“Any serious effort to reform the media system would have to necessarily be part of a revolutionary program to overthrow the capitalist system itself.” EffortMediaSeriousProgramReformRevolutionaryCapitalist Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“To seek Truth is automatically a calling for the innate dissident and the subversive; how many are willing to give up safety and security for the perilous life of the spiritual revolutionary? How many are willing to truly learn that their own cherished concepts are wrong? Striking provocative or mysterious poses in the safety of Internet [social media] is far easier than taking the risks involved in the hard work of genuine initiation.” GivingHardSpiritualSocialRiskSecurityMediaWillingHard WorkInternetInvolvedEasierCallingTruth IsGiving UpConceptsSafetySocial MediaGenuineMysteriousRevolutionaryInnateProvocativeSubversiveInitiationDissidentsSafety And Security Author:Zeena Schreck
“Thanks to pathetic reporting by The New York Times and other media sycophants more than 50 years ago, Fidel Castro, following the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, was also seen by many as a liberator of Cuba. 'I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.' Castro said at the time. Only after he consolidated power, did he tell the truth: 'I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.'” YearsSaidLastsMediaNew YorkMovementYears AgoFollowingThanksRevolutionaryTelling The TruthCommunistDictatorshipPatheticCubaNew York TimesLast DayMarxistCastroLiberatorsSycophants Author:Cal Thomas
“If we understand the revolutionary transformations caused by new media, we can anticipate and control them; but if we continue in our self-induced subliminal trance, we will be their slaves.” IfsSelfMediaTransformationSlaveRevolutionaryAnticipateTranceNew MediaSubliminal Author:Marshall McLuhan
“Not to be to be a vulgar materialist or be too reductive, but all of that was completely absent from the conversation. Instead we were told it was a "revolutionary" moment, where these new tools would inevitably displace the old media dinosaur and that things would be democratized and wasn't it great we could all collaborate on these platforms.” MomentsWould BeMediaConversationToolsRevolutionaryPlatformsVulgarAbsentDinosaurs Author:Astra Taylor
“I say the elite looks out of touch because it's kind of saying; look we'll manage all this for you. You know, we know best. We'll sort it all out for you. And then because people believe that doesn't meet their case for change and they want real change, social media and the way the relationship between people can come into a sense of belonging very quickly, that then is itself a revolutionary phenomenon. You see this around the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWantBelieveLooksKindRealSocialCasesMediaSocial MediaManageAround The WorldRevolutionaryBelongingPhenomenonElitesReal Change Author:Tony Blair
“I think social media is a revolutionary phenomenon all in itself.” ThinkingSocialMediaSocial MediaRevolutionaryPhenomenon Author:Tony Blair
“You choose your own reality and you - social media then amplifies those conspiracy theories. So that's why I say social media is itself a revolutionary phenomenon.” RealitySocialMediaTheorySocial MediaRevolutionaryPhenomenonYou ChooseConspiracyConspiracy TheoryAmplify Author:Tony Blair
“Every revolutionary thinker in America, White, Black, Brown or Red, never got the true representation from the corporate-controlled media.” AmericaBlackWhiteMediaRedCorporateRevolutionaryBrownControlledThinkerRepresentation Author:Louis Farrakhan