Justice Rising

Justice Rising is the Alliance's flagship publication, a thematic guide for everyone dedicated to ending corporate rule and establishing true democracy. Each edition of Justice Rising examines a single issue, such as food, health care, water, war, and money in politics, and looks at how corporate influence impacts policy and how grassroots groups are achieving people-focused solutions. Scroll down to see current and past issues and to link to downloadable .pdfs. For back print issues, please contact us.

New! Fall 2024:
Building a New Media Landscape for
a Stronger Democracy

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Read the issue online here.

As author/journalist Chris Hedges has written, “The media landscape in the US is collapsing...One-third of the country’s newspapers have shut down and two-thirds of its newspaper journalists have lost jobs since 2005.”

The market-driven mania for big profits has used technology to destroy the media landscape of decades past ago. Out of the ruins of traditional media, a phoenix of truth and justice must rise to create something new, reliable, factual, and accessible to help us to enact policies to prevent three looming disasters: 

  • The rise of authoritarianism. A "phoenix" media can support a stronger democracy in which the needs and concerns of all people are heard and acted upon.
  • Climate collapse. Information about impacts, causes, and resilience/mitigation strategies can counter propaganda from self- interested corporate elites and politicians.
  • The rise of militarism and a need to end all wars, before violence ruins the peace, safety and security of our lives forever.

This edition of Justice Rising helps begin that process by covering how Wall Street financial, and Big Tech corporations caused the demise of traditional media. But it also describes the emergence of mission-oriented nonprofit newsrooms, movement journalism, and locally sponsored information sources that are forming the new media landscape. Most critically, multiple articles emphasize the need for all people to become critically media literate to find truth in the media morass.

The edition is out now! Download individual article .pdfs below. You can also contact us to order a print copy (or several!)
  • Rise of the Phoenix and "Critical" Media Literacy, by Jim Tarbell   pdf
  • News Cooperatives: Planting the Seeds of a More Democratic Journalism, by Kate Maxwell   pdf
  • Local News Decimated by Hedge Funds and Private Equity, by Margot Susca   pdf
  • Fight for the Air, "Serve the Public Interest," by Sue Wilson   pdf
  • The Imperial Press: The American Empire and Its Media, by Norman Solomon   pdf
  • Isolation Media: The Antisocial Impact of Social Media on Democracy, by Alison Butler   pdf
  • People are the Answer, Not Artificial Intelligence, by Jack Bandy   pdf
  • Editorial and Dedication   pdf
  • Ethical Journalism Safeguards Human Rights and Civil Liberties, by Mischa Geracoulis   pdf
  • Critical Media Literacy Education Now! by Mickey Huff   pdf
  • Fighting Fake News by Suspending Judgement & Presidential Fake News, by Nolan Higdon   pdf
  • Critical Media Project & Key Concepts, by Alison Trope and DJ Johnson   pdf
  • Propaganda: Building an Immunity, by Michael Gordon & Critical Media Literacy in Action, by Shealeigh Voitl, Kate Horgan, and Reagan Haynie   pdf
  • Community Radio: Our Best Hope for Community-Based Media and Democracy--Can We Keep It Vibrant and Strong? by Marty Durlin   pfd
  • Nonprofit Media: Can It Replace Traditional Journalism Outlets as Reliable News Sources? by Sharine Azimi, with News Outlet Profiles from INN's Network   pdf
  • Mission-Oriented Journalism, by Jim Tarbell, Andy Roth, Nancy Price, and David Delk, with Power and Money at Fox News   pdf
  • JR Recommeded Mission-Oriented Newsrooms   pdf
  • New Media Landscape for a Stronger Democracy: Groups   pdf
  • New Media Landscape for a Stronger Democracy: Books   pdf
  • Our Media Landscape Needs Structural Transformation, by Victor Pickard   pdf
  • News Flash: We're Mad as Hell and Aren't Going to Take It Anymore   pdf

"Disarming Violence on a Path Toward Peace"
​& "Establishing Peace in a World Without War"

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This two-part series focuses on the history and present-day reality of US militarism, imperialism and settler colonialism here and overseas. In concise and insightful articles from activists, authors, and journalists, you’ll learn about the toxic legacies of our endless wars on people, politics, and the environment.

Contributors include ​Norman Solomon, Marcy Winograd, Cindy Piester, Bruce Gagnon, Andy Lee Roth, and Ingeborg Breines. Alliance national council members Nancy Price, David Delk, Dave Lewit, and Jim Tarbell have also written for these issues. 

Connect with organizations that are at the forefront of peacebuilding here and overseas. Find out about books you'll want to read. Be inspired to take action locally and nationally. Read part one here, and part two here.

Other recent editions

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"Now is the Time! Revolutionizing our Economy, Politics, and Relationships with Nature and Each Other"

Explore movements to create a political system not powered by corporate money barons, but rather by people developing public policies for our common good. Read more here.
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"The People's Vote Must Count: Reclaim Elections, Restore Voting Rights, Protect Our Ballots"

A look at the partisan threats to voting rights and the integrity of our elections, and what people are doing to protect accurate counts and access to the ballot box. For a .pdf of the complete issue, click here. 
Past editions of Justice Rising
  • 2001-2005
  • 2006 - 2010
  • 2011-2016
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Justice Rising - Fall 2010, Vol 5, #1
Building an Economy for People and Nature

Justice Rising - Spring 2010, Vol 4, #4
Courts and Corporations vs. Our Common Good

Justice Rising - Spring 2009, Vol 4, #3
Deglobalization/Relocalization

Justice Rising - Winter 2009, Vol 4, #2
Money for People Not Corporate Plunder 

Justice Rising - Summer 2008, Vol 4, #1
Corporate Energy or Grassroots Power 

Justice Rising - Spring 2008, Vol 3, #4
Emigrants—World Citizens or Corporate Slaves 

Justice Rising - Winter 2008, Vol 3, #3
Health for Humans - Not Corporate Profits 

Justice Rising - Fall 2007, Vol 3, #2
Moving from Corporate Extraction to the Grassroots Restoration Economy 

Justice Rising - Summer 2007, Vol 3, #1
Corporate Destruction of Nature & Grassroots Solutions to Save the Planet

Justice Rising - Winter 2006-07, Vol 2, #4
Progressive Religion vs. Pervasive Corporate Corruption 

Justice Rising - Fall 2006, Vol 2, #3
Corporate Origins of War and Grassroot Struggles for Peace

Justice Rising - Summer 2006, Vol 2, #2
This issue focuses on Water for Life Not Corporate Profit

Justice Rising - Spring 2006, Vol 2, #1
This issue focuses on Reclaiming the Commons from the Jaws of Corporate Privatization

Justice Rising - Winter 2015, Vol 6, #3
Local Rules for Local Food: Communities Hold On to Food, Tradition and Democracy

Justice Rising - Spring 2014, Vol 6, #2
Public Banking: Creating Jobs, Building Communities

Justice Rising - Fall 2013, Vol 6, #1
World Citizenry Takes On Corporate Global Rule

Justice Rising - Spring 2013, Vol 5, #4
Money in Democracy, Part 3: Policymakers—Committed to Public Values or Corporate Agendas?

Justice Rising - Winter 2012, Vol 5, #3
Money in Democracy, Part 2: Who—or What—Occupies the Government Control Room?

Justice Rising - Summer 2011, Vol 5, #2
Money in Democracy, Part 1: Reclaiming Our Elections