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Trailer "On Media Reality"
Czech art group Ztohoven hacks into a TV broadcast.
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Adbusters Staff Picks - September/October 2008
Each issue we highlight some of our favorite tunes, flicks, and books.
- Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:41 am — Posted by Abdul
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Here are our picks from Adbusters Issue 79 (East and West).
Stuff and Starved: Markets, Power and the hidden Battle for the World’s Food System by Raj Patel
Raj Patel lays bare the inadequacies and inequalities of the global food system, calling obesity and starvation two sides of the same coin. Linking the world in way that is personal and maybe a little scary, it’s a good book for anyone who wants to take the plunge to understand what goes into our bodies and why.
Tinariwen - Aman Iman
The band was born 25 years ago of the exiled Saharan Touareg tribe. Tinariwen is just starting to gain recognition in the West for their rich talent in the Tishourmaren, or “music of the unemployed,” style. Sung in French and Tamashek, the songs encompass their history with a sound best described as modern desert blues.
The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost
The Black Angels latest album feels like a trip through heaven and hell. Psychedelic rock for modern times, the Black Angel’s musical “quest for pure sanity” challenges the listener to alter his mental state, thereby altering his outlook on life.
The Battle of Algiers
This 1966 film was recognized for its intense and realistic depiction of events from the Algerian War of Independence. It strives to maintain a neutral voice on the atrocities of war from all sides, which caused it to be banned from France for five years. It gained new currency when the Pentagon screened it in 2003 to open up discussion on how to deal with the Iraqi invasion.
The Singing Revolution
Estonia, like all Soviet satellite states, couldn’t bear the occupation forever. But instead of armed conflict, this Baltic country fought back with song. The Singing Revolution follows the small but determined population, starting in 1987, as it found strength in gathering to sing forbidden nationalistic songs to rally for independence.
You talk too much!
Mohammed Omer, youngest journalist to win the Martha Gellhorn Prize, gets brutally treated by Israeli Security Officials.
- Mon, 07 Jul 2008 4:30 pm — Posted by Abdul
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On his way back to Gaza after receiving the Martha Gellhorn Prize for journalism, Mohammed Omer, was strip searched and physically abused by Israeli security officials. Well, that’s nothing new… as Jan Wijenberg (former Dutch ambassador) said about the incident:
“This is by no means an isolated incident, but part of a long-term strategy to demolish Palestinian social, economic and cultural life… I am aware of the possibility that Mohammed Omer might be murdered by Israeli snipers or bomb attack in the near future.”
In April, Fadel Shana, 23, was killed while reporting for Reuters. Here is his last clip:
Dahr Jamail, the co-recipient of the Martha Gellhorn Prize, puts this into perspective by comparing his journey to receive the award with that of Omer’s in Le Monde Diplomatique and concludes:
“As Omer’s colleague, I cannot reconcile the disparity in our experiences. How can we reconcile something that is irreconcilable in the absence of all justice?”
Here is Omer describing his experience on democracynow.org:
Follow Mohammed Omer’s reports from Palestine on Rafahtoday.org
Adbusters Staff Picks - July/August 2008
Each issue we like to highlight some of our favorite tunes, flicks, and books.
- Thu, 03 Jul 2008 3:42 pm — Posted by Abdul
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Here are our picks from Adbusters Issue 78 (Media Democracy).
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
In McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic America, there is no civilization, no ecosystem, no sun. When it snows, the earth is blanketed with grey. A father and son travel down a desolate stretch of highway in search of some semblance of life. Between them, they carry a gun with two bullets should this new reality prove too much to bear.
Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of NeoLiberalism
Editors Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk invited scholars, cultural critics and renowned writers of science fiction to meditate on a world in which neoliberal values reign supreme. The result is a dystopic vision of floating cities, towering gates and erected monuments dedicated to Mickey Mouse.
City of Men
In the crime-ridden favelas of Rio de Janeiro, City of Men follows two teenage boys as they find themselves on opposite side of a gang war. Unlike many movies about poverty, City of Men doesn’t sensationalize the surrounding violence, but unravels both the good and dark sides of a troubled paradise with humor and humanity.
Next American City
With more people in the world now living in cities than the countryside, Next American City explores the true meaning of urban culture. The magazine aims to uncover the phenomena that makes US cities grow. Its stories braid together complex external elements like politics and environment with the cultural heartbeat of populations.
Level Live Wires
In Level Live Wires, Odd Nosdam shapes his surreal audio style by reworking scraps of sounds from discarded vinyl, 8 track cassettes, synths, Dictaphones and long-forgotten samples with his own grab bag of stylized beats. The eclectic collage is a statement that turns the old into new and the abandoned into a revolutionary way of manipulating noise.
The Death of Canadian Journalism
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