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Robespierre demands media responsibility
Robespierre, a street newspaper editor, is escorted out of the SF Chronicle building by SFPD. Only rich people are allowed inside the Chron building....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 9:39pm PDT
why corporate media hates indymedia
for their one-sided propaganda war against the poor, street newspapers and indymedia brought the propaganda war to the SF Chronicle's steps, where they were protected by SFPD...
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 9:37pm PDT
Indymedia covers the corporate media
Even though corporate media would like to pretend indymedia does not exist, we are out there covering them and their propaganda machine....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 9:34pm PDT
SFPD Tears Down Anti-Chron Posters
When people put up flyers on the Chron building, macho cops busted in and tore down the signs. (see more after picture)...
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 9:31pm PDT
Truth is pasted on Chronicle building
It has come to this: homeless protesters stuck these "Chronicle Lies" flyers on the Chronicle building as police tore them down...
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 8:54pm PDT
Protestors plaster Chron with lies
Protestors win promise of editorial meeting with SF Chronicle to discuss biased coverage of homeless people....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 8:53pm PDT
Protestors plaster Chron with lies
Protestors win promise of editorial meeting with SF Chronicle to discuss biased coverage of homeless people....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 8:52pm PDT
8/17&8/18 SF Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Demonstrations
World famous journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, currently on Pennsylvania's death row after having been framed for killing a cop in December 1981, is expected to appear in court on Friday, August 17, 2001. There were will be worldwide demonstrations on that date, including in San Francisco at Noon at Van Ness & McAllister, San Francisco. There will be a second demonstration Saturday, August 18, 2001 at Noon at Powell and Market, Powell St BART station, San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 8:26pm PDT
Oakland Juvenile Prison Protest
The protest to persuade Alameda county supervisors to drop support for a large juvenile prison in favor of other alternatives. Many minoruty speakers. Good meadia covereage and a large turn out! Great Puppets and music too.
I hope the supervisors are persuaded....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 5:22pm PDT
Oakland Juvenile Prison Protest
A protest at Oakland Frank Ogawa Plaza against the Alamdea supervisors proposing to build a large juvenile prison. Prevention might be a good thing here instead of a prison. The prison guard union has really gotten strong and I am sure they are not opposing future growth and influnce of the guard union with this new prison. Maybe protesters should form a lobby and influnce the governor and others with generous campaign contributions. The prison guard union does!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 5:19pm PDT
Oakland Super Prison Protest
This protest was in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza.
The afternoon was devoted to speeches and music protesting the new juvenile prison facility proposed by the alameda county board of supervisors....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 5:13pm PDT
PNWER PROTESTS IN WHISTLER! AN UPDATE!
An update on the PNWER protests in Whistler BC! Canada!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 4:23pm PDT
U.S. videographer arrested outside of Genoa, July 27
U.S. activist, Rebecca, was arrested in Milan, and is currently being held in Marassi prison in Genoa....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 4:06pm PDT
Video of the beating of "Sky" Mark Covell (video/mpeg 4.0MB)
During the carrabinieri raid of the GSF school building, UK indymedia activist Mark Covell was beaten three times. This video shows him unconcious on the floor during the second attack, he suffered cracked ribs and a punctured lung amongst other injuries. This file is large, a 4 mb mpeg so please be patient if you're on a dial-up connection....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 3:01pm PDT
Northcoast Environmental Center Burns
July 26, 2001
Arcata, Ca
Fire fighters water down the smoldering ruins of the Northcoast Environmental Center late Thursday morning....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 2:53pm PDT
"Report on Lawlessness from the Deaf Messenger"
"The curse of an evil deed is that it must always continue to engender evil" Schiller "Piccolomini" THAT GOES FOR THE TOTAL CHAOS THAT BESIEGES IMC EVERYWHERE TOO....
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 2:29pm PDT
More Indymedia-Genoa Social Forum raid detainees released. Horror stories, Media
"half of the seventy people arrested were injured; many were lying on the floor with head injuries and covered in blood, and hardly moved anymore, they only moaned. Blood was everywhere. Police broke a young woman's jaw and smashed out her front teeth. Immigrants with a dark skin were mistreated in a particularly extreme manner. ... The police hit us with batons and kicked us with their boots. On my way to the toilet I saw a man being beaten up in another cell."...
Posted: Sat, Jul 28, 2001 3:35am PDT