Thursday, July 11, an overflow crowd came to the US Capitol for Bernie Sanders' Symposium on Corporate  Control of the Media with US Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Robert McChesney, author of "Rich Media, Poor Democracy," John Nichols, co-author of "It's the Media, Stupid" and The Nation magazine's Washington correspondent and Linda Foley, president of the Newspaper Guild.

RealAudio download of the 1.5 hour discussion.

One point is clear: if there ever were a time for constructive dissent, it's now.

Hundreds of Nigerian women left ChevronTexaco pumping stations in canoes and on foot after ending a siege to demand more jobs, business loans, schools and hospitals for their communities.

Legislation introduced just before the Congressional break would allow deferment of royalty payments for small webcasting radio stations

Four Ruckus Society activists were arrested in Baltimore after approaching police officers during the arrest of another individual. The four say they were not read their rights or told why they were being locked up.

The United States appalling disregard for international treaties, and its general refusal to play by any rules except those that it makes up as it goes along, continues...

Israeli Government deliberately prevented from delivering life saving humanitarian aid to Palestinians, besieged under Israeli occupation and 18 hour curfews.

Zionazis want Palestinians starve to death, at the barbedwired extermination camps they are confined. Zionazis also want UN refugee agency to spy on refugees.