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Tomgram> Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age?
Tomgram> Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? Posted by Noam Chomsky at 7:39am, May 8, 2012 TomDispatch If you had followed May Day protests in New York City in the mainstream media, you might hardly have noticed that they happened at all. The stories were generally tucked away, minimalist, focused on a […]
Truthdiggers of the Week> The May Day Occupiers
Truthdiggers of the Week> The May Day Occupiers Posted on May 4, 2012 Truthdig.com Every week, Truthdig recognizes an individual or group of people who spoke truth to power, blew the whistle or stood up in the face of injustice. See past winners here, and nominate the next awardee here. Police officers on scooters try to push protesters back […]
Gustav Wynn> Media Malfeasance: Corporate News Downsizes OWS, Downplays Murdoch Ruling
Media Malfeasance: Corporate News Downsizes OWS, Downplays Murdoch Ruling By Gustav Wynn May 3, 2012 OpEdNews NYC streets occupied May 1, 2012 by gw Tuesday’s May Day march was Occupy Wall Street’s largest ever, with one NY Times estimate topping out at 30,000 demonstrators.The exact crowd size was hard to gauge from the […]
FAIR> May Day Media
May Day Media Posted on 05/02/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR With Occupy Wall Street making its May Day comeback, what did the corporate media have to say? Take a look at the New York Times story (5/2/12), which was stuffed in the Metro section and focused on… well, take a look at the headline: About half of the article is […]
May Day Minneapolis in Video and Picture
May Day Minneapolis in Video and Picture Here are just a few of the many videos and photos from May Day in Minneapolis. Click here to watch the KSTP video Monday night in preparation for May Day. MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) Channel 5 OccupyMN protestors are expecting more people to turn out in support of the movement […]
Video> “Occupy Everywhere”: May Day Special Show on OWS, Immigration, Labor Protests. 1 of 3
Published on May 1, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org – As Occupy Wall Street plans nationwide protests marking International Workers Day, or May Day, we discuss the movement with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Chris Hedges; Amin Husain, editor of Tidal Magazine and a key facilitator of the Occupy movement; Marina Sitrin, author of “Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina” […]
Progressive Media Outlets Pledge Coverage of May Day Protests | Care2 Causes
Progressive Media Outlets Pledge Coverage of May Day Protests by Beth Buczynski April 28, 2012 care2.com May Day, otherwise known as International and Immigrant Workers’ Day, marks the first major resurgence of the Occupy Wall Street movement since massive arrests and police brutality drove most occupations indoors over the winter. Although OWS has […]
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