[Imc-chicago-audio] From the Trenches radio for November: Media Democracy Day 2010 in Chicago

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

 From The Trenches is the monthly radio program of the Chicago 
Independent Media Center.

ON THE SHOW IN NOVEMBER 2010:

We feature audio from Media Democracy Day 2010 held at Teamsters Hall in 
Chicago on November 6, 2010, with presentations by:

* Kari Lydersen on the famed Republic Windows and Doors revolt

* Mitchell Szczepanczyk of Chicago Independent Television

* Allan Gomez of CAN TV and Radios Populares

* Shawn Campbell of the Chicago Independent Radio Project

* Suzanne McBride of Austin Talks

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HEADLINES FOR THIS EPISODE FROM THE WORLDWIDE INDYMEDIA NETWORK:

*London students stage mass walkouts against education fees and cuts*
http://london.indymedia.org/action_timelines/walkout-against-fees-and-cuts
London Indymedia has been chronicling developments across the UK on 
November 24, 2010 -- the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, an 
effort against tuition raises and funding cuts among UK schools.  
Actions include massive student walkouts, banner drops, marches, and 
rallies, including a massive rally in Trafalgar Square.  
Counter-responses by police and schools include street closures, 
arrests, and mass academic suspensions.  A follow-up day of action is 
scheduled for November 30th.

*60,000 Argentina marchers protest murder of activist student*
http://argentina.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=6092&category_id=34
Argentina Indymedia reported about a massive protest march over the 
killing of a student active in left politics.  On October 21, 2010, 
Mariano Ferreyra, a student active with the Workers Party, was killed in 
a amidst a labor dispute of railway workers.  Argentina Indymedia 
reported that on October 22, some 60,000 people marched in Buenos Aires 
to the Plaza de Mayo, the main square in Buenos Aires, to condem the 
killing.  The report also quoted a representative of the Workers Party 
who accused a group of "thugs" associated with a rival union syndicate 
who wanted to avoid a labor struggle and resorted to a crime.

*Puerto Rican journalists rally for freedom of the press against 
influential Puerto Rican
*http://pr.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=1308&category_id=1
Puerto Rico Indymedia featured a story of Puerto Rican journalists who 
rallied for press freedom against an influential Puerto Rican.  On 
November 3rd, two organizations -- the Association of Journalists of 
Puerto Rico, and the Overseas Press Club -- urged the broadcaster 
Univision to resist efforts by Wando Rolon who is suing Univision for 
defamation.  A Puerto Rican journalist, Yolanda Velez Arcelay, reported 
in October on the partisan grants of religious leaders.  Rolon is a 
leader of the Tabernacle of Praise and Restoration of the Old Footpath, 
a religious evangelical organization.

*Ex-Colombia president served subpoena over possible paramilitary ties
*http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/150322/index.php
A DC Indymedia feature of November 11, 2010, reported on a successful 
action against an infamous ex-head-of-state.  In early November, 
students at Georgetown University successfully served a subpoena to 
former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe to testify about possible 
paramilitary ties.  The Adios Uribe Coalition has campaigned since 
September to urge Georgetown to drop Uribe as a "distinguished 
scholar".  The subpoena now requires Uribe to testify in a case against 
the Drummond Mining Company, a coal company reputed to have colluded 
with the Columbian Armed Forces to murder, torture, and disappear 
opponents of Drummond.  The president of Drummond in Colombia, Augusto 
Jimenez, is a distant relative of Alvaro Uribe.

*Indigenous spiritual leader detained in Houston over psychoactive drug, 
later freed
*http://houston.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=1341&category_id=1
Houston Indymedia featured the report of an indigenous spiritual healer 
who was detained in Houston International Airport for carrying 
traditional medicine.  On October 19, 2010, Taita Juan Agreda Chindoy 
was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for carrying the 
traditional medicine Ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew.   Because the brew 
contained a hallucinogenic compound, it was classified as a "Schedule 1 
Drug" and Taita Juan faced up to twenty years in prison.  But a campaign 
to support Taita Juan, including a website freetaitajuan.org, rallied to 
his support and on November 16th, all criminal charges against Taita 
Juan were dropped.

*Leaked newsletter reveals Pennsylvania-based spying of animal rights 
activists
*http://phillyimc.org/en/leaked-newsletters-reveal-pa-based-spying-animal-rights-activists
Philadelphia IMC featured a report about leaked newsletters which 
revealed Pennsylvania-based spying on animal rights activists.  The 
website Voice of the Voiceless posted leaked copies of a newsletter 
called Extremist Watch published by the private intelligence firm 
Information Network Associates, and intended for animal researchers and 
law enforcement.  The newsletters were based heavily on monitoring of 
the websites and Facebook profiles of various animal-rights groups, 
offering a calendar of "extremist" events like outdoor vegetarian 
festivals and supposed "intelligence" of so-called "direct action 
trends", even publishing the home addresses of various animal-rights 
activists.

*California healthcare workers walkout against expected layoffs
*http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/10/27/18662472.php
Santa Cruz Indymedia featured a healthcare workers walkout against 
hospital management over the impact of expected layoffs.  Quoting from 
the feature: More than 100 healthcare workers marched outside Salinas 
Valley Memorial Hospital on October 21st to draw attention to the 
potential impacts of layoffs and employee buyouts ordered by hospital 
management.  Employees voted to stage the picket by 97%.  One 
technician, Nina Perez, explained the impact: "Cutting jobs means 
cutting healthcare for our community.  When they eliminate this many 
staff, patients and their families are going to see the difference. 
Caregivers are already stretched too thin."

*Trial begins of Minneapolis police charged in wrongful death shooting
*http://twincities.indymedia.org/2010/oct/trial-police-charged-2006-shooting-begins
Twin Cities Indymedia featured the opening of a trial of Minneapolis 
police charged in a 2006 shooting.  Dominic Felder, a 27-year-old 
African-American resident of Minneapolis and father of two, was killed 
by white Minneapolis police officers Jason King and Lawrence Loonsfoot.  
Felder, who suffered from an unspecified mental illness, experienced a 
paranoid episode on September 20, 2006; Felder turned away from the 
police but then returned and even demonstrated that he was unarmed, 
though police allege that he tried to grab an officer's gun to justify 
their shooting.  Each of the two officers have been involved with 
shootings of African-Americans victims in the past.  The trial's launch 
coincided with the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, on 
October 22, 2010.

*Follow-up of previous Chicago Indymedia features
*And two follow-ups from previous Chicago Indymedia stories.  In 
September, we reported on videographer Gregory Koger, who was found 
guilty and convicted without bond on three charges of videorecording a 
lecture event whose speaker had been suddenly disinvited.  From the 
Chicago Indymedia newswire: "The Appellate Court of Illinois has granted 
Gregory Koger's motion for bond pending appeal, and Gregory was released 
from the Cook County Jail.  In accepting the motion, the Court 
acknowledges the fact that Gregory is not a flight risk, that he is not 
a 'danger to the community,' and furthermore that his appeal raises 
substantial questions of law or fact 'likely to result in reversal or a 
new trial'."  And also in September Chicago Indymedia featured the 
Whittier School sit-in to protect a school fieldhouse from being 
demolished.  On the sit-in's 43rd day, the Whittier Parent Committee 
ended the sit-in after the Chicago Public Schools agreed in principle to 
meet the Committee's demands, though full details of the agreement have 
yet to be finalized.  The committee emphasized that their defense of the 
fieldhouse will continue despite the sit-in's conclusion.

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