politics for the 99%

… cast of ‘The Wire’ used real Baltimoreans to shed light on unrest – Published on Russia Today RT, July 21, 2015.

Cast members from the acclaimed Baltimore-based series ‘The Wire’ have reunited this past weekend to tell the stories of real people in the city in the wake of unrest caused by the death of Freddie Gray.

Freddie Gray’s passing at the hands of Baltimore police officers on April 12 sparked protests and riots, but many residents do not believe that national media portrayals of neighborhoods being torn apart accurately told their stories.

Many of the cast members agree, saying that the national media was not listening to the residents of the neighborhoods in turmoil.

“The feeling is that media was not telling the full story, or they distorted what they saw and gave people repeated images that gave an impression of this community that was false,” said Maria Broom, who played Councilwoman Marla Daniels on the show.

That’s where the stars of The Wire come in. They created an event called ‘Wired Up’ which has the expressed aim of recognizing the “‘unsung heroes’ of Baltimore – those who serve inside and among the community, tirelessly and selflessly,” according to the event’s website … //

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Links:

The Creator of This Amazing Internet Privacy Device Has Been Silenced – Effective Immediately We Are Halting Further Development, on Philosopher’s Stone.co.uk, by Mac Slavo, July 20, 2015;

Kurds clash with police in Istanbul after deadly Suruc terror attack, on Russia Today RT, July 20, 2015;

French outraged over beach closure for Saudi king’s visit, on The Guardian, by Kim Willsher in Paris, July 20, 2015;

Gaius Publius – The Augean Stables, How Corruption Has Amended the Constitution, on Daily Kos, by Bob Swern, July 18, 2015;

Is another way possible? on Resilience.org, by Bart Anderson, July 17, 2015: a résuméé of different articles in times of changes … as: Mixed fortunes as solidarity economy takes root in Greece, on The Guardian, by Emma Graham-Harrison in Athens, July 17, 2015: Time banks, farmer-to-buyer sales groups and alternative currencies springing up but expansion has not been steady or easy;

Why is transition so elusive? on Tne Zeitgeist Movement TZM/Forum, last entry 4 days ago/ july 16, 2015 by CitizenRBE, Canada (Forum question since February 2013) - (Forum Homepage, 3 Examples: Forum The Transition; Forum Societal Breakdown, Forum The Human Condition);

Why the Islamic State Ain’t Going Down Easy, on AlerNet, by Patrick Cockburn, London Review of Books, July 16, 2015: Like most of the other participants in the civil wars in Iraq and Syria, the self-declared caliphate is too well rooted to disappear;

How I Learned That Unapologetic Black Anger Can Change the World for the Better, on AlterNet, by Chauncey DeVega, July 7, 2015: white supremacy has forced black Americans to wear a mask that is used to hide the full range of our emotions;

URBAN GARDENING IN GREECE – A NEW FORM OF PROTEST, on Green European Journal.eu, by Orestes Kolokouris, July 3, 2015: Guerrilla gardening and local consumer-producer networks are redefining life in today’s Greek cities. While the crisis has shifted politicians’ attention away from the climate, “transition and recovery movements” work hard to keep the environment on the agenda;

So Apparently There Are 4 Kinds of Introversion, on Sciences of Us, by Melissa Dahl, June 25, 2015;

Website: Wired Up.