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In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
  Houston Independent Media Center
Judge Keller has been quoted in the media as having told the clerk of the Court to convey to Richard's lawyers that "We close at 5".
The SHAPE community center elders and Free Radicals Protest Samba band led the crowd through Dowling Street, stopping for a few moments to mark the assassination of Black Panther party member Carl Hampton and then marching on to SHAPE for a rally.
Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Houston Independent Media Center.
houston.indymedia.org   (2692 words)

  
 the Cleveland Independent Media Center   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The DC-IMC is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization of independent media producers and investigative researchers, and operates in solidarity with an international network of independent media centers to create a viable alternative to the profit-driven agenda of the corporate media.
All IMC's recognize the importance of process to social change and are committed to the development of non-hierarchical and anti-authoritarian relationships, from interpersonal relationships to group dynamics.
All IMC's shall be committed to the use of free source code, whenever possible, in order to develop the digital infrastructure, and to increase the independence of the network by not relying on proprietary software.
www.worldgain.com /imc/info.html   (1460 words)

  
 Peacework - Sept. 2001 - Boston’s Independent Media Center
The recent raid on the Independent Media Center in Genoa is the latest in a series of intimidating acts and threats to the movement of independent media centers.
At the IMC in Los Angeles during the August 2000 Democratic National Convention, a police raid closed down the satellite van that was scheduled to uplink live IMC television to a national grassroots community television network.
The IMC gained a victory for the independent press community when these injunctions were withdrawn by the FBI after the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center intervened to support the IMCs.
www.afsc.org /pwork/0109/010910.htm   (3734 words)

  
 Politics: Endymedia (Seattle Weekly)
The idea of independent media producers pooling their content in one place while covering a major protest was not new, of course.
A number of media activists complained that the core group running the IMC was cliquish and inaccessible; at one point, nonwhite media activists discussed starting their own competing local IMC.
The Seattle IMC Web site aspired to be a credible local news source, but in practice it was open publishing, meaning that anyone could send in a story and it would run untouched.
www.seattleweekly.com /news/0349/031203_news_geovparrish.php   (928 words)

  
 Baltimore Independent Media Center: info
Drafted 7/25/01 The Independent Media Center is a global network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.
The Baltimore IMC meets at the Progressive Action Center, 1443 Gorsuch Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218 (Corner of Gorsuch and Kirk), and is developing this space as a working environment.
Support Independent Media The Independent Media Center is a grassroots organization committed to using media production and distribution as a tool for promoting social and economic justice.
baltimore.indymedia.org /mod/info   (362 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - Indymedia Call for Participation Around ESF   (Site not responding. Last check: )
media networks to participate in organising, developing and experimenting with skill sharing, creating networks of alternative communication projects and campaigns, and producing grassroots media relevant to thousands of participants, a global audience and our social movements.
The IMC will be at the Camden Centre - located next to Kings Cross, in the Bloomsbury area (one of the two major ESF locations), and is one of a number of autonomous spaces around the ESF.
The media centre and the Camden centre stalls, as well as the other autonomous spaces all need to have a wide range of media to share, give away and distribute.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2004/09/298250.html   (2262 words)

  
 Ottawa Independent Media Center
There will be a screening of "Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge" (2004) and a talk with Joanne St. Lewis on the mainstream media's role in the "war on terror".
A collective of media makers from across Ontario and Quebec prepared an Independent Media Center (IMC) in late August to cover the popular mobilization around the Summit for the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the state visits to Quebec of Bush, Harper, and Calderón.
This feature is the IMC's information clearinghouse on anti-SPP and the ongoing mobilization against the Bush/Calderón visit.
ottawa.indymedia.ca   (545 words)

  
 Independent children's media center "Children's Voice"
Our partners in holding this competition were: Jytomyr region center of youth initiatives, Agency of public information "Initiative" and "Public opinion" newspaper (Lviv region).
All the materials of this web-site are the property of the Independent children's media center "Children's Voice".
Their usage in any form - only with the permission of the media center.
www.fyce.org /mediacenter/mediacenter_eng/html/konkurs.htm   (102 words)

