What's the Matter with Indymedia?
Jennifer Whitney ,

"Conceived initially to allow everybody to 'be the media,' Indymedia is plagued by everything from fascist messages to paralyzing ideology to good old fashioned laziness."

This article is part of a special issue of LiP magazine called, "Constructively Negative: Sacred Cows", in
which pretty much all the articles attack various things the left
takes for granted as being awesome:

"Featuring the gleeful evisceration of such sacred cows as pacifism,
organics, woman-centered feminism, work, representative democracy,
irony, and consensus, among many others." (from the website
 http://www.lipmagazine.org/, describing the issue )
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"What's wrong with Mimicking Corporate Media"
salaud,

-- A response to Jennifer Whitney's article on indymedia, which can be found here

The spirit of critique and wanting to help move indymedia forward is something I really appreciate. However, Jennifer Whitney's article, "The Good, The Bad, & (sic) The Ugly: "What's the Matter with Indymedia?" is one part critique, and two parts personal axe grinding, three parts "Ra! Ra! UC, NYC, 501-c(3) IMC" . Beyond the fact that the article is so deliberately misleading in many ways, it should be critiqued on the facts and arguments that it proposes about editorial policy and the mission of indymedia. To its credit, this article raises some of the right types of questions about indymedia's effectiveness and methods, but to its detriment, gives all the wrong answers. Rather, it gives short sighted answers or all the same 'ol answers.

Critical Mass Radio Broadcast Today!
cmrn,

Critical Mass Radio Broadcast - Today!

To listen click here or here

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought.
-- Article 18, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

This month's Critical Mass Radio Network broadcast focuses on the theme of freedom/libertad. It's time to reclaim the idea of freedom from the purveyors of freedom fries and proponents of the free market - we'll take a different look at freedom in its many-sided glory. RadioActive sanDiego will focus on Freedom of Movement in relation to the US/MEX border, the Minutemen, detention centers, immigration, and the possibility of a world sin fronteras. RadioActive will broadcasting its segment from 2:30pm-4pm.

Also, this month, we are welcoming Radio Zapote! from Mexico City into the Critical Mass broadcast! Bienvenidos compas!

The broadcast runs from 1pm - 11pm PST all day

Get your Representative to co-sponsor this
bruce,

Once again, the mainstream media are ignoring that which challenges the established power; please speak out and don't be lulled by reports of a 'troop drawdown' in 2006. Fire the Liars !!!!
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Save Community Broadband
bruce,

The corporate pigs are using their toadies to feed at the trough again!
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/29 !LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
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LA Indymedia
1planet1people,

Because there are many media activists that use the site, please leave updates when the server is down. We need to know if it is a hacker, an enemy (patriot act), or a tech problem. You have many people ready to respond, and who immediately looks to the SD indymedia site for details, please don’t leave us in the dark….
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Remember Medical Cannabis Activist McWilliams
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Medical marijuana activist Steve McWilliams, whose health deteriorated markedly after he was arrested and lost access to his medicine in 2002, took his own life on July 11 and was remembered in a memorial service at the San Diego Community Concourse near City Hall July 19. Among the speakers were his surviving partner and fellow activist, Barbara MacKenzie, many medical marijuana users who recalled how McWilliams had helped them, and other community activists and supporters.
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Let's Secede! A Manifesto for New California
bruce,

This wicked bit of liberal agitprop (and that's my kind of fun) crash-landed in my inbox today from  http://www.lavoice.org/article933.html
I did not write it and don't know who did. But maybe it'll get you thinking about how badly the Bush administration has ruined our nation's sense of self, our unity, and our common sense. And maybe give you a laugh.
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dont get squeezed by big cable
steve,

Media does matter
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A Prayer Wrapped in Blue Smoke
rockartist,

A prayer Poem for Leonard Peltier and Anna Mae Aquash and
the world
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Gaza mosque welcomes London attacks
pointer,

Palestinians Cheer London Bombers
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Soldiers in Iraq blog
bruce,

"The public’s own inability to see its nationalistic fervor is what’s actually hindering people from seeing the overall picture. If they can try to understand it through the eyes and from the shoes of the Iraqis, they can understand that war is shit, and it’s not accomplishing anything."

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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/22 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
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Rockin' the Boat: FRSD 96.6 FM Raided!
V-Man,

Interview with Bob Ugly, co-founder of Free Radio San Diego 96.9 FM about the 7/21/05 FCC raid of the small piratre station.
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San Diego Escalates its War on Free Speech: Free Radio San Diego 96.9 Raided
lotu5,

Two activists are still in jail for defending the first amendment in the recent Grand Jury witchhunt. More activists are receiving subpoenas daily. Today the war on Free Speech in San Diego was escalated to a new level.

This morning, July 21st, at approximately 11AM, Pirate 96.9 was raided by the FCC.

Interview on radioActive sanDiego | Interview on Free Radio Santa Cruz | Please replay on your free, community and pirate radio stations.

