Farewell to Indymedia London and Shift Magazine

This special edition of Dissident Island features two radical media collectives: London Indymedia and Shift Magazine.

Featured Speakers/Commentators: tony, maqui, yossarian, rikki, lauren, ben, dissident island, jahpawa, dissident island crew

As media outlets, both have been invaluable resources, contributing to the proliferation of information, communication, opinion and discussion within the UK radical political movements in which they are situated â and both have recently made public their decisions to close, stating a desire to move on to other political work.

The show features Dissident Island in conversation with members of the London Indymedia collective and editors of Shift Magazine in hopes of identifying some of their reasons for wrapping up and moving on. Weâll reflect on the state of independent media production in the current information age and discuss the challenges of nurturing cultures of constructive criticism and discussion in radical movements.

Music-wise we've got some uplifting interludes and DJ Jahpawa ending the show with some fabulous dubstep!

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Thank you DI

21.11.2012 11:53

Thank you Dissident Island for doing these interviews, i found them really interesting and thoughtful about the state of alternative media and criticism. I am sad to hear the projects are closing as i found them both good sources of information but can understand their reasoning, more so after the radio show.

Liz

Who we are

21.11.2012 13:55

IMO Indymedia is still needed

That Yossarian geezer was trying to make out he was involved from the late 1990's i.e. from the start, he did't get involved until two months after 9-11-2001

Well what do you expect

Who we are

http://www.headlondon.com/who-we-are.
What we do

http://blog.headlondon.com/tag/webcameron/

What we made

The founding guys, and the founding gals.

21.11.2012 16:51

Yossarian is and was a valued addition. But the people who made the Indy project work from its first beginnings were always heavyweights who do an awful lot more than just the web work. They are the hand that rocks the cradle. Some of them are still involved with IMC and some are busy doing other things. But one things is certain, we are all as active now as the day we started. The people who are trying to narrow us down work tirelessly every day to stop us. We work every minute of every day to replace them.

"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
Bob Marley [6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981]

DI Rad.

Yossarian is and was a valued addition .....

21.11.2012 22:07

Yah but to whom?

Dave Cameron, British Heart Foundation, Microsoft, Withers LLP, British Gas to name but 5

Mind you yossarian did win an award for "Revolution" i.e. a Revolution Award in 2006. for the spoof footy site "England Allstars" in the Best Website category.

In the late 1990's when he wasn't involved with Indymedia he was recieving a "Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award", which is odd for an "anti" Capitalist.

Anyways each to their own and there's nowt so queer (not in the gay way) as folk .....

Zoltan K.

UK Indymedia