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A collection of Independent Media Center (IMC) audio teams is planning on
producing three half hour programs about the Free Trade Area of the Americas
and how it effects local communities around the Americas.
On April 20th-22nd the Summit of the Americas is meeting in Quebec City to
discuss the largest free trade zone ever, and activists from all over the
hemisphere will be protesting the meeting and FTAA, both in Quebec and in
their local communities.
These programs will include headlines, news stories, background information
on the FTAA and interviews with activists and community organizers.
The programs will be available on the
internet as MP3s on www.indymedia.org by 4am (EDT) on the following Monday
mornings: the 16th, the 23rd and the 30th of April. We can also send CDs to
your station.
The first program will include coverage of the demonstrations planned for
Argentina on the weekend of the 7th and 8th as well as a Quebec City and
border info update and substantial background to the FTAA.
The April 23rd program will be comprised of reports on demonstrations around
the Americas on the borders and in local communities with a focus on the
mass actions in Quebec city.
The April 30th program will be comprised of follow up reports on
the demonstrations, jail solidarity updates, arrests and what effects the
demonstrations had on the FTAA and community organizing around the
Americas.
You can use the whole half hour show or take stories from them for your news
shows. The programs are free for broadcast but if you are planning on airing
them we'd like to know.
So far we have people covering border actions in Seattle, Vermont and San
Diego as well as reporters in Quebec City (probably some inside as well as
people covering the protests), people covering what's happening in San
Francisco; and stories from people in Central and South America.
If you are producing stories which you think would fit into one of these
programs we are seeking collaborators.
For more information contact IMC-Audio@indymedia.org
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