Kusvikira weekend yapera. Memphis ndiro raive guta randaida kushanyira asi ndakanga ndisati ndashanyira. (Ini pachangu ndinokutendai Marc Cohn.) Saka, apo 2007 National Conference yeMedia Reform yakaitika kuCook Convention Center muMemphis, inopisa kwazvo!
Ndakasvika kuMemphis zuva risati rasvika musangano kuti ndiite zvinhu zvevashanyi zvinoratidzika kunge zvinoitwa nemunhu wese anoshanyira Memphis. Ndakatora Elvis-ed kunze kuGraceland, uye ndakafemerwa paNational Civil Rights Museum. Sezvakataurwa neimwe shamwari, ndakaenda "kubva kune mumwe mambo kuenda kune mumwe Mambo" - uye ndikadya naMambo wechitatu - B.B. King's paBeale Street.
Ndichiri mhiri kwemugwagwa kubva kwaBB ndakaona kurwa kwemugwagwa paBeale Street neChishanu manheru pakati pevagari venzvimbo uye nhengo yeBush Chain Gang. Ndakatobata mapikicha asina kujeka echiitiko pacameraphone yangu kuchengetedzeka kusati kwaputsa mhemberero, asi zvakadaroโฆ
Kana zviri zva NCRM (kwete kuvhiringidzwa ne NCMR), Ndakawana kuti pane zviri pachena kune kurinda kunoenderera mberi uye kuratidzira kunze kweMuseum. Ini ndanga ndichitarisira kuwana humbowo hwezveruzivo, asi sekunzwisisa kwandinoita, kuratidzira kunomutsa nyaya yekuti Museum inotsigira zvachose gentrification ichienderera kumaodzanyemba kwedhorobha reMemphis. Nokudaro, kuratidzira kunopikisa, iyo Museum haina kuremekedza kuyeuka kwaDkt King, kunyanya mumakore matatu ekupedzisira ehupenyu hwake. Zvose izvi zvingava zvechokwadi; kana paine anogona kusimbisa kana kukwidziridza, ndapota ita saizvozvo mune zvakataurwa pazasi. Iyo inogoneka yekusekesa yakawanda, kunyanya kufunga kutamburira kutotenga nzvimbo.
Ndichange ndiri benzi pano. Ndakanakidzwa chaizvo nemusangano uye zviitiko zvakapoteredza musangano. Bato reSaveTheInternet paGibson Guitar Factory rakanga rakanaka, uye ndakataura ndakashoreka panguva yepati pakati pemadhiri. Kuseka kwacho kwakandibata mukupera kwesvondo rese, uye kunyanya panguva mharidzo yemusangano ini ndaive chikamu cheMaitiro eKudenha Rezenisi reNhepfenyuro.
Sezvinobvumwa, pakanga pane funganyo dzakawanda pamusoro pomusangano wacho. Unogona kuverenga zvakawanda zvekushoropodzwa uku pa Free Press Newswire uye zvichingodaro Danny Schechter's blog zvinyorwa muvhiki rapfuura. (Danny, handigoni kutenda kuti ndasuwa kukuona!) Ndichawedzera kunetseka kwangu kukuru. Chicago Media Action havana kuchengetedza nzvimbo yekokorodzano kunyanya nokuti, zvakanaka, mari yekuchengetedza nzvimbo, kunyange yezvisina purofiti, yakanga yakakwirira zvikuru kupfuura mumusangano we2005 muSt. Iyi haisi tsika yandinoda kuona ichikwira; tinofanira kudzikisa chipingamupinyi chemitengo yekutora chikamu. Usavasimudza kana uchikwanisa kuzvibatsira, ndapota.
