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Category: the war on dissent

  • On the next radioshow: Update from Oaxaca

    This evening I spoke again with Nancy Davies and George Salzman, two Americans living in Oaxaca, Mexico. They updated me on the situation there and I’ll play that interview on tomorrow’s radioshow, live on WEFT 90.1 FM in Champaign, IL. That program will be available for download by Sunday at midnight. George has been sending…

  • Sad News from Oaxaca

    I’ve been mostly offline (from the web, at least) for days now, so I apologize for not posting this earlier. Many readers well-plugged-in to the Indymedia scene will likely know already, but I must note the murder of NYC Indymedia journalist Brad Will by Mexican military forces in Oaxaca last Friday. This happened as mexican…

  • OH, the Tubes! or, Why I Don’t MySpace.

    Thanks to everyone’s fake anchorman, Sen. Ted Steven’s tubular understanding of the workings of the Internets is gaining much more popular recognition. Now the NY Times has taken note, as well as the LA Times, and the Washington Post. But one blogger apparently got his MySpace account temporarily suspended because he posted a parody song…

  • Bizzarro World: Police Raid Station In Effort To Save Host of Bad Cop, No Donut! Radio Program?

    As Jake relays, it’s a bizarre situation for Ron Anicich, host and producer of the muckraking radio program, Bad Cop, No Donut: On Thursday morning [May 25] a Toronto police SWAT team raided CKLN during my show, Bad Cop, No Donut! The station was on auto-pilot at the time because I was not well and…

  • Micro-Transmitter Manufacturer Fined by FCC

    Ramsey Electronics has been well known in micro-radio circles for selling small Part 15 transmitter kits that often function as many folks’ first introduction to unlicensed broadcasting. A few years ago Ramsey started selling transmitters that put out much more power, at least 1 watt, which greatly exceed the Part 15 limits for unlicensed operation…

  • Another Indymedia Server Seized: Bristol, UK

    Thanks to Jebba, I’m alerted to the alarming seizure of yet another Indymedia server: On Monday, June 27th, Indymedia Bristol’s server was seized by the police. An Indymedia volunteer was also arrested during the raid on suspicion of incitement to criminal damage and is now on bail. … Bristol Indymedia say: “We are outraged at…

  • The Power of Video

    A remarkably uncritical article [bugmenot login] in today’s New York Times notes the role of video in the dimissal and acquittal of hundreds of people arrested during last year’s RNC. Simply put, the videos contradict police accounts of protestor actions: Accused of inciting a riot and resisting arrest, Mr. Kyne was the first of the…

  • FBI Persecuting Independent Media Websites Again

    The FBI has demanded server logs of flag.blackened.net which hosts a variety of grassroots anarchist websites, including the valuable Infoshop.org, and Infoshop News. The sysadmin, Dave, is under a gag order preventing him from giving specific details, but explains some of the circumstances in an informal “press release”: I have been ordered to submit IP…

  • Indymedia Files Motion to Unseal Seizure Case

    With the help of the EFF, Indymedia has filed a motion to unseal the secret US federal court order that resulted in the seizure of web server hard drives by the US government, apparently to aid Swiss, and possibly Italian authorities. The AP has a fairly lengthy story on the matter.

  • UK Home Secretary and FBI Deny Responsibility for Indymedia Hard Drive Seizure

    Sascha files an update to U-C IMC: As legal pressure and public outrage grows, both the UK home secretary and the FBI are now claiming that they were not involved in the seizure of two Indymedia servers that shut down 20 Indymedia Websites and multiple other online projects. According to questions asked by two British…