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Radio Shack

 

A delegation of community groups led by Media Alliance visited an Oakland Radio Shack on Friday December 19 2008 on behalf of the Media Action Grassroots Network (Mag-Net).

They requested digital television converter boxes be made available for the $40 federal coupon price for low-income populations that can’t afford to pay $20-50 to upgrade their TV’s to digital signals.

See the pictures.

Single Payer Broadband

 

Posted by Tracy Rosenberg on
Huffington Post   May 22 2010

As we arrive at the end of the long health care reform battle with something less than nirvana, media activists have been waiting with bated breath for the release of the long-awaited National Broadband Plan from the Federal Communications Commission.

Well over a year in the making, the plan sets a course for the future of the online communications system — a system that materially affects every American’s ability to access information and express themselves.

It’s not exactly the public option.

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Road Trip

 

Posted by Tracy Rosenberg on April 20 2010

MA teamed with the LA Media Reform group to travel down to Orange County and the Inland Empire and speak to Dems who aren’t supporting net neutrality.

Using the 3rd Annual LA Media Justice Summit as our organizing platform, a week later on April 6th, a team of intrepid media reformers went out to visit Representative Joe Baca- San Bernardino and Representative Loretta Sanchez-Garden Grove to say net neutrality now.

The visits were good conversations and left us hopeful that our Internet future may be bright.

If we’ve inspired *you* to pay a visit to your representatives and make sure they are on board with net neutrality: here’s a handy guide to legislative visits:

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