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Our Web, Not Theirs

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:04:03 -0800

COA News - By Steve Anderson - Dec. 05 (Special Report) - At this pivotal time the Internet is becoming evermore subjugated to commercial interests of a cartel of domineering big media corporations.

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The REAL News Promise

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:51:12 -0700

COA News - By Iwt - Jul. 18 (Advocacy) - Watch The Real News vision take shape!

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Venezuela Shuts Down Elite Run RCTV

Wed, 30 May 2007 01:46:04 -0700

COA News - By Jason Diceman - May. 30 (Special Report) - In the last hours of Radio Caracas Television programing, that station salutes itself with sentimental clips of its pop programming. In the streets of Caracas a protest of RCTV supporters is dispersed after gun shots and minor police injuries.At the same time a across the county pro-government events celebrate with fireworks, music and dancing in the street at the virtual end of a TV channel owned by Marcel Granier one of the most powerful men in modern Venezuelan history. He is one of the richest men in Venezuela and also held high positions of power within the previous government.

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A Eulogy For The NewStandard

Fri, 04 May 2007 09:45:37 -0700

COA News - By Steve Anderson - May. 04 (News Analysis) - It's official, as of Friday April 27th 2007 The Newstandard (TNS) officially ceased operations. This is a significant loss for both the independent media ecology, and for citizens who use independent media to stay informed about current events and social issues.

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Domestic Fair Trade: For Health, Justice & Sustainability

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:52:52 -0800

COA News - By Michael Sligh - Mar. 08 (Special Report) - The international Fair Trade movement has gained momentum in recent years, mobilizing millions of people with a message of fairness, equity and environmental stewardship in global trade. Fair Trade, representing a convergence of co-operative, solidarity, and social justice movements, emphasizes commerce as a tool for the empowerment and capacity building of small-scale farmers, artisans and agricultural workers in the global South.

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Independent Media Goes Web 2.0

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:47:19 -0800

COA News - Mar. 04 (News Analysis) - Non-profit and small for-profit public service oriented media organizations (Independent Media) are, after a delayed response, quickly developing web 2.0 or "social web" tools. In the past many of these organizations have stuck to the old web 1.0 way of simply providing a website with basic capabilities. After seeing the power of media tools like digg.com, and communities like Myspace and youtube, public service media enterprises are jumping head first into the web 2.0 game. Buzz Flash, TreeHugger, and Huffington Post have launched digg.com type portals where citizens can submit and vote on current news headlines. BuzzFlash has BUZZ, TreeHugger has Hugg, and Huffington Post has HuffIt. A new non-profit organization called NewTrust just launched a service where citizens can submit and rate news stories and sources based on their level or objectivity. GNN has offered members the ability to submit/vote on both headlines and personal blogs for some time, and just launched an online chat function. GNN also plans to offer video uploading/voting in the near future.

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Independent Media Goes Web 2.0

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:44:45 -0800

COA News - By Steve Anderson - Mar. 02 (News Report) - on-profit and small for-profit public service oriented media organizations (Independent Media) are, after a delayed response, quickly developing web 2.0 or "social web" tools.

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Paul Jay reports on theREALnews

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:34:55 -0800

COA News - By Paul Jay - Feb. 28 (Special Report) - Paul Jay, CEO and Senior Editor of TheRealNews, reports on the progress and editorial vision of the Network.

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Defend the Press and Sarah Olson

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:32:27 -0800

COA News - By John Stauber - Jan. 29 (News Analysis) - The U.S. Army has subpoenaed independent journalist Sarah Olson to testify at the upcoming hearing. Sarah Olson interviewed Lt. Watada last May -- the Army says statements he made during Olson's interview constitute one charge of conduct unbecoming an officer.

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WSF 2007: Critical Reflections, Unknown Directions.

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:10:15 -0800

COA News - By Dan Morrison - Jan. 26 (Special Report) - he World Social Forum (WSF) for the first time took place in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, marking new directions and challenges for the seven year old process. Nairobi's Moi International Sports Complex, located in the district of Kasarani, emerged as the WSF's epicenter. Although the football stadium became transformed into a unique world of constructive dialogues, mass action planning, and experience sharing between January 21 and 24, 2007, it also became shaped by rampant confusion, disorganization, noticeable cynicism, and new and old forms of social exclusion which now revamp the WSF's trajectory...

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A Positive Agenda For Media Reform

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:50:04 -0800

COA News - By Steve Anderson - Jan. 17 (News Report) - The perfect media reform storm is now upon us and it was evident with the explosive atmosphere of the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform that took place in Memphis Tennessee January 12-14. Media activists, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens from many countries, and nearly every state in the U.S. attended the National Conference for Media Reform, an event that aimed to move media issues to the forefront of public discourse in the United States.

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Save The Internet: Independence Day

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:11:38 -0800

COA News - By Matt Thompson - Dec. 18 (Advocacy) - With the 109th Congress now over, the telecom bill HR 5252 has now been defeated. We now have a historic opportunity to take Internet Freedom to the next level in the new Congress. However, the companies are launching a counter attack in the New Year, taking the fight state by state instead. We need to raise the alarm now to protect neutrality nation-wide, and to campaign for a faster, more open and accessible Internet in 2007.

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IBM and the Holocaust

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:14:45 -0800

COA News - By GNN.tv - Dec. 08 (Special Report) - Short video based on the Pulitzer Prize-nominated international bestseller book "IBM and the Holocaust" by Edwin Black. The book, which documents IBM's direct links to Hilter and his so-called 'Final Solution' by providing the Third Reich with census machines and punch card technology, caused IBM to issue a formal statement claiming that the Nazis controlled the operations of IBM Germany during the war.

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Independence from the Corporate Global Economy

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:53:34 -0800

COA News - By Ethan Miller - Dec. 02 (Opinion) - The old story says we have to depend on big corporations. The new story tells us we can earn a livelihood, gain freedom, and build community through cooperation.

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