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Indymedia centre visit yesterday and today

category dublin | arts and media | opinion/analysis author Saturday April 24, 2004 21:25author by Eoin Dubsky

You will see photos from the Indymedia centre elsewhere on this site, but you have to see it to believe it yourself. The place is beaming with energy and supportive, DIY media culture. Workshops, screenings, photo exhibits, literature and free software abound.

The Centre has space for far more people than were there yesterday and today. Still everyone got together for the screenings, spread out for chatting and networking, and got into groups again for workshops in media and technology.

I'm typing this message running the free GNU/Linux CD which the Irish Free Software Organisation (IFSO) folks kindly gave me before I left today. Free Software! No software patents! Woohoo! :-)

The Undercurrents video last night, and JD's screening today, were a brilliant mix of news from struggles and actions, parodies and some official corporate videos which could just as well have been parodies as well.

Anyone who can make it to Dublin in the coming days and has any interest at all in alternative media and people's struggles can't miss this.

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author by scooter - grassrootpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 16:25author address author phone

The Dublin media centre rocks get your ass up ,down or across there

Indymedia May Day Centre
author by Hacker of Noise Artpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 17:00author address author phone

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author by Creator of Noise Artpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 17:03author address author phone

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More people
author by rfmpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 18:26author address author phone

Bit disappointing turnout? Was expecting hordes of people there for last night's video and today's forum with VB.

Needs to be pushed more on the website. Front page news every day.

here, here scooter
author by hippymoonpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 21:40author email hippymoon at moose-mail dot comauthor address author phone

I agree completely! well done to all who were involved in setting up the centre. The workshops sound amazing too. Congrats.

WHAT A LOCATION!
author by Michael Gallagher - Residents Against Racismpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 22:08author email mglibertypics at hotmail dot comauthor address 33d Liberty House, Railway Street, Dublin 1author phone 086 4048249

Cead Mile Failte % for the brilliant efforts put in and right in the heart of the historical location of Revolutionary Socialism in Ireland.
Get and see that video, someone has a sublime sense of humour. George Bush and Tony Blair have a much better voice than the Voicelessish Party

audio video skills workshop
author by Frannerpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 22:25author address author phone

I did the video audio skills workshop today.. Have to say it was excellent, greatly exceeded my expectations. Fair play to Wolf who facilitated.

Well done boys and girls
author by london callingpublication date Mon Apr 26, 2004 01:43author address author phone

but how did you manage to fund this!

Money from Cuba, North Korea
author by Baron Samedipublication date Mon Apr 26, 2004 01:55author address author phone

From their communist backers.

Funding?
author by Chekovpublication date Mon Apr 26, 2004 03:02author address author phone

We have no funding apart from the subscription fees of a small number of people who have paid to join the support group. We are also charging a 2 euro membership fee for the 10 day festival. Apart from that everything has been donated or loaned, from an awful lot of labour, to 300 chairs, tablies, computers, cinema screen... There is a lot of goodwill out there for indymedia.

Download, Print It Out, Pass It Around...
author by redjadepublication date Mon Apr 26, 2004 14:53author address author phone

great workshops to do!

creative buzz everywhere!see ya there!

great people to hang out with!

see ya there!

right-click + download to hard drive, print out & pass around...
right-click + download to hard drive, print out & pass around...

with ye in spirit
author by D. - UNDERCURRENTSpublication date Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:16author email de at undercurrents dot orgauthor address author phone

I was glad to get to spend a day with ye, didn't want to come home. Ye're doing a great job. Good luck for Saturday.

well......
author by annonpublication date Wed Dec 08, 2004 15:27author address author phone

thought it was a bit SHIT the way the indy media people decided to lock every one else out on the sunday......... not reassuring at all.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/64561

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