Joe T. Hodo needs help from Mexican artists to lauch his campaign to be President of Mexico. Musician Paco Barrios, AKA “El Mastuerzo,” has been a supporter of Mexican social movements for years. Is it posible for Joe to recruit him to his political party, GUERO? Check out Episode 2 of El Joe T. Hodo Show de Narco News TV! More >>

Anything Trump can do, Joe T. Hodo can do better! The Texas oilman and pre-candidate for the presidency of Mexico responds to Trump's visit to Mexico. More >>

Joe T. Hodo, the Texas oilman from Frack U. Mexico, is ready to devour Mexico! In the debut episode of his new program, he sits down with members of the indigenous community police from Mexico's Guerrero State. What's the price of justice? Ask Joe T. Hodo... More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." This is the eigth of an eight-part series. More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." This is the seventh of an eight-part series. More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." This is the sixth of an eight-part series. More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." This is the fifth of an eight-part series. More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." This is the fourth of an eight-part series. More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." This is the third of an eight-part series. More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." This is the second of an eight-part series. More >>

On April 6th, 2016, Al Giordano gave a guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "How to Stop Trump." Part one of a series. More >>

Since 2002, we´ve trained hundreds of journalists and organizers from around the world to cover social movements more effectively. The school can only happen in 2016 with your support. Be a part of it! More >>

The 15th School of Authentic Journalism was held from November 9th to 12th. 40 scholars and professors shared tactics for changing the world. More >>

In this new video, a group of Central American migrants in Mexico decide to challenge the media. From the creators of Joe T. Hodo and Frack U. Mexico. More videos from Narco News TV directed by Gringoyo: https://www.youtube.com/narconewstv Learn more about the migrant movement in Mexico: http://narconews.com/Issue67/article4803.html More >>

We receive letters every single day asking if there will be a 2015 School of Authentic Journalism. The answer arrives today: It's up to you, together with all friends and supporters of Narco News and the school. If together you pledge $25,000 by May 18, there will be a school this year for Spanish speakers. If pledges reach $50,000 it will be a larger school for both Spanish and English speakers. Today you can make history by being among the first few to get the ball rolling. Just click on the link at the end of this video and make a pledge - no matter how large or small. Share this link with your friends and social networks and once again, all together, we will accomplish great and important work... More >>

During the 2004 Narco News School of Authentic Journalism in Bolivia, the school's video team produced this report on the struggle of traditional coca growers in the Chapare region. Coca growers organized against DEA sponsored coca eradication programs, building a strong political organization in the process. The school professor in the video, Evo Morales, then a coca growers' union leader, went on to become president of Bolivia. More >>

Part three in a series featuring Gary Webb in his own words. The interview was conducted and filmed by the Guerrilla News Network, scholars, and professors at the 2003 School of Authentic Journalism, a project of Narco News. Gary is the subject of the new feature film "Kill The Messenger" starring Jeremy Renner. You can read "Dark Alliance: The Story Behind the Crack Explosion" by Gary Webb in its entirety at http://www.narconews.com/darkalliance/ More >>

Part two in a series featuring Gary Webb in his own words. The interview was conducted and filmed by the Guerrilla News Network, scholars, and professors at the 2003 School of Authentic Journalism, a project of Narco News. Gary is the subject of the new feature film "Kill The Messenger" starring Jeremy Renner. You can read "Dark Alliance: The Story Behind the Crack Explosion" by Gary Webb in its entirety at http://www.narconews.com/darkalliance/ More >>

Part one in a series featuring Gary Webb in his own words. The interview was conducted and filmed by the Guerrilla News Network, scholars, and professors at the 2003 School of Authentic Journalism. Gary is the subject of the new feature film "Kill The Messenger" starring Jeremy Renner. You can read "Dark Alliance: The Story Behind the Crack Explosion" by Gary Webb in its entirety at http://www.narconews.com/darkalliance/ More >>

Gary Webb (1955-2004), the investigative journalist who reported cocaine trafficking by the CIA in 1996, is portrayed in the motion picture, Kill the Messenger, by Jeremy Renner. He was a founding professor of the School of Authentic Journalism and an editor at Narco News (www.narconews.com) This video was made by students and professors of the video workgroup at the 2003 School of Authentic Journalism in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, chaired by professor Stephen Marshall of the Guerrilla News Network. At Gary's request, Narco News has published the Dark Alliance series: http://www.narconews.com/DarkAlliance More >>

Joe T. Hodo of Frack U. was invited to appear live on one of Mexico's most prominent news channels to talk about the benefits of fracking for all Mexicans. More >>

