Feature Archives

2/25: Two IMCs have recently come under fire from different sources. On Feb 20, Italian paramilitary police raided several locations they claimed were Italy Indymedia centers - seizing computers, archives and equipment supposedly in search of materials relating to the anti-G8 protests in July 2001. Italy IMC | Italy IMC press release | Police violence at solidarity demo in London & video

Also, the Swiss-Jewish pressure group Aktion Kinder des Holocaust (Children of the Holocaust) is threatening legal charges against two people associated with the Swiss IMC for allegedly publishing anti-semitic material. The Brazilian cartoonist Latuff's "We are all Palestinians" series is the material in question, with AKdH alleging that it "stands for the extermination of the Jewish people and the state of Israel." The Swiss IMC collective voluntarily closed its site to discuss further action to take. Latuff series | Statement from Latuff | SF-IMC solidarity statement

On Fri, 3/1, a video screening will take place at AK Press in Oakland to benefit the upcoming 7th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair and the SF Bay Area IMC. Films include the February Indymedia Newsreal, Strong Roots: The Landess Worker's Movement in Brazil, S-11 Redux by Guerrilla News Network. Snacks, chai and books will be plentiful. Details

On Friday 6/28 at Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia St), SF Indymedia will present an evening of video reports on grassroots resistance movements around the world. This benefit for SF IMC will begin at 8pm and feature an array of locally and internationally produced videos. Details

10/24: For years now, police forces in US cities have undergone a transformation from law enforcers to a paramilitary force of occupation. Under the guise of a "War on Drugs" or "War on Crime," police have developed units that are little different than Special Forces units in the military, and military units have been given greater latitude to be used against civilians. Since September 11, this trend has accelerated even faster. Urban Warrior is the first documentary to focus on this trend. Drawing on experts and witnesses, director Matt Ehling focuses on case studies including the Seattle WTO Ministerial, the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, botched drug raids, and the attack on the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas to illustrate this alarming incursion into our civil liberties. SFIMC presents Urban Warrior in its Bay Area debut tonight (10/24) at ATA, 992 Valencia St, SF @ 8 p.m. along with the latest videos from across the Indymedia network. Details

"The Weather Underground", a new documentary by independent filmmakers Sam Green (SF-based) and Bill Siegel opened this weekend. The Tuesday 7/29 7pm show at the Castro Theatre will be a benefit screening for the Video Activist Network and SF-IMC. There will also be a benefit screening for the Jericho Movement and the Friends of Marilyn Buck on Wednesday 7/30 7pm at the Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley. Please come out to support these projects and see a great film! theweatherunderground.com

Video Activist Network presents the story you won't see on Fox News: an eye-popping, jaw-dropping look at the Bay Area's radical resistance to an illegal war. WE INTERRUPT THIS EMPIRE... screens Tuesday 6/10/2003 at 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and Wednesday 6/11/2003 at 2 p.m., 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. at the Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco. Details

9/29/2002: SF Indymedia Presents: "Nuestro Mundo No Está de Venta: Campesinos Confront the Free Trade Area of the Americas," a report from the frontlines in Ecuador. Against a backdrop of images and video from the mobilization against the FTAA, Justin Ruben and Leila Salazar will discuss the devastating impacts of 20 years of "free market" neoliberal policies on the Ecuadorian people, and the efforts to build a continental resistance movement. Thurs. 10/3, 8 p.m. at ATA (992 Valencia Street @ 21st, SF). $5, proceeds benefit SF Indymedia and the Bay Area Social Forum. Details