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{{Short description|An Anarchist alternative media project}} |
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The '''Alternative Media Project''' is a [[non-profit organization]] that promotes alternative and independent media. Its projects include [[Infoshop.org]], [[Practical Anarchy]] magazine, Breaking Glass Press, and Radical Street Distro.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Universal texts. |journal=The Australian Library Journal |url=http://www.articlearchives.com/reports-reviews-sections/book/980103-1.html|date=August 1, 2002 |last=Pymm |first=Bob}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=10/12/08 |url=http://www.bcics.org/content/treasuring-west-coast039s-anarchic-history|title=Treasuring the West Coast's anarchic history|first=Tom |last=Hawthorn}}</ref> It was founded by a group that included [[anarchist]] [[Chuck Munson]]. |
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The '''Alternative Media Project''' was a [[non-profit organization]] that promoted anarchist media.{{r|pymm}}{{r|hawthorn}} |
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== Infoshop.org == |
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Breaking Glass Press publishes pamphlets such as "Cop Watch 101" and the "Infoshop Guide to Grand Jury Investigations", and plans to publish the revised edition of the Black Bloc Papers in 2006. |
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'''Infoshop.org''' was founded in January 1995 as the Mid-Atlantic Infoshop. Infoshop was established as a general resource on [[anarchism]], moving to the domain name Infoshop.org in 1998.<ref name=owens>{{cite journal|last1=Owens|first1=Lynn|last2=Palmer|first2=L. Kendall|year=2003|title=Making the News: Anarchist Counter-Public Relations on the World Wide Web|journal=Critical Studies in Media Communication|volume=20|issue=4|pages=335–361|doi=10.1080/0739318032000142007|citeseerx=10.1.1.530.1176}}</ref> According to its website, "[t]he Infoshop project is run by a collective of anarchists, anti-authoritarians, socialists and people of other political stripes. We don't adhere to a specific flavor of anarchism or libertarianism, but we've often been called 'big tent anarchists.' We take that to mean that we provide a wide range of anarchist news, opinion and information with the idea that our readers and users have the freedom to make use of that info as they see fit."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoshop.org/about-us/|title=About Us|publisher=Infoshop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304071058/http://www.infoshop.org/about-us/|archive-date=4 March 2020|url-status=dead|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref> |
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A prominent feature of the site is Infoshop News, an open publishing newswire similar to that of [[Indymedia]].<ref name=owens/> |
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== See also == |
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*[[List of anarchist periodicals]] |
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== References == |
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<ref name=hawthorn>{{cite news|last=Hawthorn|first=Tom|date=10 December 2008|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/treasuring-the-west-coasts-anarchic-history/article664621/|title=Treasuring the West Coast's anarchic history|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725050858/http://www.bcics.org/content/treasuring-west-coast039s-anarchic-history|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=live|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref> |
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<ref name=pymm>{{cite journal|last=Pymm|first=Bob|date=August 2002|title=Universal Texts (Rev. of Alternative Library Literature, 1998–1999: A Biennial Anthology)|journal=The Australian Library Journal|volume=51|issue=3|pages=274–275|doi=10.1080/00049670.2002.10755996|issn=0004-9670|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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== Further reading == |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.infoshop.org/amp.html Alternative Media Project] |
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* {{cite web|last=McCullagh|first=Declan|date=9 April 2003|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-is-all-the-news-fit-to-post/|title=Google: Is all the news fit to post?|website=[[CNET]]|access-date=4 October 2020}} |
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Latest revision as of 14:43, 16 September 2022
The Alternative Media Project was a non-profit organization that promoted anarchist media.[1][2]
Infoshop.org
[edit]Infoshop.org was founded in January 1995 as the Mid-Atlantic Infoshop. Infoshop was established as a general resource on anarchism, moving to the domain name Infoshop.org in 1998.[3] According to its website, "[t]he Infoshop project is run by a collective of anarchists, anti-authoritarians, socialists and people of other political stripes. We don't adhere to a specific flavor of anarchism or libertarianism, but we've often been called 'big tent anarchists.' We take that to mean that we provide a wide range of anarchist news, opinion and information with the idea that our readers and users have the freedom to make use of that info as they see fit."[4]
A prominent feature of the site is Infoshop News, an open publishing newswire similar to that of Indymedia.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Pymm, Bob (August 2002). "Universal Texts (Rev. of Alternative Library Literature, 1998–1999: A Biennial Anthology)". The Australian Library Journal. 51 (3): 274–275. doi:10.1080/00049670.2002.10755996. ISSN 0004-9670.
- ^ Hawthorn, Tom (10 December 2008). "Treasuring the West Coast's anarchic history". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ a b Owens, Lynn; Palmer, L. Kendall (2003). "Making the News: Anarchist Counter-Public Relations on the World Wide Web". Critical Studies in Media Communication. 20 (4): 335–361. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.530.1176. doi:10.1080/0739318032000142007.
- ^ "About Us". Infoshop. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- McCullagh, Declan (9 April 2003). "Google: Is all the news fit to post?". CNET. Retrieved 4 October 2020.