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TC-IMC | 07.31.2008
With the RNC a month away and the propaganda machine of electoral politics shifting into high gear, a strong independent media infrastructure will be critical to a successfully crashed convention. But we at TC-IMC are running on a skeleton crew, and we need your help. Read on to see what's in the works and what we need. If you're an IMC activist coming to the Twin Cities, or if you're local and want to plug in, get in touch: IMCatRNC@gmail.com. With the RNC in the Twin Cities less than a month away, the propaganda machine of electoral politics is shifting into high gear. For months, corporate media in the Twin Cities has been trying
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Mumia Abu-Jamal | 07.25.2008
Politicians and press people are virtually for hire to the biggest corporate bidder. Thus politics and media news outlets become multi-billion dollar industries. Moreover, they become industries that feed on each other, as politicians buy millions of dollars worth of commercials, and of course, TV and cable outlets make big bucks by selling ads. Mumia Abu-Jamal's Radio Broadcasts
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Hans Bennett | 07.13.2008
Claude Marks is the director of The Freedom Archives, a San Francisco-based organization. Through the website and email list-serves, it provides a valuable resource documenting both revolutionary struggle and police state repression. Freedom Archives also creates high quality audio and video documentaries, including the recent video about the San Francisco Eight, titled "Legacy of Torture." Legacy of Torture can be viewed online, as well as the previous films Voices of Three Political Prisoners (featuring Nuh Washington, Jalil Muntaqim and David Gilbert), Charisse Shumate: Fighting for Our Lives, and Self Respect, Self Defense & Self Determination (featuring Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver, introduced by Angela Davis).  The Freedom Archives: An Interview with Claude Marks by Hans Bennett
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J-Red | 07.07.2008
A fight song for all who raise their voices in dissent Hello everybody. It's the start of the G8 and I wanted to let everyone know that we have put up (for free download) our song "The Siege".
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Stephen Lendman | 06.27.2008
Part II of McChesney's tour de force Robert McChesney's The Political Economy of Media (Part II) - by Stephen Lendman
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Stephen Lendman | 06.25.2008
Another McChesney tour de force. Robert McChesney's The Political Economy of Media (Part I) - by Stephen Lendman
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Stewart A. Alexander | 05.13.2008
Third political parties do not compete on a level playing field in U.S. politics; the corporate media will spend more money in one day, promoting the campaigns of Senators John McCain, Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton, than the amount of money third political parties will spend in one year to promote their candidates, combined. While third party candidates are spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on flyers and brochures, big corporations are spending millions to keep the names of their candidates in the public’s view.
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Stephen Lendman | 04.11.2008
People confuse what BBC reports with news. BBC: Imperial Tool - by Stephen Lendman
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Todd Wolfson | 04.09.2008
Please come to a happy hour on Thursday, April 10th to meet and greet media makers, academics, activists and others that are fighting for media reform, media justice, community and independent media! Where: Triumph Brewing Company, 117 Chestnut St. Go to the "Platform Area" on the first floor towards the back of the bar. When: Thursday, April 10 5pm to 8pm Who: Anyone who cares about media reform, media justice, community & indie media. Please invite your friends and colleagues.  This serves as a reminder about tomorrow's happy hour (details below)
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