NYC Grassroots Media Coalition

06/10/2012

MetroFocus created this short guide to recording the police so you can better understand when you are and aren't protected by the First Amendment, how to respond to officers who ask you to stop recording and what to do if you are arrested for recording a stop and frisk.

06/05/2012

Tonight at 6:30 in the Lower East Side http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/05/24/les-heritage-film-series-young-filmmakers-and-seward-park-neighborhood

Don't Shhhh me!.... NOT this time. We are about to conclude the second season of our Lower East Side Heritage Film Series and for the closer we are ALL TALK. Along with our now traditional send off (we can call it traditional after the second repetition, right?), the film that started this whole LES...

04/20/2012

On Wednesday, April 18, at approximately 16:00 Eastern Time, U.S. Federal authorities removed a server from a colocation facility shared by Riseup Networks and May First/People Link in New York City. The seized server was operated by the European Counter Network (“ECN”), the oldest independent inter...

02/29/2012

Updated: Watch live as protests are underway in cities across the world! For background on why we're occupying to Shut Down The Corporations and the American Legislative Exchange C

02/29/2012

People-powered media has real power and real enemies! Read about what happens when you attempt to monitor police practices. Isn't it ironic that the NYPD can apparently monitor Muslims in other states, but civilians can't monitor what happens in their own neighborhoods.

Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics and Culture

02/28/2012

Speaking of women making movies...

Activists working to raise awareness of the plight of acid-attack victims in Pakistan received a major boost with Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's acceptance of the Oscar for short-subject documentary.

01/30/2012

2011/2012 Press Freedom Index ! Find out at http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2011-2012,1043.html

01/30/2012

FYI

ACTA - 'The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement' is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual...

01/18/2012

do your part! stop SOPA/P**A and pass it on: https://blacklist.eff.org/

The Internet blacklist legislation—known as PROTECT IP Act (P**A) in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House—invites Internet security risks, threatens online speech, and hampers Internet innovation. Urge your members of Congress to reject this Internet blacklist campaign in both i...

01/05/2012

CGI is hiring a social media associate: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/TgcbSBnWbTnp/

Overview: The Social Media Associate directs social media strategy and ex*****on for the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). As part of the Marketing Department,

12/28/2011

Support The Indypendent!!

To find out more about why these two celebrated authors support The Indy, see this video from an appearance they made at a house party to support the paper. And please go to the donation page on our web site and give generously - $25, $50, $100 or more. Every little bit counts. And because we have b...

12/15/2011

The Rain forest Alliance in NYC is hiring a Media and Editorial Manager: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/DddnwDgWTwSP/

Pass it on!

Title: Manager, Editorial and Media – Communications, Marketing & Education Reports to: Director, Communications & Marketing –