On Organizing Media and Organizing a Conference

[Cross-posted at PBS.org/Idealab.] At Journalism That Matters "The New Pamphleteers," held earlier this week in Minneapolis, every session meant horizontal communication: no one on a stage, a circle of chairs...

In Oaxaca, Fox Opts for the Heavy Hand

Despite restraint on both the side of the APPO (coalition of social movements) and by the PFP (Federal Preventative Police), the mere fact of invading the state with the goal of repressing a popular movement made certain results inevitable. The people are angrier than ever;...

‘Systemic’ Flaws Found in Florida Juvenile Court System

"A new report says children arrested in Florida face a judicial system that prioritizes resolving cases quickly over fair legal representation. The study by the by the National Juvenile..."

Federal Preventative Police Arrest at Least Fifty Despite Non-Violent Resista...

"High Presence of Citizens and Awareness on the Streets Give Oaxacans a Sense of Optimism By Nancy Davies Commentary from Oaxaca October 30, 2006 http://www.narconews.com/Issue43/article2253.html"

Oaxaca Burns: PFP Invasion Right Now

"Zocalo and University Campus Under Siege By Simon Fitzgerald La Luchita October 29, 2006 http://laluchita.blogspot.com/2006/10/oaxaca-burns-pfp-invasion-right-now.html"

Brad Will (1970-2006): Final Report

"Final Moments Captured by the Slain Journalist’s Camera in Oaxaca By Brad Will Now Screening in Salón Chingón October 29, 2006 http://salonchingon.com/cinema/brad.php?city=ny"

Death in Oaxaca

"Another Death in the Months Long Resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico By Brad Will Originally published on October 17 by the New York City Independent Media Center October 29, 2006 http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/77343.shtml"

The Atenco, Oaxaca and Zapatista Rebels Unite in Public for the First Time

Only six short months ago, the town of Texcoco, in Mexico State, was made infamous throughout Mexico and the world as the place where one of the worst police massacres in recent Mexican history began. Today...

Marcos: “Oaxaca Is Not Just an Emergency, It Is Also an Example to Follow”

"Two thousand organizers of the Zapatista Other Campaign convened today in the Pantitlán neighborhood of Mexico City for a conference to “analyze the national situation,” a task made still more...

Grocery Giant Agrees to Pay Workers Backpay

"A US District judge has accepted a guilty plea from a California grocery store chain for felony charges of illegally rehiring hundreds of workers that management locked-out during a labor dispute...."

L.A. Cops Crack Down on Skid Row as Gentrification Looms

"In a move that coincides with rising property values and shirks a federal ruling that slammed Los Angeles's treatment of homeless residents, the LAPD is cracking down on the city's poorest residents."

Scientists Detail Social, Economic Costs of Unbridled Climate Change

"A pair of scientists at Tufts University have catalogued the social and economic effects of unabated global climate change. In a study released last week by Tufts's Global Development and..."

Federal Energy Leases Could Erode Newly Reinstated ‘Roadless’ Rule

"Last month, conservationists celebrated the restoration of federal protections to about 50 million acres of "roadless" public lands. But now, activists in Colorado are warning that an upcoming..."

Prisons Sic Attack Dogs on Inmates, Report Finds

"Four states authorize the use of attack dogs to intimidate resistant inmates out of prison cells, according to Human Rights Watch, though two of the states have rarely put the policy into the..."

Eight Dead, Eight

"The Blood Flows from the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) By Luis Hernández Navarro La Jornada October 19, 2006 http://www.narconews.com/Issue43/article2184.html"

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