Draft Spotlight on A-Infos Radio Project

Everyone knows that mainstream media sucks. You can be sure they arent telling the whole story or even a fair piece of the story. You can also be sure your chances of getting your own important story covered effectively are very low. There are many reasons for this including ownership, advertiser influence, government regulations and censorship, the drive to attract audience, limitations of the medium, limitations of time, etc which could occupy a lifetime of fascinating study and activism.

So where do i go for information? For local news, there is of course no substitute for talking to the participants themselves. When that is not possible, i look for interviews with or by the participants at sites such as Indymedia, Democracy Now, Internet Archive or the A-Infos Radio Project.

I want to spotlight this last one because it has been around for a long time and i have found a lot of good content on there over the years. Audios are organized by Type (Action/Event, Actuality (Uncut Material), Announcement, Commentary, Daily Program, Documentary, Interview, Music, News Report, Regular Show, Speech, Unspecified, Weekly Program), by Topic, by Length, by Series name, by Contributor, by content rating Advisory, and by Licence. You can also search by keyword. There are 9 languages listed but i do not know how good the automated translation service is.

Some audios i would recommend that are hosted on A-Infos Radio Project include: Unwelcome Guests, Everyday Environmentalist, and Redeye Co-op Radio.