10-21-2021 Reports from Sally,John & Mark

Sally Gellert in New Jersey reports on the Ecologic program broadcast over Free Speech Radio WBIA in New York City. She is a co-host. They cover environmental issues both locally and globally, for example; electrification, people versus fossil fuels in Washington D.C., and the global climate summit in Glasgow Scotland.  https://wbai.org https://ukcop26.org    John Harvey in Pittsburg reports on technology including FaceBook's name change to Meta. Trump starting a new social media platform in 2022, but it was immediately hacked because of an incompetent implementation. Also, the democratization of telecommunications whose promise is compromised by the digital divide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide   Mark Taylor-Canfield in Seattle describes the local Arts scene and it's politically relevant contributions. Mark briefs us on Seattle's Art Walks which occur in several areas of the city. https://www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-culture/2021/08/seattle-deconstructed-art-fair-2021    #WBIA#Ecology#facebook#DigitalDivide#TrumpMedia#SeattleArtwalk#SeattleArtScene   Listen or Direct download: http://democracycast.libsyn.com #DemocracyHistory,#PressFreedom,#PublicNewspaperSubsidy,#InformationDemocracy,#NeedForDemocracy,#PeoplePower,#PowerOfThePeople,#Voting,#VoteWithFeet,#VotingModernDemocracies,#RightToVote,#RiseOfDemocracy,#DeclineOfDemocracy   Our website:  www.democracywatchnews.org  Our production team and theme music https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rnPeRDB3JTrr80N_NlLmUM7nEzrRejw8-5qFYd45W5M/edit?usp=sharing