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Public Broadcasting Needs A Whole New System |
by Steve Rendall and Peter Hart
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21 Jun 2006
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It's time to stop trying to save the CPB from budget cuts and corrupt leadership; we need to cut the purse strings and develop new, independent funding mechanisms.
The CPB has become a tool used by congressional conservatives to restrict programming within narrow political limits. Each successive attack from the right weakens public broadcasting as programmers become more skittish and public TV's habit of survival through capitulation becomes more ingrained. |
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Their Barbarism, and Ours |
by Norman Solomon
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21 Jun 2006
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Without maintaining a single and consistent moral standard in their work, journalists -- no matter how brave, skilled or hardworking -- end up prostituting their talents in the service of a war machine. |
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News :: Arts : Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation : Media |
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Low Power Today! Emergency Opportunity to Expand Low Power FM |
by Prometheus Radio Project
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21 Jun 2006
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The expansion of low power FM (LPFM) radio -- one hundred watt community
radio stations used by churches, schools, and community groups around
the United States -- has taken a dramatic, important turn. Senator John
McCain, Republican of Arizona, is sponsoring an amendment onto Senate
Bill 2686, a big telecommunications bill that covers everything from who
controls your local cable company to how fast and open your access to
the internet is. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq : Peace : Protest Activity : Regime : Right Wing |
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AWARE Yard signs have arrived! |
by Jan Kruse
jandurl (nospam) insightbb.com (verified) |
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20 Jun 2006
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Help spread the word!
Join AWARE to spread the word regarding the November 7th Township Advisory Referendum. Help inform the public...... |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Environment |
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Earth Justice Gathering |
by Bob Poeschl
carpepax (nospam) riseup.net (verified) |
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20 Jun 2006
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This summer the Rainforest Action Network and Forest Ethics invite you to a week of workshops, trainings, stories, campfires, feasting, music and action at the Grassy Narrows blockade. Let’s join together to support this visionary action, deepen our understanding of the issues, and build the bonds between indigenous land struggles and the environmental movement. |
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LOCAL News :: Civil & Human Rights : Health : Protest Activity |
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CCHCC Action Alert - Public Health Appointment |
by via email
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20 Jun 2006
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Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) and the Friends of Public Health (FPH) is asking for your help to ensure that the needs of Champaign County residents who live outside of C-U are represented on the County Board of Health. |
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Why Neil Young Is Wrong |
by Stephan Smith-Said
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20 Jun 2006
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Pete Seeger told me that the floodgates to freedom of expression were opened in the 1960s when the Broadway and Hollywood monopoly over the music industry was broken by Rock and Roll, Motown, and Nashville.
Now, the subsequent monopoly that Rock and Roll, Motown, and Nashville constructed is being broken by the Internet, where artists and organizations are creating networks that transcend corporate genres. |
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News :: Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iran : Nukes : Peace : Regime |
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A Negotiated Solution to the Iranian Nuclear Crisis is Within Reach |
by Noam Chomsky
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20 Jun 2006
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The US must take three basic steps to defuse this confrontation. The consequences of not doing so could be grim |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Economy : Elections & Legislation : Labor : Political-Economy : Regime : Right Wing |
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Federal Minimum Wage at Lowest Point in 50 Years |
by Center for Economic and Policy Research
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20 Jun 2006
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Sure, Congressman Tim Johnson will tell you he vaoted against the pay raise that Congress recently voted in favor of -- but he'll take the money to the bank anyway.
The real question is -- What has Tim done to help struggling constituents who have not seen an increase in the minimum wage in almost a decade? The answer is -- nothing. Thanks, Tim, for doing nothing -- that will feed my kids and I'm sure I don't really need it anyway with the big bank accounts those of us on mimimum wage have, just like politicians. Yeah, sure. |
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Neoliberal Geo-Politics |
by Jurgen Wagner
mbatko (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
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20 Jun 2006
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In truth, the war on Iraq is lost. Military commanders in the field admit this in reports to the Pentagon. In truth, American military power cannot contain the growing violence. War is part of neoliberalism. |
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