LECTURES

webcast.berkeley.edu

Access audio and video of courses and special speaking events

RECORDS

Social Activism Sound Recording Project - the Free Speech Movement

The UC Berkeley Social Activism Sound Recording Project is a partnership between the UC Berkeley Library, the Pacifica Foundation, and other private and institutional sources. The intent of the project is to gather, catalog, and make accessible primary source media resources related to social activism and activists movements in California in the 19060's and 1970's.

JARDA: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives

Personal and official photographs, letters and diaries, transcribed oral histories, art, and more show the faces of people, places, daily life, and personal experiences.

DAILY INDEPENDENT NEWS
Democracy Now - The World and Peace Report with Amy Goodman

Democracy Now! is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers, and foundations. We do not accept advertisers, corporate underwriting, or government funding. This allows us to maintain our independence.

Tacit Assumption

DEFINITION

Tacit Assumption

Tacit: "made in silence"
Assumption: "a hypothesis that is taken for granted"

Orwell Rolls in His Grave

FILM

Orwell Rolls in His Grave

QUOTE

"The people of the US are the most entertained people in the world, but we are also the least informed people in the world." - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

INDEPENDENT MEDIA

The Center for Public Integrity

DATABASE

GoodGuide.com

California Academy of Sciences

INSTITUTION

Visit the California Academy of Sciences

DEFINITION

Maquilladora:

for business interest - saves up to 75% in labor costs

for human interest - pays workers $0.56 cents per hour

FASHION ALTERNATIVE

Crossroads Trading Company

Buffalo Exchange

No Sweat Apparel

Goodwill

DEFINITION

Greenwashing - the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.