>> >Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:12:27 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Armine Yalnizyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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. > > http://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 dayís events and a > second 30-minute pre-produced program focusing on specific global > issues; > > 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 > http://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, http://www.indymedia.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > Fax: (206) 262-9133. > > The Grassroots Media Network > 1602 Chatham > Austin, TX 78723 > (512)459-1619 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.onr.com/user/gnn > > We are: > Grassroots News Network, Queer News Network, Pueblos-Unidos News Exchange, > Theoretical Ammo Arts Brigade, Wmyn's News Service, Enviro News Service, > Grassroots Film & Video Collective > > and in partnership with: > > Comite de Solidaridad con Chiapas y Mexico, Fountain of Youth Productions, > KO-OP Radio 91.7FM, Tejano Artists Museum, Stop Metro Scam > > To recieve daily news articles please select the list you want and send the > appropriate message in the subject line > > general news (for general news)- "add me to gmnnews" > queer news (for queer news)- "add me to queernews" > latino news (for latino news)- "add me to pueblos-unidos" > wmyn news (for women's international news) "add me to wmyn" > enviro news (for international environmental news) "add me to enviro" > local news (for austin and texas news) "add me to localnews" > > (WARNING - HIGH TRAFFIC LISTS) > > *Any donations (however small), to help cover the costs involved > in providing our news service, would be very welcome. > Please address your check/money order to Grassroots Media Network > > > > ............................................. > Bob Olsen, Toronto [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ............................................. >
