public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags Activism & television

November 2006

media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages

"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."

Community and Activist Video - Welcome to the Videosphere!

especially about Chicago in the 1970s and 80s; the experimental and activist media communities have always been close here

"We"--with the words of Arundhati Roy

a 64-minute Internet documentary made anonymously in New Zealand, using Roy's speech and a montage of politically inflected imagery; new style of essayistic documentary; DVD at hi-res available

August 2006

Brasscheck TV (not related to brasscheck.com, except in spirit)

brilliant compilation of mostly YouTube clips of media about political issues that is censored or just not shown in the US; sign up for email notices about new postings

July 2006

Democracy Now!: radio and TV news

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news site from Amy Goodman's acclaimed NPR and cable TV show