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Inexcusable. Newsweek leads the pack with shallow, ill-informed Haiti journalism. Another media is possible.

November 12, 2010 · by Ansel · in Blog

Update 11/15: Thanks to everyone spreading the word. The author of the articles in question, Steve Tuttle, can be reached at steve.tuttle@newsweek.com. Also don’t miss this petition directed at the editors that you can sign…

Re: Narco News and the ICNC

February 23, 2010 · by Ansel · in Blog

This is my reply to an open letter and response concerning the 2010 School of Authentic Journalism in Mexico, which I attended as a student. It’s written in the same spirit as my open letter…

Jerry survived

January 26, 2010 · by Ansel · in Blog

Jerry called me a few days after the quake, huddled with hundreds of people in a space without food and water. I was lining up a profile story with him before the catastrophe. But he’s…

What Can Radicals Learn from the Young Lords Party, 40 Years Later?

August 27, 2009 · by Ansel · in Blog

On Sunday leading former members of the Young Lords Party, a militant Puerto Rican community organization active from 1969 to 1971, gathered at the First Spanish Methodist Church in East Harlem to reflect on the…

Podcast: Another Fort Hood Afghanistan War Resister Sentenced and Jailed

August 14, 2009 · by Ansel · in Clips, Radio

Travis Bishop is led away from Fort Hood in shackles. Image from video shot by Bishop’s lawyer. This started out as a story for Free Speech Radio News but didn’t make it into today’s newscast….

Exclusive Podcast: Korean Metal Workers Union member speaks out

August 10, 2009 · by Ansel · in Blog

To my knowledge this is the only interview with a member of the Korean Metal Workers Union recorded in the United States. Last night I spoke by phone with Jung Sik Hwa, a 20-year member…

Podcast: S. Korea workers’ 77-day factory occupation broken by violent police assault

August 8, 2009 · by Ansel · in Blog

Image from the Hankyoreh Yesterday the 10-week-long occupation of the Ssangyong automotive plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, by striking workers was broken by a final, violent police assault. When Ssangyong went bankrupt and announced the…

Podcast (now with pictures): Austin Marchers Demand Justice for Iran

July 26, 2009 · by Ansel · in Blog

Protests coordinated by United4Iran were held in over 150 cities yesterday around the world in solidarity with the movement against the Khameini and Ahmadinejad government. Update: Thanks again to Pouya (Flickr) for sharing his photos…

Podcast with pictures: Texans march against Hutto detention center on World Refugee Day

June 22, 2009 · by Ansel · in Blog

Click the arrow button in the bottom right-hand corner below for a better view. (Sorry about the wind noise, folks!) This was my second time traveling out to Hutto. Transcript and more information below.

Eruption of mass protest in Iran a non-story for corporate media

June 13, 2009 · by Ansel · in Blog

Photo from eshare’s photostream 2000: A tight presidential election is decided by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision, cutting short a ballot recount process in Florida. The winner of the popular vote and probable…

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