Media

A new media is in the making. Springing from a spirit of rebellion, from everywhere, anywhere and nowhere.

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As the crowd surrounding the New York State Capitol building for the June 17^th New York Crossroads Hydro Fracking Rally in Albany, NY grew in numbers so too did the volume level and diversity in backgrounds, professions and messages of attendees. The atmosphere and chants heard echoing throughout the Capitol square coalesced in one clear message: No to Hydraulic Fracturing in New York State, Yes to alternative energy technologies. The former message could be gathered by mere observance of the signs and symbolism illustrated by the crowd. The latter became more clear and cohesive as attendees and keynote speakers demonstrated the implications that “fracking” policy in New York State holds not only for the region and the nation but more pressingly for global water systems. Undoubtedly, the direction we take in terms of energy policy in the United States often sets longstanding precedents domestically and internationally.

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On June 11, 2013, R-IMC interviewed Julia McKnight-Cius and Joseph Cius about the George Zimmerman trial happening currently in Sanford, FL. at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center. George Zimmerman is on trial for second degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson, the uncle of murdered Oscar Grant was in Sanford, FL. for the first day of the George Zimmerman trial. He compared his nephew's case with Trayvon Martin's.

On the first day of the George Zimmerman trial (June 10, 2013) in Sanford, FL., George's brother Robert gave a press conference in the afternoon in the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center.

5/20/13--WDKX water cooler with Chief James Sheppard of the RPD: "We're gonna be very proactive (about the violence in the city). What we're gonna get is a lot of complaints--we're stoppin' people and we shouldn't be doin' this and we're harassing people in the 'hood. Folks, that's where the violence is happening and that's where we're gonna be and that's where we're gonna be doing our business.

original link: https://philebersole.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/ursula-le-guins-anarchist-utopia/

THE DISPOSSESSED: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula LeGuin  is a thought experiment on how an anarchist society would work.  I read this science fiction novel when it first came out in 1974 and I re-read it a few weeks ago because of a new-found interest in anarchism.

The novel begins with the journey of the physicist Shevek from the hardscrabble planet Anarres, which was settled by anarchists a century and a half previously, to the lush planet Urras, a caricature of our own world in the 1970s.

In alternating chapters, it tells the story of Shevek’s life on Annares and its discontents, leading up to his decision to leave, and his adventures on Urras and how grotesque a society based on power and profit seems in his eyes.

The Dispossessed is worth reading as a novel, but in addition it gives an idea of how a possible anarchist society could function and, more importantly, the moral foundations of such a society.  Anarres is flawed and falls short of its ideals of individual freedom, mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, but is still infinitely preferable to the money-hungry, power-hungry nations of Urras.

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Abusing Prisoners Decreases Public Safety

--An interview with educator, author and former prisoner Shawn Griffith

By Angola 3 News