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Indypendent

A free paper for free people.

About Me


The Indypendent is the only truly progressive and antiwar free newspaper in New York City. We provide original in-depth, hard-hitting reporting on local, national and international news and commentary to our print and online readership of over 30,000.
We are a predominantly volunteer-run organization that is funded by individual supporters, ad sales to progressive local businesses and enterprises, and sales of posters and books that we’ve produced.
We have won dozens of awards from the Independent Press Association — and pride ourselves on providing a forum for the hundreds of social justice groups working on the issues that we report on. As the Newspaper of the New York Independent Media Center, we are dedicated to empowering people to create a true alternative to corporate press and to be the media.
The Indypendent is the print project of the NYC Indypendent Media Center , a grassroots organization committed to using media production and distribution as tools for promoting social and economic justice in the New York City Area.

My Interests

Visitors to www.indypendent.org, reading, writing, crying, aspiring for a better, more perfect human race, yelling at stuff, being recycled, not being recycled because New York City has the worst recycling program in the world, critical mass, drinking, running around, hoping, being disappointed, making a handful of people more informed.

I'd like to meet:

A billionaire whose ill-gotten capitalist gains are forcing a late-in-life crisis of morality that can only be solved by dispersing his entire fortune as quickly (and unconditionally) as possible to fledgling but sophisticated alternative media experiments aimed at undoing the grievous wrongs perpetuated by global media conglomerates and the capitalist systems for which they function.

Anyone who wants to assuage their guilty consciences by contributing $10+ dollars a month to making the world a better place, i.e. donating to the Indypendent.

Subscribers are pretty great too.

Also - George W. Bush, his cabinet, the entire Pentagon, Defense Department and CIA, Congress... Okay, pretty much anyone in power that we can speak truth to.

Anyone who wants to spend 2-12 hours a week standing in subway portals meeting strangers and incidentally, helping inform them of our world.

Anyone who's just trying to figure things out.

Anyone with a story.

Music:

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Movies:

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Television:

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Books:

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Heroes:

Those who Become Indy 1000 Sustainers !

Why You Should Become a Sustainer.

The Indypendent is devoted to providing community-based, radical journalism. We accept limited advertising and hold occasional fundraisers, but receive no corporate sponsorship, have an all-volunteer staff and give away our paper for free on the street corners of New York. Without sustainer support from people who want to see an alternative, radical media project continue to provide the award-winning journalism we have become known for, we wouldn't be able to continue publishing.

Becoming a sustainer takes next to no effort, just a few dollars a month and a trip to our website - http://www.indypendent.org/donate/indypendent.html

My Blog

Issue 113: The Palestine Peace Charade

Ratifying Apartheid: A Palestinian Village Withers By Fareed Taamallah From the December 8, 2007 issue | Posted in International My community of Qira, like many others, cannot...
Posted by Indypendent on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:48:00 PST

Issue 112: Rumble in El Barrio

15,000 Demonstrators Demand Closing of School of Americas: Solemn funeral procession highlights the human cost of U.S. imperialism From the November 30, 2007 issue | Posted in Nat...
Posted by Indypendent on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:37:00 PST

Issue 111: Fortress America

CURRENT HEADLINES No Exception: Blackwater USA Scandal Underscores the Horrors of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq By Norman Solomon From the October 29, 2007 issue | Posted in I...
Posted by Indypendent on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:19:00 PST

Issue 110: Inside Iraqs Killing Fields

CURRENT HEADLINES Is the U.S. Committing Genocide in Iraq? By A.K. Gupta From the October 7, 2007 issue | Posted in International There is a simple rule that defines the...
Posted by Indypendent on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:35:00 PST

Issue 109: Playing with Fire

ARTICLES Reader Comments: Sept. 4th Issue: The War Hits Home By Indy Readers Posted in Local --> --> -->| --> --> --> --> No Comments &187; --> T...
Posted by Indypendent on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:31:00 PST

Issue 108: The War Hits Home

ARTICLES Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy">Dreaming that Revolution Might Be Fun: A Review of Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics i...
Posted by Indypendent on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:30:00 PST

Issue 107: Mercenary Inc.

ARTICLES Through the Looking Glass: A Review of "The Tenants of East Harlem" By Xavier Tayo Posted in Reviews --> --> -->| --> --> --> --> 2 Comments &...
Posted by Indypendent on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:29:00 PST

Issue 106: Bitter Harvest

ARTICLES Jersey 4 Go To Jail By Indypendent Staff Posted in Local --> --> -->| --> --> --> --> 1 Comment &187; --> Supporters of four young Africa...
Posted by Indypendent on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:27:00 PST

Issue 105: Adding Fuel to the Fire

ARTICLES The Israeli Recipe For 2008: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank By Ilan Pappé Posted in International --> --> -->| --> --> --> --...
Posted by Indypendent on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:26:00 PST

Special Issue: Global Warming - What No One Else Will Say

ARTICLES &the Last Word By Jessica Lee Posted in Culture --> --> -->| --> --> --> --> No Comments &187; --> In his recent unveiling of PlaNYC 2030...
Posted by Indypendent on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:25:00 PST