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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 8:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Independent Media Center at WTO
PRESS RELEASE: Please print, post or distribute
CONTACT: Independent Media Center (206) 262-0721; fax (206) 262-9133
Showdown in Seattle: Five Days That Shook the WTO
In a Challenge to Multinational Corporate Power
Independent Media Producers Rally to Make People Voices Heard.
As the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial approaches,
independent video makers, radio producers, journalists, and activists
are rallying under the common goal of social and economic justice to
challenge the WTO. In an effort to reclaim media democracy, this
unprecedented media collaboration will make public the voices and
concerns of tens of thousands of people from all over the world who will
gather in Seattle from November 29 to December 3. Simultaneously, it
will offer to all media outlets independent, non-commercial analytical
and investigative programming and coverage of the issues and
implications surrounding multilateral organizations such as the WTO and
how it directly impacts the lives of public citizens.
The Independent Media Center will broadcast directly from Seattle
(www.indymedia.org) a unique daily news and public affairs program. This
programming will contribute to a more educated and meaningful
understanding of the issues by your listeners and viewers. These
grassroots and independent producers will cover the daily
counter-events, stage demonstrations and debates, as activists from
around the world, representing labor, the environment, civil society,
international law and Indigenous Nations converge on Seattle to offer
solutions and alternatives to the current free trade organizations like
the WTO.
WWW.INDYMEDIA.ORG
The IMC in collaboration with these independent producers will be
offering the following:
a.. VIDEO: Daily 60 minute satellite-cast series collaboratively
produced by BigNoise Films, Changing America, Citizen Vagrom, Deep Dish
Satellite TV, Paper Tiger TV and Whispered Media (the series will
consist of one 30-minute program covering the day=92s events and a
second 30-minute pre-produced program focusing on specific global
issues;=20
b.. AUDIO: Daily 27-minute program that can be broken into 3-5
minute segments covering the day's highlights; several in-depth
30-minute and hour-long interviews and field reports (perfect for
cutting edge public affairs programs); and 24/7 LIVE streaming audio
from Seattle at www.indymedia.org.
c.. WEB PAGE: Filled with late-breaking news stories and analysis,
with print stories and video and audio clips.
This new and important organizing effort in grassroots and independent
media will bring your listeners and viewers the voices, opinions and
points of view that are likely to never been seen or heard on commercial
mainstream media. We hope your station will take advantage of this
opportunity and schedule this vital series into your regular
programming. This is a unique opportunity to allow your listeners and
viewers a chance to hear another side of the story and to glimpse the
powerful alternatives that will be discussed by national and
international leaders and organizations. We recognize this is a last
minute change in your programming, but this "Showdown in Seattle" will
be the most important event of the millennium.
Questions about programming or late breaking news, check out
www.indymedia.org.
Independent Media Center: The Independent Media Center is a grassroots
community-based organization committed to public interest media. It is
our goal to illuminate and analyze local and global issues that impact
ecosystems, communities, and individuals; and to inform the public of
these issues through a non-commercial media perspective. The Center is
founded on the premise that the vital link between democracy,
self-determination, cultural expression and communication needs to be
restored to its rightful place in a democratic society.
Independent Media Center, 1415 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 262-0721, www.indymedia.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED];
Fax: (206) 262-9133.
Peter Phillips Ph.D.
Sociology Department/Project Censored
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-664-2588
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