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Important Dates For Indymedia
January 1994: Indigenous people and supporters take control
of Chiapas region in southern Mexico as part of the Zapatista uprising
which rejects Mexican government controls and US interference. A
new movement is born which utilises the Internet in an unprecedented
manner as part of an attempt to internationalise their struggle
May 1998: Thousands of protesters from around the world
converge on Geneva, Switzerland having organised one of the first
and most effective global days of action; The web is highlighted
as the principle tool of international communcation
June 1999: Across the world people occupy financial centres
in an effort to draw attention to the role played by banks in creating
world poverty. London's financial heart - The City - is besieged
with protesters who organise a flow of information direct from the
streets to a web-uploading facility in the south of the capital.
It is little known that J18 Sydney sewed the seeds for IndyMedia.
Sydney based Catalyst created 'active' websites [www.active.org.au]
based on a open publishing system. Their code is now used by the
majority of Indymedia sites.
November 1999: People from across the world converge on
Seattle, USA to shut down the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Indymedia
makes its world debut with a full database-driven web presence and
for the first time people can upload their reports from anywhere
in the world; Indymedia website gets more hits than the CNN website
for the duration of the WTO summit
May Day 2000: International demonstrations see mass protests
from Sydney to London; Mexico City to Milan; Bombay to Buenos Aries.
UK Indymedia is launched under the shadow of a mohicaned Winston
Churchill amidst the chaos of the Guerrilla Gardening action in
Parliament Square
September 2000: Thousands descend on Prague, Czech Republic
to shut down the 55th annual general meeting of the World Bank and
the International Monentary Fund (IMF).The international Indymedia
network is bolstered as DIY media activists from across the globe
meet face-to-face, often for the first time
April 2001: Indymedia networks in Canada follow protesters
as they successfully breach security at the Summit of Americas conference
in Quebec, Canada.
June 2001: Indymedia Sweden break the story when police
in Gothenburg shoot and injure a demonstrator as thousands force
their way into a business-dominated European Council meeting
July 2001: 300,000 people arrive in the Italian city of
Genoa to protest against the G8 and the decisions it takes. World
leaders from eight of the world's most powerful economies meet to
a chorus of discontent; Protester Carlo Giuliani is shot dead. Indymedia
Italy has its offices raided as police beat sleeping protesters
September 2001: New York Indymedia launches 911 - a humanist
video exploring the contradictions in state and fundamentalist terrorism
November 2001: Indymedia Argentina reports live from the
Latin American state as the economy and political system collapses
after IMF-imposed austerity packages drive poverty stricken Argentinians
to the point of starvation
March 2002: Indymedia Jerusalem is launched days before
the brutal invasion of the Palestinian territory by the Israeli
armed forces; Indymedia remains online throughout and provides a
crucial line of information from the besieged state.
April 2002: Desert IndyMedia sets up in the back of a truck
at the Woomera protest camp, Australia and provides incredible footage
and photos of the break out of detained refugees.
There are now Indymedia groups in the following countries:
. Congo
. Nigeria
. South Africa
. Zimbabwe
. Argentina
. Brazil
. Canada
. Chiapas
. Colombia
. Mexico
. United States
. Uruguay
. Israel
. India
. Palestine
. Australia
. New Zealand
. Indonesia
. Austria
. Belgium
. Czech Republic
. Finland
. France
. Germany
. Greece
. Ireland
. Italy
. Netherland
. Norway
. Portugal
. Russia
. Spain
. Sweden
. Switzerland
. UK
. Wales
New IMC sites
. Bolivia
. Basque Country
. Tijuana
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