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Updated: May 16, 2018 Please take action; write and call your Congress person now!
TheRealNews on May 8, 2018
Several dozen websites and organizations are launching a campaign in support of net neutrality ahead of an upcoming US Senate vote on whether to rescind the FCC’s decision to get rid of net neutrality. Craig Aaron on Free Press discusses the plan and the prospects.
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by Rivera Sun
Writer, Dandelion Salad
December 15, 2017
It comes as a surprise.
Net Neutrality is the keystone issue in the movement of movements. It is poised to become as pivotal to our interconnected struggles as the Salt March was for Gandhi and the Indian Self-Rule Movement.
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Updated: Dec. 14, 2017: The FCC voted to repeal the Net Neutrality ruling 3-2. You can still take action, write to Congress.
by Candace Clement
Free Press
Nov. 21, 2017
The details of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to destroy Net Neutrality are out. And they’re even worse than expected. Our lawyers and policy experts are reviewing the reports and gathering details about Pai’s plan. This is our first read on the most important details you need to know about this proposal. We will update this post as new details emerge.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2017: added a new Action Alert
The Internet is under attack. This is the Battle for the Net.
Fight for the Future on Sep 21, 2017
The FCC wants to let companies like Verizon and Comcast censor and throttle the Internet. This is how we fight back.
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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
September 20, 2017
For decades, the factors that decided what noteworthy stories would not find their way into print or on the air came down to the media’s ignorance, laziness or from advertising restraints. How else can one explain the many years that passed before the tobacco, auto and junk food industries became the subject of regular consumer reporting? For too long, the explosive material for good journalism in these and other areas had remained hidden in plain sight.
July 12th: Internet-Wide Day Of Action To Save Net Neutrality
Whatever issues you are interested in depend on keeping the Internet free and open. ~ Lo
From: Battle For The Net
July 12th: Internet-Wide Day Of Action To Save Net Neutrality
WHAT IS NET NEUTRALITY?
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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
October 22, 2015
In college, Economics 101 is often described as the social science discipline that deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. MIT Economist Paul Samuelson liked to focus on scarcity, or more specifically, the allocation of scarce resources. “Abundance” was always a pretty word with an idyllic connotation for Professor Samuelson. I often wonder why there weren’t a few classes about the real-life consequences of abundance, along with scarcity and people’s material welfare.
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Updated: Jun. 2, 2014
Updated: May 16, 2014
Democracy loses if the Internet is sold to the highest bidder — and that may be what’s about to happen.
Updated: May 16, 2014
Freepress
April 25, 2014
Contact Info:
Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838
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WASHINGTON — The Wall Street Journal reports that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will on Thursday propose a new set of rules issued in response to a January federal court decision that tossed out the agency’s prior open Internet rules.
The new rules would allow Internet service providers to charge an extra fee to content companies for preferential treatment, guaranteeing their content reaches end users ahead of those that do not pay. The rules are now circulating among the FCC commissioners and are expected to be be voted on at the next public FCC meeting on May 15. Continue reading
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by Ashley Smith
socialistworker.org
April 23, 2014
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The U.S. military wants it, and so does Corporate America–which is why we should beware
BARACK OBAMA is headed to Asia for a four-country tour designed to revive diplomatic and economic attention on the region that Washington’s imperial strategists believe is crucial to the future.
Obama will travel to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines, the U.S. government’s main allies in the region. But looming over each stop and every meeting will be a country that definitely isn’t on the presidential itinerary: China. Continue reading
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Tell the FCC: Restore Net Neutrality
FreePress.net
Jan. 14, 2014
An appeals court just dealt the latest blow to the open Internet. The court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order because of the questionable legal framework the agency used when it adopted its Net Neutrality rules in 2010.
NewAmericaFoundation on Sep 13, 2013 Continue reading
by Walter Brasch
Writer, Dandelion Salad
www.walterbrasch.com
August 19, 2013
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Sen. Diane Feinstein and a horde of members of Congress of both parties want to decide who is and who isn’t a reporter. Sen. Feinstein says a “real” reporter is a “salaried agent of a media company.”
She mentions the usual suspects—New York Times, ABC News. She dismisses part-time staff. She dismisses freelancers. She dismisses those who write, often without pay, for the hundreds of alternative publications, and often break news and investigative stories well ahead of the mainstream media. She dismisses anyone who, she says, “have no professional qualifications.”
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Updated: added another video report.
Propaganda Alert!
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
July 06, 2012
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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ASSIGNMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTIONS
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
billmoyers.com
March 29, 2012
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American history is rich with stories of social change inspired by the actions of motivated individuals and organized groups. Today’s activists are no different — facing long odds against powerful and systemic special interests.
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