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Mediamouse.org is a left and progressive website providing independent news, media, analysis, and commentary covering Grand Rapids, Michigan and beyond. We aim to inspire grassroots activism to transform our community, our lives, and our world.

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Film: We Interrupt This Empire - May 20

Shut Down the RNC: Michigan Consulta - June 14


This year folks from all over the country are organizing to shut down the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. Find out what is happening here in Michigan and how you can get involved. The group Unconventional Michigan will be holding a consulta to provide workshops on blockades, independent media, legal and medical support for protestors, and how to plug in to protests aimed at shutting down the convention.
WHERE:
The Northstar Center 106 Lathrop St Lansing, MI 48912
WHEN:
Saturday, June 14th Registration Starts at 9am Consulta will Conclude Late Afternoon/Evening
COST:
$5 (Suggested Donation)
For directions, details, and more information visit:
http://uamichigan.wordpress.com
Advertising Poster:
http://uamichigan.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/mi-consulta.pd f

My Interests



I'd like to meet:

Radicals, revolutionaries, dreamers, and activists.

Music:

The Broadways - Broken Star

Talib Kweli and Blackstar - Reflection Eternal

Fifteen - Choice of a New Generation

Contravene - A Call to Action

Aus Rotten - ...And Now Back to Our Programming

Submission Hold - Waiting for the First Monkey

Ghost Mice - Debt of the Dead

1905 - 1905

Operation: Cliff Clavin - When Everything's been said...

Anti-Product - The Deafening Silence of Grinding Gears

Crimpshrine Duct Tape Soup

Books:

Endgame by Derrick Jensen

Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord


The Revolution of Every Day Life by Raoul Vanegiem

Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks

Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano

Death at an Early Age by Jonathan Kozol

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Living My Life by Emma Goldman

My Blog

Film: We Interrupt This Empire - May 20

On May 20, Mediamouse.org and The Bloom Collective are co-sponsoring a screening of the film "We Interrupt This Empire." The film explores how antiwar protestors shutdown the financial district in San...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:24:00 PST

Don’t Bomb Iran

Despite evidence that the United States government--particularly the Bush administration--has fabricated or exaggerated information detailing Iran's nuclear weapons programs, the Bush administration h...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:19:00 PST

Take Action to Get Democracy Now on the Local Airwaves

Many of you have already signed a petition to get Democracy Now! on both 88.1 FM WYCE radio and WGVU TV Channel 35 in Grand Rapids. This media alert is the last push in this campaign to get the award ...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Tue, 13 May 2008 12:16:00 PST

Grand Rapids Press "Reports" on Fluoride Risks

On Wednesday, the Grand Rapids Press ran an article titled "Fluoride pioneer Grand Rapids rethinks safety of putting chemical in water." According to the article, Grand Rapids--which became the first ...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Fri, 09 May 2008 12:05:00 PST

Mediamouse.org E-Newsletter - 05/08/08

-------------------------Amy Goodman Fundraiser - May 10-------------------------This Saturday, Mediamouse.org is holding a fundraiser featuring a lecture by Amy Goodman, the host of the television/ra...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:16:00 PST

GET ACTIVE & INVOLVED: West Michigan Progressive Directory

Over the past month, Mediamouse.org has been hard at work updating and revising the Progressive Directory of Western Michigan and are excited to be re-launching it. It is a project that we inherited f...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:40:00 PST

Amy Goodman in Grand Rapids in 2004

Amy Goodman in Grand Rapids in 2004In order to spark some interest in the Amy Goodman fundraiser for Mediamouse.org that is happening on May 10, here is a video of Amy Goodman's last lecture in Grand ...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST

Film: Meeting Resistance - April 30

Film: Meeting Resistance - April 30Wednesday, April 30 - 7:00pmThe DAAC (115 S. Division Ave)$2 suggested donationWhat would you do if America was invaded? Meeting Resistance raises the veil of anonym...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:37:00 PST

May 10: Amy Goodman in Grand Rapids / Mediamouse.org Fundraiser

Saturday, May 10, 20087:00pm (Doors at 6:00pm)Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ4010 Kalamazoo Ave SEGrand Rapids, MI 49508*** Doors open at 6:00pm, Goodman speaks at 7:00pm. Admission is...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:51:00 PST

Local TV Stations don’t want to Adopt New FCC Rules

In 2005, the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) organized a campaign to educate people about the License Renewal process that radio and TV station must go through every eight yea...
Posted by Mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids Independent Media on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:05:00 PST