Phavia Kujichagulia, a Griot/Djialli (Oral Historian), musician, writer, poet, dancer who utilizes music, poetry and dance to heal and reveal history -- was a professor of Ethnomusicology and African Civilizations at World College West and Stanford University's Workshop on Political and Social Issues.

By Robert Scheer - March 10, 2010

...[M]embers of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally found a movie about the Iraq war they liked because it is “apolitical.” Actually, The Hurt Locker is just the opposite; it’s an endorsement of the politically chauvinistic view that the world is a stage upon which Americans get to deal with their demons no matter the consequence for others.

By Alexander Billet - March 12, 2010

Since Cash's death in 2003, there have been no shortage of forces who have sought to manipulate and reclaim his legacy for themselves...[T]he conservative right have been notably smug in morphing this most rebellious of country legends into one of their own...It's easy to imagine the likes of Glenn Beck squirming at this batch of songs, though...And in their own way, they reveal a stunning answer to any confusion on whose side this artist stood.

By Krystalline Kraus - March 9, 2010

The movie Avatar might empower indigenous people to rise up and defend the earth but it does nothing to empower people with dis/abilities.

By DAVID ROSEN - March 5-7, 2010

The deep suspicion of corporate censorship shared by web activists, civil libertarians and the public itself is well taken. To overcome such suspicion, the arbitrary, non-transparent and anti-democratic control that corporation facilitators have over content distribution must stop. If corporations are rewarded with greater influence...over the political process, they should at least be required to cease all attempts to control what free people can say or hear or see.

Guest, LBD (William Hammons) is a DJ and co-host of KPOO's Saturday morning show (7 a.m. - Noon), Wake Up Everybody! with Donald E. Lacy, as well as co-founder with Lacy of the Love Life Foundation. The program is a mix of music, news and public affairs, liberally sprinkled with comedy. KPOO is a community-based nonprofit, noncommercial radio station that caters to the needs of populations traditionally underrepresented in the mainstream media.

By John Pilger - February 11, 2010

Why are so many films so bad? This year's Oscar nominations are a parade of propaganda, stereotypes and downright dishonesty. The dominant theme is as old as Hollywood: America's divine right to invade other societies, steal their history and occupy our memory. When will directors and writers behave like artists and not pimps for a world view devoted to control and destruction?

By PACBI - 13 January 2010

...[T]he Palestinian civil society Call for Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions against Israel is one of the largest nonviolent, morally consistent movements for ending Israel’s system of apartheid and colonial oppression. It is endorsed by a majority of Palestinian civil society. As a leading artist who is concerned about human rights, it is your moral obligation to honor this call and not to cross our "picket line."

By DANIEL DRENNAN - January 13, 2010

From an America that doesn't deserve him, Emory Douglas is coming to Beirut. For fifty dollars, one can enter an Art Center's hallowed halls and benefit from a workshop with the artist...Meanwhile, in a Lebanon that deserves him less, the Voices most in need of him remain outside, ever marginalized; waiting to be lifted, their song never heard.

By TOLU OLORUNDA - January 12, 2010

Bono...is hardly an activist. Bono, in truth, is a shill—for power structures and huge conglomerates. In this case...on behalf of “fledgling songwriters” wronged by “rich service providers”; but, really, it is the big, rapacious record labels he is going to war for...With ruthlessness...major record labels bullied artists and fans for years, never anticipating a day when the tables would turn with their victims assuming full control.

By ALISON WEIR - January 8-10, 2010

Dear Bono...In your recent column...you wrote: "I’ll place my hopes on the possibility — however remote at the moment — that...people in places filled with rage and despair, places like the Palestinian territories, will in the days ahead find among them their Gandhi["]...Your hope has already been fulfilled in the Palestinian territories...Unfortunately, these Palestinian Gandhis...are being killed and imprisoned.

Play aims to reduce stigma of mental illness one show at a time. Courtesy Digital Journal by KJ Mullins

By Shamus Cooke - November 02, 2009

Five years ago it would be unthinkable that a harsh critique of capitalism would attract a mass audience. But this is exactly what Michael Moore's new movie — Capitalism: A Love Story — has done...[Moore's film] has quickly educated millions of Americans, who now understand that our economic system is dominated by a tiny crust of super-rich individuals...To combat these truths, the corporate-elite are planning a pro-capitalist media blitz.

Emory Douglas first served as the art director for the Black Panther Party’s newspaper, and later served as Minister of Culture until 1980. Throughout these years, Douglas’ iconic artwork was published in the BPP newspaper and beyond. His artwork is featured in the new book entitled Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas.

By ERIC WALBERG - October 19, 2009

Despite mainstream media subservience to Canada's vigorous and large pro-Israeli lobby, some people have had enough. Zionist propaganda efforts in this "so friendly" country have increasingly met with resistance, and all the Israeli consuls in the world cannot undo the damage that Israeli war crimes have done and continue to do, as the siege in Gaza and the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements continue.