The advent of democracy provided a breath of fresh air for democratic control of the electronic media. But not for long, it seems, as corporate capture of the airwaves is in the wings. The airwaves are a limited electromagnetic spectrum that is needed to carry radio,...
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Selling our airwaves | by Mark Weinberg
The advent of democracy provided a breath of fresh air for democratic control of the electronic media. But not for long, it seems, as corporate capture of the airwaves is in the wings. The airwaves are a limited electromagnetic spectrum that is needed to carry radio,...
Uniting the Global Movement for Palestine | by Paul Larudee
'The old will die and the young will forget.' - David Ben Gurion, 1948 (1) When I first went to Palestine in 1965, Ben Gurion's prediction seemed plausible. Palestinians and the Palestine solidarity movement were nearly invisible outside the Middle East. The...
Venezuelan Declaration Toward RIO + 20: Against the Green Economy
We, wrestlers and fighters for the defense of life, gathered in the third Venezuelan Congress of Biological Diversity, we discussed about the multiple dimensions related to the preservation of life by contributing to the deepening of the struggle of the social...
President Zuma’s right to dignity impugned | by Jimmy Manyi
Govt expresses displeasure at offensive portrait by Brett Murray (May 18) Government condemns distasteful portrait of President Zuma Government would like to express its displeasure at the offensive portrait by Brett Murray titled "The Spear" that depicts the...
The Democratic Fraud and the Universalist Alternative | by Samir Amin
1. The Democratic Fraud Challenges Us to Invent Tomorrow’s Democracy Universal suffrage is a recent conquest, beginning with workers’ struggles in a few European countries (England, France, Holland, and Belgium) and then progressively extending throughout the world....
Defend and Advance the Freedom of Expression for All!
The Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) statement on the threats to Press Freedom notes that - as a result of ANC policy - South Africa's media is highly concentrated and services a small section of the population. It also highlights the need to defend...



