453

Arte Útil archive nr:

453

Initiator:

Various Activists

Location:

Website – (the website is translated in English, Spanish, Greek French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Hebrew and Arabic)

Category:

politics

Users:

Activists, Journalists, Politicians, Citizens

Maintained by:

The creators, the users, private donors.

Certification:

implemented

Duration:

1999 - ongoing

Various Activists
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Indymedia.org

Description:

The Independent Media Center (IMC), established by various independent and alternative media organizations and activists, is a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate journalism. Indymedia was founded as an alternative to government and corporate media, and seeks to facilitate people to publish news as directly as possible.

Goals:

To empower people to use the media by presenting honest, accurate, powerful independent reports, to develop as much independent media as possible.

Beneficial Outcomes:

IMC collectives distribute print, audio, photo, video media and newswires, sites where anyone can publish news from their own perspective.

Images:

Actions against G8 in Genua, July 2000. Photo Han Soete, Indymedia.be
Action against Bush’s visit to the European institutions, Brussel, February 2005. Photo: Han Soete, indymedia.be