Thursday, November 22, 2007
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Lucky Dube's reggae legacy
Nov. 3 - South Africa's slain reggae star Lucky Dube was internationally famous - putting not just his country but Africa on the map in terms of world class music.
In 1993 his album 'Victims' sold more than a million copies and just before his death he had signed a deal to release his latest album 'Respect' across Europe.
Spokes Mashiyane, Sizo Zena, Alain Amontchi, Njuwa Maina and Mujo Masinde report.
UC-Santa Cruz protest turns violent
SANTA CRUZ
A demonstration against UC Santa Cruz's new Biomedical Sciences Facility and growth plans began peacefully yesterday morning, but turned violent around 12:30 p.m., shutting down some upper campus roads and prompting a response by from area law enforcement agencies.
At least one person was arrested as activists hoisted platforms into two redwood trees on Science Hill.
Onlookers said officers used pepper spray and nightsticks on protesters to prevent them from taking down barricades around the trees.
Officers from UCSC, Santa Cruz police, the Sheriff's Office tactical unit, State Parks and a private security company worked to control the crowd, which had about 500 people at its peak, according to onlookers.
Details on how many people arrested were not immediately available. Emergency dispatchers said an ambulance was staged on campus.
About 200-300 protesters remained at the protest site and some were helping the tree sitters ferry gear and supplies into their arboreal posts, according to onlookers.
The demonstration began around 11 a.m. with about 200 people rallying at the Bay Tree Plaza - the center campus.
Tree sitters said in a press release prior to the demonstration that they are opposed to the planned addition of 4,500 full-time students and the development of 120 acres of upper campus forest. UCSC plans to develop the occupied site into a new Biomedical Sciences
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Fuck AT&T Part IV
The Next Wave of Media Consolodation is Underway... Watch the next post with Bill Moyers!!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
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Fuck AT&T
AT&T: Say bad things and we’ll cancel your internets
By: Nicole Belle @ 1:03 PM - PDT
Net neutrality, anyone? What an incredibly slippery slope we’re now hurtling down…
Link to original post here: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/01/att-say-bad-things-and-well-cancel-your-internets/
Scholars&Rogues:
Slashdot broke the news on Saturday that AT&T’s updated terms of service for its high-speed Internet packages essentially forbid you from criticizing the company on pain of cancellation. The full terms of service are here, and here’s the offending passage highlighted, courtesy of Ars Technica:
AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes (a) violates the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) constitutes a violation of any law, regulation or tariff (including, without limitation, copyright and intellectual property laws) or a violation of these TOS, or any applicable policies or guidelines, or (c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries.
This is the exact kind of overbroad legalese that gets companies in trouble in ways they probably never thought of. If I am an AT&T subscriber, for example, and I post derogatory comments about AT&T on a site they own, does this give them leave to terminate my service? What if I post or send a complaint about AT&T to a complaint site or consumer news site, like ConsumerAffairs.Com (whom I write for), and they publish said complaint? Am I liable if I was using my AT&T ISP while writing said complaint? What if I did so while using my laptop at a Wi-Fi hotspot? The mind boggles.
Martin at S&R continues on with other egregious acts that AT&T has committed in the last few years, from cooperating with the Bush Administration on domestic wiretapping to blocking NARAL’s text messages. And while Verizon’s Terms of Service are no better, this kind of corporate fascism is truly disturbing. Tim Karr has more. Thankfully, I don’t use AT&T or Verizon for my service, so I feel comfortable quoting William O. Douglas to them:
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.
Remember that.
By: Nicole Belle @ 1:03 PM - PDT
Net neutrality, anyone? What an incredibly slippery slope we’re now hurtling down…
Link to original post here: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/01/att-say-bad-things-and-well-cancel-your-internets/
Scholars&Rogues:
Slashdot broke the news on Saturday that AT&T’s updated terms of service for its high-speed Internet packages essentially forbid you from criticizing the company on pain of cancellation. The full terms of service are here, and here’s the offending passage highlighted, courtesy of Ars Technica:
AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes (a) violates the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) constitutes a violation of any law, regulation or tariff (including, without limitation, copyright and intellectual property laws) or a violation of these TOS, or any applicable policies or guidelines, or (c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries.
This is the exact kind of overbroad legalese that gets companies in trouble in ways they probably never thought of. If I am an AT&T subscriber, for example, and I post derogatory comments about AT&T on a site they own, does this give them leave to terminate my service? What if I post or send a complaint about AT&T to a complaint site or consumer news site, like ConsumerAffairs.Com (whom I write for), and they publish said complaint? Am I liable if I was using my AT&T ISP while writing said complaint? What if I did so while using my laptop at a Wi-Fi hotspot? The mind boggles.
Martin at S&R continues on with other egregious acts that AT&T has committed in the last few years, from cooperating with the Bush Administration on domestic wiretapping to blocking NARAL’s text messages. And while Verizon’s Terms of Service are no better, this kind of corporate fascism is truly disturbing. Tim Karr has more. Thankfully, I don’t use AT&T or Verizon for my service, so I feel comfortable quoting William O. Douglas to them:
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.
Remember that.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Dear activists, colleagues, and friends,
To laugh at the ridiculousness, to scream at the outrageous or to... Well fox went to new lows in their analysis of Petraeus' testimony last week. When our friends at Media Matters let us know that they had 7 to 1 analysts in favor of escalation, it was hard to believe, even for FOX! 22 minutes supporting the escalation and only 3 and half against it. They went to such great lengths, they even cut away to Ann Coulter when Democrats questioned Petraeus!
Bill had an idea to show all this in 90 seconds, so he and Jonathan jumped right into it. Then we argued amongst ourselves for two days about what we should do about it? What could we ask, encourage, motivate folks to do. Yelling at the TV screen not being a desired option.
So we throw the question to you, our activists and media observers. What should be done about FOX? And given this ridiculous imbalance, should we encourage liberals and Democrats to stop going on FOX until the rules are fair, the deck is not stacked?
Give us your thoughts…
Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Films team
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Brave New Films is located at 10510 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 and info@bravenewfilms.org.
Bill had an idea to show all this in 90 seconds, so he and Jonathan jumped right into it. Then we argued amongst ourselves for two days about what we should do about it? What could we ask, encourage, motivate folks to do. Yelling at the TV screen not being a desired option.
So we throw the question to you, our activists and media observers. What should be done about FOX? And given this ridiculous imbalance, should we encourage liberals and Democrats to stop going on FOX until the rules are fair, the deck is not stacked?
Give us your thoughts…
Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Films team
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Brave New Films is located at 10510 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 and info@bravenewfilms.org.
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