November 30th: Happy Birthday Indymedia!!

Ten years have passed since the first Indymedia site came to life in November 30th 1999. Media activists came together for the first time during the amazing anti-WTO summit protests that took place in Seattle (US), kick starting the emergence of a global 'movement of movements' that has spent this decade struggling against neoliberalism, war and environmental destruction.

But this has also been a Movement that has shown a capability for constructing collective processes for democratic and horizontal alternatives to Capitalism. Indymedia is a good example of such a living alternative. For ten years a global network of websites, collectives and individuals have been working together to maintain the IMC project alive and kicking. There are many examples of successes, as well as a few instances where both Indymedia sites and indiviuals have had to face repression and even death in the hands of state repression - Brad Will, presente!. But Indymedia has not gone away, not even for a minute during these long 10 years, and it is set to continue moving forward with new strategies and energy.

Read IMC-Ireland's article 'N30 + 10 years - Remembering and celebrating "The day the political landscape changed forever'.

Happy Birthday Indymedia! .. and here is a toast for another 10 years of alternative communication and information!

IMC-London

Additions

IMC-Ireland's anniversary article

30.11.2009 20:33

Read IMC-Ireland's comprehensive article on the 10thh anniversary of N30 and Indymedia:

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94961

maqui (reposting)

The very first ever Indymedia front page

30.11.2009 20:47

Here's a screen shot of IMC-Seattle's front page on November 30th 1999, the very first ever Indymedia front page to appear on the Web . "A thing born once in Seattle amidst tear gas and protest".

maqui (reposting)