What’s Your Local TV Station Hiding? If you want to know exactly what your local broadcasters are doing to meet public-interest obligations, the best place to look is their public files. Unfortunately, public files are currently difficult to access, requiring curious residents to drive down to the station during business …
We are the 1 percent – We stand with the 99 percent
We are the 1 percent – We stand with the 99 percent is an interesting collection of testimonies on tumblr. Lots of people who were born into wealth or were just lucky (or smart) and who have more than enough. They feel they are part of the 1% and yet … …
Crowdsourcing democracy through social media
As reported on physorg.com Liberia, a country that only recently emerged from a brutal civil war, is having presidential elections. A Georgia Tech professor is experimenting with a novel idea: Crowdsourcing reports on how elections are running and making available timely reports to prevent any dangerous situations from occurring. Read more…
Why Self-Organized Networks Will Destroy Hierarchies
Republished from the DFW Alliance, by Kevin Carson: “Hierarchies are systematically stupid and inefficient, for the following reasons. 1. Hayekian information problems: The people in authority who make the rules interfere with the people who know how to do the job and are in direct contact with the situation. The people who …
Chris Hedges on the significance of #OccupyWallStreet: tinkering with the corporate state is no longer sufficient
What took place early Friday morning in Zuccotti Park was the first salvo in a long struggle for justice. It signaled a step backward by the corporate state in the face of popular pressure. And it was carried out by ordinary men and women who sleep at night on concrete, …
Media Literacy Education News from NAMLE: Connect to Compete initiative aims to boost digital literacy
Connect to Compete initiative aims to boost digital literacy Best Buy’s Geek Squad will provide in-person digital literacy training and Microsoft will provide an on-line equivalent as part of a private-public “Connect to Compete” initiative announced today. Also participating in Connect to Compete will be a range of non-profit organizations, …
Eve Ensler | Occupy Wall Street: A “Work of Art”
Reader Supported News | 11 October 11 AM It’s Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News **DONATIONS STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN: We were doing great, looked like we would finish, and then nothing. We only need 75 donations to finish. Guys!** Okay, I’ll make a donation. Eve Ensler …
Could #OccupyWallStreet Be Infiltrated by Political Groups?
Welcome to the OccupiedUSA LiveStream News Room (Videos) This is a collection of livestream video newsfeeds from some of our occupied locations. Many locations are in the process of setting up livestreams. They will be online soon and this page is a work in progress. … Read More >> – …
Postal Service An Invaluable Contributor To Economic Development
POSTAL SERVICE AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UN New York, Oct 7 2011 4:05PM In an era of rapid technological advancements, the post remains a vital communication element that links people and businesses and contributes to their economic development worldwide, the United Nations global postal agency says. The post …
Umair Haque: The Protests and the Metamovement
Michel Bauwens and his P2P Foundation brings brilliant analyses from many perspectives on the “beyond economics – beyond money “egalitarian movements now sweeping the world” Umair Haque: The Protests and the Metamovement With every day that we hold the square, we chip away at our fear, at our confusion, at …