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Brave New Films
GAZA Journalists Under Fire

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2,871 views Premiered May 19, 2025 #BraveNewFilms

2,871 views Premiered May 19, 2025 #BraveNewFilms
Since October 7, 2023, more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both World Wars combined. While the world remains silent, we must raise our voices towards injustice. In this poignant new documentary, Robert Greenwald will expose Israel’s crimes against journalism and humanity.

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About Brave New Films:  Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films (BNF) are at the forefront of the fight to create a just America. Greenwald and BNF create free documentary films that inform the public, challenge corporate media, and motivate people to take action on social issues nationwide. Brave New Films’ investigative films have shined a light on the Bush, Obama and Trump administration, voter suppression, U.S. drone strikes, the prosecution of whistleblowers, and Wal Mart’s corporate practices.

BNF’s mission is to champion social justice issues by using a model of media, education, and grassroots volunteer involvement that inspires, empowers, motivates and teaches civic participation and makes a difference.

 

the WORD Editor Gregg W. Morris

Overlook Film Fest 2025: Audience and Jury Awards for the Largest Ever Overlook Film Fest – Part 1

The Overlook Film Festival is a 4-day celebration of all things horror held in haunted, historic & iconic venues throughout New Orleans. Presenting superior film programming with an expanded focus on experiential events, the festival showcases exciting work in new and classic horror cinema alongside the latest in interactive and live shows for a fully immersive weekend. As a summer camp for horror genre fans, The Overlook is a community event bringing the best of horror storytelling to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience within an intimate and inspirational environment. – Article by the WORD staff.

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Bernie Sanders & AOC – Fight the Oligarchs: “… Largest Rally We Ever Had”


“When I took the stage in Los Angeles yesterday (Saturday April 12, 2025) and looked out at the crowd, I could see people a half-mile away. Thirty-six thousand (36,000) people attended — it is the largest rally we have ever had.

And when I see the record crowds like the ones we had yesterday, or the ones in Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, I believe it may just be possible that this country is on the brink of the political revolution we have been talking about for a long time.

These people are not showing up because I am running for something. There is no presidential campaign happening.

These are people attending in huge numbers who are not just saying NO to oligarchy, but they are saying YES to raising the minimum wage, YES to expanding Social Security, YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right, YES, to cutting the cost of prescription drugs, YES to paid family and medical leave, YES to equal pay for equal work, YES to more affordable housing, YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all, YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.

And most importantly they are saying YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.

Later today, we will be in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tomorrow we go to Boise, Idaho before returning to California on Tuesday for two rallies in districts held by Republicans and ending this leg of the tour in Missoula, Montana on Wednesday.

We will be streaming each rally on YouTube and Twitter, and I hope you will tune in to watch and share the links with your friends.

 

 

the WORD Editor Gregg W. Morris

Students Need to Be Aware of a Never Ending Scourge: Phishing – Article by Tony Ayala

Phishing, a pox ever there was one. Hunter’s Internet Computer Instructional Information (ICIT) early in the semester that has recently ended, notified the campus of the digital menace: “We are currently witnessing an uptick in the number of phishing incidents asking staff and students to validate accounts, and share personal information. We hope that all staff and students will review this information and the awareness courses recommended in last weeks emails.”

Stay alert,” according to the warning, “for unexpected messages requesting personal information. Refrain from sharing personal or sensitive information like bank account numbers, social security numbers, or student IDs, with unfamiliar sources.” – Article by Tony Ayala.

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