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Media Roots Music - ATOP set #15 by Abby & Robbie Martin

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss nuclear weapons: living in a perpetual Cold War mentality, MAD, stockpiling, labs and mismanagement, how nuclear fear and control underpin US imperialism; the manufactured GOP debate on contraception as a distraction from real issues; Obama's drone warfare and domestic drone surveillance; the complacency of party loyalists and their approval of Obama's continuation o...

Media Roots Music – ATOP Set #14 by Abby & Robbie Martin

Abby and Robbie discuss the reality of war: the pre-propaganda that has manufactured consent for the illegal occupations, video game warfare and cognitive dissonance in combat, the Marine urination scandal; Martin Luther King Jr. and historical revisionism minimizing how anti-imperialism was the main pillar of his philosophical platform; the CIA and the US covert war in Iran; SOPA, PIPA breakdown,...

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MEDIA ROOTS – Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the Iowa Caucus: the GOP candidates, the corporate media's coverage of the events, cherrypicking racist attributes among the contenders, the phasing out of Ron Paul as a "front runner"; election fraud: the fact that there is voting software designed to flip the vote; NDAA: an update of how the legislation was passed and breakdown of what it actually mea...

Abby & Robbie Martin discuss the age of information in the 21st century and philosophize what the ability to instantaneously connect with people worldwide has done to modern society; the subjectivity of "truth" as history becomes re-written with every passing generation; Alan Moore v. Frank Miller on Occupy Wall Street; The passing of the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that allows t...

MEDIA ROOTS – Abby & Robbie Martin cover Occupy Wall Street: the police state repression against the First Amendment, the Democratic Party's attempt to co-opt the movement, the Obama administration's hypocrisy to praise revolution abroad and censor it at home, the "Black Bloc" provocateurs and their attempt to discredit peaceful movements; media censorship and the fact that news anchors are repeat...

MEDIA ROOTS- Abby and Robbie Martin broadcast a live episode of Media Roots Radio at the center of Occupy Oakland's historic general strike from Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland on November 2, 2011. They discuss the police brutality that occurred last week during the initial raid of Occupy Oakland, the police assault on the crowd during the protests that followed and the Occupy Wall Street mo...

Abby & Robbie Martin cover the Occupy Wall Street movement: Bay Area activism compared to other cities nationwide, the divide and conquer tactics being used to discredit OWS, the different schools of thought and ideology within the movement and the original demands made by the US Day of Rage; the Obama administration's shocking crackdown on medical marijuana and new federal law banning medical mar...

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MEDIA ROOTS- Mike Gravel is a former US Senator and a former candidate in the 2008 presidential election. As Senator, Gravel became nationally known for his attempts to end the draft during the Vietnam War and for putting the Pentagon Papers into the public record in 1971. He is an advocate of direct democracy and the National Initiative. Gravel endorses the 9/11 Ballot Initiative movement across...

MEDIA ROOTS- Trevor Paglen's work deliberately blurs the lines between science, contemporary art, journalism, and other disciplines to construct unfamiliar, yet meticulously researched ways to see and interpret the world around us. Paglen’s visual work has been exhibited at several art museums worldwide and his writing and art have been published in major publications including The New York Times,...

Atop's ninth set is inspired by music where sounds and vocals work together in beautiful harmony. He dedicates the mix to Orpheus, the Greek God of music and poetry– may we all fully experience life with the creative energy that he did. For full artist listing go to http://www.mediaroots.org/media-roots-music-atop-mix-9.php http://www. MediaRoots.org

All of Jerry Goldsmith's electronic music / synthesizer heavy compositions turned into a 45 long seamless mix 1- The Explorers 2- Gremlins 3- Alien - Intro 4- Gremlins - Gizmo's Theme / Rules / Chinatown 5- Logan's Run 6- Poltergiest 7- Legend 8- Psycho 2 9 -Alien 10- Supergirl 11- Legend 12- Gremlins - Mrs Deedle / the Pool 13- Logan's Run - Carosuel 14 - the Omen 15 - Innerspace 16 - 17 - 18 - T...

Media Roots Interview with Filmmaker, Journalist Josh Wolf by Abby & Robbie Martin

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On this week's episode of Media Roots radio we question why Fox news has been spearheading the Able Danger investigation and why the 'intellectual left' reinforces the myth of the War on Terror and Al Qaeda. We also discuss Jan Brewer's shocking public appearances and dispel popular talking points and myths about Iran by scrutinizing things like the mistranslated mantra 'Israel should be wiped off...

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This episode covers Anthony Weiner and how political sex scandals dominate over real issues, the 2012 campaign kick-off: the RNC debates and media propaganda surrounding the candidate pool and Obama's marketing campaign, Net Neutrality and the lobbying system, and the bay area police's "War on Fun" of shutting down underground parties and stealing electronic equipment from djs. http://www.mediaroo...

Bartlomiej Skorupa and Peter Luswata from Groundwork Opportunities discuss the Ugandan government crackdown and harsh response to the peaceful protests over rising food prices and explain how Groundwork Opportunities is working within the community to help build sustainable solutions to the region's food insecurity problems. For more information and a full transcript go to: http://mediaroots.org/g...

This is an exclusive Media Roots Radio interview with David Swanson conducted on May 19, 2011. David is the co-author of "The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush". He was press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, and is the co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of ConvictBushCheney.org and Washington Director of Democrats.com, a bo...

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