National Teach-In: Media Literacy and Activism
May 29, 5pm PT / 8pm ET

In our recent teach-in on Noncooperation with Trump, we touched on many essential pillars of free societies and of liberatory movements - including, the media. We're back with a follow up event digging in to this urgent topic... 

What can ordinary, busy people do about a U.S. government and society quickly swinging toward fascism? What is independent media and why does it matter? Why and how do authoritarians repress independent media? How does media affect you, your community, and social change? What can you do to recognize and counter propaganda?

We will hear from a diverse panel, engage in a skill share on how to develop your critical media literacy with ZNet editors, and have time for Q&A.

Come to the teach-in on May 29th! 

Join:

Jeff Cohen, Media critic, former commentator on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, and producer of the Phil Donahue show. Founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College. Founded  media watch group FAIR in 1986, and co-founded RootsAction in 2011.

Sonali Kolhatkar, Journalist, author of Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice and co-author of Bleeding Afghanistan.

Michael Arria, Mondoweiss's U.S. Correspondent, produces The Shift, tracking U.S. politics and Palestine, and Power & Pushback, covering the Palestine movement and the repression of Palestine activism.

Alexandria Shaner, ZNetwork.org, writer for Extinction Rebellion. Her work has appeared in Common Dreams, Foreign Policy in Focus, LA Progressive, Waging Nonviolence, Antiwar.com, and many more outlets.

Jesse Meyerson, Communications Director for IfNotNow and former communications Director for India Walton for Mayor.

Please share this with everyone you can, including people who until the current moment have said "I'm not political," and "I don't do activism," because many people are changing their tune.

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