I just got back to my house from a Colorado Indymedia meeting. Its inspirational to see people come together to try to create a media alternative to the capitalist media that is wrecking this country. Localized media projects, from community radio and tv stations to newsletters, and zines are such incredible examples of communities coming together in an attempt to prioritize their issues and bring them to the forefront of public discussion and debate. The Left has such hostility towards media projects--we rarely understand their importance because the bulk of media has so little for us. Articulating the importance of media creation in activist projects, community building, antiauthoritarian, antiracist, and anticapitalist work is critical to us forming an empowering, exciting vision of the world.
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