[Seattle-editorial] feature proposal: IMC birthday

[jonathan lawson]

After this, we REALLY need an N30 feature!!!!

subtitle: THESE MACHINES KILL FASCISTS
title: Independent Media Center: Three Years of Media Resistance

The resistance remains global. Three years into our shared experiments in 
open publishing, a growing number of Indymedia centers around the world 
continue to seekout and mobilize media forms which dramatically alter the 
balance of power between multinational corporations and grassroots 
community organizing.  With a bit of coding, cheap equipment, and the 
commitment of many dedicated journalist/activists, we have set up 
participatory websites providing news and commentary in seventeen 
languages, across six continents. Our work extends beyond the bounds of the 
Internet, through local media production centers, radio networks, community 
newspapers, film and video.

<p>On November 24, 1999, a trans-Pacific collaboration brought this website 
into existence in Seattle. In the three years since, Indymedia's global 
network has grown rhizomatically, crossing national borders without 
difficulty. Locating the silences where social and economic injustices are 
perpetuated, IMC journalist/activists challenge information monopolies 
based on wealth and power. This is only the beginning.

<p><a href="http://adelaide.indymedia.org">Adelaide</a>,
<a href="http://alberta.indymedia.org">Alberta</a>,
<a href="http://aotearoa.indymedia.org.nz">Aotearoa</a>,
<a href="http://argentina.indymedia.org">Argentina</a>,
<a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org">Arizona</a>,
<a href="http://athens.indymedia.org">Athens</a>,
<a href="http://atlanta.indymedia.org">Atlanta</a>,
<a href="http://austin.indymedia.org">Austin</a>,
<a href="http://austria.indymedia.org">Austria</a>,
<a href="http://baltimore.indymedia.org">Baltimore</a>,
<a href="http://barcelona.indymedia.org">Barcelona</a>,
<a href="http://belgium.indymedia.org">Belgium</a>,
<a href="http://bolivia.indymedia.org">Bolivia</a>,
<a href="http://boston.indymedia.org">Boston</a>,
<a href="http://brasil.indymedia.org">Brasil</a>,
<a href="http://brisbane.indymedia.org">Brisbane</a>,
<a href="http://bristol.indymedia.org">Bristol</a>,
<a href="http://buffalo.indymedia.org">Buffalo</a>,
<a href="http://cfl.indymedia.org">Central Florida</a>,
<a href="http://chapelhill.indymedia.org">Chapel Hill</a>,
<a href="http://chiapas.indymedia.org">Chiapas</a>,
<a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org">Chicago</a>,
<a href="http://chile.indymedia.org">Chile</a>,
<a href="http://cleveland.indymedia.org">Cleveland</a>,
<a href="http://colombia.indymedia.org">Colombia</a>,
<a href="http://cyprus.indymedia.org">Cyprus</a>,
<a href="http://madhattersimc.org">Danbury</a>,
<a href="http://dc.indymedia.org">Washington, DC<a>,
<a href="http://ecuador.indymedia.org">Ecuador</a>,
<a href="http://eugene.indymedia.org">Eugene</a>,
<a href="http://euskalherria.indymedia.org">Euskal Herria</a>,
<a href="http://www.vaikuttava.net/">Finland</a>,
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org">France</a>,
<a href="http://germany.indymedia.org">Germany</a>,
<a href="http://hamilton.indymedia.org">Hamilton</a>,
<a href="http://indyhawaii.org">Hawaii</a>,
<a href="http://houston.indymedia.org">Houston</a>,
<a href="http://208.39.216.125/">Idaho</a>,
<a href="http://india.indymedia.org">India</a>,
<a href="http://ireland.indymedia.org">Ireland</a>,
<a href="http://www.indymedia.il">Israel</a>,
<a href="http://italy.indymedia.org">Italy</a>,
<a href="http://ithaca.indymedia.org">Ithaca</a>,
<a href="http://jakarta.indymedia.org">Jakarta</a>,
<a href="http://jerusalem.indymedia.org">Jerusalem</a>,
<a href="http://la.indymedia.org">Los Angeles</a>,
<a href="http://madison.indymedia.org">Madison</a>,
