Tag Archives: Indymedia

UCIMC’s 25th Anniversary

Posted on 01/09/2026 by Jane McClintock

Twenty-five years ago, Indymedia was born out of anti–World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999. Using democratic media, volunteer journalists broadcast the voices from the global justice movement to millions of people around the globe. Out of that realization … Continue reading →

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The Media We Need Requires Structural Transformation

Posted on 10/06/2025 by Victor Pickard

This essay is adapted from and expands on an earlier article by the same title published in the Fall 2024 issue of Justice Rising. Media lie at the heart of many crises facing us today, from the rise of fascism … Continue reading →

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The Promise of IndyMedia

Posted on 02/22/2025 by Feven Merid

This article was originally published in Columbia Journalism Review on November 22, 2024. It has been shortened to fit and lightly edited for style. At the end of November, 1999, when the World Trade Organization met at the Washington State … Continue reading →

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The Public i: Countering Hegemonic Mass Media Narratives

Posted on 06/25/2022 by Fatou Jobe

I have always wondered how the Public i, which operates under one of the few Independent Media Centers (IMCs) that still exist in the United States—the UCIMC—has been sustainable for two decades despite the growing dissolutions of Indymedia centers worldwide. … Continue reading →

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