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| Friday,
November 10th, 7:00 pm |
South Bay Mobilization
presents
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"Crisis
In Democracy:
Impeachment and the
Global Dominance Group"
A Talk
by
Peter Phillips, Ph.D.
Download
the event flyer... (84 KB)
Download
the alternate flyer... (83
KB)
Come
join us to learn how we can
really make impeachment happen,
hold the Bush Regime accountable,
and stop their war crimes!
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Peter
Phillips is the editor
and co-author of the new book, "Impeach
the President", as well as co-author
of the new book, "Project Censored 2007".
He will talk about our crisis in democracy and the
Global Dominance Group. Come
hear the 12 reasons why Bush & Cheney must
be impeached! Who are the members of the Global
Dominance Group and what are their goals? Come
learn what you can do to make a difference!
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Come
hear the 12 reasons
why Bush & Cheney
must be impeached!
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Who
are the members of the
Global Dominance Group
and what are their goals? |
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Friday, November 10th, 7:00 pm
Note
the New Location:
SEIU
Local 715 Hall
2302 Zanker Road
San José,
CA
(between Trimble and
Brokaw Road)
Free Parking! Wheel Chair Accessible
Suggested Donation: $5 - $15
Students are free!
(No one turned away for lack of funds)
Sponsored
by
South
Bay Mobilization
Social and Economic Justice Committee of SEIU Local 715
Dr. Peter Phillips is a Professor
Sociology at Sonoma State University and Director
of Project Censored. He teaches classes in
Media Censorship, Sociology of Power, Political Sociology,
and Sociology of Media. He has published ten editions
of Censored: Media Democracy in Acton
from Seven Stories Press.
Also from Seven Stories Press is Impeach the
President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney
(2006) and Project Censored Guide to Independent
Media and Activism (2003).
Phillips writes op-ed pieces for independent media nationwide
having published in dozens of publications newspapers
and websites including Z magazine, Counterpunch, Common
Dreams, Buzzflash, Social Policy, and Briarpatch. He
frequently speaks on media censorship and various socio-political
issues on radio and TV talks shows including Talk of
the Nation, Air America, Talk America, World Radio Network,
Flashpoints, and the Jim Hightower Show.
Phillips earned a B.A. degree in Social Science in 1970
from Santa Clara University, and an M.A. degree in Social
Science from California State University at Sacramento
in 1974. He earned a second M.A. in Sociology in 1991
and a Ph.D. in Sociology in 1994. His doctoral dissertation
was entitled A Relative Advantage: Sociology
of the San Francisco Bohemian Club http://libweb.sonoma.edu/regional/faculty/phillips/bohemianindex.html
Phillips is a fifth generation Californian, who grew
up on a family-owned farm west of the Central Valley
town of Lodi. |
Click
below for more about Project Censored:
www.projectcensored.org
Project
Censored is a media research group out
of Sonoma State University which tracks the news
published in independent journals and newsletters.
From these, Project Censored compiles an annual
list of 25 news stories of social significance that
have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored
by the country's major national news media.
Between
700 and 1000 stories are submitted to Project Censored
each year from journalists, scholars, librarians,
and concerned citizens around the world. With the
help of more than 200 Sonoma State University faculty,
students, and community members, Project Censored
reviews the story submissions for coverage, content,
reliability of sources and national significance.
The university community selects 25 stories to submit
to the Project Censored panel of judges who then
rank them in order of importance. Current or previous
national judges include: Noam Chomsky, Susan Faludi,
George Gerbner, Sut Jhally , Frances Moore Lappe,
Norman Solomon, Michael Parenti, Herbert I. Schiller,
Barbara Seaman, Erna Smith, Mike Wallace and Howard
Zinn. All 25 stories are featured in the yearbook,
Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News.
In
1996 and 1997, the yearbook won the Firecracker
Alternative Book Award, celebrating the best in
alternative publishing. The release of Project Censored's
yearbook has developed into a national alternative
press event. In 2003, along with several independent
national magazines, over 40 alternative newsweeklies
carried the Top 10 Censored stories in metropolitan
areas throughout the country, and Project Censored
was featured on more than 125 independent talk radio
and television shows. Throughout the next year and
into the next decade, Project Censored will continue
to inform the public, advocate for independent journalism,
and strive to spark debate on current issues involving
media monopoly.
Project
Censored is a national research effort
launched in 1976 by Dr. Carl Jensen, professor emeritus
of Communications Studies at Sonoma State University
. Upon Jensen's retirement in 1996, leadership of
the project was passed to associate professor of
sociology and media research specialist, Dr. Peter
Phillips.
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| Friday,
November 17th, 7:00 pm |
The
Conscientious Projector Movie Series
Presents: A Film and a Talk
"Unspun:
The Problem of
Journalism and Public Relations"
Download
the event flyer... (53 KB)
A
Talk by
University of Texas Professor
Robert Jensen, Ph.D.
Although
journalists commonly denounce public relations professionals
as "hacks," contemporary news media are heavily
dependent on the information generated by PR firms. --
Jensen will explain how that relationship developed and
what citizens can do to unspin the news.
For more info about Robert Jensen:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html
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Robert
Jensen, Ph.D.
Prof. of Journalism
Univ of Texas, Austin |
Truth
Merchants
(45
min)
The
film, Truth Merchants enters the twilight
world of public relations - part propaganda, part showbiz,
part advertising - and explores the symbiotic relationship
between PR people and journalists. The film provides a
disturbing behind-the-scenes look at the growing influence
of the PR professionals, and the journalists they court
in an uneasy alliance.
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Friday, November 17th, 7:00 pm
Location:
MACLA
Arts Center
510 South First St.
San José, CA
Suggested
Donation: $5 - $15
Students are free!
(No one turned away for lack of funds)
Sponsored
by
MACLA and
South Bay Mobilization
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