This week's Edition of Social Justice is all about Election Fraud Past and Present. We'll be seeing video clips from BlackBoxVoting.org and excerpts from the HBO Docmentary "Hacking Democracy
If you thought that problems from the 2000 elections were a thing of the past think again. If you wan your vote to be counted in 2008 you are going to have to demand it and fight for your vote.
DEMANDING AN END TO TORTURE
Also Declare It! from World Can't Wait.org. Declare yourself against torture and demand the shut down of U.S. Military Concentration camp in Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
January 10th Edition of SJTV
In a remarkable example of arrogance and disregard for the democratic process in media, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin decided to move forward changing existing rules which banned cross ownership 0f media outlets. Despite massive public outcry against this change and requests from a a congressional committee to delay the decision until the matter can be studied further Martin officially changed the rules on December 18th 2007.
What this means for you and me is that one of a few large companies can now own own newspapers, radio, tv and other media outlets in any given region and across the country thereby controlling ALL the news and information you and I have access to.
On the January 10th edition of Social Justice Television we will view two videos the first of which is a video how to guide from www.freepress.net on organizing Media Reform and why it's important. Check out their website for lots of good info and ways you can become active.
The Second video is a report from Bill Moyers Journal and gives a good account of what has occurred on this issues to date.
Two other good online resources to learn more about media reform are
http://www.stopbigmedia.com
http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/
Washington State pushes ahead to reverse FCC decision
What this means for you and me is that one of a few large companies can now own own newspapers, radio, tv and other media outlets in any given region and across the country thereby controlling ALL the news and information you and I have access to.
On the January 10th edition of Social Justice Television we will view two videos the first of which is a video how to guide from www.freepress.net on organizing Media Reform and why it's important. Check out their website for lots of good info and ways you can become active.
The Second video is a report from Bill Moyers Journal and gives a good account of what has occurred on this issues to date.
Two other good online resources to learn more about media reform are
http://www.stopbigmedia.com
What's So Bad about Big Media?
- Big Media fail local communities. Big Media companies get a sweet deal from the government. They get to use the public airwaves � for free � to make billions in profits. In exchange for this government handout, broadcasters are supposed to serve the public by offering quality programs that meet the needs of local communities. Instead, Big Media companies gut local newsrooms and ignore local issues.
- Big Media ignore diversity. Big Media have limited ownership opportunities for women and people of color, pushing them off the public airwaves and stifling vital voices. Coverage of issues that matter to people of color, women, the middle and working class, and rural communities has disappeared. The result? Media that fail to represent our nation's diversity.
- Big Media are bad for democracy. Democracy can't exist without an informed public. We rely on unbiased news from independent sources to stay informed and to hold our government accountable. But media consolidation means fewer sources of news, opinion and information. Instead of hard-hitting critical journalism, Big Media give us a junk diet of celebrity gossip and sensationalism.
http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/
Washington State pushes ahead to reverse FCC decision
Washington State Congressmen Jay Inslee and Dave Reichert have introduced legislation that will counteract the FCC's decision to allow further consolidation of media companies. The Media Ownership Act would retroactively prevent the FCC’s rushed decision from becoming law by requiring more time for public comment. In the Senate, Senator Maria Cantwell is cosponsoring a similar bill.
Take action to urge your elected officials to reverse the FCC!
Thursday, November 01, 2007
November 1st Edition of SJTV
On this weeks edition of Social Justice TV we will be featuring the Oct 27th , 2007 Protest. Over 100,000 people protested nationwide demanding to END THE WAR NOW!
If you missed the Seattle protest you can see some of what happened that day.
We also have some very moving testimony from Iraq Vets Against The War Marine Corporal Grant Collins and an interview with Iraq Army Vet Evan Knappenberger.
Also on tonight's show we have Poets Against The War featuring a poetry reading at Seattle's Radical Women's New Freeway Hall featuring local Poet and Author Georgia McDade and Julene Tripp Weaver. Last but not least we will be showing a video Poem by Poet Taalam Acey called "True Lies".
If you missed the Seattle protest you can see some of what happened that day.
We also have some very moving testimony from Iraq Vets Against The War Marine Corporal Grant Collins and an interview with Iraq Army Vet Evan Knappenberger.
Also on tonight's show we have Poets Against The War featuring a poetry reading at Seattle's Radical Women's New Freeway Hall featuring local Poet and Author Georgia McDade and Julene Tripp Weaver. Last but not least we will be showing a video Poem by Poet Taalam Acey called "True Lies".
