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This weeks Indymedia Newswire Radio show

12-10-2005 15:26

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Every wednesday there is an hour long Indymedia Newswire Show on Resonance FM. You can find this weeks show on radio.indymedia.org >>  http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/7220.php

Uploaded here are several sections extracted that fit with stories found on indymedia this week.

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Audio: interview about St'Georges eviction

12-10-2005 11:16

Yesterday (oct 11th, 2005), the circle community was illegal evicted from Saint Georges theatre in Tufnel park before the appeal hearing was heard...

AUDIO MP3 >>>  http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/eviction_sml.mp3 <<<

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Screening/workshops/party London Oct 15th

10-10-2005 15:23

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Pedal powered revolutionaries come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Check out the big green variety in this video...

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Indymedia - growing pains or symptoms of decay

08-10-2005 14:52

Over the last couple of weeks a battle has been raging and opening fissures that threaten to drive apart the United Kollectives of Indymedia on this island. Unless you subscribe to the Sheffield IMC mailing list you are likely to be unaware about the arguments over claims of lack of communication, transparency and the existence of hidden hierarchies within the network.

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Genoa G8 Diaz Raid - Trial May be Cancelled by Berlusconi Law Change

08-10-2005 13:08

Amazing as it may seem, the court trial in Italy over the brutal police raid on the Diaz school during the 2001 Genoa G8 protests, may be effectively cancelled.

The enquiry and trial of police accused of committing brutal acts is due to start this week, on Friday 14th October. Yet due to a new law currently going through the Italian parliament it may never conclude, meaning that no one will be punished.

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World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures: Audio Archive

08-10-2005 09:33

Audio Archive pages for WSFII - a gathering of Free Infrastructure developers of all kinds that took place between the 1st and 3rd October 2005 in London.

Programme:
 http://okfn.org/wsfii/programme.html

Notes from sesions:
 http://petef.org/wp/category/wsfii/

Background:
 http://www.okfn.org/wsfii/wiki/FrontPage

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Our media - another approach

06-10-2005 16:15

Over the last five years the indymedia open publishing concept has exploded throughout the internet, not just in the form of new indymedia collectives (of which there are now over 160) but also in the creation of many other non-affiliated 'citizen media' sites.

The model has been adopted in different forms and evolved along with new communications technologies such as RSS feeds which transformed the personal journals of the Blogging world into a global syndication network for content producers of every sort.

Indymedia however remains mostly uneffected, or does it?

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"Tunisians Conduct Online Protest"

06-10-2005 01:24

Right now there's an extraordinary online protest coming out of Tunisia. The website, www.Yezzi.org, is a collection of photos of Tunisians holding up signs in various languages, each with a message directed to Tunisian President Ben Ali.

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New Media Scores One Against Established Journalism

05-10-2005 15:44

Steve, who is one of the writers here at We Are The Media, recently wrote of an encounter he had with an established media journalist. Steve’s report of the event reads like a boxing match between New-Media Steve and Established-Media-Journalist.

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A week of news

28-09-2005 18:50

This text pulls together a bunch of this weeks stories. It was prepared for the Indymedia London Radio show on Resonance this week but not used...

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G8 documentary film to be premiered this Saturday, 1st of October.

28-09-2005 10:32

Coming to the Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat Oct 1st 5.00pm.
G8 Scotland : "Won't Get Fooled Again" Made with the Young People that brought you the Award winning anti-war film "Old Enough to Know Better" .

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Open Congress - london Friday 7th and Saturday 8th October 2005

28-09-2005 03:45

Inspired by Free Software, which challenges conventional practices of authorship, ownership and distribution, this innovative congress explores the implications of those developments for art, visual culture and cultural production in general.

Taking place across two days, the Congress will be structured through three themes of Governance, Creativity and Knowledge; and an array of international and UK participants - artists, theorists, academics and activists - will shape Open Congress through presentations, discussion, workshops and events.

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Amnesty International censors secret pro-war policy

27-09-2005 14:41

Amnesty Internaional's new policy towards war is that Amnesty
may oppose war and may also recommend that war be used under the pretext of protecting human rights. A leaked version of this document on IMC Poland has been deleted (not just hidden) following a request by Amnesty International Poland.

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Indymedia Meeting on Monday to discuss public meeting in October

27-09-2005 13:39

Indymedia in Stirling
The next meeting of Nottinghamshire Indymedia will be on Monday the 8th October at 7pm at the Sumac Centre.

At the meeting plans will be discussed to hold a big open day/ evening late October with workshops, meetings, film showings, food and a benefit party. If anyone is interested in helping out, please come along !

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Don't hate the media, blog the media

27-09-2005 00:59

Over the space of a few years the culture of blogging has spread rapidly to such a degree that the new media form appears to enjoy a readership to compete with the traditional media forms such as the daily paper...

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Blogging + Privacy for Cyber Dissidents: New Reporters Without Borders Handbook

26-09-2005 09:28

Reporters Without Borders has produced a new handbook with handy tips and technical advice on how to remain anonymous and to get round censorship, by choosing the most suitable method for each situation. It also explains how to set up and make the most of a blog, to publicise it (getting it picked up efficiently by search-engines) and to establish its credibility through observing basic ethical and journalistic principles.

Create your own blog, remain anonymous and get round censorship !

See:
 http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

pdf download:
 http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/handbook_bloggers_cyberdissidents-GB.pdf

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Audio - something a little different

24-09-2005 23:06

Saturday 24th saw yet another Stop The War Collalition march in London, this time under the banner 'Peace and Liberty'. Rather than ask people yet again about their opposition against the ongoing occupation of Iraq, we sought out people to express a wider analysis of the global war of capital against people. The interviews are available to download or you can tune in to rampART radio and try you luck.

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subMedia releases 'George Bush Don't Like Black People' Video

22-09-2005 18:28

Still image from 'George Bush Don't Like Black People'
Independent Media Group subMedia ( http://submediatv.com) has released a music video to accompany the track 'George Bush Don't Like Black People' by the legendary K.O.

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Indymedia Meeting on Monday to discuss public meeting in October

22-09-2005 14:11

The next meeting of Nottinghamshire Indymedia will be on Monday the 26th September at 8pm at the Sumac Centre.

At the meeting plans will be discussed to hold a big open day/ evening late October with workshops, meetings, film showings, food and a benefit party. If anyone is interested in helping out, please come along !

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Assembly Member's petition to "Condemn Terrorism"

21-09-2005 16:09

Richard Barnes, a Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority and London Assembly Member for Ealing and Hillingdon has set up an online petition condemning "terrorism and extremism", in addition to calling on ISPs to "block or remove websites that promote or encourage terrorist acts".