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Robert W. McChesney is a professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and co-editor of Monthly Review. He is the author, most recently, of Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times.
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How Capitalism Conquered the Internet
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Postal Rates = Free Press
Rate hike pushed by media conglomerate Time Warner threaten small and medium-circulation publications
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Why We Need In These Times
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