the open publishing aspect of Indymedia is dead

... instead, the only remaining value of our network (which is
considerable) is our connection to social movements. So, maybe its time
for local IMCs to take stock and do a critical self evaluation as to how
connected we are to movements and movement organizations locally, and
prioritize that work of outreach, training, growing...

Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is You

 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061217/tc_nm/time_dc

You were named Time magazine "Person of the Year" on Saturday for the
explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content
such as blogs, video-file sharing site YouTube and social network
MySpace.

"For seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing
the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the
pros at their own game, Time's Person of the Year for 2006 is you,"
the magazine's Lev Grossman wrote.

The magazine has put a mirror on the cover of its "Person of the
Year" issue, released on Monday, "because it literally reflects the
idea that you, not us, are transforming the information age," Editor
Richard Stengel said in a statement....