The shift from the local community to the global market is plagued by centuries of empire, appropriation, and exploitation. This struggle is marked by the consolidation and centralization of the majority of the media in the hands of a few. Media are the tools by which we communicate amongst ourselves, each other, and the world at large.
Communication is one of the most powerful things in the world.
To control the flow of communication means even more power. The increasing corporate concentration of media declares the birth of a new regime of information mono cropping and mental colonization. We can break the homogeneity of the media monopoly by expressing ourselves with our own media. Taking back our media means taking back our freedom and engaging in a revolution of many minds against a common enemy. Through workshops, panel discussions, and lectures, events such as Liberating Media seek to encourage and inspire participants to take back our media and our freedom in the diversity of forms in which they both exist.