| Summary: | Writers need to resist an increasingly homogenized media that delivers only the message of the dominant classes. The consolidation of media properties has put the ability to promote music, film, television, radio, and books under the control of a handful of transnational conglomerates. In order to quell dissenting voices, those who contradict the dominant messages are taken from the airwaves, imprisoned, or killed, as in the case of Nigerian activist, poet, and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. However, resistance to the impoverishment imposed by globalization continues to thrive, thanks to grassroots organizations, labor unions, youth movements, and more. Writers can join this resistance by using alternate means of publication: small independent presses, university presses, self-publishing, and the Internet.
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