Your World News launches website
MediaApr 28, 2011In the ongoing fight against injustice, imperialism, and plunder (to name a few social maladies), access to information is a critical battle within this struggle. This is why the US corporate media, and their political partners, go out of their way to limit the range of Americans understanding of critical global issues. They do this by way of flat out omission and/or the blatant misleading of news and information. The US corporate media is no ally to those who are social justice advocates—-the corporate media is beholden to their corporate mistresses. This is why truly independent and progressive media is essential if we are to engage the masses critically. Without this kind of engagement, it is that much more difficult to organize and mobilize them to demand social change that benefits the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized. This is why we created and developed the Your World News Media Collective—to help combat the government induced apathy.Your World News does not simply hide behind keyboards and computer screens. Your World News is a collective of activists who use the media as a tool to educate, galvanize, mobilize and, yes, organize communities towards tangible social justice centered work. We make every attempt to get out into the streets, with our boots on the ground, in and effort to join/create with movements, organize, protest, rally, as well as to help create steps towards eradicating social injustice. This media collective a tool, not the end all be all. There is no substitute for becoming actively
