When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Sunday, December 02, 2001
Free speech is important to the exchange of ideas. It become meaningless, however, if most of us have access to a narrow range of ideas. That is the situation today.
If you want your mind to be numbed, read your local newspaper, watch your local tv stations and listen to your local radio station. They are conservative, and they are strongly pro busines (they are businesses and they depend on business advertising). Whenever the interests of business conflict with the interests of the general public, business wins. The public interest may win when business has no particular stake in the issue at hand (or does not believe it has).
We have long known that Freedom of the Press belongs to him who owns the press. But who owns the public airwaves? Surely not the public.
AdBusters.org has begun a campaign to regain the public airwaves for the public.
Media Carta – the right of meaningful access to the power to communicate. It's a campaign touching on dozens of essential issues: from media concentration to infodiversity, from who owns the airwaves to free speech versus commercial speech.
culture jammers
See also Culture Jammers : A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Speak easy
Free speech is important to the exchange of ideas. It become meaningless, however, if most of us have access to a narrow range of ideas. That is the situation today.
If you want your mind to be numbed, read your local newspaper, watch your local tv stations and listen to your local radio station. They are conservative, and they are strongly pro busines (they are businesses and they depend on business advertising). Whenever the interests of business conflict with the interests of the general public, business wins. The public interest may win when business has no particular stake in the issue at hand (or does not believe it has).
We have long known that Freedom of the Press belongs to him who owns the press. But who owns the public airwaves? Surely not the public.
AdBusters.org has begun a campaign to regain the public airwaves for the public.
Media Carta – the right of meaningful access to the power to communicate. It's a campaign touching on dozens of essential issues: from media concentration to infodiversity, from who owns the airwaves to free speech versus commercial speech.
culture jammers
See also Culture Jammers : A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.
Palema
10:01 AM
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