OUTFOXED Storms Theatres
The guerilla documentary goes mainstream! Following its tremendous success in DVD sales and MoveOn house parties (3700 screenings in homes across the nation), 'Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism' opens in theatres in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. this Friday, August 6th. Director Robert Greenwald's film, picked up by Cinema Libre Distribution, became a bestseller on Amazon.com via an incredible grassroots network, and now promises to extend its message about the "race to the bottom" of media empires and Fox News in particular to the rest of the American public. For more information about screenings near you, check the website: http://www.outfoxed.org/

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINES
by Ronnie Dugger @ The NationComputerized voting systems have been proven insecure; is enough being done to assure that the 2004 election will not be stolen? http://www.alternet.org/election04/19432/

THE MUSIC THAT ATE THE PLANET
by Stefan Braidwood @ PopMatters
Any musical genre that is so successful that it becomes the mainstream inevitably becomes homogenized; hip hop, in its diversity, strength and potential, can fight the tendency towards mediocrity. http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/19436/

POLITICAL BARBIES
by Sheila Gibbons @ Women's eNews
The wives of modern presidential candidates are smart, independent women, but no one in the media seems to notice. http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/19438/

IT'S ABOUT THE TEACHERS
by Jonathan Schorr @ Washington Monthly
John Kerry has quietly assembled a radical school reform plan. http://www.alternet.org/election04/19435/

PEARL JAM ON THE VOTE FOR CHANGE TOUR!
Pearl Jam is excited to announce the Vote for Change concert tour. Vote for Change is a loose coalition of musicians brought together by a single idea. The need to make a change in the direction of our country. We share a belief that this is the most important election of our lifetime. We are fighting for a government that is open, rational, just and progressive. “The upcoming election provides everyone an opportunity to change the direction our country is headed and to elect a government that is just, rational and respectful of the views and rights of the people it serves. This coalition of artists wants to be a part of that change.” said Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam. Artists participating in Vote for Change have merged their energies and talents to focus on states that are expected to have the closest race in the presidential election this fall. This unprecedented effort will include approximately 34 shows in 28 cities in 9 battleground states over the course of a week. These concerts will feature Babyface, Jackson Browne, Bright Eyes, Dave Matthews Band, Death Cab for Cutie, the Dixie Chicks, John Fogerty, Ben Harper, Jurassic 5, Keb’ Mo’, John Mellencamp, My Morning Jacket, Pearl Jam, Bonnie Raitt, R.E.M., James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and more. These and other artists will appear on separate bills on the same night in selected cities around several battleground states. Vote for Change artists hope to accomplish a single goal through the tour: to get people to the polls on November 2nd to vote for a change. The Vote for Change tour will be presented by MoveOn PAC, with all concert proceeds benefiting the work of America Coming Together (ACT).

TICKETS: Pearl Jam and Death Cab for Cutie will be performing the following Vote for Change shows:

Oct. 1 Reading, PA - Sovereign Center ... Oct. 2 Toledo, OH - Sports Arena ... Oct. 3 Grand Rapids, MI - Delta Plex ... Oct. 5 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theater ... Oct. 6 Asheville, NC - Civic Center ... Oct. 8 Kissimmee, FL - Silver Spur Arena

IMPORTANT: Check back here for more information about how to get tickets to these shows. All dates and venues subject to change. For more information about Vote for Change, including ticket information and updates, go to moveonpac.org. Quote from Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam ... “This is the fourth presidential election which Pearl Jam has engaged in as a band, and we feel it’s the most important one of our lifetime. We believe in the power of the first amendment, and have always exercised our right to free speech in every aspect of our lives and music. This year there is no more powerful way for all Americans to exercise that right than by voting. Given the extreme political climate of a country at war, we are proud to stand among the many artists involved in this tour and to encourage Americans not only to vote for a president this November 2nd, but to vote for the change they wish to see in the world.”