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Media Democracy Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to reformulate it in the way that artists and writers always do with cultural material. ~ Naomi Klein
As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society. ~ Robert McChesney
"Who will tell the people?" Read here for news and ideas regarding the movement for media democracy in the United States. Organizing ResourcesSAVE THE NEWS: Toward a National Journalism Strategy"If current trends continue, America could soon embark on an unprecedented social experiment by becoming the first advanced democracy to leave wide sectors of society and entire geographic regions without a fully functional, professional press." NewsReport from Democracy DayDate: 6/9/2008Rovics: Pivotal Moment in the Green ScareDate: May 22, 2007LETTER: Honduran Military Takes Over Globo Radio InstallationsDate: July 1, 2009Take ActionPut a People-Powered Internet Firstsource: Free PressSave Net Neutrality!source: SavetheInternet.com and Free PressLocal control of cable is under attacksource: Your local community cable stationEventsDemocracy Day(June 5, 2008)Liberty Tree is playing a leading role in organizing Democracy Day. Scheduled the day before the National Conference on Media Reform, Democracy Day is a major conference designed to build support among voting rights advocates, electoral reformers and movement organizations for a broader vision of democracy Extending Democracy w/The Progressive, Manski, Farsetta, Gray, Wellstone(May 1, 2009 - May 2, 2009)Major speakers include Robert Redford, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the editorial staff of the Progressive Magazine. Liberty Tree's Ben Manski, together with various members of Liberty Tree's Board of Directors and Board of Advisors -- John Nichols and Robert McChesney, among them -- will also be speaking at this exciting event. U.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! Publications & TalksProspects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.A"The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States." NICHOLS, MCCHESNEY: The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers(March 18, 2009)John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney were the founders, with Josh Silver, of Free Press, which has launched a campaign to save the news. Their book, Saving Journalism: The Soul of Democracy, will be published by New Press in the fall. VIDEO: Manski, Farsetta, Alexander Gray on Extending Democracy(May 1, 2009)Progressive Magazine's Panel Discussion: EXTENDING DEMOCRACY Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution |
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