It's important that we remember everyday people can fight and win key struggles that have a huge and lasting impact on society.
Mitchell Szczepanczyk is a software engineer and a longtime organizer and writer with the media activist group Chicago Media Action.
Since World War II, America limited the number and types of media a single company could own. Just as a diversity of food is necessary for a healthy diet, likewise a diversity of media voices is necessary for a healthy democracy. The result was a public outcry of historic proportions. More than three million people responded, setting an all-time FCC record by orders of magnitude. But that outcry didn't just happen: Grassroots media activists worked hard to raise awareness at a time when the major media went mute, hoping to cash in before people noticed and it would be too late.
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