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Tensions Rise: University Autonomy Violated as Radio is under seige 
The Federal Government is trying to consolidate it´s power in Oaxaca, attacking the University Campus (a violation of its guaranteed autonomy) in order to remove its radio station from the air (at 1470 AM), which broadcasts the words of teachers, students, workers, the indigenous, and others the Mexican government wants silenced....
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 5:38pm PST
Suspects in Murder of Indymedia Journalist Brad Will On Loose in Oaxaca Press reports out of Mexico indicate the gunmen suspected of murdering New York journalist Brad Will are missing and not in police custody. We speak with independent journalist John Gibler in Oaxaca...
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 9:00am PST
Letter to the Washington Post: Mark Stevenson's Cheerleading of the Massacre in Oaxaca Even by today's bottomless standards, Mark Stevenson's article of the 30th October could only by very loose metaphor be described as journalism. Following the trend in the corporate news, Stevenson's lead paragraph paints a picture of jubilant residents greeting the police as liberators; one doesn't find out until the sixth paragraph that the 'strike-weary residents' comprise about twenty people....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 6:41am PST
Zionists seek to silence critics of US policy toward Israel Prominent Zionist groups and individuals in the US are conducting a campaign of intimidation against liberal and left-wing critics of the Israeli regime and Washington’s policy toward Israel....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 6:38am PST
On the Streets of Oaxaca, the People Remember Brad Will 
“Covering the Current Events in Oaxaca Since Brad’s Death Has Been a Completely Different Experience”...
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 8:05am PST
¡Presente! Brad Will’s Ghost at the NYC Mexican Consulate Protesters, Friends and Others Honor Brad's Life and Struggle by Bringing “One More Night At the Barricades” to the Streets of New York City...
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 7:36am PST
I Was Wrong About Thomas Friedman, the World's Wealthiest Pundit Last week my column was a parody of how Thomas Friedman writes about the global economy. Since then, I've learned that I was in error on a matter that shines some light on the worldview of the syndicated New York Times columnist and best-selling author....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 8:19pm PST
4 arrested as London joins Oaxaca protests 
Attempts by imcistas to project Brad Will's final and fatal footage onto Mexico's London embassy were thwarted tonight when scores of police sealed off the area and provoked violent clashes with demonstrators....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 6:20pm PST
Journalist's Death Bringing Oaxaca to World's Eye The death of American journalist Brad Will has brought media attention to the conflicts in Oaxaca, Mexico. NAM contributing editor Mary Jo McConahay monitors the Spanish-language press and has been a reporter for many years in Latin America....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 6:18pm PST
David Rovics Pays Tribute to Fellow Musician and Friend Brad Will Musician David Rovics, pays tribute to his friend, Brad Will, the U.S. journalist and activist shot dead in Oaxaca on Friday. Rovics says, "For those of us alive today who had the honor of being one of Brad's large circle of friends, his memory will be with us painfully, deeply, lovingly, until we all join him beneath the ground -- hopefully only after each of us has managed to have the kind of impact on each other, on the movement, and the world that Brad surely had in his short 36 years."...
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 6:13pm PST
Brad Will In His Own Words We turn to some archival footage of Brad Will, the U.S. journalist and activist shot dead in Oaxaca on Friday. We play a recording of Brad from the late 1990s at a time when he hosted a radio show on the pioneering microradio station "Steal This Radio" and a recording of Brad talking about efforts to prevent New York City from demolishing a squat on the Lower East Side....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 6:12pm PST
Brad Will 1970-2006: Friends Remember Indymedia Journalist and Activist Killed in Oaxaca Mourners gathered outside the Mexican consulate in New York on Saturday to pay tribute to journalist and activist Brad Will. He was shot dead in Oaxaca Mexico on Friday. He died with his camera in his hands. We speak with some of Brad's friends and colleagues who remember his lifetime of activism....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 6:11pm PST
Electronic Blockade of Mexican Embassies and Consulate Electronic Blockade of Mexican Embassy and Consulate Websites In response to a call to action to remember Brad, show solidarity with the teachers and protesters of Oaxaca, and attempt to interrupt the invasion of Oaxaca that Fox is beginning, join this electronic blockade of the websites for all of the Mexican embassies and consulates in the United States and Canada.
http://www.mountainrebel.net/oaxaca/...
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2006 12:50pm PST
Fake News and Payola is the Topic on McChesney's Media Matters This Week 
Today's guests on Bob McChesney's radio program about the media will be Dianne Farsetti,an expert on Video News Releases (VNRs), and Paul Porter, an expert on how "payola" (bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service) drives the music industry....
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2006 10:21am PST
NBC refuses ads for Dixie Chicks movie 
Washington.– In an ironic twist of events, NBC and the CW Television Network efuse to air ads for a documentary focusing on freedom of speech....
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2006 8:07am PST
New York Times Reacts to Bioneers On Oct. 24 the New York Times published a snide story on the Bioneers. The article by Patricia Leigh Brown, allegedly reporting on the event, does not even mention what may have been its trigger: the dozens of presenters in one of the weekend’s main tracks— Independent/Alternative Media....
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2006 6:54am PST
Video: Infamia en Oaxaca, Brad’s last footage This is video Bradley was taking when he was shot and killed on Friday, October 27th, 2006
Infamia contra Bradley ataque armado en Santa Lucia del Camino Oaxaca
Brad's final footage is very intense and, for those of us who knew him, very emotional.
It is 16:32, beginning with interviews, then shooting, then running, then the camera drops.
Usage through a Creative Commons by-nc-sa license
download the mp4 video (16:32 minutes / 39.7 MB)...
Posted: Sat, Oct 28, 2006 10:24pm PDT
Call to Action Across the US Against Mexican Consulates This is a call to action against mexican consulates all over the country....
Posted: Sat, Oct 28, 2006 5:34pm PDT
Communique from Mexican independent media concerning Oaxaca Summary of events in oaxaca, call for independent journalists to be in solidarity with mexico...
Posted: Sat, Oct 28, 2006 4:31pm PDT
Indymedia: Brad Will, Bravery, Our Common Struggle I think we should all take a look at what is so important about indymedia work and why it is so important and what it means to each one of us. I hope that we draw courage of conviction from Brad's example and that we stand together throughout the indymedia network and as individuals to redouble our efforts. I think you all know that it could have been any one of us. But, it is so much easier for them to take us one at a time. We stand much more strongly together in what we can all be pro...
Posted: Sat, Oct 28, 2006 3:39am PDT
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