Indymedia
| A formerly very active of global alternative news sites, but subject to attack by TPTB and now dormant in most countries. |
Started: 1999
Constitutes: independent media
Indymedia is a formerly very active of global alternative news sites. It has been subject to various attacks by governments. Several local Indymedia discussion forums had a strong leaning towards 9/11 truth and so called "conspiracy theory" in the 2000s.
Origins
Indymedia was a response to misrepresentation of events at the WTO conference in 1999 in Seattle.[1][2] Mayor Paul Schell issued a civil emergency order, creating a militarized zone in an area of two dozen blocks in the core of downtown Seattle. Police patrolled the borders of this No-Protest Zone, restricted entry and arrested people with no legal basis.[3]
Disruption
The Indymedia.org coverpage did not publish anything from 29 Nov 2013 to 28 Aug 2017.
Raids
On 25 August 2017 the German government raided and shut down Linksunten Indymedia. In response, Linksunten Indymedia released a statement the next day on their banned website declaring, “We will be back soon.” Solidarity demonstrations reportedly took place across Germany.[4]
Threats
Following the publication of a communiqué claiming responsibility for a fire in a garage at a Grenoble police depot (gendarmerie) during the night of September 20th/21st, Indymedia Grenoble and Indymedia Nantes were "threatened by the French police".[5]
Suspension
References
- ↑ http://archive.today/2020.01.25-120209/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests
- ↑ Indymedia Presents #374-Showdown in Seattle, 5 Days that Shook the WTO part5
- ↑ https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/seattle-settles-aclu-lawsuit-over-violation-free-speech-rights-during-wto-protests
- ↑ https://indymedia.org/or/2017/08/988264.shtml
- ↑ https://indymedia.org/or/2017/09/988319.shtml
- ↑ http://www.indymediascotland.org/