interim manager Lemlem Rijio and interim program director Sasha Lilley. Nicole Sawaya, the Executive Director of Pacifica personally participated in supporting the arrest and physically tried to block a staff member from video taping the incident. She has since resigned but not before appointing Lemlem Rijio to...
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 3:51pm PDT
Pacifica lawsuit drags on Listeners' money is being wasted on a lawsuit that should settled. Pacifica Counsel Dan Siegel allows this to continue and nobody seems to be minding the store. The PNB (Pacifica National Board) should look into this matter. Unfortunately the PNB is chaired by Sherry Gendelman who is a member of the so called "Concerned Listeners," and an ally of attorney Dan Siegel....
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 2:25pm PDT
The Shortwave Report 10/10/08 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, Oct 9, 2008 5:30pm PDT
Former Dutch pirate targets Asian Babyboomers. Those who prefer tuning in to distant radiostations than touring the Internet are being targeted by a Dutch radio enthusiast dedicated to bring on back the good times of 1960s rock'n'roll radio....
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 2:22pm PDT
Curtis Lawson- Lost Pages From The History Book Curtis Lawson- Lost Pages From The History Book...
Posted: Sat, Oct 4, 2008 2:32pm PDT
Amy Goodman Among 4 Recipients of 2008 Right Livelihood Award, Known as the "Alternative Nobel" Friday, October 3, 2008 :Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman has become the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, established to honor those “offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." The annual prize, also known as the Alternative Nobel, will be awarded in the Swedish Parliament in December. The other winners were Indian activists Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan; women's rights advocate Asha Hagi of Somalia; and sexual vi...
Posted: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 7:57am PDT
Project Censored's Media Democracy Advocacy Project Censored's Media Democracy advocacy....
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 11:54am PDT
3 Reasons to Attack Gwen Ifill -- VP Debate Moderator Under Fire Originally From New America Media
Thursday, October 2, 2008 : There were three compelling reasons that PBSs Gwen Ifill was dumped squarely on the hot seat on the eve of her stint as moderator for the VP debate between GOP contender Sarah Palin and her Democratic rival Joe Biden....
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 8:19am PDT
Congress Takes Step Toward High-Speed Broadband This week Congress took, what Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Larry Cohen called, “a good first step” to moving the nation toward high-speed broadband when it approved the Broadband Improvement Act. (S. 1492). The final action came yesterday, when slight variations between the U.S. House and Senate versions were ironed out and the bill was sent to the president’s desk....
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 8:19am PDT
"The Age of the Warrior": Robert Fisk on the U.S. Elections, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Israel-Palestine Thursday, October 2, 2008 :Robert Fisk is Britain’s most celebrated foreign correspondent and has borne witness to countless tragedies in the Middle East for over three decades. With the publication of a new collection of essays, Fisk joins us to talk about the U.S. elections and their bearing on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel-Palestine....
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 8:14am PDT
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