Monday, October 15, 2007
Welcome to the New Season of Social Justice Television
Social Justice Television is back with our new broadcast season of locally produced Public Affairs. We will be bringing you a new and exciting variety of programming from the Pacific Northwest and around the World.
We started off the New Season on October 11th with Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
From Pinochet's coup in Chile to the massacre in Tienanmen Square to the collapse of the Soviet Union and September 11th, 2001 and The war on Iraq and the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Award-winning investigative journalist Naomi Klein brings together all of these world-changing events in her new book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." Klein writes, "The history of the contemporary free market was written in shocks." She argues that "Some of the most infamous human rights violations of the past thirty-five years, which have tended to be viewed as sadistic acts carried out by anti-democratic regimes, were in fact either committed with the deliberate intent of terrorizing the public or actively harnessed to prepare the ground for the introduction of radical free-market reforms."
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/short-film
Interview with Naomi Klien
http://books.guardian.co.uk/video/2007/sep/05/naomi.klein1
We continue with this weeks October 18th Edition of SJTV first with a report from Geoffrey Millard of Truthout.org on the Tide of Growing Resistance in the Military against the War in Iraq. Truthout.org is currently having their fall Pledge drive. Please consider making a donation at their website.
We also have video from Iraq Veterans Against the War entitled "Bringing the War Home"
http://www.ivaw.org/
Wrapping things up we have a video how to guide on How to Impeach a President from the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Thanks
Michael - Producer of Social Justice Television
We started off the New Season on October 11th with Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
From Pinochet's coup in Chile to the massacre in Tienanmen Square to the collapse of the Soviet Union and September 11th, 2001 and The war on Iraq and the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Award-winning investigative journalist Naomi Klein brings together all of these world-changing events in her new book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." Klein writes, "The history of the contemporary free market was written in shocks." She argues that "Some of the most infamous human rights violations of the past thirty-five years, which have tended to be viewed as sadistic acts carried out by anti-democratic regimes, were in fact either committed with the deliberate intent of terrorizing the public or actively harnessed to prepare the ground for the introduction of radical free-market reforms."
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/short-film
Interview with Naomi Klien
http://books.guardian.co.uk/video/2007/sep/05/naomi.klein1
We continue with this weeks October 18th Edition of SJTV first with a report from Geoffrey Millard of Truthout.org on the Tide of Growing Resistance in the Military against the War in Iraq. Truthout.org is currently having their fall Pledge drive. Please consider making a donation at their website.
We also have video from Iraq Veterans Against the War entitled "Bringing the War Home"
http://www.ivaw.org/
Wrapping things up we have a video how to guide on How to Impeach a President from the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Thanks
Michael - Producer of Social Justice Television
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
July 17th Edition of SJTV
SJTV Founder and Producer Marlin Hathaway is back with an in depth and personal interview with outspoken and controversial former Air America Radio Host Mike Malloy. Mike will be breaking it down and telling it like it is on a variety of topics from the Bush Crime Family to the current state of the Peace Movement. Don't miss it!
For more info on Mike Malloy check out his website http://www.mikemalloy.com/
and you can listen to him every Monday -Friday @ 8:00 p.m. on KPTK-AM 1090 AM
Mike Malloy can be heard every night at 9PM ET, on affiliates of the Nova M Radio Network! and on the internet http://www.novamradio.com/
Also on this weeks Edition of Social Justice Television we have Deek Jackson with the Fucking NEWS (FKN NEWS) http://www.circusfantasticus.com
a historical speech by Malcolm X on Black Nationalism and Public Enemy's Shut It Down.
For more info on Mike Malloy check out his website http://www.mikemalloy.com/
and you can listen to him every Monday -Friday @ 8:00 p.m. on KPTK-AM 1090 AM
Mike Malloy can be heard every night at 9PM ET, on affiliates of the Nova M Radio Network! and on the internet http://www.novamradio.com/
Also on this weeks Edition of Social Justice Television we have Deek Jackson with the Fucking NEWS (FKN NEWS) http://www.circusfantasticus.com
a historical speech by Malcolm X on Black Nationalism and Public Enemy's Shut It Down.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
July13th Edition of SJTV
On this weeks edition of Social Justice Television we will viewing Part Two of HipHop 101 as presented by MC, activist and philosopher KRS-ONE.
