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Author: Paul

  • Indianapolis Bookstore/Infoshop Raided by Police

    Per a report made to Infoshop.org News: “Thursday, August 14th, at approximately 9:00 pm. After forming an initial perimeter in the 2 blocks around the collective space, the police proceeded to pull over 2 cars as they tried to leave, claiming minor traffic infractions. The police then moved in on the space itself. Tickets were…

  • More on RFPI

    The English language Costa Rican news site AM Costa Rica has a story on the RFPI lockdown/eviction, “Is there anyone in favor of negotiating now?” (scroll down): “The radio station, in turn, went over the head of Martin Lees, university rector, last weekend and sought support from the 17-member University for Peace Council, the organizationÂ’s…

  • RFPI In Talks To Stay Put

    Back on July 21, Radio For Peace Int’l, a global community shortwave broadcaster in Costa Rica, was surrounded by guards and threatened with eviction by its landlord, the UN chartered University for Peace. As I reported on last Friday’s radioshow, although they station and the University agreed to sitting down for talks on Aug. 11,…

  • Friday’s Mediageek Radio Show: Portland Independent Publishing Resource Center

    Friday’s mediageek radio show is now on-line. It features an interview with Pablo De Ocampo, the director of the Independent Publishing Resource Center, along with the usual media news headlines. Listen in mp3 or ogg vorbis: Broadcast quality mp3 (64 kbps – 13 MB) Low -bandwidth mp3 (16 kbps – 4 MB) Broadcast quality Ogg…

  • Documenting Indymedia – The Personal

    Rabble is answering questions about his involvement in Indymedia for someone’s thesis and posting his answers on his Anarchogeek blog. He’s keeping his answers necessarily brief, though comprehensive enough to be enlightening for the casual reader, like me. He’s only 3 questions in (out of 18), but already I think posting his answers on his…

  • An LPFM Summer

    Low-power FM radio crusader Don Schellhardt has the newest installment of his column series “Amendment One” up over at DIYmedia.net. The topic is the “LPFM Summer,” urging all supporters to take two steps: “The 2 steps are: (1) writing or Faxing the Washington offices of your 1 U.S. Representative and 2 U.S. Senators, during a…

  • The Geek Is Back from the Porland Zine Symposium

    I’m back in Champaign and had a good time in Portland, even considering it was a 2.5 day train ride to and back. The Zine Symposium was cool — I suspect it’s become more successful and popular than the organizers dreamed. Like similar conferences I’ve been to, the individual workshop sessions are kind of hit…

  • Live from PDX

    I’m out of town this week, in lovely Portland, OR, after a 2.5 day trip on AMTRAK’s “Empire Builder” train. I’ll be attending the Portland Zine Symposium this weekend, where I’m also sharing a table with Aj “Low Hug” Michel. Since I won’t have regular Internet access, posts will be light this week, and probably…

  • Congressionally Mandated Report on Low-Power FM Says It’s OK, No Interference (Duh)

    It only took a Freedom of Information Act request and the subtle threat of filing suit to bring it to light, but the FCC finally released the Mitre report on low-power FM interference issues. The report was mandated by Congress as part of the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000 which gutted the rollout of…

  • Mark your calendar and dust off your transmitter: Oct. 17 Is A Day of Mass Electronic Civil Disobedience

    I just received a missive from Free Radio Berkeley’s Stephen Dunifer calling on us to seize the airwaves on Media Democracy Day, October 17. Rather than working through representatives and intermediaries, Dunifer argues that it’s time to talk back directly through direct action on the airwaves. And I couldn’t agree more. Here’s the full text:…