For those who produce alternative media one of last year’s highlights was the Rebellious Media Conference. Organised by Peace News, Red Pepper, Ceasefire Magazine, the National Union of Journalists and Vision on TV the conference brought together journalists, filmmaker’s, activists and academics for a weekend of talks and training workshops. New Left Project interviewed some of the speakers. Relive the rebellious weekend by listening to these exclusive interviews.
Mule, Manchester’s alternative press The Manchester Mule Collective explain how their project shows a way to start to plug the gap in local news reporting
Media reform: In the public interest Reforming the media after the phone hacking scandal: a Red Pepper roundtable
Wapping: the workers’ perspective Michael Pooler visits an exhibition dedicated to the contininuing relevance of the Wapping dispute
Jordan Valley: To exist is to resist Lorna Stephenson reports on a grass-roots campaign group challenging the Israeli occupation in the Jordan Valley
A different way of doing things Robin Murray explores the potential of co-ops to form the basis of an alternative economy
A bank worth backing Christopher Hird looks at how the Co-op Bank has fared in the financial crisis
One Million Climate Jobs: An interview with John Stewart Tom Robinson talks to the Chair of the Campaign Against Climate Change on how the creation of one million climate jobs could help save the economy and the environment
Co-operatise the state? Can the co-op movement be one source of alternatives to marketisation? Hilary Wainwright explores
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