As one of hip-hop's pioneers, KRS-One has reached audiences from around the world with his beats and incredible rhymes that vividly detailed life in the ghetto. At the same time, he also sought to raise the consciousness of all who would listen. KRS-One's days as a member of Boogie Down Productions have helped to establish him as an innovator who still continues to deliver to his fans.
http://templeofhiphop.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRS-One
As one of hip-hop's pioneers, KRS-One has reached audiences from around the world with his beats and incredible rhymes that vividly detailed life in the ghetto. At the same time, he also sought to raise the consciousness of all who would listen. KRS-One's days as a member of Boogie Down Productions have helped to establish him as an innovator who still continues to deliver to his fans.
http://templeofhiphop.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRS-One
Monday, June 11, 2007
June 14th Edition of Social Justice Television
We begin this edition of SJTV with a video short from KillerCoke.org who are organizing a campaign against the Coca Cola Company over allegations they hired death squads to suppress Union Organizing activities in it's Columbian bottling plants in South America.
COKE CAN'T HIDE ITS CRIMES IN COLOMBIA
Voting Machine Security Demo
We will also see a brief Security Demonstration from Princeton University Computer Scientists who claim they created a demonstration on vote stealing software that can be installed in under one minute. For more information go to http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting or http://engineering.princeton.edu/news/felten06
In the second half of todays show we will hear from visionary designer and architect William McDonough as he calls for us to to rethink how we make things and incorporate sustainable design into human industry http://www.mcdonough.com
In July 2001, the United Steelworkers of America and the International Labor Rights Fund (www.laborrights.org) filed a lawsuit on behalf of SINALTRAINAL, several of its members and the estate of Isidro Gil, one of its murdered officers. The lawsuit and campaign aim to force Coca-Cola to prevent further bloodshed and to provide safe working conditions.
Coca-Cola bottlers “contracted with or otherwise directed paramilitary security forces that utilize extreme violence and murdered, tortured, unlawfully detained or otherwise silenced trade union leaders,” the lawsuit states. It also notes that Colombian troops connected with the paramilitaries have trained at the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning, Ga., where trainees were encouraged to torture and murder those who do “union organizing and recruiting;” pass out “propaganda in favor of workers;” and “sympathize with demonstrators or strikes.” This was made public when the Pentagon was forced to reveal the contents of training manuals used at the school. (For more information, see www.soaw.org, the website of SOA Watch.) The year that the lawsuit was filed, The Coca-Cola Co. made $4 billion in profits and paid its CEO, Douglas Daft, more than $105 million. Coca-Cola continues to rake in billions each year, yet the frightening conditions at the Coke plants remain unchanged. Labor unions and human rights advocates in the United States can stop these atrocities at Coca-Cola’s bottling plants.
COKE CAN'T HIDE ITS CRIMES IN COLOMBIA
Isidro Segundo Gil, an employee at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Colombia, was killed at his workplace by paramilitary thugs. His children, now living in hiding with relatives, understand all too well why their homeland is known as "a country where union work is like carrying a tombstone on your back." Read More...
Killer Coke's Casualties
Listed below are union leaders at Coca-Cola's Colombian bottling plants who have been murdered. Hundreds of other Coke workers have been tortured, kidnapped and/or illegally detained by violent paramilitaries, often working closely with plant managements.
| Date | Name | Coca-Cola Plant |
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| 1989 | Avelino Achicanoy | Pasto |
| 4/8/94 | Jose Elaseasar MancoDavid | Carepa |
| 4/20/94 | Luis Enrique Giraldo Arango | Carepa |
| 4/23/95 | Luis Enrique Gomez Garado | Carepa |
| 12/5/96 | Isidro Segundo Gil | Carepa |
| 12/26/96 | Jose Librado Herrera Osorio | Carepa |
| 6/21/2001 | Oscar Dario Soto Polo | Monteria |
| 8/31/2002 | Adolfo de Jesus Munera Lopez | Baranquilla |
Voting Machine Security Demo
We will also see a brief Security Demonstration from Princeton University Computer Scientists who claim they created a demonstration on vote stealing software that can be installed in under one minute. For more information go to http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting or http://engineering.princeton.edu/news/felten06
In the second half of todays show we will hear from visionary designer and architect William McDonough as he calls for us to to rethink how we make things and incorporate sustainable design into human industry http://www.mcdonough.com
William McDonough is a world-renowned architect and designer and winner of three U.S. presidential awards: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development (1996), the National Design Award (2004); and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003). Time magazine recognized him as a "Hero for the Planet" in 1999, stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that—in demonstrable and practical ways—is changing the design of the world."