Imwe shamwari inokurudzira kuti panofanira kunge paine chimwe chinhu chegungano remutemo pamusangano, kuitira kuti sarudzo dzemhando dziitwe dzevanopinda musangano, saka hazvisi nyore kuungana. Ndinoshamisika kana zvirizvo kare zvinopfuura kungoungana kuri nyore; kune vanhu vazhinji vari kutsvaga basa rakanaka uye mamwe mapurojekiti. Pakanga pasinawo kushomeka kwemazano anoshamisa ezvinhu zvekuita bandied nezvandakatopa kubatsira nazvo (ndiri kutarisa iwe, IPA) Uye akawanda anonakidza kurangana achiri kuuya. ๐
Ndakapedza Chishanu manheru neDemocratic-Party-aligned blogging politicos senge Duncan Black, Matt Stoller, uye Adam Green. Ndakapedza Mugovera manheru neAir America radio activists. Ndakashamwaridzanawo nevamiriri veGreen Party, varongi vemabasa, uye ndakatora chikamu pakudya kwemangwanani kwevakadzi nevezvenhau. Hongu, ndoziva, ndinoita basa re "reformist" UYE ndinobatikana zvakanyanya mumapurojekiti akanyanya, sezvandambotaura.
Zvimwe zvezvakakosha zvemunhu:
* Ndakanga ndiine chigaro chepamberi muchirongwa pa Sevha Mushandirapamwe weInternet ya2006. Ndakatozoita chime in:
Frannie Wellings: Ndiani pano akaronga kana kunyora tsamba kumupepeti kana kushanyira Congressper wavo?
Me:Takaronga maprotest.
Frannie: Kuratidzira kwakarongeka? Kunze kwemahofisi makuru eVerizon?
Me: Ndiye mumwe wavo.
*Ndaifanirawo kuridza mhere Hapana Media Justice Pasina Vakadzi: Models for Feminist Media Action Panera:
Theba Soundararajan: Ndaida kutanga nekuita maekisesaizi. Ndine mapairi matatu emazwi andichataura, uye ndinoda kuti mumwe munhu ataure, achingoshevedzera, hukama huri pakati pavo. Wekutanga ndi "tenzi / muranda", "murume nemukadzi", uye "kuchinja kwevakadzi" ... chero chine chekuita nehunyanzvi zvachose?
Me:Matemu ese emacomputer.
Theba: Iwo ese mazwi emakombuta. Zvakanaka. Hukuru. Iwe unowana mabhonasi mapoinzi.
Me:Ndinovimba. Ndinozviita kuti ndirarame.
(Cherechedzo yepfungwa: Ini kana mumwe munhu anofanirwa kunyora chinyorwa nezve sexist, rusaruraganda, uye colonialist legacies yeinjiniya uye komputa terminology.)
Kwakanaya mukupera kwevhiki kwemusangano. Kuratidzira kwanga kwakarongerwa Masikati neMugovera asi zvakabudirira, um, mvura yakanaya. Chimurenga hachizoonekwe paterevhizheni, asi shanduko inogona kudaidzwa nekuda kwekunaya kwemvura.
Zvimwe zvezvinhu zviri kuuya zvinozivikanwa zvakataurwa pamusangano:
* Bill Moyers akazivisa kuti ari kubuda pachigaro chekuzunungusa uye kudzokera pachigaro cheanchor aine rutsva rweTV rutsva gore rino - "Bill Moyers 'Journal". Pamwe iyo huru yePBS inobatana muChicago ichanyatso kuridza iyo nguva iyo vataridzi veTV vari kunyatso kuona. Ehe, ndiri kutaura newe, Winnetka Achitaura naWilmette.
* Iyo Illinois General Assembly yakarongedzerwa kutora nyaya yehurumende vhidhiyo franchise, iyo kana ikapfuura ingave yakashata kuti iwane mari. ruzhinji rwekuwana nzira muIllinois. Takakunda muCongress; hatina kumbokunda muPennsylvania. Heino tarisiro yekuti tinogona kuhwina muIllinois General Assembly muna 2007. Rambai makatarisa, vatendi vechokwadi.
Zvino, Vancouver inoenda pamusoro pechinyorwa changu chemaguta andisati ndashanyira uye vazhinji vanoda kushanya. Ndinogona hangu ndiwane mukana wangu gare gare gore rino.
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
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