We ask our members, fellow printing and publishing workers, and readers everywhere to use WAWOG’s contact lists and templates to demand that the Israeli genocide in Gaza is covered accurately, prominently and with the urgency and gravity it deserves.

The Industrial Workers of the World Freelance Journalists Union fully endorses WAWOG’s call to hold Western news media accountable.

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In response, WAWOG urges the public to “flood the newsrooms,” encouraging readers everywhere to email editors at leading news outlets and demand truthful, comprehensive coverage of Israel’s continuing war crimes in Gaza.

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Meanwhile, Israel’s stranglehold on Western news media has been deafening. As Writers Against the War On Gaza has repeatedly noted, the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza should be front-page news—yet it is often conspicuously absent from Western media.

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or more than 20,000 children in less than two years. By the end of the month, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported over 66,000 people killed and more than 168,500 injured, the vast majority women and children.

I could go on forever about this, but I’ll just say—a healthy democracy functions best when its people are informed, and it’s extremely important that journalism remains an independent & robust enterprise. Many issues with the industry, but its current dismantling is a net negative for any community

I’m proud to be a journalist, even as the industry in the US is cratering and being stripped for parts and reporters here and all over the world are risking life and livelihood to tell important stories. Especially proud to be amongst a group of truly talented, endlessly empathetic, intelligent ppl

attend the Zoom hearing on March 5 to show solidarity with incarcerated persons in their struggle against their captors. We intend to flood the virtual courtroom with supporters. Join FW Lindell at 3:30pm CST here:

zoom.us/join
Meeting ID: 684 919 9324

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pursuant to current Open Records law in the state. It could have a wide-ranging impact on the ability of incarcerated persons to obtain footage from guards’ bodycams, allowing for more transparency in our carceral system.

Supporters of prisoners’ rights are encouraged to
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He was initially denied access because the Stanley Correctional Institution claimed releasing it would violate their security protocols.

This case (2024-CV-1066) will determine if the original justification was sound, or if the bodycam footage must be released
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Department of Corrections’ current ban on releasing body-worn camera footage violates the law.

The plaintiff, fellow worker Nate Lindell, was denied access to bodycam footage from a guard that he alleges abused him, and he is now suing for release of the recording.
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freelancejournalists@iww.org

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse.

Tell Congress to #saveforeignaid

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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#standwithUSAID

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people, reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid

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