Mr. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Design, an internationally recognized design firm practicing ecologically, socially, and economically intelligent architecture and planning in the U.S. and abroad. He is also the cofounder and principal, with German chemist Michael Braungart, of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), which employs a comprehensive Cradle to Cradle design protocol to chemical benchmarking, supply-chain integration, energy and materials assessment, clean-production qualification, and sustainability issue management and optimization.
Author of Cradle to Cradle| Now in its fifth printing . . . |
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| By William McDonough & Michael Braungart |
| North Point Press, 2002 |
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Monday, March 26, 2007
March 29th Edition of SJTV
On this edition of Social Justice Television we will be exploring expression of social justice and activism through the arts with the Seattle Slam Poets who will be covering a variety of themes including War, Racism, Sexism and Sexuality, Addiction and issues of Class to name a few.
Featured in this show will be the extraordinary Poet and Spoken Word Performance Artist, Christa Bell http://www.christabellonline.com/ . Hopefully by the end of the show you will be enchanted with her own special brand of "Coochie Magic" and you'll feel inspired to invoke the primal incantation of "Coochie! Coochie! Now say it with me Coochie".
You can catch Seattle Poetry Slam Every Tuesday night at @ 7:00p.m. at TOST 516 North 36 th Street in Freemont. For more information go to http://www.poetryfestival.org/
Featured in this show will be the extraordinary Poet and Spoken Word Performance Artist, Christa Bell http://www.christabellonline.com/ . Hopefully by the end of the show you will be enchanted with her own special brand of "Coochie Magic" and you'll feel inspired to invoke the primal incantation of "Coochie! Coochie! Now say it with me Coochie".
You can catch Seattle Poetry Slam Every Tuesday night at @ 7:00p.m. at TOST 516 North 36 th Street in Freemont. For more information go to http://www.poetryfestival.org/
Thursday, March 15, 2007
March 15th Edition of SJTV
On this edition of Social Justice Television we travel down to the Northwest Detention Center at 1623 East J Strteet Tacoma, Washington to talk with family members of detainees who are being held at the this privately owned immigration prison. We also speak with activists who are trying to draw attention to their plight by holding vigils on the second Saturday of every month outside the prison.
In investigating this story we found out that not only is this facility owned and operated by one of the most notorious providers of corporate owned and operated privatized detention prisons but that the facility was built upon the highly toxic remains of a meat packing plant were benzene was discovered in the ground resulting in it being designated a U.S. Superfund cleanup site. We discovered a common pattern of people who end up in this facility is that they were found guilty of some petty transgression like overstaying a Visa or traffic violations which gave law enforecment a legal opening to enter their lives and incarcerate. Very few of the detainees are there because of commiting serious crimes worthy of this type of harsh treatment.
The private corporation GEO Group Inc,. http://www.thegeogroupinc.com/global.asp has a contract with the Department of Homeland Security and I.C.E ( Immigration Customs and Enforecment) to operate this detention facility on behalf of the U.S. Government. This is part of a new disturbing trend of what people are calling the new "Prison Industrial Complex", where private corporations are making profits from imprisoning citizens and non-citizens. The GEO Group has facilities world-wide including Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Here is alink to a list of their facilities http://www.thegeogroupinc.com/global.asp
The following article Home-Grown Gitmo By William Fisher at Truthout.org http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020907K.shtml
details the origins of this company and others like it and how they profit from the suffering of the detaineeds and exploit their labor to keep the cost of opoerations abnormally low resulting it profits for it's investors and shareholders. It also documnents the numerous allegations of torture, beatings, theft and sexual abuse of detainees by guards.
In the second part of today's show we go to the Port of Tacoma to witness the growing protest of the Stryker Brigades being loaded onto ships for deploymnent to Iraq as part of the Bush Administrations troop surge.
In investigating this story we found out that not only is this facility owned and operated by one of the most notorious providers of corporate owned and operated privatized detention prisons but that the facility was built upon the highly toxic remains of a meat packing plant were benzene was discovered in the ground resulting in it being designated a U.S. Superfund cleanup site. We discovered a common pattern of people who end up in this facility is that they were found guilty of some petty transgression like overstaying a Visa or traffic violations which gave law enforecment a legal opening to enter their lives and incarcerate. Very few of the detainees are there because of commiting serious crimes worthy of this type of harsh treatment.