  
 FBI raids media center   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On Saturday night, FBI agents raided the offices of the Independent Media Center in downtown Seattle, according to federal sources.
Center spokeswoman Sheri Herndon said she and other staff have been told "not to talk about" the incident under threat of being held in contempt of court.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police referred a call for comment on the IMC incident to Quebec Provincial Police, which was in charge of security at the summit.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/19980_security24.shtml   (626 words)

  
 massive-MEDIA: Independent Media Center
The Independent Media Center, at indymedia.org, is, according to their own About page:
I've chosen this organization as a source for the media to be used in this project.
Optimally, any sort of media could be used, but I've realized that (a) it's easier to design first for a specific type of media, (b) they've already got the media collected along with some metadata and (c) I think it's a good cause.
www.massive-media.org /mt/archives/000011.html   (141 words)

  
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Perhaps people who protest the power [that] multinational corporations, faceless international financial institutions, and inaccessible governments have over their lives find encouragement in Indymedia's news wire, which encourages them to present their own account of what is happening in the world.
People participating in protests that question the very tenets of corporate domination of their lives understand why their issues are unlikely to receive honest consideration in the corporate-owned media.
Individuals claiming "journalistic" status in IMC's name are often active participants in disruptive demonstrations or "direct-actions." And while Indymedia's independent centers reportedly "have explicit policies to strongly deter reporters from participating in direct actions while reporting," Indymedia states that "[e]ach Indymedia reporter/organizer must make [the distinction between 'journalist' and 'activist'] for him/herself."
www.discoverthenetwork.org /groupprofile.asp?grpid=6282   (662 words)

  
 Independent media center sets up in Tribeca
In conjunction with creating a media hub on Church St., organizers also have another Tribeca location, Gigantic Art Space at 59 Franklin St. The gallery is a registration center for journalists and as an environment to exhibit some of their work.
Lea Rekow, the director of the gallery, which has displayed such installations “D Troit” which featured Detroit artists, said she embraced the idea since the gallery was going to be unoccupied during August idea and because the project dovetailed with the gallery’s objective.
Although the Independent Media Center is located nearly three miles away from the activity of the convention, Anderson believes that the separation will not hinder the efforts of any of the reporters working from Church St.
www.downtownexpress.com /de_68/independentmediacenter.html   (515 words)

  
 Independent Media Center -
Corporate media have been reporting 3 dead, but those reports have NOT been confirmed, and medics said this was not true.
A reporter from IMC-UK, who is inside the center, is reporting that there are 10 injured people inside the IMC, three of whom were taken away by ambulance.
Those inside the center are requesting that people contact media and governments to dennounce the activities of the Italian police.
freespace.virgin.net /smells.bad/media/Independent_Media_Center_-.htm   (1090 words)

  
 Independent Media Center | Bloomington-Normal Illinois
Anthony DiMaggio is co-editor and writer for Bloomington-Normal's independent newspaper - the Indy.
That's why media and intellectuals so scrupulously ignore what they did when they were running the first "war on terror" that they declared 20 years ago.
That's the secret of being a "responsible intellectual," someone who serves power abjectly while believing oneself to be an independent thinker.
indy.pabn.org /archives/214noam.shtml   (1125 words)

  
 Independent Media Center | www.indymedia.org | ((( i )))
The story was picked up by independent media, but no mainstream media outlet has acknowledged it.
Readers are encouraged to contact the media directly, and have prepared a list of media contacts and a sample letter.
The building where the Cultural Center existed belongs to the Banerj Bank, which was recently bought by the gropu Itaú Bank, and was abandoned for more than twelve years, with many accumulated debts of taxes not paid.
www.indymedia.org /en   (3016 words)

  
 Pittsburgh Independent Media Center
Opinions are those of the contributors and are not endorsed by the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center.
Leading the 1.5 mile march organized by the Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee were members of Iraq Vets Against the War and Veterans for Peace, followed by high school and college students comprising a "youth against enlistment" contingent.
Adding to the festive nature of the march was a marching band and a cluster of anarchists carrying more than a dozen large fl flags.
pittsburgh.indymedia.org   (1966 words)

  
 portland imc - what is "open publishing"?
At the heart of Indymedia is the principle of "Open Publishing", which allows anyone to self-publish their work on the IMC web sites.
The IMC Newswire encourages people to become the media by posting their articles, analysis, videos, audio clips and artwork directly to the web site using the "Publish" form.
After an article has been posted, it can be removed from the Newswire and placed in the compost bin.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/04/286523.shtml   (190 words)

