Why should Latin@s care about SOPA?

I know there is a lot to unpack here. Let me just say for the sake of a short blog post that 512 years of occupation should encourage us to weigh in on ANY laws that impact the knowledge, creativity, unique world views and ways of being that reside in our communities. We should be especially vigilant about any laws that could limit our ability to transmit this information—through any medium–between and among ourselves and to future generations through specific cultural channels and designated community knowledge holders.

Black on Black Digital Freedom: Why I Participated in Yesterday’s Internet Strike

The Internet isn’t freedom, but it’s promise is a path to freedom for black communities- and both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), threaten that promise. That’s why the Center for Media Justice faded to black yesterday- to protest censorship of black voices, brown voices, and the voice of innovation in this country.

Class Struggle Captures Consciousness

Pew Research Center releases study documenting increased perception amongst Americans that the gross inequalities between rich and poor are a growing source of tension in the country.

Gotcha Journalism Shouldn’t Stop at the Gotcha

We all know Ron Paul has a newsletter problem. Much has been written of Paul’s refusal to directly answer questions about his controversial newsletters. (The newsletters from 20 years ago rely heavily on racial stereotypes to describe urban life and people of color.)

News for All the People

Juan Gonzalez and Joe Torres’ bestseller News for All the People takes the reader on a sweeping yet thorough journey through the history of the American media. They show that race has not been a marginal issue to the American press, but instead has been a main theme. . .

As the 99% are #OccupyingEverywhere. . .

Trainers at the Take Back the Dream Conference were offering interview tips for folks being interviewed by mainstream press. There was a strong emphasis on framing messages that would speak or appeal to the middle – that is the white middle class. Where then, I wonder, would the hundreds of people I work with through the Media Action Grassroots Network fit in?

Launch of Black Voices for Internet Freedom

Today’s the Day – Black Voices for Internet Freedom Launch

Join us TODAY (Friday) for the launch of Black Voices for Internet Freedom. Join us online or in person Time: 1:00–2:30 p.m. (et) Watch Online: blacknetfreedom.org latinonetlibre.com Join us in-person New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 Help us live tweet: #mediajustice #netfreedom PARTICIPANTS Welcome Sascha Meinrath - Open Technology Initiative, New [...]

The Evolution of Activism

Birdseye View from the 2011 Knowledge Exchange: “Our goal as we gather here this week and beyond is to start the process of developing a new national and multi-regional generation of social justice advocates connected to this shared vision of Internet freedom – we are building a coalition of digital literate civil rights leaders.”

What Does Internet Freedom Mean to You?

This week social justice advocates from around the country are gathering for the fifth annual Knowledge Exchange. Knowledge Exchange was created to strengthen the effectiveness and impact of media justice and reform movements. This also marks the official launch of Black Voices for Internet Freedom, the sister organization to Latinos for Internet Freedom. In anticipation of the launch, Freepress and the Center for Media Justice hosted an Internet Freedom Strategy Meeting in Washington DC with black and Latino leaders.