<a href="http://madrid.indymedia.org">Madrid</a>,
<a href="http://maine.indymedia.org">Maine</a>,
<a href="http://maritimes.indymedia.org">Maritimes</a>,
<a href="http://melbourne.indymedia.org">Melbourne</a>,
<a href="http://mexico.indymedia.org">Mexico</a>,
<a href="http://michiganimc.org">Michigan</a>,
<a href="http://milwaukee.indymedia.org">Milwaukee</a>,
<a href="http://twincities.indymedia.org">Minneapolis/St. Paul</a>,
<a href="http://montreal.indymedia.org">Montreal</a>,
<a href="http://mumbai.indymedia.org">Mumbai</a>,
<a href="http://netherlands.indymedia.org">Netherlands</a>,
<a href="http://newjersey.indymedia.org">New Jersey </a>,
<a href="http://newmexico.indymedia.org">New Mexico</a>,
<a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org">New York City</a>,
<a href="http://nycap.indymedia.org">New York Capitol</a>,
<a href="http://nigeria.indymedia.org">Nigeria</a>,
<a href="http://www.ntimc.org">North Texas</a>,
<a href="http://norway.indymedia.no">Norway</a>,
<a href="http://ontario.indymedia.org">Ontario</a>,
<a href="http://ottawa.indymedia.org">Ottawa</a>,
<a href="http://peru.indymedia.org/">Peru</a>,
<a href="http://phillyimc.org">Philadelphia</a>,
<a href="http://portland.indymedia.org">Portland</a>,
<a href="http://pt.indymedia.org">Portugal</a>,
<a 
href="http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/qollasuyu/qollasuyu.shtml">Qollasyu</a>,
<a href="http://quebec.indymedia.org">Québec</a>,
<a href="http://richmond.indymedia.org">Richmond</a>,
<a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org">Rochester</a>,
<a href="http://rockymountain.indymedia.org">Rocky Mountain</a>,
<a href="http://argentina.indymedia.org/features/rosario/">Rosario</a>,
<a href="http://russia.indymedia.org">Russia</a>,
<a href="http://sl.indymedia.org">St. Louis</a>,
<a href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org">San Diego</a>,
<a href="http://sf.indymedia.org">San Francisco</a>,
<a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org">Santa Cruz</a>,
<a href="http://southafrica.indymedia.org">Seattle</a>,
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org">South Africa</a>,
<a href="http://sweden.indymedia.org">Sweden</a>,
<a href="http://switzerland.indymedia.org">Switzerland</a>,
<a href="http://sydney.indymedia.org">Sydney</a>,
<a href="http://thessaloniki.indymedia.org">Thessaloniki</a>,
<a href="http://thunderbay.indymedia.org">Thunder Bay</a>,
<a href="http://tijuanaimc.org">Tijuana</a>,
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/">United Kingdom</a>,
<a href="http://urbana.indymedia.org">Urbana-Champaign</a>,
<a href="http://uruguay.indymedia.org">Uruguay</a>,
<a href="http://utah.indymedia.org">Utah</a>,
<a href="http://vancouver.indymedia.org">Vancouver</a>,
<a href="http://victoria.indymedia.org">Victoria</a>,
<a href="http://vermont.indymedia.org">Vermont</a>,
<a href="http://wmassimc.org">Western Massachusetts</a>,
<a href="http://windsor.indymedia.org">Windsor</a>,
<a href="http://zimbabwe.indymedia.org">Zimbabwe</a>,
and, in the works, <a href="http://ambazonia.indymedia.de/">Ambazonia</a>, 
Beirut, Guatemala, Hungary, Indianapolis, Istanbul, Kansas City, Lancaster, 
Lille, London, Miami, Nice, Phillipines, Pittsburgh, Polska, Sacramento, 
Sonora, Springfield, Swaziland, <a 
href="http://imc.tallytown.com">Tallahassee</a>, Toledo, Venezuela and 
others. <br>

Also:  <a href="http://radio.indymedia.org">Radio</a>,
<a href="http://print.indymedia.org">Print</a>,
<a href="http://satellite.indymedia.org">Satellite TV</a>,
<a href="http://climate.indymedia.org">Climate</a>,
<a href="http://process.indymedia.org">Process</a>,
<a href="http://tech.indymedia.org">Tech</a>,
<a href="http://global.indymedia.org">Discussion</a>,
<a href="http://volunteer.indymedia.org">Volunteer</a>
and of course <a href="http://www.indymedia.org">Global</a>.