Corporate media's lack of interest in indigenous issues, and their ahistorical, distorted view of them when they do cover them, are long overdue for change.

Corporate media's lack of interest in indigenous issues, and their ahistorical, distorted view of them when they do cover them, are long overdue for change.

MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin:  Corporate media have been declaring organized labor moribund—sometimes abetting efforts to kill it—for many years now. But more than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles, on strike with overwhelming community support, would suggest you ought not believe everything you read. We’ll hear about the LA teachers strike, and […]

MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin:  Corporate media have been declaring organized labor moribund—sometimes abetting efforts to kill it—for many years now. But more than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles, on strike with overwhelming community support, would suggest you ought not believe everything you read. We’ll hear about the LA teachers strike, and […]

"There's this absurd idea that the sanctions somehow only hurt the Venezuelan government and Venezuelan government officials."

"The environmental community, the human rights community and the indigenous communities have really come together against border militarization."

"Building a wall" at the US/Mexico border is an abstraction for many Americans--but not for people who live in the borderlands, and those who listen to those who do.

"Building a wall" at the US/Mexico border is an abstraction for many Americans--but not for people who live in the borderlands, and those who listen to those who do.

"If you say, “Hey, I want to censor First Amendment activity of people I don't like,” that's a little bit suspect. But if you say, “Hey, there's terrorist mobs descending on the streets. We gotta defend ourselves,” you’re more likely to get somewhere with that framing."

"Understanding the limits of the dialogue possible in the elite but influential press is crucial to understanding our political lives."