The private corporation GEO Group Inc,. http://www.thegeogroupinc.com/global.asp has a contract with the Department of Homeland Security and I.C.E ( Immigration Customs and Enforecment) to operate this detention facility on behalf of the U.S. Government. This is part of a new disturbing trend of what people are calling the new "Prison Industrial Complex", where private corporations are making profits from imprisoning citizens and non-citizens. The GEO Group has facilities world-wide including Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Here is alink to a list of their facilities http://www.thegeogroupinc.com/global.asp
The following article Home-Grown Gitmo By William Fisher at Truthout.org http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020907K.shtml
details the origins of this company and others like it and how they profit from the suffering of the detaineeds and exploit their labor to keep the cost of opoerations abnormally low resulting it profits for it's investors and shareholders. It also documnents the numerous allegations of torture, beatings, theft and sexual abuse of detainees by guards.
In the second part of today's show we go to the Port of Tacoma to witness the growing protest of the Stryker Brigades being loaded onto ships for deploymnent to Iraq as part of the Bush Administrations troop surge.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
February 22nd Edition of SJTV
On today's episode of Social Justice Television we will hear Democracy Now's Amy Goodman speak about the importance of an Independent Media and other stories when she addressed the crowd at Seattle Town Hall last September 2006.
For more information about Democracy Now visit www.democracynow.org
For more information about Democracy Now visit www.democracynow.org
Monday, February 12, 2007
February 15th Edition of SJTV
On this weeks Edition of Social Justice Television we will be covering the Topic of the Patriot Act and Security in post 911 Amerika.
We will start the show with a brief video clip from "Beyond the Patriot Act" a video documentary produced by the ACLU. You can get their entire series at www.aclu.tv
http://www.aclu.tv/producersclub
We will also hear a lecture from renowned security expert Bruce Schneier as he talks about getting Beyond Fear and thinking sensibly about security in an uncertain world. You can also check out his book of the same title "Beyond Fear".
http://www.schneier.com/book-beyondfear.html
Wrapping things up we will see a video clip from Unconstitutional - The War on Civil Liberties. A documentary by Robert Greenwald also available at www.unconstitutionalthemovie.org
We will start the show with a brief video clip from "Beyond the Patriot Act" a video documentary produced by the ACLU. You can get their entire series at www.aclu.tv
http://www.aclu.tv/producersclub
We will also hear a lecture from renowned security expert Bruce Schneier as he talks about getting Beyond Fear and thinking sensibly about security in an uncertain world. You can also check out his book of the same title "Beyond Fear".
http://www.schneier.com/book-beyondfear.html
Wrapping things up we will see a video clip from Unconstitutional - The War on Civil Liberties. A documentary by Robert Greenwald also available at www.unconstitutionalthemovie.org
February 8th Edition of SJTV
This Edition of Social Justice Television was produced by SJTV producer Lynnda Solfield, who journeyed down to Northern California to speak with renowned Peace Activist, Vietnam Veteran and author Brian Willson
Brian Willson has written extensively on Challenging Patriotism, Root Causes of War, Non-Violent Alternatives. You can read all his essays at http://www.brianwillson.com/
Brian Willson has written extensively on Challenging Patriotism, Root Causes of War, Non-Violent Alternatives. You can read all his essays at http://www.brianwillson.com/
February 1st Edition of SJTV
On this edition of Social Justice Television we start with testimony from Marine Corporal Cloy Richards as he describes his participation in the taking of Fallujah and the thoughts of suicide that now haunt for the things he has seen and done in service of his country in the U.S. War on Terror.
Our feature is a documentary named Shock and Awe Produced by Sean Logan and Sam Seedorf, who visited Iraq with the Human Shields Project two weeks before U. S Forces invaded Iraq in March 2003. This is an eye opening and touching glimpse into the lives of ordinary Iraqis and what conditions were like before the War began.
Our feature is a documentary named Shock and Awe Produced by Sean Logan and Sam Seedorf, who visited Iraq with the Human Shields Project two weeks before U. S Forces invaded Iraq in March 2003. This is an eye opening and touching glimpse into the lives of ordinary Iraqis and what conditions were like before the War began.
