Whether or not you suppor the strike, this is unacceptable behavior.

"I support the writers! They're 100% right! *crosses the picket line*

=_=;;

I do love the article's last little jab:

Apparently "unequivocally" and "absolutely" don't mean what they used to. Or perhaps "this show has an agreement, this show doesn't" is really, really, really ( Read more... )

A deal might never be made.

I really need to stop letting these links pile up. @_@

Digital Media Law: WGA Strike: How to Restart the Talks, and Why -- a pretty balanced analysis that neither villainizes the AMPTP nor puts the WGA on a pedestal of virtue. A nice change of pace and a different perspective.

The AMPTP
Status of the Individual Corporations as of 12/18

Loads of ( Read more... )

Jamie Leigh Jones was a 20-year-old woman working in Iraq for a subsidiary of Halliburton when she was drugged and brutally gang-raped by several co-workers.

The next day, Halliburton told her that if she left Iraq to get medical treatment, she could lose her job.1

Jamie's story gets even more horrific: For the last two years, she's been asking ( Read more... )

Which mostly means I've pruned the communities I'm a part of, but a few actual people have been cut because I never read your entries anymore, and you don't seem to read mine.

If it turns out you do and you would like to continue to do so, let me know. But if you don't, we'll just leave it as a friendly goodbye and continue our separate ways. =3

The Chairman of the FCC is pushing to allow big corporations to own multiple media outlets in the same city, despite public outcry.

Discussion of that and the writers' strike with three writers

EMAIL YOUR CONGRESSMEN. Tell him/her to support the bill that would stop the FCC chairman from accomplishing his agenda.

You only have until December 11. ( Read more... )

Okay, so there's actually only one bit of non-WGA news. But it's pretty interesting.

Videos
The AMPTP explains their latest proposal

Cute internet animals are going on strike in solidarity

Negotiations

The WGA's suggested contract

A Modest Proposal: Reuse...for Advertisers!

The playbook of the AMPTP

Divisions in the AMPTP

The Strike

Misc. ( Read more... )

Clarification on the AMPTP's numbers and the 4 day break in negotiations

Corporate America's National Pastime



Talks Day #2 Still Friendly but Unproductive

Exorcising the studio of "The Exorcist" (Warner Brothers) -- GREEEEEEEAT video!!!! =DD

What the Writers Want

The Strike, Your Marriage, and You -- how the strike is affecting the families ( Read more... )

Equality Now Condemns Saudi Arabian Court Ruling Sentencing Rape Victim to 200 Lashes and 6 Months' Imprisonment ( Read more... )

MUST WATCH VIDEO.

Can I say that I'm proud to aspire to such an industry? The sheer creativity displayed in all of these strike videos makes me glee.

You know what'd be cool, actually? To work as a strike campaigner. Make videos like these for all strikers so less propaganda-saavy unions could benefit from PR.

How I Spent My Digital Download ( Read more... )