February 24th, 2011– Workers from Janus Youth Program, a frontline organization helping at risk youth, continue picketing their workplace after management made the decision to move to an expensive and undemocratic arbitration process for dispute resolution.
For all those killed by unaccountable powers.
In light of the wave of popular uprisings against authoritarian rule across the Arab world the BMedia Collective along with (other groups) will be hosting a special screening of the Battle of Algiers as the next installment of our Cine Club film series.
As 25,000 people protesting for their rights surround the Capitol building in Madison Wisconsin, today, Obama is preparing for his Portland/Hillsboro budget Bonanza tomorrow. The president is slated to visit the Hillsboro Intel plant to deliver inspiring speeches to a tech sector badly needing an overhaul. Ironically, the Obama administration also is the in process of ramming the Korea Free Trade Agreement (KFTA) through Congress and under the radar of most Americans. According to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s official study on the KFTA projects will increase the U.S. trade deficit in electronics — a category that includes sectors like semiconductors and solar panels — by $762 – 790 million. Do the workers at Intel know what this could mean for them?
Yesterday (Feb 10th) was the first official day of action on the Building Cultural Bridges video project. Members from the Bhutanese Student group at David Douglas Highschool spent an hour and a half, after school, brainstorming and talking with their teachers Anne and Tyler, their mentor Som and B Media Collective members Nat, Tim and Amanda about the hopes and challenges presented by relocation. After some exciting warmup exercises and introductions, members of the Bhutanese youth club set about talking [...]
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As the trade unions of Egypt kick into high gear in Suez, Alexandria and Cairo, one may wonder why they can do it and we can’t. Well, here Video Chamba, another badass video collective from Chicago shares the under-reported story of the 250 brave workers that did do it. After receiving an apalling and illegal 2 day notice of their jobs being terminated they occupy their factory a few weeks before Christmas 2008 and collectively fight for their rights. Here [...]
As things continue to unravel in Egypt, as the plot thickens and the people’s resolve hardens, global actions have occured around the world to let the people of Egypt know they are not alone. We are all looking to them. If you are interested in making any films about Egypt, check out Al Jazeera’s creative commons repository for hours of raw footage here: http://cc.aljazeera.net/.
A presentation of the latest installation of Art and Resistance film series exploring the dynamic relationship between art and social transformation in Mexico
by Allen Michael Hines This turn in the cycle of economic boom and bust could have been avoided, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) explained in its 600-page final report, released last week. The collapse that began in 2007, according to the report, could have been prevented if banks hadn’t been recklessly greedy and if the push for deregulation had not happened. These ifs, though, defy capitalism and the drive for profits. In large part, the commission’s report treats the [...]
