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"U.S.-backed wars—both proxy and otherwise—lead to environmental damage that destabilizes whole populations and regions. The U.S. military is the largest institutional emitter of fossil fuels in the world, at about 1.2 billion metric tons from 2001 through 2018.”

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"We anticipate that they will target areas where Latinos work, where they shop, where they worship. I think the goal is to make it feel like nowhere is safe.”

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"People have to hear about movements in order to join them. And they have to hear about them from sources that cover them accurately, accountably, and knowledgeably, imparting lessons that allow this work to be replicated and to grow."

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And why fund community-based journalism and movement media specifically? Because it takes seriously the responsibility of the press to accountably serve the public good. And as Maya best put it: truth is a potent tool for resistance.

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🚨HERE IS OUR SOLUTION ➡️

My colleague @mayaschenwar.bsky.social at @truthout.org and I argue that it is time for progressive philanthropy and left philanthropy to make a serious, wide-ranging investment in journalism–and stick with it for the long haul.

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Mainstream media was never built to care about poor, working-class, LGBTQIA+, progressives & BIPOC. It has failed our communities by abiding by the myth of objectivity. It has failed us by acting as a mouthpiece for those in power.

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Progressive philanthropy largely ignored progressive and left media, because it relied on the continued operations of traditional, profit-driven media and it failed to acknowledge the role journalism might play in countering the right’s agenda.

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Far-right investors made long-term, risk-taking investments in media and narrative infrastructure. But that was not met by progressive philanthropy doing the same. Why?

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All the while, the right is reaping the benefits of a decades-long plan to establish a narrative grip on the U.S. by further sowing distrust in longstanding traditional media institutions and investing in propagandists, conspiracy theorists, and hate-mongering.

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All of this is + mainstream media has been manufacturing consent for genocide and endless imperial wars.

➡️For-profit press is cannibalizing itself, while falling prey to conglomerates seeking endless revenue for something that should be a public good.

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