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Original Air Date – 07/29/2013 on Occupy the Media Collective
News
Turkish courts allow destruction of #GeziPark to go forward, Cornell West calls Obama “a global George Zimmerman” due to drone policy, Brazilian military attack protesters as Pope Francis arrives, Houston follows Baltimore and San Diego County in filing suit against Bank of America, Barclays, and Citigroup for their roles in the LIBOR scandal, Hercules gas well blows out in Gulf of Mexico, London, Ontario police raid the apartment of independent journalists with The Indignants citing graffiti warrant confiscating electronic equipment and arresting three, armed guards intimidate journalist covering closing arguments of Chelsea Manning trial.
https://www.facebook.com/theindignants
CounterSpin – Weekly round-up of the week’s news. http://www.fair.org/
Music – Corporate Welfare song by Anne Feeney
People’s History
Newsboy strike, Helen Thomas dies, Alex Berkman attempts to assassinate steel magnet Henry Clay Frick.
This Week In the People’s Uprising
Protest in Egypt continue as military cracks down, Moral Mondays grow, arrests at Solidarity Sing Along in Wisconsin, PETA holds daily protests against Ringling Brothers Circus, defund the NSA action in New Orleans, Tampa Dream Defenders arrive in Tallahassee, Coalition For Justice For Trayvon Martin begins five day “Walk For Dignity”, Prisoner Hunger Striker Billy Michael Sells aka Guerro dies, ALERT! FBI informant Brandon Darby spotted at Trayvon Martin protests in Florida
EXCERPT: The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News
If you think U.S. news has a liberal bias, this assumption-shattering film from Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, and Justin Lewis will have you thinking again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDiJA2_oZY
http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=114
DISCUSSION: Introduction To Media Bias
LEE CAMP: MOMENT OF CLARITY
15 Crucial Facts NEVER Heard On The Mainstream Media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGgcKQ8XlpY
EXCERPT: Anarchist kid from Charlie Chaplin’s 1957 “A King In New York”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtiEQ7GNens
MUSIC: Kill Your Television by Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA2371iADS0
EXCERPT: South Park – How would you like to suck my %$#@ Mr. Garrison?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkx8Jyrf6bk
MUSIC: Mad World by Tears For Fears performed by Gary Jules