Day 8, getting back on track! First off...happy full moon eclipse and happy Winter Solstice! What did you releasing? It's time to let go of what's not working for you and/or put the past to rest. I asked the moon to take some of that old stagnant baggage from the past away into the darkness. Buh-bye.
I am a little braindead from staying up and watching the eclipse and the flurry of activity so I'm struggling to find a clever segue of how to introduce day 8's feature. Well I've been following the net neutrality debate and pending legislation and today, it was ruled that corporations are unable to randomly block Internet content on laptops and computers...but the rules against wireless carriers are a little more unclear. Basically, it boils down to another way for corporations to control what information is accessible and available to which populations. The Internet has opened up the door for regular folks without deep pockets like you and me to have a voice and a place to distribute self-made content. We already know that TV, radio, newspapers and other media don't have such open access so it's scary to think what would happen if the Internet had those same restrictions.
One of the saviors of broadcast media has been Democracy Now!. I have worked in non-commercial radio (big up WBAI in NYC!) and understand its importance in our media landscape. Shows like Democracy Now! do for broadcast media what countless blogs do for the internet: report on stories without corporate bias or that the mainstream media(MSM) won't touch, and give voice to marginalized populations who have little means or access to MSM.
As most media operations that don't rely on corporate sponsorship, Democracy Now needs help from the listeners. They are soliciting holiday donations this season and it's money well spent. They covered the Climate Change Summit in Cancun earlier this month giving airtime to youth voices, international perspectives, and grassroots organizers...I saw very little discussion of any of this in MSM showing the relative importance of our Mother Earth on the media's agenda. You can donate online easily and help support justice in our media, broadcast and online. Once it's gone, it's gone and we will be stuck with biased and bought information.
Here's a gem from this week...these are the types of discussions we must fight for!
Naomi Wolf vs. Jaclyn Friedman: Feminists Debate the Sexual Allegations Against Julian Assange
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