Independent Media Center (IMC)

The Independent Media Center (a.k.a. Indymedia or IMC) is a global participatory network of journalists that report on political and social issues. It originated during the anti-WTO protests worldwide in 1999 with a  media centre and a website to organise coverage of the protests against the WTO in Seattle. It remains closely associated with the global justice movement, which criticizes neo-liberalism and its associated institutions. IMC uses an open publishing and democratic media process that allows anybody to contribute. The operation of the network is based on volunteering