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Syndicalists protest racial profiling targeting sans-papiers in Sweden

Submitted by altemark on Feb 22 2013 14:15

Hunting down undocumented immigrants like animals is immoral and a waste of police resources, argues syndicalist weekly Arbetaren’s editor-in-chief Daniel Wiklander, who would like the Swedish companies who exploit vulnerable foreign-born workers to be held responsible.

Swedish police are using ever more resources in the hunt for undocumented immigrants. But as it is illegal to stop a person without reasonable grounds for suspicion, the police are making up reasons.

The end result is racial profiling, which is undignified for any country that respects the rule of law.

Il manifesto lives, Pubblico closes, Liberazione is back: update on the Italian mediascape

Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jan 21 2013 19:09

As the 40-year old Communist newspaper il manifesto managed to survive its imminent closure earlier in December, the mediascape of the Italian left continues to evolve. Recent newspapers like Pubblico shut down, due to poor management and lack of readers, and an old player like Liberazione comes back. Meanwhile, journalists, print workers and contract-staff take action, revealing the labour side of Communist and radical press.

Contrary to our report in December, the 40+ year history of il manifesto did not end abruptly early in 2013. On December 28, 2012, the Ministry of Development reached a last-minute agreement with a new cooperative.

The freedom of the press - George Orwell

George Orwell's original preface to Animal Farm about unofficial censorship of the press in the UK, a supposedly "democratic" country. In a shocking bit of Orwellian irony, this preface is unofficially censored from almost all print editions of the book.

This book was first thought of, so far as the central idea goes, in 1937, but was not written down until about the end of 1943.

Tell us lies about the miners - Dave Douglass

Submitted by Steven. on Jan 16 2013 21:28

An angry study of the UK media campaign of distortion and lies against miners during the great strike of 1984-5, written by one of the participants.

Columnism - Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Meinhof's critique of columnism from 1968.

The columnist functions as a pressure release valve. Columnists can write what they want the way they want. This creates the impression that any journalist can write what they want the way they want in their particular newspaper.

Your paper needs contributions

Submitted by working class s... on Aug 17 2012 18:50

Have you thought about writing for Freedom?

Hi all

I am the temporary editor of ‘Freedom’ for the September issue.

Several items have already been sent in, but we could really use some more people contributing for September (and beyond)

If you may never have considered writing before why not take the plunge?

Freedom must be saved

Submitted by working class s... on Jul 19 2012 00:52

The potential closure of an iconic publication such as ‘Freedom’ is an absolute travesty, and would be in whatever circumstances that it may have arisen. However, the reasons for which it found itself in such a perilous financial state makes me feel sick to the pit of my stomach.

Freedom was founded in 1886 by a group of volunteers, and despite format changes, is still in publication today, 125 years from when it first appeared. Freedom has been written and edited by some of the most legendary figures in the movement, and has a well-deserved reputation.

Portuguese journalist threatened by Deputy Minister

Submitted by Pedro Macno on May 19 2012 17:14
Minister Miguel Relvas

Summary of the events, so far, concerning a Minister's threats to a journalist in an attempt to stop an "inconvenient" article from being published in Portuguese daily newspaper Público.

On the 19th of May the Conselho de Redacção (Editorial Council) of the daily newspaper Público published a unanimously approved statement denouncing the Deputy Minister’s threats to one of its journalists of filing a complaint with the ERC (Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social – Regulatory Entity for the Media), promoting a blackout of the newspaper and publishing, on the internet, inform

UK press history - James Curran

Submitted by wojtek on Mar 29 2012 22:19

In this chapter, the first of Power Without Responsibility (2003), James Curran charts the history of the UK Press from explicit state control to corporate censorship, refuting those such as Francis Williams and just recently Alan Rusbridger who claim that 'advertising [has] set the British press free.'

The last segment entitled 'The press in the age of globalization' has since been revised in the sixth edition (2009).

Is it either or? Professional ideology vs. corporate-media constraints - Florian Zollmann

An article by Florian Zollmann discussing Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model, questioning which determines media performance more; professionalism or corporate control.