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Be an activist. Build community. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
-The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Freedom of Speech
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects several essential rights, against congressional infringements: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free exercise of religion, and the right of assembly and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
Adlai E. Stevenson 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician
Adlai E. Stevenson 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead 1901-1978, anthropologist
The Senate voted in overwhelming numbers to reject an FCC ruling that would unleash a new wave of media consolidation across America. More than a quarter-million people took action and sent a powerful message to Washington: Big Media is big enough.
The fight now moves to the House, where a bipartisan version of the Senate "resolution of disapproval" (H.J.Res.79) needs your support.
Tell your representative to vote for H.J. Res. 79 and Stop Big Media.
Remember ETC 12, the first public access channel in Minnesota? Channel 12 is back. Our librarian, The Unknown DJ, and Hutch have brought the channel back to the ETC website. Click on the link, sit back and watch the programs of CHANNEL 12.
Check back we will keep adding those shows you loved from the Channel 12 archives.
Check back we will keep adding those shows you loved from the Channel 12 archives.
The Communications Workshop - past, present and future …
You have been lucky enough to stumble across the Communications Workshop web site. We know ourselves as ETC 33, Everyone's Television Channel. Back in 1975 through 2001 we operated public access in the city of Fridley, Minnesota. Fridley, a sleepy bedroom community of Minneapolis, the home of Medtronics and the first public access center in Minnesota. But you can find out more about our history by clicking ABOUT ETC 33.
We have had some weird things happen in our thirty plus years in public access arena. But, this is the welcome part. So, welcome. Welcome to ETC 33, our new home in cyber space. We still live by our original beliefs: freedom of speech, educating, presenting ideas and having fun. Poke around the site find out what we have to offer. After over twenty-five years of operating an access facility and a national award along the way, we are reinventing our public access roots. This site is our baby and it is kicking and screaming its way through the twenty-first century.
Don’t be shy, start surfing! And, be an activist!
You have been lucky enough to stumble across the Communications Workshop web site. We know ourselves as ETC 33, Everyone's Television Channel. Back in 1975 through 2001 we operated public access in the city of Fridley, Minnesota. Fridley, a sleepy bedroom community of Minneapolis, the home of Medtronics and the first public access center in Minnesota. But you can find out more about our history by clicking ABOUT ETC 33.
We have had some weird things happen in our thirty plus years in public access arena. But, this is the welcome part. So, welcome. Welcome to ETC 33, our new home in cyber space. We still live by our original beliefs: freedom of speech, educating, presenting ideas and having fun. Poke around the site find out what we have to offer. After over twenty-five years of operating an access facility and a national award along the way, we are reinventing our public access roots. This site is our baby and it is kicking and screaming its way through the twenty-first century.
Don’t be shy, start surfing! And, be an activist!
SAVE THE INTERNET
Comcast has given us a glimpse of a world without Net Neutrality, and it's a chilling sight.
An investigation by the Associated Press caught the cable giant secretly inspecting online communications and crippling users' ability to share information with one another.
Check out the ETC NEWS page.
Take Action: Save The Internet
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Stop Big Media
Corporate media giants are silencing diverse voices, abandoning quality journalism and eliminating local content (we've got evidence). Our democracy needs better media - but the FCC wants to expand the power of America's largest media companies. -- Get the facts!
freepress.net
Comcast has given us a glimpse of a world without Net Neutrality, and it's a chilling sight.
An investigation by the Associated Press caught the cable giant secretly inspecting online communications and crippling users' ability to share information with one another.
Check out the ETC NEWS page.
Take Action: Save The Internet
*****************************
Stop Big Media
Corporate media giants are silencing diverse voices, abandoning quality journalism and eliminating local content (we've got evidence). Our democracy needs better media - but the FCC wants to expand the power of America's largest media companies. -- Get the facts!
freepress.net
Freedom of speech is protected in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights and is guaranteed to all Americans. Be an activist. Protect your right to Freedom of Speech.
