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Democracy Now! Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The operators of the San Francisco area subway system are facing intense criticism for temporarily cutting off underground cell phone and mobile-internet service at four stations in an attempt to foil a protest. We go to San Francisco to speak with Davey D, a hip-hop journalist and activist who has been covering the protests. The protest was called by the activist hacker group Anonymous in retaliation for BART’s decision to shut down cell phone and mobile-internet service at four stations last week in an effort to disrupt a protest over the shooting of a homeless man. In recent years, online hackers who identified as being part of Anonymous and other groups have carried out dozens of high-profile online operations. We take an inside look at how online hacker activist groups operate with three guests: Peter Fein, an activist who works with the group Telecomix, a volunteer organization that has supported free speech and an open Internet in the Middle East. We’re also joined by Gabriella Coleman, an Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour.
Email this pageGRITtv: Students and Teachers Fight California University Cuts
Budget cuts are everywhere we look these days, but they often come right along with giveaways and moves to further enrich those at the top. In San Francisco, students and teachers came out to protest massive budget cuts in the California State University system, express outrage over the obscene salaries of the dean of students and voice their concern about their financially debt ridden future. This video comes courtesy of Davey D and OpenLine media. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: April 22, 2011
"We need to be able to laugh about issues but we also need to know that aside from the comedy that we find in the series when cultures collide, there is a very real issue of displacement in many urban communities," says Julia Ahumada Grob, the co-creator and lead actor of the web TV series East WillyB. The show is set in Bushwick a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, and it addresses the problems of gentrification and displacement of communities of color through humor, and brings high-quality TV production values to the 'net. Julia and actor Flaco Navaja join Laura in studio to discuss dealing with pressing social issues through humor, addressing the "new generation Latino" and why they moved to create their own media. The job of the journalist is not to give people a voice, filmmaker Miki Chakarova explains to her students: "People have a voice," she says, "It's just that they don't have an outlet." In her recent film, The Price of Sex, Chakarova went to great lengths to provide that outlet by embedding herself in the world of Eastern European sex trafficking. The resulting film is an intimate portrait of the individuals that comprise an industry, and the way that corruption thrives in the context of poverty. The film is playing around the country at select venues and will have its NYC premiere this summer at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Budget cuts are everywhere we look these days, but they often come right along with giveaways and moves to further enrich those at the top. In San Francisco, students and teachers came out to protest massive budget cuts in the California State University system, express outrage over the obscene salaries of the dean of students and voice their concern about their financially debt ridden future. This video comes courtesy of Davey D and OpenLine media. Finally, a new story in The Nation shows that the Supreme Court's also made it a lot easier for companies to pressure their employees directly about voting. Laura has some thoughts on the way Citizens United is changing the workplace as well as the ballot box. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: March 30, 2011
"It's a targeting of workers' abilities to come together against big companies," says Columbia University professor Dorian Warren of the Walmart v. Duke case. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments from both sides on whether a class-action lawsuit that pits female employees since 1998 against the corporate giant Wal-Mart will be permitted. Plaintiffs say that the level of gender discrimination is so entrenched that is has become part of the corporate culture. A class-action lawsuit would ensure that workers have the resources and voice to take on an opponent as formidable as the world's largest retail chain. If the decision to block a class-action suit is made, workers will be left with individual lawsuits and few other options. And, more GOP maneuvering in Wisconsin: the state GOP, with Koch backing, have issued a FOIA request for the email address of several UW Madison professors. They would like to prove that state email addresses were used for illegal lobbying after professor William Cronon published a blog outlining the role of the conservative think-tank American Legislative Exchange Council in drafting legislation around the country. "We know that two-thirds of corporations in the U.S. pay no taxes at all. General Electric was not only paying no taxes but taking a three billion dollar tax benefit," notes Josh Holland, editor & senior writer at AlterNet and author of The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy. And while corporations are finagling their way out of paying taxes, working people still have no money to spend to keep the economy moving--and thus the recession goes on. Josh joins Laura in studio to talk about taxes and other lies politicians tell about the economy. Sleeping in the statehouse, takin' it to the streets--this generation of students is getting a great education, at least outside of the classroom. Last week a group of San Francisco students and educators turned out to protest Governor Jerry Brown's cuts. These may be some of the youngest movement leaders we've seen to date. This video courtesy of Openline Media and voiced by our friend, Davey D. Finally, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's latest anti-immigrant plan? Arming his volunteer posse and sending them up in planes to hunt for immigrants and drug smugglers. Laura asks if it's time for a no-fly zone over Arizona. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: July 9 2010
Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic "Day After Tomorrow" scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production. Heather Rogers, author of Green Gone Wrong, and Gwynne Dyer, author of Climate Wars joined us in the studio to discuss the risks and environmental policy needs to postpone the inevitable, bleak consequences of overconsumption. While plenty of people are making personal choices to ride their bikes or be vegetarians, these will barely help without structural policy changes to curb the behavior of the unconverted. Over a year ago, our friends at the Applied Research Center and ColorLines investigated the impact of the recession on communities of color. Their report, "Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and how to Change the Rules" looked at the long-term racial inequalities that left people of color disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of the economic crisis. Now, a year later, Seth Freed Wessler revisits one of the women profiled in the original reporting to talk about how her home foreclosure continues to affect her. Former BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back while he was handcuffed, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on July 8.
GRITtv: Davey D: (No) Justice for Oscar Grant
Former BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back while he was handcuffed, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on July 8. Involuntary manslaughter, for a police officer killing an African-American man who was already in custody. Yet some were surprised that he was convicted of anything at all, given the history of police shootings of men of color. Davey D is a journalist, radio host, and activist in Oakland, and he joined us as we awaited the verdict to give us some thoughts on justice for Oscar Grant.
Another Media IS Possible #38: An Afternoon With Davey D
In "An Afternoon with Davey D," the Pacifica Radio dj talks about getting your voice heard, media democracy and how a little ingenuity can allow independent journalists to tell the stories that aren't otherwise being told. "Another Media IS Possible" is the television series of the Atlanta Independent Media Center. For more info, please contact peasants@mindspring.com.
NCMR 2008: Owning Our Own and Reaching the Masses Pt. 2
Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post), stic.man (dead prez), Greg Watkins (AllHipHop.com), Lizz Winstead (Co-creator Air America Radio)Moderator: Davey D (Hard Knock Radio)Date: June 7th 2008In a media system dominated by large corporate conglomerates, independently owned outlets provide important alternatives but rarely reach significant audiences. This Session features creators of independent media that actually reach the masses. What have been their successes and challenges? What lessons do their model have to offer? How do these outlets use their reach to spread critical perspectives that the mainstream ignores?
NCMR 2008: Owning Our Own Pt. 3
Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post), stic.man (dead prez), Greg Watkins (AllHipHop.com), Lizz Winstead (Co-creator Air America Radio): Moderator: Davey D (Hard Knock Radio)Date: June 7, 2008
NCMR 2008: Owning Our Own and Reaching the Masses Pt. 1
Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post), stic.man (dead prez), Greg Watkins (AllHipHop.com), Lizz Winstead (Co-creator Air America Radio); moderator: Davey D (Hard Knock Radio) June 7 2008. In a media system dominated by large corporate conglomerates, independently owned outlets provide important alternatives but rarely reach significant audiences. This Session features creators of independent media that actually reach the masses. What have been their successes and challenges? What lessons do their model have to offer? How do these outlets use their reach to spread critical perspectives that the mainstream ignores?