Good news! Mexico has the fourth largest shale gas reserves in the world, and the Mexican Congress is about to change the constitution so that private companies can drill for it. That means that U.S. companies will soon be there, fracking for gas. Sure, there may be some complications from the more than 500 chemicals that will be pumped into Mexico's aquifers, but never fear: Joe T. Hodo, President of "Frack U. Mexico!" is here to show you why Mexicans should stop worrying and learn to love fracking…or else. More >>

The story of how undocumented students organized creatively and strategically and got the Federal Government to grant them legal status. Created by scholars of the School of Authentic Journalism, based on a news report for Narco News by Paulina Gonzalez. More >>

In the year 2000, Oscar Olivera was the spokesperson for a successful people's movement to prevent the privatization of water in Cochabamba, Bolivia. At the 2013 School of Authentic Journalism, he and other school participants produced this video to show how everyday objects and symbols were transformed into powerful tools for communication during the successful movement. More >>

Across the United States, young organizers are using strategic nonviolence to challenge unfair immigration laws and prevent the separation of immigrant families by deportation. Meanwhile, congress is debating Immigration Reform. In 1965, filmmaker Santiago Álvarez created the film "Now!" using images of the American Civil Rights' Movement set against the urgent voice of singer Lena Horne. In support of today's courageous young organizers, Narco News TV has created an updated version of this classic. Today, as then, the time is: Now! More >>

In 1985, Mkhuseli "Khusta" Jack organized a consumer boycott in the city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, which helped end racial apartheid. In 2000, Oscar Olivera was the spokesperson for a popular resistance that stopped the privatization of water in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In 2013, they met face to face and shared their stories of strategic organizing with the scholars and professors of the School of Authentic Journalism. Two lands, two histories. One story of strategic organizing. More >>

Welcome to Foreigner Watch - hard-hitting, investigative journalism that finds and profiles un-American activities around the world. Join us as we profile the deeply troubling movements against the Drug War currently recruiting extremist Mexicans. But don't worry, they can't fool Nancy Gunn. More >>

Are you applying - or thinking about it - to the 2013 School of Authentic Journalism? Here are some graduates who won the scholarship in previous years, with good advice on how to complete a successful application! More >>

Mexican presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto denies that his PRI party bought votes in the July 1, 2012. But on Election Night, hundreds of people gathered outside of the PRI offices to testify that they were promised up to 2,500 pesos for their voter I.D.s and votes but that the PRI took their credentials and did not pay. Here, they tell their story. More >>

Six weeks after graduating the 2012 School of Authentic Journalism, Heather McCuen took the lessons and skills she learned to the 140 Conference in Montreal. There, she made our curriculum "go viral" by teaching the assembled how to promote online videos, using the NNTV "This Is Maria" video as the example. More >>

“Your country and mine is suffering, we live submerged in a deep crisis… We will not accept this situation any more... As a movement we demand that all the presidential candidates commit to the end of the television duopoly that prevents access to information… More >>

Controversy! Polemic! Just the kind of thing NNTV likes to share with you! This video by the mysterious group "Los Vengadores MX" (the Mexican Avengers) appeared this weekend and had 10,000+ views in its first day. People are debating if kids should have opinions on things like the drug war and stupid TV ads! We'd like to ask the same about "adults." More >>

Maria is a composite character based on many Mexican victims of the drug war - their words and actions - who together are organizing to end the war, including Javier Sicilia, Maria Herrera and Julian LeBaron. More >>

On March 28, 2012, the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity celebrated its first anniversary. In this video birthday card produced by scholars of the 2012 School of Authentic Journalism, voices from throughout the world wish the movement good luck in its continued struggle to end the War on Drugs. More >>

On March 28, 2012 the Mexican Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity celebrated its first year of nonviolent action to end the drug war. There, poet Javier Sicilia called on the citizens of the United States to pressure their government to legalize drugs. More >>

Meet four fabulous agents from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, and the women who chase them. They lost their children, husbands, siblings and parents because of the U.S. "War on Drugs" in Mexico. More >>

A gringo who tags along with social movements in Mexico so he can eat free food and be at the barricades reports on a historic encounter between Mexico's emerging movement against the Drug War and the survivors of the 1997 Acteal massacre. More >>

After the tragic murder of his son, Mexican poet and journalist Javier Sicilia transformed his grief into a national rallying cry against the War on Drugs. In May of 2010, Sicilia addressed students and faculty of the School of Authentic Journalism at its graduation dinner, where he received the first diploma of the evening. More >>

