Counter Infomation No. 40 - Part 3 (fwd)

["Arthur R. McGee" <amcgee@NETCOM.COM>]

The revolution will not be televised...

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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 02:52:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Counter Information No. 40 - Part 3
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Broken Spectacles

"They're brainwashing us", says a member of UNPLUG, "and we're
not taking it any more."  Members of UNPLUG have been
smashing and stealing TVs and videos in their US
high schools.

The equipment is supplied free by Channel One to 12,000 schools
in deprived inner-city areas.  The catch?  Schools must sign a
contract agreeing that the TVs will be switched on to Channel
One's cable student news service for 90% of the academic day
and that 90% of the students must watch the "news" each day.

Each 10-minute "news" broadcast has a 2-minute commercial
break typically advertising Coke, Reebok and Pizz Hut.
The underground UNPLUG organistaion is rapidly growing
amongst inner-city school students and calims many direct
action successes against the force-feeding of corporate
mindrot.

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These articles are taken from Counter Information. Issue No.40 Summer 1994.

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in Scotland. It collates news reports of resistance by people
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