Monday, January 22, 2007
January 25th Edition of SJTV
On this weeks Edition of Social Justice we will be showing the documentary Hidden Wars of Desert Storm.
Made in the year 2000 and taking two years of investigation, this film by Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy brings answers to questions not only about The Gulf War I in 1991 but also the history of Western involvement and influence in the Middle East that continues right up until today.
You cannot truly understand the conflict in the Middle East and the current Iraq War without going back to 1921 and the beginning of the quest for oil in that region and how World War I and II affected the regional dynamics as former colonial powers struggle to maintain their grip on colonized. This documentary manages to explains all this in one feld masterful swoop.
Check out the website
http://www.hiddenwars.com/
Made in the year 2000 and taking two years of investigation, this film by Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy brings answers to questions not only about The Gulf War I in 1991 but also the history of Western involvement and influence in the Middle East that continues right up until today.
You cannot truly understand the conflict in the Middle East and the current Iraq War without going back to 1921 and the beginning of the quest for oil in that region and how World War I and II affected the regional dynamics as former colonial powers struggle to maintain their grip on colonized. This documentary manages to explains all this in one feld masterful swoop.
Check out the website
http://www.hiddenwars.com/
Monday, January 15, 2007
January 18TH EDITION OF SJTV
On this edition of SJTV we will be hearing from "Courageous Resisters" to the Iraq War.
First up will be Corporal Grant Collins (IVAW) giving very moving testimony of his units involvement in the taking of Fallujah.
Then we will hear from Aidan Delgado about the time he spent in Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib Prison and the things he witnessed.
We'll also hear from Lt. Ehren Watda who is the first officer to refuse deployment to Iraq on the grounds that the War is illegal. This is an interview we had with Lt. Watada in early Spring of 2006 right after he announced his intentions to refuse to deploy. For the latest info on his case go to www.thankyoult.org
We also have a special report from SJTV Producer Lynnda Solfield on the Troop Surge Protests last week by Seattle World Can't Wait Drive Out The Bush Regime in response to Bush announcing the deployment of 21,500 for troops to Iraq. For more info and to read the call you can go to http://www.worldcantwait.org/
First up will be Corporal Grant Collins (IVAW) giving very moving testimony of his units involvement in the taking of Fallujah.
Then we will hear from Aidan Delgado about the time he spent in Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib Prison and the things he witnessed.
We'll also hear from Lt. Ehren Watda who is the first officer to refuse deployment to Iraq on the grounds that the War is illegal. This is an interview we had with Lt. Watada in early Spring of 2006 right after he announced his intentions to refuse to deploy. For the latest info on his case go to www.thankyoult.org
We also have a special report from SJTV Producer Lynnda Solfield on the Troop Surge Protests last week by Seattle World Can't Wait Drive Out The Bush Regime in response to Bush announcing the deployment of 21,500 for troops to Iraq. For more info and to read the call you can go to http://www.worldcantwait.org/
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
January 11th Edition of SJTV
Social Justice Television is back for the 2007 Season and we are currently working on some very exciting video projects.
On this weeks Edition of Social Justice Television we will be covering the Topic of the Patriot Act and Security in post 911 Amerika.
We will start the show with a brief video clip from "Beyond the Patriot Act" a video documentary produced by the ACLU. You can get their entire series at www.aclu.tv
http://www.aclu.tv/producersclub?PHPSESSID=c5f1917eaf75d52e3e636c2f2276e54f
We will also hear a lecture from renowned security expert Bruce Schneier as he talks about getting Beyond Fear and thinking sensibly about security in an uncertain world. You can also check out his book of the same title "Beyond Fear".
http://www.schneier.com/book-beyondfear.html
Wrapping things up we will see a video clip from Unconstitutional - The War on Civil Liberties. A documentary by Robert Greenwald also available at www.unconstitutionalthemovie.org
On this weeks Edition of Social Justice Television we will be covering the Topic of the Patriot Act and Security in post 911 Amerika.
