Jessalyn Radack's latest column: The Justice Department's Litigation Security Group and Its Ethics Violations in the Al-Haramain Case
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20080508_radack.html

Ms. Radack's stunning article conclusion reminds us of the standard between legitimate and abusive government inquiry: "In sum, there are well-established and fairer procedures that could have been used in the Al-Haramain case. Yet the U.S government decided not to use them. The fact that this is a state-secrets case is no excuse. The state secrets privilege is supposed to protect national security, not serve as an end-run around basic legal ethics that undermines the integrity of the legal process."

Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy organization, in partnership with Rock the Vote, Campus Progress, Common Cause, Young People For, Voto Latino, Black Youth Vote, The Student PIRGs & others announce a national conference: "A Better Deal: Reclaiming Economic Security For a New Generation”, May 8-9th, 2008, at The Liaison Capitol Hill in Washington DC.

The conference will bring together politically-engaged young adults, including community organizers, young elected officials, policy advocates, get-out-the-vote volunteers and others in a collective effort to elevate this generation's economic crisis onto the national agenda, to offer policy substance to sustain the rise in youth voting, and to forge partnerships for future reform efforts. Attendees will get the tools to connect politics to the personal financial struggles of young voters, and forge connections with others to build a movement for a better deal in their communities.

You haven’t signed up yet for the National Conference for Media Reform. It's an event you don’t want to miss.
We’re extending our early bird deadline to give you a few more days to sign up at the lowest price. Register by Friday, April 4, and you'll save $55!

Register now for NCMR 2008 in Minneapolis.

Thousands are coming June 6-8 for this inspiring and unforgettable event. You've got to be there.

Our growing list of speakers includes:

• Bill Moyers, PBS legend
• Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
• Dan Rather, TV anchor
• Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
• Byron Dorgan, U.S. Senator
• Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post
• Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News & Democracy Now!
• Lawrence Lessig, author of The Future of Ideas
• Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
• Michael Copps, FCC Commissioner
  

The 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference
Speaking Truth To Power: MEDIA JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES

Since 2004, the annual NYC Grassroots Media Conferences feature workshops, skills-sharing, dialogue, debate and strategizing sessions about media making, media policy and how to use media to forward social justice campaigns.

FAIR's Communications Director, Isabel Macdonald, and Malkia Cyril, Director of the Center for Media Justice (formerly the Youth Media Council), will lead the panel:

"Media Criticism as a Tool in Media Justice Campaigns" 10:30 - 12:00pm

Community activists are very aware that something is wrong with corporate media coverage of their issues, but

Check out the full day's schedule here.

For information on how to register to attend, click here to visit the main conference website.

The 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference
Speaking Truth To Power: MEDIA JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES

Since 2004, the annual NYC Grassroots Media Conferences feature workshops, skills-sharing, dialogue, debate and strategizing sessions about media making, media policy and how to use media to forward social justice campaigns.

Hours: 9am-6pm

FAIR's Communications Director, Isabel Macdonald, and Malkia Cyril, Director of the Center for Media Justice (formerly the Youth Media Council), will lead the panel:

"Media Criticism as a Tool in Media Justice Campaigns" 10:30 - 12:00pm

Community activists are very aware that something is wrong with corporate media coverage of their issues, but

Check out the full day's schedule here.

For information on how to register to attend, click here to visit the main conference website.

Sunday March 2 is the date for the yearly Grass Roots Media Conference, a major movement event in New York organized by the NYC Grassroots Media Coalition. It's taking place at Hunter College this year.

For the past four years, we’ve come together to explore the political dimensions of media and how it shapes our lives. By developing relationships between community and media organizations, the NYC Grassroots Media Coalition is working to re-imagine issues of access to, control of, and power over our media system. That means defining our struggle as a struggle for Media Justice.

Minnesota, the Star of the North state, is the site of the National Conference for Media Reform.

Check back for full event announcement and updates!

Santa Cruz Media Strategy Summit

Publicizing Truths with Consequence - Independent Media Power vs. the Corporate Coup

Confronting Corporate Control of Our Countries, Cultures and Consciousness

Web Site for this Event: www.truthemergency.us

Schedule of Events

We the undersigned urgently invite the most concerned members of the independent media community (and your brightest friends) to join us in Santa Cruz to reinvent the "free press" in America and resuscitate courageous journalism as a democracy restoring force.