London Indymedia

Streets A Beach - The Indymedia Story

Lost Child | 03.05.2008 14:55 | London

Ever wondered just how indymedia started? or where it came from?

Free Event - Monday 5th May

As part of a season of events exploring the political and cultural legacies of 1968, this free Monday Love Special at the Roxy Bar & Screen will present the history of indymedia,
from the hills of Chiapas to Reclaim The Streets, Genoa and the G8
with guest attendant and Master of Ceremonies, MC Lee Harris, footsoulja of '68

Live music, DJ's and anarchy till 1am

1968 at Roxy Bar & Screen
1968 at Roxy Bar & Screen

1968 at Roxy Bar & Screen
1968 at Roxy Bar & Screen

1968 at Roxy Bar & Screen
1968 at Roxy Bar & Screen


This multi media event at The Roxy Bar & Screen on Monday 5th May will be a fantastic opportunity to meet the volunteers of London Indymedia.
Many of the media activists who use the site today to campaign on subjects such as civil liberties, immigration and Climate Change, will be present to answer your questions.

 http://www.roxybarandscreen.com/info.php


From the Zapatista uprising, to Reclaim The Streets, Earth First movement to the Seattle WTO meeting and beyond, the Indymedia Colective represents the global struggle against Capitalist takeover and Corporate greed.
MC Lee Harris, footsouldja of the underground, films and reasoning by London Indymedia, DJs and interactive anarchy by Monday Love Pirates.

From its 1999 origins reporting protest in Seattle, today over 150 Independent Media
Centres operate around the world. London Indymedia Kollective presents a multi-media evening revealing how it has successfully stood against corporate capitalist media and provided some of the best coverage of events that the mainstream ignores or misrepresents.


The evening will be introduced by MC Lee Harris the footsoldier of the underground in 1968,
with his prose and his poetry and his angel headed hip-hop partner RiverStyx, they will be master of ceremonies and give a very special live performance of 'Summer of 68' the song.

 http://www.leeharris.co.uk/LeeHarris/Works/afootsol.htm

DJs and late night anarchy by the Monday Love Pirates

Monday 5th May at 7pm
Roxy Bar and Screen
128-132 Borough High Street
London SE1 1LB
 http://www.roxybarandscreen.com/

"if you dig up the pavements, you find sand, so lets turn the streets to beaches"

 http://www.1968.org.uk/

Lost Child
- Homepage: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2008/04/396928.html

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