We will start the show with a brief video clip from "Beyond the Patriot Act" a video documentary produced by the ACLU. You can get their entire series at www.aclu.tv
http://www.aclu.tv/producersclub?PHPSESSID=c5f1917eaf75d52e3e636c2f2276e54f
We will also hear a lecture from renowned security expert Bruce Schneier as he talks about getting Beyond Fear and thinking sensibly about security in an uncertain world. You can also check out his book of the same title "Beyond Fear".
http://www.schneier.com/book-beyondfear.html
Wrapping things up we will see a video clip from Unconstitutional - The War on Civil Liberties. A documentary by Robert Greenwald also available at www.unconstitutionalthemovie.org
Monday, December 04, 2006
November 30th Edition of SJTV
On this weeks edition of SJTV we will be rep;aying two interviews we had last year with the Reverend Rich Lang of Trinity United Methodist Church www.tumseattle.org on the subject of Christian Fascism. Rev. Lan has written a booklet and is currentlky working on a book on the Rise of Chrsitian Fascism.
Other good resoiurces on the subject are "With God on Their Side" by Ester Kaplan which documents the entry of Christian Fundamentalism into the modern era of politics.
Lawrence Britts The 14 Characteristics of Fascism
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
Other good resoiurces on the subject are "With God on Their Side" by Ester Kaplan which documents the entry of Christian Fundamentalism into the modern era of politics.
Lawrence Britts The 14 Characteristics of Fascism
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
Monday, October 23, 2006
October 26th, 2006 Edition OF SJTV
On this edition of Social Justice Television we will be speaking with Green Party Senatorial Candidate Aaron Dixon discussing his views on Election Finance Reform, Third Party Politics and his 30 year career as an activist for Social Justice. http://www.dixon4senate.com/
We will also discuss his arrest at King 5 Studios and why he was excluded from the King 5 Televised Candidates Debate. You can read more about it at the following links
WA Green Party Candidate Arrested at KING 5
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255549.shtml
Aaron Dixon and the Politics of Debate Exclusion
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255559.shtml
Arrested Democracy: Trying to Ignore Aaron Dixon
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255560.shtml
According to FCC regululations TV Stations are required to provided equal access to Political candidates in debates and to provide public with content that serves the "public interest".
According to Aaron Dixon Campaign Manager Jesse Hagopian, Aaron Dixon was excluded from the debates strictly on the basis of him not meeting the financial requirement of having 1 million dollars in his campaign fund despite the fact that has actually rasied more money that the libertarian candidate and polled higher BEFORE that candidate lent himself One Million dollars to be included in the debates.
If you are outraged by this you can contact King 5 Studios at :
Mailing Address
KING 5 Television
333 Dexter Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 206-448-5555
or call their corporate offices and speak to CONTACT: Carey Hendrickson, vice president-Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6626
http://www.belo.com/
King 5 's Broadcast License is up for renewal Februaruy 1, 2007 and based upon this incident the license should be challenged. You can get info about filing an FCC complaint at the following links ...
You can also contact the FCC to file a complaint against King5 for violating a candidates "political speech" equal access right.
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/political/
http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2007/25/701/
We will also discuss his arrest at King 5 Studios and why he was excluded from the King 5 Televised Candidates Debate. You can read more about it at the following links
WA Green Party Candidate Arrested at KING 5
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255549.shtml
Aaron Dixon and the Politics of Debate Exclusion
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255559.shtml
Arrested Democracy: Trying to Ignore Aaron Dixon
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/255560.shtml
According to FCC regululations TV Stations are required to provided equal access to Political candidates in debates and to provide public with content that serves the "public interest".
According to Aaron Dixon Campaign Manager Jesse Hagopian, Aaron Dixon was excluded from the debates strictly on the basis of him not meeting the financial requirement of having 1 million dollars in his campaign fund despite the fact that has actually rasied more money that the libertarian candidate and polled higher BEFORE that candidate lent himself One Million dollars to be included in the debates.
If you are outraged by this you can contact King 5 Studios at :
Mailing Address
KING 5 Television
333 Dexter Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 206-448-5555
or call their corporate offices and speak to CONTACT: Carey Hendrickson, vice president-Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6626
http://www.belo.com/
King 5 's Broadcast License is up for renewal Februaruy 1, 2007 and based upon this incident the license should be challenged. You can get info about filing an FCC complaint at the following links ...
Free Press - Challenging a License
http://freepress.net/content/license_challenge
Welcome to the FCC License Challenge Database.
Enter a City and State and click the 'Submit Query' button to see which broadcasters in your area may be up for license renewal soon.
http://vilimpoc.org/research/fcc-challenge
FCC DBase - Broadcast License Renewal Filing & Expiration Dates
http://www.fcc.gov/localism/renewals.html
You can also contact the FCC to file a complaint against King5 for violating a candidates "political speech" equal access right.
