Media Reclamation Project

WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS !!!

www.mediamattersottawa.org

we also have a new email address:
mediamattersottawa@gmail.com

Please visit the site and let us know what you think!

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In today’s update:
- upcoming events (x5)
- coverage of media news (x2)
- appeal from Rabble.ca

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Upcoming Events

(3 in Ottawa, 2 out of town)

May 26, 7pm
The Story of Stuff screening & panel discussion
@ National Library & Archives, 395 Wellington St
- Media Matters will have a table at this event!
info at http://ottawa.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/7627.shtml

May 27, 1pm / 3pm
Rally to demand broadband access!
Parliament Hill
info at http://ottawa.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/7628.shtml
also see http://www.SaveTheNet.ca

May 29, 9pm
Solidarity / benefit show
The Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Market Sq.
- in support of Common Cause Ottawa, Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture, ?and others?
- featuring LAL http://www.lalforest.com , qr5 http://www.qr5.com/ & DJ Trevor Walker, ?and others?
suggested $8-$10

May 30 – June 1st
Radio Without Boundaries conference
Toronto
http://www.naisa.ca/RWB

June 20 – 22
Allied Media Conference
Detroit, Michigan, USA
http://alliedmediaconference.org/
also see coverage from last year at http://nosnowhere.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/carnival-of-radical-action-iii-the-allied-media-conference/

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Articles on Media

Ralph Nader on Google:
http://counterpunch.org/nader05202008.html

Canwest, the media bully
http://workingtv.com/canwest.html

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Appeal from http://Rabble.ca

- see http://www.rabble.ca/about_us/about_us.shtml?x=70872

(forwarded message:)

Dear friends:  Most of you, if not all of you, will be familiar with rabble.ca, a great on-line journal and promoter of social justice.  rabble.ca is in the midst of a  membership drive and if you are not a member (at $5 a month), frankly you should be.
Nothing is more damaging to democracy in this country than our restricted ability to speak to Canadians about the kind of Canada we want. That reality has been driven home here in BC with the increasing use of  SLAPP suits (strategic lawsuits against public participation) by CanWest. One is against Mordecai Briemberg ( go to seriouslyfreespeech.ca to find out the details) a long-time supporter of Palestinian rights, and the other against theTyee.ca another fine on-line journal.
Independent media have never been more important in this country. With Stephen Harper as prime minister the very nature of our country and its social programs are at risk of being destroyed.
rabble.ca plays a key role in opposing the neo-liberal agenda of Harper and Company but they can’t do it without resources. Skip two café lattes a month an subscribe now.
 Cheers,
 Murray Dobbin
 
What do new members get?

Knowledge! Entertainment! And any member who joins for $5/month gets a “thank you” gift of a great independent print magazine subscription and is entered into a draw for a gift certificate from Eco Outdoor Sports on-line shop for $300. In other words it’s a great time to show the love and become a member. You can choose from: Briarpatch, Broken Pencil, Canadian Dimension, The Dominion, Geez, Geist, Herizons, Middle East Report, The New Internationalist, The Progressive, Maisonneuve Magazine, Mother Jones Magazine (digital pdf version), Our Times, Ricepaper, Shameless, Sub-Terrain, This, and Yes!. (While supplies last, but we are stocked up.) 
 
Sign up at:   https://secure.rabble.ca/membership/signup.php
 
 
Membership-a-thon….
 
If you are already a member of rabble you can join the membership-a-thon and sign up friends (and win a prize) at: http://www.rabble.ca/about_us/about_us.shtml?x=70872

You can download pledge forms right here! Take the form with you wherever you go and ask for support. Don’t forget to tell folks about the free stuff they’re going to get – show them the list of magazines! Also let them know about the grand prize gift certificate they could win if they become a member right now. They must sign up by July 1 to be eligible for the big draw and to be included in your count. On July 1: Mail us your completed membership forms, and the funds you’ve collected. We’ll tally up the totals here at rabble.ca and let folks know.

That’s it. It’s simple and a great way to support progressive Canadian voices in the media. You get our thanks, and a chance for great prizes; your friends get a magazine subscription and a chance for another prize. We all get a continuously improving independent Canadian media site.
 
Canadian musician Matthew Good recently wrote, “rabble is part of a shrinking democratic necessity. A fourth estate that exists to challenge rather than placate.” If you agree, and think your friends and colleagues will too, please join our membership-a-thon and keep rabble thriving. Thank you for your support!
Don’t delay! You can sign yourself up as a member for $5/month right here, right now!