In her interview with Amy, Ravi explains that her #arrest is just one example in a country that’s effectively #criminalizingDissent. Indian officials have raided #nonprofits that oppose the country’s #coalmines, blocked #environmental websites, and criminally charged #journalists covering the 2021 farmer #protests.
#TragedyOfEnclosure #WhoseHiStory #PriveledgeWitness #defundthepolice #PublishingIsntACrime #criminalinjustice
#ReformTheMedia: While CIS and FAIR regularly circulate #whitenationalist and often #racist content, many major #media outlets have cited them and refuse to call them what they are: #hategroups. For example, in a recent article, POLITICO referred to them as, “one of the leading think tanks
#SocialMediaMisinformation #PriveledgeWitness #WhoseHiStory #MainstreamMedia
https://theava.com/archives/223152
#WhoseHiStory: Fremont, California, the East Bay City, is named after the Captain who ordered that #slaughter. He asks, “Can Fremont still be called Fremont? Likewise other towns and sites?” One wonders, too, will San Francisco continue to be called San Francisco after the California Truth and Healing Council files its report?
#WhitePriveledge: The people who were asked to move their #boat so that the #riverboat could #dock in its reserved space should simply have complied.
#StoryOfPlace: In Montgomery…the #righteousindignation of a #community found an outlet when #Blackpeople came to the defense of a #Blackman under #attack.
#ReformTheMedia: #Newsoutlets #reproduced maps and timelines to support the #policenarrative of the van’s journey, without #evidence to support all of it...All of the #stories turned out to be #false, but major news outlets claimed they came from valid #sources.
#abolishthepolice #FreddieGray #PriveledgeWitness #WhoseHiStory
From: @MotherJones
https://press.coop/@MotherJones@press.coop/110864945869848561
