IMC presence in the Autonomous Bloc 1 ...
... and 2
Two of the main issues of this year's MayDay
A demonstrator making his case quite clearly
Autonomous Bloc re-assembled in Trafalgar Sq after the cops took the Soundsystem
... and so, the F.I.T always in operation!
Anonymous onlookers from the National Gallery's roof. Who were they?
Indymedia's Public Access Point set up for the day.
People uploading their reports after the demo and other events ended
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people on the roof
03.05.2006 21:32
un-FIT
Re: people on the roof
04.05.2006 08:45
ACAB
our neil?!
04.05.2006 09:04
**
ah
04.05.2006 12:00
Neil williams
late cider
04.05.2006 14:34
observer
dear observer
04.05.2006 17:42
The pics took one and a half days to appear (the same as many other reports about worldwide mayday events, by the way) because people have lives and other commitments apart from publishing in imc. This is a volunteer run project, which should not be seen in terms of professionalism as defined by corporate media. If you don't understand this I wonder why you bother to check imc anyway. If what you want is fast 'news', then you are better off buying the Evening Standart mate, it comes out twice a day! ... although it is mostly crap. Your choice anyway.
And yup, before you ask again, I would read a two day old paper, or magazine (I often do), or watch a 20 year old video, or listen to a last year's radio programme. If you wouldn't you could probably be missing quite a bit actually.
What would you have actually gained by seeing this pics some 48 hours earlier? Don't you see? This is the corporate media's set up ... produce 'news' fast, so that they can be consumed whilst cramped on a train or bus. Well, Indymedia is a completely different ball game altogether.
As for the stigmas and assumptions you mention, .. well there are so many things in life that carry these, that it is akmost redundant to bother too much about them. Peple are free to assume whatever they want, but quite often assumptions don't match reality at all as you probably know, or should know anyway.
By the way, I wonder what the stigma attached to an orange jucie bottle that can also be seen in te previous pic may be? I could make as many assuptions as I wonted really. But would this be worth a comment in imc?!
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