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Indymedia or also Independent Media center (IMC) (on German: Independent medium center) is a global network of independent medium activists and journalist, which see themselves at the same time as part of the social movements of the grass root journalism. Indymedia resides in the politically left, to left-wing extreme, spectrum.

Bases

The network of the different groups used up itself the independent, first unzensierten, unkommerziellen reporting and understands themselves as part of the global anti-capitalistic resistance. Hackers and journalist at the end of put the foundation-stone for this network November 1999 by the reporting over the protests on the occasion of the World Trade Organization conference of ministers in Seattle. First as temporary medium platform meant, Indymedia grew within fewer years to a global network with more than 150 local folders on all continents. Indymedia sees itself as platform, which wants to interlace alternative medium projects already existing.

License

Originally many articles were published under the open content License. Starting from the year 2004 the authors between different Creative Commons license variants can decide or release the contributions in the public domain. The Logo is licensed for the not-commercial use.

Spreading

To in the middle of 2001 somewhat more than ten, at the end of already of 2002 existed to approximately 100 local IMCs distributed on the whole world, on 31 countries and six continents. Beginning of 2005 already are there 165 local of projects as well as most diverse global emphasis sides, e.g. for the co-ordination of translations, about ecology or Biotech or to Indymedia radio projects, TV and video projects, newspaper projects, to technology and network process, and further. Additionally exists numerous Blogs of Indyaktivisten.

The country with most IMCs at present the United States of America with 60 are, followed of Canada with twelve. The individual groups finance themselves independently, predominantly from donations. The participation in Indymedia is however perfectly free.

Spectrum

The IMCs operates both print and audio and video journalism, is however predominantly by its Internet-based messages admits become: The Internet sides are provided after the open Publishing system, which means that each can publish information there.

Often from it journalistic standards, reports suffer are subjectively colored, partly in colloquial language written, and reflect also internal trench combats. Appear in addition again and again also texts, which exhibit an anti-Semitic tendency under radically left-wing pretext to fight (against capitalists and Zionisten) and reveal alleged Jewish machinations.

On the other hand Indymedia offers directly the concerning a barrier-free and anonymous possibility so with medial neglected social and political conflicts of describing their situation. The spectrum of the authors reaches protesting student, Marxist, globalization opponents from autonomous and groups of anti-companies over environmental protection and groups of animal rights, initiatives for more or for direct democracy, up to anarchist trade unions, Hausbesetzern, site trailer place inhabitants, staffs of strikers of enterprises and individuals.

Conflicts with authorities and classification protection of the constitution

Germany:

Indymedia is called of some national offices of the German protection of the constitution "among other things" a message portal used of left-wing extremists.

Austria:

"Indymedia Austria" represents one of the most well-known and most frequently used Internet platforms of the left-wing extreme spectrum in Austria to protection of the constitution reports of the Austrian ministry of the Interior according to that. Protection of the constitution report 2005, P. 46

Great Britain:

On 7 October 2004 servers were temporarily seized by Indymedia in London due to the arrangement of a US court in legal assistance for Italy and Switzerland. Outgoing from this seizing there were a great many inconsistencies, why and from which state seizing proceeded concretely. The Provider rack space, whose head office is in Texas, explained, he had acted rightfully and the arrangement after the legal aid agreement had followed. Until today is not clarified, which state with which powers seized the non removable disks. One is safe, which became world-wide Indymedianetzwerk partly is paralyzed and the security concept of the project had again considered. Before the G8 in Scotland non removable disks of a Indymedia server were seized again, since the police data post office-end themselves over authors expected.

Italy:

Problems with the authorities got also different local Indymedia centers again and again. While the protests in Genova on the occasion of the G8-Gipfels for example beside a sleep accommodation for activists also the IMC were scanned by police units. In Italy Indymedia is called of the co-governing Alleanza Nazionale "terrorist network".

Honors

The German-language Internet platform obtained nominating and prices, among other things nominating for the Grimme on-line Award, for the Poldi (price of politics digital) and a price of the Party of Democratic Socialismnear Luxembourg donationdonation Luxembourg donation. The award of the price Poldi was used by the CDU and by G. Heinen of the daily paper "the world", in order to provoke in the election campaign a scandal.