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As part of its mission, Chicago Media Action supports and helps build non-commercial, non-profit, independent media, in efforts to fight against the proliferation of corporate, profit-oriented, commercial media. Below are the efforts that Chicago Media Action has taken in this regard.
Past CMA articles on this topic are listed below in reverse chronological order.
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2011 Media Democracy Day – Chicago: November 5, 2011 (October 10, 2011) |
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Area groups announce 2010 Media Democracy Day - Chicago (October 30, 2010) |
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Robert McChesney and John Nichols to speak in Chicago, Thursday March 4th (March 1, 2010) |
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Chicago-area Media Networking Party: June 14 at New World Resource Center (June 11, 2008) |
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CLASSICAL DRAMA MEETS CNN: A production of Oedipus the King with a multimedia twist (February 18, 2008) |
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Robert Jensen at DePaul University, May 3 (April 27, 2007) |
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Sunday, Jan. 21: Chicago Solidarity Benefit - Film Screening for Conn-Selmer UAW Elkhart Strikers (January 18, 2007) |
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Eric Klinenberg on "Fighting for Air" at Hull House, January 17 (January 15, 2007) |
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John Nichols in Chicago on impeachment: Nov. 20 (December 26, 2006) |
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Two Chicago-area events with Robert Jensen, Oct. 19 and Oct. 21 (December 26, 2006) |
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John Nichols in Chicago on impeachment: Nov. 20 (November 17, 2006) |
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Two Chicago-area events with Robert Jensen, Oct. 19 and Oct. 21 (October 14, 2006) |
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Afghan Massacre: Convoy of Death (review from February 28, 2004) (May 26, 2006) |
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Afghan Massacre film reaction (August 15, 2003) (May 26, 2006) |
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Nov. 2 WiFi Hearing at City Hall (October 25, 2005) |
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Dispatch from Punk Planet magazine re: Distro Woes (October 25, 2005) |
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AFL-CIO Executive Council Announces Formation of First Industry Coordinating Committee Covering the Arts, Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Industries (October 10, 2005) |
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IL Governor Blagojevich creates Broadband Deployment Council to ensure all Illinois residents have access to the Internet (September 6, 2005) |
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Community Internet Under Attack (September 3, 2005) |
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Support Public Access to the Public Airwaves & Help Save the 3650-3700MHz Band (Comment Deadline is August 11th!) (August 11, 2005) |
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August 11th Public Hearing on a City-Wide, High-Speed Internet Network (August 4, 2005) |
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Primer on the Media Ownership Reform Act of 2005 (MORA) (July 31, 2005) |
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Illinois Community Internet Dates of Note: August - November 2005 (July 30, 2005) |
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Public Hearing for a City-wide Wireless Network in Chicago, July 28 (July 23, 2005) |
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Public Hearing for a City-wide Wireless Network in Chicago, July 21 (July 14, 2005) |
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Democracy Now involvement at the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform (May 8, 2005) |
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Illinois Senate Approves Rewrite of State's Telecom Act (April 27, 2005) |
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Rare complication during heart procedure kills activist (February 11, 2005) |
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ILCA President Proposes Changes in Letter to AFL-CIO (December 23, 2004) |
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Was the Press Selling or Telling in Iraq War? WMD a Documentary Film (August 28, 2004) |
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Added screening of "WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception" (with Danny Schechter!) on Sat., Aug. 21 (August 17, 2004) |
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St. Peters, MO, trying to censor (cancel) Labor Beat and others (July 5, 2004) |
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Student Zine Festival - Kelvyn Park High School, June 5 (May 31, 2004) |
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Vigilant in Chicago (Letter in Conscious Choice, January 2004) (January 16, 2004) |
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The Battle for Algiers and the Battle for hearts and minds (January 11, 2004) |
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Review of "Weapons of Mass Deception" (January 6, 2004) |
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Media Conference On Friday, September 26 (September 23, 2003) |
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Media Democracy Day. Save the date! (September 22, 2003) |
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More with Cliff Kelley and friends at the Chicago Temple (September 22, 2003) |
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What a difference the media can make (July 11, 2003) |
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"We, the Media" (July 6, 2003) |
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Jeff Chester throws down a gauntlet (April 3, 2003) |
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WE are the 900-pound gorrillas (March 19, 2003) |
Past CMA announcements on this topic are listed below in reverse chronological order.
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A paean to the Media Access Project: The loss of "a champion most people never knew they had" (May 1, 2012) |
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Thoughts on the 2008 NCMR (June 17, 2008) |
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Opportunities for solidarity! (August 14, 2007) |
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$everance: A novel about media concentration (May 6, 2007) |
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Just in case you were looking for something to do... (May 2, 2007) |
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The Chicago TV Takeover of 1987 (February 12, 2007) |
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Labor Solidarity Event This Weekend (January 18, 2007) |
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Back from Memphis (January 15, 2007) |
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Walking to Memphis (January 10, 2007) |
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Upcoming opportunities in radio and telecom (November 27, 2006) |
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Some upcoming presentations of possible interest (October 17, 2006) |
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Some Chicago-related media showdowns... (December 9, 2005) |
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Some Independent Media efforts can use your support (October 25, 2005) |
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More Hurricane Katrina media-related issues... (September 19, 2005) |
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On Chicago hearings for a city-wide wireless network... (July 22, 2005) |
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Callout to protect journalists and whistleblowers (July 5, 2005) |
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Juan Cole lays down the smack (April 26, 2005) |
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Open Source Media Criticism and Analysis (April 23, 2005) |
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Chicago vs. Illinois in the Illinois Telecom Wars (March 10, 2005) |
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Great idea regarding labor and media (December 23, 2004) |
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Good News -- Two Announcements (December 8, 2004) |
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Good readings for today... (November 30, 2004) |
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Truly amazing web sites! (November 29, 2004) |
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The 2004 Chicago Independent Media Guide (September 15, 2004) |
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Robert Jensen on Michael Moore... (July 7, 2004) |
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Neil Postman's obituary (October 9, 2003) |
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Point of Clarification (September 25, 2003) |
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Interview with Producer-Director of Afghan Massacre (September 23, 2003) |
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I'm no fan of crude bodily jokes, but... (July 27, 2003) |
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Roll your own...TV (July 17, 2003) |
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Thanks Danny! (July 3, 2003) |
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All Power To The Blogs (July 1, 2003) |
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Today's Reading... (May 5, 2003) |
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The forecast calls for brainstorms... (March 2, 2003) |
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