  
 Ottawa Independent Media Center
His speaking appearances are generally warmly received by the public in Japan, if not ignored by the Japanese government and mainstream media.
Upon returning to the States, he was appointed chief of nuclear medicine at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
He recalls that a group of American veterans who had served in Iraq were referred to him with apparent traces of uranium in their bodies.
ottawa.indymedia.ca /en/2005/05/902.shtml   (613 words)

  
 Independent Media Center Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reliable news and information about social movements is finding less and less space within traditional media.
Independence is the most important trump card we have against a media landscape where commercialism is the norm.
The aim of Indymedia.be is provide a venue for people to have their voices heard.
indymedia.all2all.org /process/about.php   (162 words)

  
 Independent Media Center of Philadelphia | Media
Media Tank, a local media watchdog group, is calling for a Citizen Oversight Board for the upcoming City Wifi deal with Earthlink.
In a statement before City Council, Media Tank recently cited the failure of Comcast to provide public access as evidence of the need for community oversight.
Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
www.phillyimc.org /en/media/archive9.shtml   (1033 words)

  
 Melbourne Independent Media Center
We thank our many loyal readers and contributors for several years of grassroots journalism and media activism and hope we can resume reporting with an even better interface at some stage in the future.
The Australian Conservation Foundation's (ACF) Peter Rawlinson Award was given to 'Uncle' Kevin Buzzacott, an Arabunna elder, on World Environment Day in 2007 for two decades of work highlighting the impacts of uranium mining and promoting a nuclear free Australia.
Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Melbourne Independent Media Center.
www.melbourne.indymedia.org   (1548 words)

  
 Independent children's media center "Children's Voice"
Independent Children's Media-Center "Children's Voice" is a project created
The main idea of the project is to present children's point of view on different problems concerning situation of children in Ukraine and to develop their journalistic skills.
All media productions are made completely by children.
www.fyce.org /mediacenter/mediacenter_eng/html/about.htm   (215 words)

  
 Sacramento Independent Media Center -- Home (putting the "i-can" in American!)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.
The Sac IMC is currently limited to HTML.
All content is free for reprint and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere, for non-commercial use, unless otherwise noted by author.
flag.blackened.net /sacimc   (377 words)

  
 Resource Collection - Independent Media   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When Corporate Media Cover 'Independent Media' - from Common Dreams
Madison Independent Media Center - written and streaming audio
Independent Media Center - written and streaming audio
www.sustaindane.org /main/resources_independentmedia.htm   (106 words)

  
 Why War? Independent Media Center (IMC)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
With all the recent propaganda released by police about the upcoming Free Trade Agreement of the Americas protests in Miami, Indymedia provides a refreshingly realistic account of the preparations (on both sides) being made to ready Miami for the impact of the FTAA.
"An agent from the Secret Service paid a visit to the Lucy Parsons Center, a long-time radical bookstore and infoshop in Boston.
Earlier in the week the bookstore received a suspicious piece of mail allegedly sent from the bookstore and containing questionable material.
www.why-war.com /news/sources/independentmediacenter   (575 words)

  
 Independent Media Center Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Thanks for contributing to Indymedia Belgium's open publishing Newswire.
Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Independent Media Center Belgium.
BELGIUM INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE MEDIA BY andamp; FOR THE PEOPLE SINCE JUNE 2000
indymedia.all2all.org /comment.php?top_id=72093   (147 words)

  
 austin indymedia: home
The documentary uses the student movement as a jumping off point to examine the legacies of colonialism and neocolonialism in Africa, the impact of economic globalization and the subjugation of the English speaking Ambazonia region by the French neocolonial Cameroon Regime.
This documentary is the first film of director Valentine Eben, a member of the Ambazonia Independent Media Center, who will be joining us to present his film and facilitate a discussion afterwards.
Save Bookwoman; Austin's Only Independent Women's Bookstore (1 comment)
austin.indymedia.org   (1066 words)

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