The broadcast location of Pirate 96.9 was raided by a number of FCC agents with marshalls. No one was present at the location, so the FCC broke the locks on their doors, entered by force, took their equipment and left. They left a warrant behind them.

The antenna was taken as well as a number of other major components of broadcasting equipment.

Pirate 96.9 is currently off the air. More information at http://pirate969.org

Read a blog entry from just after the raid here: steadydietofnothing

For more photos, click read more.
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subMedia releases first DVD/Zine on Bit Torre
subMedia,

Independent Media Group subMedia ( http://submediatv.com) has released its first DVZ (DVD/Zine) ‘‘Molotov’’ as a free download on the Bittorrent network. subMedia founder Franklin Lopez made the announcement last week, after the last ‘hard copy’ of ‘‘Molotov’’ was sold to a costumer in Norway.

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Karl Rove: PARENTS ABANDONED HIM--George Bush
Clayton Hallmark,

Today Bush says he will fire for convictions, not mere leaks. The consensus of lawyers is that Karl Rove will be indicted in the Valerie Plame outing case -- and not for what you think. Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appears to have a slam-dunk case under Title 18, Sec. 641, USC (which is NOT about outing a covert agent) just as the DOJ did for leaker Jonathan Randel, who got a year in prison. Karl Rove was abandoned by both of his parents -- the man he called Dad left home, Rove found out "Dad" wasn't his father after all (his aunt and uncle "outed" this at the dinner table), and his mother committed suicide.
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Margaret Hassan - a letter to Iraq (BKH)
brent herbert,

Will King George get brave and take the next reckless step?
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“Lavender and Red”: Leslie Feinberg Speaks
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Transgender Lesbian activist and author Leslie Feinberg spoke at the International Action Center in San Diego July 17 and discussed her series "Lavender and Red," published in "Workers' World" newspaper. She argued that not only does the U.S. need a socialist revolution but that racism, sexism, anti-Queer prejudices and all other forms of oppression need to be dealt with now, not "after the revolution," to build the unity needed to win. Feinberg also discussed the so-called "REAL ID Act" and how it will hurt Transgender people and women who've fled abusive relationships, as well as the undocumented immigrants it deliberately targeted.
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“Guantánamo” Play Dramatizes Rights Abuses
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The British play "Guantánamo: 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'" was presented in a staged reading at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church July 12. Drawn exclusively from testimony from Guantánamo detainees and public statements by defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other officials, the play brings a human dimension to the allegations of torture and abuse of the Guantánamo prisoners by the U.S. military. After the play, local attorney and law professor Marjorie Cohn led a discussion which touched on recent allegations in the "New Yorker" that the abuses at Guantánamo are part of a deliberate psychological strategy to wear down the prisoners and get them to talk.
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FBI Says It Has Files on Rights Groups
bruce,

The FBI has thousands of pages of records in its files relating to the monitoring of civil rights, environmental and similar advocacy groups, the Justice Department acknowledges. And justify it by "or indications that a person may know something about a crime." Like what I read in the media about the Bush Administration,the environment,or Iraq?
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Campo - 150 March in Support of Human Rights
Jonathan / Onto,

This just in from Campo... About 150 people traveled to the desert from all parts of California to support the human rights of immigrants. The group gathered in Campo this weekend to let the Border Patrol Auxiliary know that most Californians are against their vigilantly patrols of the border.

The Border Patrol Auxiliary is a spin off of the Minute Men. They had planned to meet at the VFW today to plan their vigilante actions. When the marchers reached the VFW the Minute Men were nowhere to be found. Apparently they met elsewhere to avoid being faced with how people feel about their actions.

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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/15 !LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Cuba, Netherlands, and Russia.
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LONDON - TERRORISM ORDERED BY THE STATE
do,

IS FECIT CUI PRODEST : Blasts could boost Blair's support !
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Rumour Mongering - turning the tables on the
brent herbert,

Or how to create a media system which is a public utility, instead of a capitalist brain washing outfit, in really easy steps...
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The London bombings: an "inside job"?
a Christian,

Attentive journalists have already uncovered solid evidence that the London bombings were an "inside job," orchestrated--or at least "allowed" to happen--by industry and government insiders (US, UK, and/or others). Just like last year's Madrid train bombings, and just like 9/11. Read the following aticles and book excerpts, and spread the word! WE HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW--BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA SPIN A MYTH THAT WILL EXPAND THEIR WARS--TO DEMAND AND LEARN THE TRUTH.

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Fox News lifts New Mexico Minutemen from obsc
anonymous,

Fox News publicizes James Chase and Clifford Alford's New Mexico Minutemen, whips up reaction against migrant proletarians and hysterical right-wing attacks against the ACLU.
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If you needed reminding that FOX is fascist
bruce,

First it was Paul Harvey supporting slavery, genocide and nuclear and biological warfare on Disney/ABC now FOX shows it's own inhumanity.
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/7/05 !LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Spain, Cuba, and Russia.
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