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Theater
The Red Wind Theater's short song
May 23, 2012
Chuck Meese of the Red Wing Theater passed away today.
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Bread and Puppet, chuck meese, jan meese, puppetry, red wing theater, Theater, ukelele
Armand Mattelart Speaks about Communication post 9-11 (in Spanish)
May 21, 2012
Armand Mattelart looks at the role of communication media in a Post 9-11 world.
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9-11, black panthers, change, communication, corporations, DEMONSTRATION, Information, Mattelart, media, mobilizations, production, terrorism
Radio
AMARC URGES SPECTRUM FEE ROLL BACK IN INDIA
May 19, 2012
Indian Government fees make grassroots radio difficult.
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AMARC, Article 19, community media, DECCAN, India, indian govenment, marginalized voices, policy, Radio, regulations, spectrum fees
Art & Activism
A Mothers' Day Project Helps Organize "Nannies"
May 8, 2012
'New Day New Standard' is a hotline informing nannies, housekeepers, eldercaregivers, about Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights.
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Domestic Workers United, eldercare, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), Marisa Jahn, MIT Center for Civic Media, nannies, National Employment Law Project (NELP), organizing, People's Production House, the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center, union
Under Threat
Nuevo Conflicto Territorial en Chubut, Patagonia
May 4, 2012
Mapuche Cañio retake their land.
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Argentina, Benetton, Indigenous rights, Mapu, Mapuche Cañio, Patagonia, Radio Petu Mogeleiñ, Wallmapuche
Theater
Rude Mechanical Orchestra & Bread & Puppet Theater Celebrate May Day, NYC
May 2, 2012
Drums and trumpets in the Q Train, and Bread and Puppet in a Resurrection Boat.
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band, brass, Bread and Puppet, horns, May Day, Meredith Holch, Music, Peter Schumann, protest, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Same Boat
Media education
Amos Vogel: Film as Subversive Art
April 27, 2012
Amos Vogel, who pioneered alternative media distribution "with Cinema 16", died in NY this week.
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Amos Vogel, Cinema 16, distribution, exhibition, experimental film, history, Jack Goelman, Marcia Vogel, Maya Deren, Nazi, Paul Cronin, Richard Peña
Social Networks
Protests in Ecuador Against Mining and Water Privatization
April 24, 2012
A 14 day march by indigenous people in Ecuador protesting new developments and laws relinquishing water rights.
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activists, chevron, corporate interests, courts, dignity, Ecuador, indigenous protest, laws, Mining, quito, water resources, water rights
Under Threat
SERVERS SEIZED !
April 20, 2012
Waves of Change is on a May First Server. Please support our colleagues by writing to complain!
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abuse, Devin Theriot-Orr, FBI, May First, People Link, Seize, Tor project
Media education
The Jungle: by teens of the 12th and Oxford Corporation
April 16, 2012
A film made by gang members in Philadelphia in 1967.
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