In the year 2000, young Serbian revolutionary Ivan Marovic participated in a nonviolent rebellion that toppled dictator Slobodan Milosevic. Recently, at an undisclosed tropical location, Marovic took time off from his "busy schedule" to give us some practical advice on how to get rid of a tyrant in three easy steps. Enjoy! More >>

In March 2011 we spoke with young Muslim Brotherhood organizer Mohammed Abbas about what it was like to participate in the Egyption Revolution. What he says will surprise you. More >>

Serbian resistance organizer Ivan Marovic explains how a "dilemma action" is created, using humor, to put a regime in the position where "it has no good options" for response. This video was created by students and professors at the 2011 Narco News School of Authentic Journalism, and features original artwork by Tanzanian political cartoonist Nathan Mpangala, SAJ class of 2011. More >>

On February 11, 2011 Egyptians toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak. Blogger and viral video producer Aalam Wassef was one of the many people who worked for years to make it happen. This is first in a series on the daily life of Egypt's revolution. It's a manual on how a civil resistance was built to win. More >>

Javier Sicilia calls upon the peoples of Morelos, of Mexico, and of the world, to hang plaques with the names of those who have died because of the "war on drugs" in every town and city square. And he invites everyone to participate in the national and international marches May 5 to 8 with the banner of: "STOP THE WAR! For a just Mexico, in peace." More >>

Trailer for the documentary on paramilitary terror in Colombia, the role of the government in creating and protecting it, and the struggle of the citizenry for justice. Hard-hitting investigative journalism from our colleagues at Morris Productions. More >>

“To the Armed Forces of Mexico…” With these words authentic journalist and poet Javier Sicilia reestablished the long lost social order in Mexico. He told the Army, on April 6, to go back to its barracks and do its job of defending the country from foreign invaders and natural disasters. But that We The People will solve the drug war: by ending it. More >>

Al Giordano: On January 28 the Army and its tanks were welcomed into Tahrir Square by the people. Now they have made themselves non grata. Very moving to see how when citizens surrounded a lone soldier they contained him without trying to hurt him physically, even when they had the upper hand. Take notes, "First World" anti-globalization protesters: Nobody is throwing rocks or molotovs, none have gas masks or bullet proof vests. But in 8 minutes these unarmed Egyptians nonviolently trick and defeat the Army militarily. This is your "anti riot porn manual" to get you off your boring same-old tactics and learn how to defeat dictatorship, Egyptian-style! More >>

Working with Bahraini journalist Nada Alwadi (graduate of Narco News' March 2011 workshop on Citizen Journalism & Civil Resistance in Madrid), 2011 School of Authentic Journalism scholar Hanna Nikkanen put English subtitles on this video for the song "I Am Bahraini." The song and video are a response and correction to international media claims that the Bahraini resistance is a religious dispute. But our sources in the country insist it is not that at all, but, rather, a struggle for democracy and human rights for all. Enjoy this song and video and learn more about the struggle in Bahrain... More >>

Al Giordano: This is one of the very best viral videos I've ever seen, from our Australian friends at Rap News. At the start of the vid they offer you an opportunity to click the "final version," but I advise you not to do that (just close the red banner instead) or you will miss one of its best features: a "rock video" in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of the United States. Money quotes: “We are witnessing the rise of the American citizen… In some sense we are all Americans tonight.” More >>

Journalist Al Giordano opens the 2010 session of The School of Authentic Journalism in Mexico, explaining that his life's work is organizing journalists and communicators to be more authentic and in doing so replace what he calls the "false journalism" offered by commercial media. More >>

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert spent a day picking crops at the invitation of the United Farmworkers Union, and testified before a US Congressional Committee on September 24 pleading that he never wanted to do it again. An excellent combination of parody and straight talk from the host of the Colbert Report. More >>

Just when it seemed that nobody could possibly defend the US-imposed "war on drugs" in Mexico, along comes a new NGO, Spring Breakers Without Borders, to tell us why they "frickin' love the war on drugs, dude!" This video is a joint project of Gringoyo Productions and Narco News TV. More >>

Young undocumented Americans are utilizing nonviolent civil disobedience in their campaign to push The Dream Act which would allow youths who came to the US before they were 16 to attend college, serve in the military and find a path for US citizenship. Risking not just arrest, but deportation, these heroes are demonstrating how current US anti-immigrant policies don't work. A vid by our friends Malak Behrouznami and Jesse Freeston of the Real News (with an appearance by Narco News reporter Erin Rosa.) More >>

