[Seattle-editorial] feature proposal: IMC birthday

Sat Nov 23 19:38:27 PST 2002

also, thumbs up. and I like the title as is.  Indymedia definately has a 
militant side and when better than our birthday to wave our flag.

-Jason

Susan wrote:

> Yay! -- great feature, jonathan, and much needed!!
>
> only 3 comments: 
>
> 1 --  the subtitle is a little too militant for my own tastes, but i'd 
> let it go if others are into it.  i like the historical tip of the hat 
> aspect (Woody Guthrie's guitar, or?).... what if we altered it 
> slightly to say "These Machines Kill Facism"  -- in which case, I'd 
> have no problem at all with it.
>
> 2 -- seek out  (separate words, first paragraph)
>
> 3 --  should we add in a link to that very first posting:   "Click 
> here for the original Indymedia newswire post, and sign the 'birthday 
> card'!"  -- or some such.  people wrote some beautiful, thoughtful 
> prose last year regarding the IMC:
> http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2&group=webcast
>
> <http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2&group=webcast>Thumbs 
> up!!!!
>
> -- Susan
>
> At 06:57 PM 11/23/02, jonathan lawson wrote:
>
>> 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>.
>>
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