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Maybe if we weren't always upping the MEDIA EDITOR VOLUNTEERS ante here at Clamor that would be the case, but we're still busting our asses all year long. Catherine Komp Mike McHone Jake Whiteman This year, we decided to move our Clamor offices out of the home we share with two dogs and PEOPLE EDITOR a roommate into a space in downtown Toledo. The move ultimately allows us to expand the Keidra Chaney PROOFREADERS Mike McHone. Knsten number of things we're able to carry in the Clamor online infoSHOP (www.clamormagazine. SEX &6ENDER EDITOR Schmidt. Hal Hixson org/infoSHOP), but for the meantime the move put a huge roadblock in the production sched- Brian Bergen-Aurand Elliot Adams ule. Happy birthday Clamor ... here's a shitload more work for y'all to do. POLITICS EDITORS COVER THIS ISSUE Madeleine Baran by Chet Gordon Before we let the griping spoil the birthday party, we have to say that we're pretty ecstatic & Amanda Luker www chelgordon.com about how this issue came together. 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We publish writing and art that exemplify the value we place on autonomy, creativity, exploration, and cooperation Clamor is an advocate of progressive social change through active creation of political and cultural alternatives rQ MEDIA 10 On the Air with Saint Randi by Catherine Komp 13 Clamor's Golden Soapbox Awards Number 31 1 March/April 2005 1 7 How the News is Made by Catherine Komp, Jessica Azulay, and breakfast POLITICS 20 A Star in Mosul compiled by Charu Gupta 24 Christian Parent! interview by Colhn Yeo 26 Video Killed the Football Star by Dan Gordon ECONOMICS 30 Down to the Wire by Gwen Shaffer 33 Fixing Radio by Jonathan Lawson 36 Demanding More of Cable Monopolies by Barbara J. isenberg 38 In a Global Village, No One Can Hear You Scream by Norman Ball CULTURE 40 The Art of Resistance by Samira Yamin 43 Walk With Me: Revolutionary Theater in Lockdown by Jeremy Smith 45 Through Their Own Eyes: Chiapas Media Project by Max Sussman 47 A Bridge Over Troubled Channels by Lisa A. Haamid PEOPLE 50 Taking Power from the Past by Raizei Liebier 53 Programming Independence by Christina Hoheisel and Alex Kerfoot 55 Paper Street Space Monkeys by Ben Tanzer 56 Beyondmedia by Alison Parker SEX AND GENDER 59 PILOT TV by Daniel Tucker and Emily Forman 60 Queer Media Timeline compiled by Raymond Johnson 61 Living Proof by James Monteleone 62 Featured Sex and Gender Media 64 Glass Toys by Laura Mintz MURMURS 67 What We're Talking About..