mediageek 5-19-06: Bringing Radio Transmitters to Indigenous People in Central America; Musicians Speak Out To Save the Internet
The guests for this program are Bill Taylor and Adrienne Bauer from the Primary Communications Project, which works to bring communications technology to indigenous communities in Centarl America. Bill and Adrienne recently returned from Honduras where they are working with Radio Lenca and the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras to build a 1000-watt AM radio transmitter to serve the Lenca people.
In the second half of the program we hear from Rep. Edward Markey and popular electronic musician Moby, announcing a new coalition of musicians and artists to preserve a free internet.
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