
Nora Barrows-Friedman from Electronic Intifada gives insight into the approach that this media collective uses to cover the stories in Palestine and highlight voices of Palestinians. Their website is a place for independent journalists to offer an alternative to mainstream media coverage. They hosted a great workshop and offer great perspective on the connections that we face in border struggles across the world. We are not alone.
That does feel good to wake up in the morning and know Bush is gone baby gone, and within the few first hours of Prez Obama you hear this kind of news,
" Obama has already begun a series of official acts. His administration has asked for a suspension of Guantanamo trials for detainees so it could review the cases and the procedures. A federal court approved the request this morning.
Obama also ordered federal agencies to freeze any action on federal regulations promulgated in the Bush administration's waning days so that they could be reviewed as well." - LA Times
I'm in perhaps the most exciting yet frustrating stage in my work on the documentary about war tax resistance that I'm making. I'm basically trying to make sense of all the footage and figure out how to present it in a compelling way - the big question is: what is the story? I've been struggling with this for about 4 years, ever since I started thinking about the challenges of making a film about this subject - Put another way, how do I tell the story of war tax resistance in a way that's interesting and exciting?
Sibel Edmonds is an FBI Whistle blower who is making news all over the world. Except in the U.S.A. hmmmmm... Take a look at these articles: