Join the Park Center for Independent Media on Wednesday, July 29 for a webinar on the media environment amid the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing protests against racial injustice. Our speakers will review the coverage of pandemic and...
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Interview: Faisal Devji on Globalized Antiracist Protests
Faisal Devji, a distinguished scholar and historian at Oxford University, joined PCIM director Raza Rumi to discuss how the global scope of the recent Black Lives Matter protests is raising possibilities for a new global politics. Devji’s historical insights place...
Interview: Bill Fletcher Jr. on Protests against Racism
Longtime activist and writer Bill Fletcher Jr. speaks to PCIM Director Raza Rumi about the ongoing protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Fletcher says a variety of pressures exploded into a spontaneous, multiracial uprising rife with demands against not only...
Race, Violence and Injustice: Unpacking the Ongoing Protests
The killing of George Floyd on May 25 triggered a wave of protests across the United States. Continued protests demanding dignity and safety for Black lives in the U.S. have inspired demonstrations of solidarity across the globe. Structural violence exemplified...
Salon on Co-creation in Documentary During Pandemic and Protest
Cosponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media and Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 4-5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Register for the Zoom webinar HERE:...
Online Exhibition: “Infiltrations: A Different Media Environment”
As its 23rd annual edition migrates to virtual spaces to respect public health guidelines to contain Covid-19, the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) presents “Infiltrations: A Different Media Environment,” an online media exhibition.
Izzy Award Winners Announced
Izzy Award goes to Matt Taibbi, “News Inside” and Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism. This year’s Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media will be shared by journalist Matt Taibbi, the publication “News Inside” and Puerto Rico’s...
INTERN in Indy Media
Students interested in interning with an independent media outlet this summer should apply soon. There are limited spots available and the deadline is Monday, March 23. See the application at the bottom of our internship page.
A Jury In Georgia Declares Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Guilty of Conspiracy at Naval Base Housing Nuclear Arsenal
By Vaughn Golden On April 4, 2018, seven activists, devout Catholic Workers, following a calling of their faith to symbolically disarm nuclear weapons, broke into the Kings Bay naval base in southern Georgia. Nearly 19 months later, they were pronounced guilty by a...
Kings Bay plowshares seven begin arguing defense in court
Inside a sterile, but lavish wood paneled courtroom in Brunswick, Ga. Monday, the Kings Bay plowshares seven, formally opened their legal argument, providing hints to what Judge Lisa Godbey Wood would allow. The government, represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Karl...