WTF was that bicentennial statue named El Coloso (“the Colossus”) anyway? Chapo Gúzman? Saddam Hussein? Gulliver? But not a single newspaper or media reported what the whole nation saw on the TeeVee during Wednesday night’s Mexican bicentennial ceremonies; that during the seven-ton monument’s erection above 40,000 people gathered on the national Zócalo, the gigantic statue’s neck broke! (At 4:33 into the video, see it for yourself). And this was seen on the government’s “cadena nacional” which forced all TV networks to broadcast these same camera angles live. More >>

Part II of The Real News interview with journalist Bruce Livesey, who offers this theory based on his investigations: "The Sinaloans are winning… with the assistance of the Mexican Army… There is evidence that they were clearly helping the assassins of the Sinaloan cartel… We found that there are elements of the DEA… and the American government who believe this to be true." More >>

Investigative journalist Bruce Livesey, interviewed on The Real News by Jesse Freeston (Narco News School of Authentic Journalism professor, class of 2010) explains how NAFTA – the North American Free Trade Agreement – planted the seeds of today’s drug war-related violence in Mexico. (Part I of 2). More >>

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard ordered a superhighway to be built between two upper class sections of the city, which would go right through the neighborhood of La Malinche. When construction crews arrived and took sledgehammers to the residents' homes, the people gathered and chased them out. The blockade has been successful since July 26. A story of community organizing and civil resistance, and through NNTV, you are there. More >>

What is a thuggish governor with presidential aspirations to do when his PRI party is no longer in the presidency and has no clear leader to decide who the party nominee will be in 2012? For Governor Enrique Peña Nieto, the solution was easy: Get Washington to anoint him! Al Gore arrived in August with a wink and a nod - never mind that the Guv is the butcher of Atenco! - to do just that. NNTV was there to chronicle this circus. More >>

He's baaaaaack! Field Smith makes a surprise appearance in a TV ad parody of the official Mexico bicentennial PR campaign and thanks the Mexican government for all the good it does... for gringo businessmen like him. Since this spot hit the Internet in July, more than 110,000 viewers have seen it in Spanish. In this week of Mexico's bicentennial, we make it available to English speakers with subtitles. ¡Tequila para todos! More >>

Want to tell a story in a way that readers can understand it and hooks them in to your message? By night, George Sanchez, Erin Rosa and Anne Vigna are superheroes, but like Peter Parker and Clark Kent their day jobs are in news. Here, they lead a workshop on how to write a news story at the 2010 School of Authentic Journalism. More >>

Hey, remember the swine flu scare in Spring 2009 and how the media said it was going to bring an even bigger plague last autumn and winter? What? That didn't happen? Well, while the rest of us were donning surgical masks and glued to the TV, the enterprising Field Smith of Smithfield Foods combed Mexico City with his piglet in search of the pig's mother. The results were hog-larious! More >>

Organizer of the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, strategist for Martin Luther King, Jr., the Rev. Jim Lawson came to Mexico in February 2010 to the School of Authentic Journalism, where he delivered the keynote remarks and shared his history-making experiences with 70 students and professors. And now, you are there. More >>

Ever wish your movement or story had its own Wikipedia page? Ever thought an existing entry at the web encyclopedia with five million readers per day could be improved or corrected to set the record straight? Wikipedia editor Sebastian Kolendo at the 2010 School of Authentic Journalism lays out the simple steps for how you, too, can get behind the controls and define instead of being defined. More >>

Community organizers, neighborhood associations, civil rights and youth groups, unions and other social movements in Philadelphia band together to create their own media in a project that we at Narco News see as a national and international model to be replicated. Milena Velis explains how the Media Mobilizing Project does the job at the 2010 School of Authentic Journalism. More >>

A video manual on how to utilize CopyLeft and other Creative Commons licenses to both protect and share original works (an alternative to Copyrights). This vid is worth it for Nina Paley's "Copying Is Not Theft" song and animation alone! More >>

The TortureInEgypt.net blog documents cases of police torture of civilians, names the offending officers and publishes their photos when available. Noha Atef collaborated with Jesse Freeston and Milena Velis at the 2010 School of Authentic Journalism to produce this hard-hitting video on the subject. More than 15,000 viewers have seen it on YouTube, and another 30,000 on Egyptian websites. More >>

School of Authentic Journalism professor Charlie Hardy, a former Catholic priest who lives and reports from Venezuela, takes a hilarious look at the language difficulties of some US media when reporting on Latin America. Follow along with Padre Charlie to improve your vocabulary and know the true meaning of words like "pendejo" and "coger" and their geopolitical and biblical significance. More >>