As I am crossing the state of Pennsylvania headed for Colorado on the train, my friend, fellow outlaw bicyclist, and media activist, Andalusia is headed east in PA - bound for Philly where she will work with the amazing Prometheus Radio Project
Andalusia is also a co-founder of Rustbelt Radio , which is an amazing asset to the Western PA mediascape. Check out her last episode, which highlights the best of the pieces they have passionately produced over the past four years.
... of an article I want to write. It's a case study of sorts. When I try to step back from this whole Wafaa Bilal censorship at RPI/Republican Protest/Sanctuary closed by the city story there are multiple stories... overarching narratives and inner threads. But the one I am thinking about now is about Indymedia, web2.0, and media activism. Having been part of a few large Indymedia mobilizations, it was (and still is) exhilerating to feel the media activism community emerge from winter time with passion - stepping up to support Wafaa Bilal and document his situation, condemn RPI for its failures as an institution of higher education, support the Sanctuary for Indpendent Media, and then hold the city accountable for its corruption and abuse of codes enforcement.
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