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Triumph of (George) Will: When Media Might Makes Right |
by Norman Solomon
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09 Mar 2001
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George Will is one of the News-Gazette's favorite columnists since he is a local boy who has climbed into the corridors of power. He always pontificates in a holier-than-thou tone about the alleged moral superiority of the conservative cause. Like most of these people, his position on political morality is mostly about what standards OTHERS should follow, so they don't pose a threat to the powers that be, rather than actually embracing these lofty standards himself. |
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NPR Prez Questioned by Listeners -- Now Listen On-line |
by Paul R.
paul (nospam) mediageek.org (unverified) |
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08 Mar 2001
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On Wed. Feb. 28 NPR President Kevin Klose appeared on the 20th anniversary program of WILL public radio's call-in talk show Focus 580. Local citizens took this as their opportunity to put tough questions to the NPR head. |
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Mark Weisbrot: "FIGHTING GLOBAL CAPITAL: A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT," part 2 |
by U-C IMC, uploaded by P. Riismandel
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07 Mar 2001
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Mark Weisbrot, a progressive economist and Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks about his life experiences as an activist. Weisbrot is co-author of "Social Security: The Phony Crisis" and is also the author of "One Year After Seattle: Globalization Revisited" and "Globalization for Dummies." |
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Mark Weisbrot: "FIGHTING GLOBAL CAPITAL: A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT," part 1 |
by Urbana-Champaign IMC, uploaded by Paul R.
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06 Mar 2001
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Mark Weisbrot, a progressive economist and Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks about his life experiences as an activist. Weisbrot is co-author of "Social Security: The Phony Crisis" and is also the author of "One Year After Seattle: Globalization Revisited" and "Globalization for Dummies." |
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Institute for Local Self-Reliance Offers Smart Alternatives for Development |
by Mike Lehman
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07 Mar 2001
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The ILSR and the New Rules website are helpful resources for all those seeking to develop their communities in ways that are sustainable, democratic, and based on the greatest good for all residents. This is a real contrast to the way communities in Champaign County currently handle development. Here the only important issues are how much money can we hand to developers with no strings attached and how big the headlines will be for the politician handing the public's wallet over to the private sector. |
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Farewell to Radio |
by Robert W. McChesney
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07 Mar 2001
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Robert W. McChesney is a research professor in the Institute of Communications Research and the Graduate School of Information and Library Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He is the author of Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-35 , Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times, and most recently, It's the Media, Stupid!. |
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Study Finds Racial Bias In Special Ed |
by Jay Mathews/Washington Post
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05 Mar 2001
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The issue of tracking of black children described in the following article is just one of the issues that the Champaign schools need to address. This Harvard study shows that it is a problem that extends beyond isolated school systems. Racism was "outlawed" in an official sense, but it is still a systemic problem that must be addressed by going beyond the window-dressing of simply removing discriminatory laws. |
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