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/political/
http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2007/25/701/
Thursday, October 19, 2006
October 19th, 2006 Edition of SJTV
On todays Episode of SJTV we will hear from investigative reporter Greg Palast on Iraq, Voter Fraud and Blood For Oil and how the vote was not only stolen in 2004 but how the Republican party plans to steal more votes in the 2008 elections.
We will also see a video clip of a Security Demonstration conducted by Princeton University showing how Diebold Eletronic voting machines currently in use in most parts of the country can be hacked and infected with software that is designed to steal votes.
Before that we will start out with a video from Hip Hop Artist Talam Acey called True Lies!
http://gnn.tv/videos/52/True_Lies
A taste of the upcoming GNN doc, American Blackout
If GNN produced 60 Minutes, Taalam Acey would be our Andy Rooney.
A true guerrilla collaboration to give audiences a taste of what to expect from the soon to be released documentary, American Blackout directed by GNN’s Ian Inaba. Set to premiere at Sundance 2006 the feature length film follows the career of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and investigates the current tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent. This piece originally inspired by the book of the same name, features Taalam Acey’s ever potent prose deftly matched by the animation of Haik Hoisington and scored to the music of another GNN ally, The Soulsavers.
Recommended Dosage: 3-4 views as needed. Best results if taken 30 minutes prior to television consumption.
CreditsPoem: Taalam Acey Animation: Haik Hoisington Music: The Soulsavers Editing: Ian Inaba Compositing: Anson Vogt Directed by: Ian Inaba and Anson Vogt
We will also see a video clip of a Security Demonstration conducted by Princeton University showing how Diebold Eletronic voting machines currently in use in most parts of the country can be hacked and infected with software that is designed to steal votes.
Before that we will start out with a video from Hip Hop Artist Talam Acey called True Lies!
http://gnn.tv/videos/52/True_Lies
A taste of the upcoming GNN doc, American Blackout
If GNN produced 60 Minutes, Taalam Acey would be our Andy Rooney.
A true guerrilla collaboration to give audiences a taste of what to expect from the soon to be released documentary, American Blackout directed by GNN’s Ian Inaba. Set to premiere at Sundance 2006 the feature length film follows the career of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and investigates the current tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent. This piece originally inspired by the book of the same name, features Taalam Acey’s ever potent prose deftly matched by the animation of Haik Hoisington and scored to the music of another GNN ally, The Soulsavers.
Recommended Dosage: 3-4 views as needed. Best results if taken 30 minutes prior to television consumption.
CreditsPoem: Taalam Acey Animation: Haik Hoisington Music: The Soulsavers Editing: Ian Inaba Compositing: Anson Vogt Directed by: Ian Inaba and Anson Vogt
October 12th, 2006 Edition of SJTV
On This weeks episode we document the local World Can't Wait Protest at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park which was part of a larger nationwide series of protests that occured in over 235 cities. http://www.worldcantwait.net/
SJTV was on the scene when Seattle Police instigated an incident with a group of self described anarchists youth. The Police claim they had intercepted intelligence on Seattle indymedia that indicated the "anarchists" were going to use a flag to spark a violent incident. None of this has been substantiaed with any tangile evidence and it is oiur contention that was an an attempt by the local authorities to try and shut down the Rally and Free speech. Three people were arrested and are currently facing charges. The Rally did continue and the protest proceeded to the Federal Building in Downtown Seattle.
Portlands Indy media also reported a similar but much more serious incident of Police attacking the peaceful protesters. See those story links below
O5: World Still Waiting
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347085.shtml
October 5th, the pig riot
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347079.shtml
SJTV was on the scene when Seattle Police instigated an incident with a group of self described anarchists youth. The Police claim they had intercepted intelligence on Seattle indymedia that indicated the "anarchists" were going to use a flag to spark a violent incident. None of this has been substantiaed with any tangile evidence and it is oiur contention that was an an attempt by the local authorities to try and shut down the Rally and Free speech. Three people were arrested and are currently facing charges. The Rally did continue and the protest proceeded to the Federal Building in Downtown Seattle.
Portlands Indy media also reported a similar but much more serious incident of Police attacking the peaceful protesters. See those story links below
O5: World Still Waiting
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347085.shtml
October 5th, the pig riot
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347079.shtml
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