I saw the damnedest thing in a local paper about the electical outage yesterday: The part that burne out (causing a cascading outage)is called a "pot head!"

It may not smoke pot, but it sure can smoke. Anyway, somebody said that yesterday was the day that pot heads got revenge against the DC police for all those pot busts. If this doesn't rock, nothing does.

On a more serious note, if a bad part in one building can knock out the power for blocks, maybe those who are predicting an unstable grid and blackouts in the near future are right.

video del paso de la otra campana en oaxaca

video del colectivo indyoax sobre el paso del delegado cero del ezln en oaxaca

In race to make the big bust, DHS agencies are willing to stand by as murders are being committed by informant.

ICE (Immigration) and the DEA both knew the informant. The DEA let him go but ICE continued to support him. They were aware of the first torture/murder. They let it continue. Then the bodies started piling up. In the end, 14 murders were committed, the DEA had pulled all of its staff from the city and the cover-up was in full swing. A cover-up which leads to the top of the DoJ, the DEA, ICE and local prosecutors. The main stream media won't touch it. Will you?

The Pentagon’s “Collateral Damage”: The poor, the sick and the elderly

Since 2001, the Pentagon’s budget has increased by 20 percent. The United States now accounts for almost half of world military spending, meaning it's budget is nearly as much as the rest of the world's combined.

A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.

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In this week's program: Local control of cable television service is up for grabs on Capitol Hill. The blogosphere will be critical in the fight to preserve network neutrality. And the FCC expresses renewed interest in radio payola after broadcast conglomerates become the focus of a state probe into pay-for-play practices.

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une émission féministe qui veut questionner l'idée que les femmes trouveraient forcément leur bonheur en faisant des enfants... 90min

on veut nous faire croire en l'existence d'un instinct maternel, mais il y a plein de manières de ressentir une grossesse ou l'idée d'avoir des enfants...

Threatened, interrogated, or fired just for trying to organize

Packers and mechanics at the Blue Diamond plant in Sacramento, CA, say their employer has denied them respect, raises, and benefits for many years. Last summer, they began organizing to form a union with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. But when workers stood up to exercise their rights, Blue Diamond’s anti-union campain went off.

Wanbli Watakpe hablando con uno de los trabajadores construyendo el muro entre Tijuana y San Diego.

Radio Essay in English and Spanish. Poignant commentary by Lakota warrior and Tashunka Witko Brigade co-host Wanbli Watakpe on the wall that separates what is colonially known as Mexico and the United States.

The Tashunka Witko Brigade reporting on the ground from indigenous rebel territory under siege in Mexico

Radio Essay in English followed by translation in Spanish (total duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds)