Waves of Change

Arizona's KUYI 88.1 broadcasts in Hopi to approximately 9,000 people. (KUYI)

FROM THE ATLANTIC by Alexis Hauk

This Congress is the eleventh meeting of Latin American community media researchers.  Many of the papers are on line at the congress site.  The following report is from Bitácora memoriosa  the exquisite blog which is posted by community media pioneer, Alfonso Gumucio Dagron:

West Virginia Women (and men) stood in solidarity with our mountains that have been stripped of their trees, plants, and top soil; our streams, springs and wells that have been destroyed; and with our people who are sick and dying as a result of mountaintop removal – by shaving their heads on the steps of the State Capitol today, Monday, May 28, 2012. It was a profoundly powerful and emotional expression of unity and commitment to the environment and the future of this great state.

Chuck Meese was a musician, artist and a marvelously inventive actor.

He had his own traveling theater and performed in many schools and fairs, often with his sons Cavan and/or Jan.  Every summer he would perform at the Bread and Puppet Theater. His guitar playing and crankie stories are legendary. He had been ill for a long time and passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Part One:

http://youtu.be/4kmijw_0V2k

Part Two:

Thanks to Saskia Fischer

Amos Vogel was the founder of Cinema 16, a pioneering "Cine Club" in the US. He immigrated to New York from Vienna during the Second World War. Europe had many Cine Clubs, but there were none in the United States at that time, until Amos began screening experimental and social issue films at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village. He also founded the New York Film Festival.

These are interviews conducted by Paul Cronin in 2003:

On March 22, World Water Day, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) arrived in the city of Quito, concluding their 14-day national protest march.