Internet access is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity

By Malkia Cyril and Amalia Deloney In February 2010, the FCC will put forward a national plan for broadband deployment and adoption. On everyone’s mind is the question of whether that plan will achieve President Obama’s stated vision to stimulate the economy, increase jobs, and address social problems. The Internet has become an increasingly vital [...]

Media Diversity & Mark Lloyd Resources and Links

Sources for Journalists, tools and ways to act for organizers, and facts and articles defending media diversity and Mark Lloyd…

Knowledge Exchange 2009: Universal Broadband and Digital Inclusion

Sponsored by the Center for Media Justice, the Consumer’s Union and newly sponsored by the Media and Democracy Coalition, Knowledge Exchange, will bring together 20 grassroots media activists, national advocacy groups, academics, and beltway policy advocates to exchange ideas, deepen relationships, and develop best practices and collaborative strategies to advance a national plan for universal [...]

Bringing Back the Language of Justice

The death of the last Kennedy brother, if we aren’t careful, could be the death of the language of justice from even the most liberal wing of the Democratic Party.

“Martin Luther King devoted his life to love and justice,” Robert F Kennedy said during his run for president as he announced at a rally that King had been assassinated in Memphis.

Tell Fox News to Stop the Witch Hunts!

For the last three weeks, Glenn Beck and his cronies at FOX News have been using racist lies and rhetoric to undermine the Obama Administration and policies for good jobs, a healthy environment, media diversity, and a strong public health care option. Join the Center for Media Justice and support the Color of Change’s call on advertisers to stop sponsoring The Glenn Beck Program.

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Malkia Cyril on Media Justice: Interview by Samhita Mukhopadhyay

“Through media, we learn about race and racism, about poverty and what we deserve in terms of jobs, housing, health care. We learn about migration and about the rest of the world. Through media we learn how to govern, what kinds of economic systems work or don’t, and to define the limits of what’s possible. George Clinton, the P-Funk superstar, said (I’m paraphrasing), ‘Whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.’ We must fight for our media, as well as use it strategically to transform the worldview that supports structural racism, an undemocratic democracy, corporate control and global inequity, and the devolution of cities and public institutions.”

Knowledge Exchange 2009: Universal Broadband and Digital Inclusion

Sponsored by the Center for Media Justice, the Consumer’s Union and newly sponsored by the Media and Democracy Coalition, Knowledge Exchange, will bring together 20 grassroots media activists, national advocacy groups, academics, and beltway policy advocates to exchange ideas, deepen relationships, and develop best practices and collaborative strategies to advance a national plan for universal broadband access and deployment. Taking place in Washington, D.C., September 21-24, 2009, the convening will feature presentations on the broadband stimulus package, digital inclusion dialogues, discussions on race and related equity issues, a landscape of current legislation on broadband and the Internet, and more. Participants are movement leaders who will address movement challenges, and develop winning strategies for media policy change from the grassroots to the beltway!

Time to Knuckle Up: On Van Jones’ Resignation

So let’s get into another media controversy, this time one that has serious national and generational implications, shall we?

Last night, Bay Area organizer/activist and White House green jobs advisor Van Jones resigned from his post.

Stop the race baiting and the undermining of democracy!

For the last three weeks, Glenn Beck and his cronies at FOX News have been using racist lies and rhetoric to undermine the Obama Administration and policies for good jobs, a healthy environment, media diversity, and a strong public health care option. Join the Center for Media Justice and support the Color of Change’s call [...]