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Greg Palast - Where Are All The Votes?
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How Crap is Fairfax?
27 aug  |  Typing Is Not Activism is a great blog from Xavier Forrest. After the mass sackings at Fairfax he asks: How crap is Fairfax? and How crap is Miriam Steffens? The correct answers are "more than ever" and "completely". "Totally" and "who?" are also acceptable.  . . read more
How to Win Using Independent Media
25 jun  |  Activist film-maker Robert Greenwald and others explain how they have used viral video and independent media to create real change.  . . read more
‘Hark’ The Herald Agents Don’t Sing – From The Outsider
31 aug  |  The Sydney Morning Herald has been named as a finalist in the annual Newspaper of the Year award. It's hard to imagine Fairfax's sacking of hundreds of staff members in the pursuit of productivity and profits is going to improve its chances of winning the award but, there again, where is the competition going to come from?

You may have noticed that the SMH has not reported among the sackings, the dismissal of its veteran columnist Mike Carlton. So why is that not 'news' as far as the remaining staff and scab journos are concerned? And, furthermore, why is the Federal Government disinterested when custodians of the public good (the media owners) trash the infrastructure created by years of dedication, and the lives of those who created it - all in the interests of shareholders pockets?

The rights of media owners in such an oligopolistic market as metropolitan newspapers need to be redefined. And the independence of the editors to report on all the news and not just the news that suits the owners must be a condition of holding them. . . read more

Fox News Attacks Michelle Obama
10 jul  |  Murdoch-owned Fox News is smearing Michelle Obama with racist stereotypes, offering feeble apologies then slandering her again. Refering to Michelle as Barack's "Baby Mama" is just one of Fox's attacks. . . read more
Obama, Clinton and Edwards Debate Lobbyists
7 aug  |  At the YearlyKos 07 convention for progressive activists, the top Democrat candidates for the U.S. presidency argued about lobbyists - whether or not they should take money from them, and if they have an influence. There were interesting differences in opinion from the top three contenders. . . read more
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