The Independent Media Center, better known as Indymedia, was an open publishing network of activist journalist collectives that reported on political and social issues. Following beginnings during the
Belgian Indymedia's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
Indymedia collective at Mato Grosso Federal University in Cuiabá, Brazil, hosting a free radio broadcast in 2004
Graffiti in Bristol, United Kingdom, advertising the local chapter of Indymedia with the slogan "Read it, write it, your site, your news"
Temporary IMC in Edinburgh covering protests at the 2005 G8 summit
The 1999 Seattle WTO protests, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle, were a series of anti-globalization protests surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, where members of the Wor
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…of activist journalist collectives that reported on political and social issues. Following beginnings during the 1999 Carnival Against Capital and 1999 Seattle WTO protests, Indymedia became closely associated with the global justice movement. The Indymedia network extended internationally in the early 2000s with volunteer-run…
A police officer sprays pepper spray at the crowd
The "turtles": environmentalist protestors in sea turtle costumes
WTO protest sign depicting the organization trampling on three environmental laws
Black bloc organizing during WTO protests