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Mixing the world: interviews with the streamers of the global occupations
November 2, 2011
Somewhere in lower Manhattan a group of dedicated geeks collect live streams for a global mix.
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activism, adbusters, community media, geeks, global revolution, livestream, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, posts, streamers, technology, Vlad Teichberg
Challenging the News: New Book by Susan Forde
October 30, 2011
New book on journalism by alternative and community media makers, "filling in the gaps" left by mainstream news outlets
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Peoples' Production House at Occupy Wall Street
October 27, 2011
Betty Yu of Center for Media Justice and Carlos Pareja of People's Production House talk about the Media Justice movement.
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ATT, Betty Yu, Carlos Pareja, cell phones, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, media justice, MMaria Byck, Monopoly, Occupy Wall Street, Paper Tiger Television, People's Production House, Stream, struggle, Verizon
LA Murals in Danger
October 25, 2011
Technicalities in public space law are requiring that many murals get painted over.
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Akmerica Tropical, city, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Eva Cockcroft, Los Angeles, Murals, public art, regulations Tanner Blackman, Traction Avenue
To Be Heard: A Documentary about Poetry in the Bronx
October 24, 2011
Three teens in the Bronx respond to a poetry class.
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art. South Bronx, Deborah Shaffer, Education, poetry, teens, To Be Heard
Community Media Blog Offers News and Links
October 23, 2011
Community media is a powerful resource in many neighborhoods.
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Occupy Wallstreet Cypher
October 20, 2011
Hip Hop Comes to Liberty Square in New York City
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Community Radio Comes to Borneo
October 18, 2011
The Kelabit community of Bario became better connected when their brand new radio station hit the airwaves.
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Bario Radio, Borneo, community media, FORMADAT, IFAD, Jim Ellinger, John Tarawe, Malaysia, Radio, SARAWAK, Sarawat, Sdn Bhd
Stories of Merauke, West Papua
October 13, 2011
The tribe, Malind Anim are south of Papua and have customs and practices which are very ecological.
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ACTIVISM ART / CULTURE BIODIVERSITY CIVIL LIBERTIES CONSUMERISM CORPORATIONS / PRIVATISATION FORESTS / CONSERVATION HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS LAW / JUSTICE POVERTY / DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY
Mina Daniel and Wael Yunna, Tahrir bloggers, killed in Egypt
October 10, 2011
Mina Daniel was a noted blogger and writer who gained international attention for his coverage of the ‘Arab spring’.
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blogger, Christian, Coptic, Coptic TV, independent, journalists, Maspero Youth, Mina Daniel, Muslim, Wael Yunna