Sunday Screening: This is What Free Trade looks like
Rochester Indymedia will re-establish its monthly Sunday Screening Series with the Documentary "This is What Free Trade Looks Like." The film will start at 6pm at St. Joes (402 South Ave.) Sean Maloney, who worked on the project, will present the film and faciliate a discussion immediately following the screening.
Designed for educational and community use as a companion film to This is What Democracy Looks Like, this is one of the first activist films to carefully explain how free trade operates. It does so from the perspective of the Mexican experience with ten years of NAFTA. Activists and scholars authoritatively condemn free trade as a solution to poverty and discuss the impacts on farmers, workers, youth, and immigrants. Shot in Cancún, México on the occasion of the 5th WTO ministerial in September 2003, it contextualizes the growing international resistance to free trade policies. Music from the streets of Cancún. 2004. 60 minutes.
Sean Maloney, who worked on the film and study guide, will faciliate a discussion after the screening.
Location:
St. Joes House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave, Rochester
Date
Sunday, 03 April 2005
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Call For ABC News To Drop Wal-Mart As "Only In America" Sponsor
Wal-Mart is a sponsor of Good Morning America's 'Only in America' series, a series that features the patriotic and brave stories of so many Americans who make this nation better and stronger. With this sponsorship, ABC News provides Wal-Mart both a format and visual framing
to perpetuate a long-term myth-that Wal-Mart possesses a unique American patriotism manifested in practices that promote American values, respect workers, and privilege American-made products. There could be no greater distance between 'Only in America' and the reality
behind Wal-Mart's image machinery.
Rochester Demonstration Joins with Global Actions against the Occupation of Iraq
About 300 people gathered in downtown Rochester March 19th in solidarity with global actions against the US occupation of Iraq . On the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of Bush's attack on Iraq, local groups cooperated to organize the event.
The Rally began at the War Memorial (Blue Cross Arena) with speakers and chants. After about 45 minutes the demonstrators marched to the military recruitment station, where volunteers read some of the names of US soldiers and Iraqis who have been killed during the war and occupation.
New Progressive Local Talk Show Debuts March 19
THE JASON CRANE SHOW DEBUTS MARCH 19 AT NOON ON NEWSTALK 950 WROC Live. Local. Progressive. It's not a dream -- it's reality. Starting Saturday, March 19 at noon, Rochester will finally have a weekly progressive radio show.
The Jason Crane Show on NewsTalk 950 WROC will talk about the issues that other local media outlets won't cover. You'll hear progressive voices you won't hear anywhere else. And we'll bring you guests you'll hear on other stations -- but we'll ask them better questions.
Talk Is Cheaper Than Ever
Widespread, consistent involvement of Rochester City School District Parents, as equal partners in decision-making at every level of the education system is the critical, missing link relative to bringing about much-needed change and significantly improved academic achievement for our children. This is why we must continue to agitate (continuously raise issues and engage in strategic action); educate (clearly spell out and continuously publicize critical education issues), and organize (bring parents, grassroots community leaders/members, activists and educators together in real unity for the purpose of carrying out an agreed upon, specific agenda for change)!
Rochester Anti War Conference
11 am Saturday, March 12 at School Without Walls, 480 Broadway
A conference to discuss and debate the future of the antiwar movement here in Rochester.
Dr. Norman Finkelstein ANGERS Audience Member at RIT Humanitarian Day 2005
This is ANGRY Hate Mail sent to Dr Norman Finkelstein who was one of three guest speakers at RIT's Humanitarian Day 2005 event held in the Web Auditorium on the RIT Campus.
Ward Churchill responds to attacks...
In the last few days there has been widespread and grossly inaccurate media coverage concerning my analysis of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, coverage that has resulted in defamation of my character and threats against my life. What I actually said has been lost, indeed turned into the opposite of itself, and I hope the following facts will be reported at least to the same extent that the fabrications have been.
Green Party Proposes an Innovative Alternative to City School Closings
Education activists within the Green Party of Monroe County (GPoMC) opposed to the closing of Rochester City schools are proposing an innovative alternative that will keep schools open while reducing the School district's budget problems.
More Thoughts on City and School District Officials' Backward Anti-Student Plans to Close Schools
Instead of devising clearly anti-student, money-grubbing schemes (at the expense of a Constitutionally-guaranteed "sound, basic, education") --- Rochester City School District and City of Rochester officials, and especially Board of Education members should be in the forefront relative to development of a mass-based, sociopolitical movement aimed at producing widespread, permanent, progressive change and improvement for those whom many libelously claim are the Community's first priority, i.e. all of our children.