Ben Franklin said freedom of the press is in owning the press. And these days, with the internet and Xerox machines, owning, or at least renting, your own press, has never been easier. I would argue that freedom of the press is in owning the press *and* understanding marketing, though. I interviewed some people involved in alternative, independent and "parallel" media forms for this article. I wanted to see what motivated people working in alternative media, but I also wanted to see what they needed, and what the public could do to help support their efforts…to ensure a healthy alternative to mainstream media for us all. For this article, I interviewed Bradley Allen (Free Radio Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Independent Media Center (SC IMC)), Lance Scott (Co-founder of Eat the State! (ETS!)), Christa Donner (Ladyfriend and Free Advice Zines), an editor from a prisoner newsletter that goes out with prisoner book deliveries who wanted to remain anonymous, Chuck Munson (Coordinating webmaster for Infoshop.org and librarian), and via phone, Tim Walker (campaigns manager for Adbusters Magazine).

The Inner Workings of Alternative Media: Part I I Part II I Part III

Speech by Doris "Granny D" Haddock, 94-year-old U.S. Senate candidate and activist, produced by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus

The Anti-Wall Taskforce

If there's a fair chance you're going to hell, be sure to take your parka and long johns, because the only explanation for continuing surreal happenings these days is that the river Styx has glaciated. Welcome to the America of George Bush, our very own Malice from Dunderland, where up is down and right is regularly wrong. For examples of once unimaginable scenes that now commonly appear like bad dreams, read on.

I interviewed a friend who has been a heroin addict for the last 20+ years I have known him, about his life with heroin addiction. He said that the schools duped him into thinking he could not get addicted to heroin, because they lied about pot, and mushrooms, and everything else...

Keep Space for Peace: International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space

Saturday, September 25
1:00 - 3:00 pm
FRONT GATE PROTEST RALLY at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

With the Olympic Games less than two weeks away, the fate of the thousands of stray dogs in Athens remains in doubt

What happens when the one-man operation is over?

Terrorists in Gaza and beyond are busy grooming the next generation of killers.

...Presidential Recall Referendum of Hugo Chavez Country's vast oil wealth could be directed away from support for education, housing, health care ~ Interview with Roy Brown, Puerto Rican new song artist and political activist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris