https://london.indymedia.org/articles/13128
*The Indymedia London collective has taken a decision to close.*
Collectively we have racked up almost 100 years of involvement with the
Indymedia project; from the beginnings of Indymedia in 1999 and the
launch of Indymedia UK
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http://london.indymedia.org/pages/uktokollectives> in 2000 as a manual
website
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http://web.archive.org/web/20010904022700/http://www.indymedia.org.uk/newsite/>
and evolution to a content management site
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http://web.archive.org/web/200012132021/http://uk.indymedia.org/>, to
the creation of local indymedia groups
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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london> in 2003, and then the
launch of the current IMC London website in 2008
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http://london.indymedia.org/articles/92>.
So it is with a sad heart that we bring this latest chapter to an end.
Firstly thanks to all the people, friends and comrades who have
participated in the project with us over the years, as users, as members
of the london collective (over 50 people) and other imc collectives, or
as supporters behind the scenes. All of us wish to continue working in a
similar terrain and view what comes next as a development from the work
that’s already been done. However for us, this Indymedia project is for
many reasons no longer the one which we think is tactically useful to
put our energy into. There are still many features of the project that
we believe to be important and essential, but others which are less so.
Below we set out some thoughts on both of these, and some of the
challenges and limitations of the Indymedia project over the years.
On a practical note, the open publishing newswire of this website is now
closed and the content will be archived, along with selected london
related content <
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/> from
the previous different Indymedia UK websites. User logons for the
website will no longer work. Our public email lists and wiki pages will
also be closed and kept as archives.
We will add to the London Indymedia archive some further reflections and
evaluations generated through more than a decade of practice, debate and
argument. We also think the function of the London events calendar has
been an important one and are interested in thinking about ways of
retaining this function in one way or other.
If you wish to contact us or send any feedback on the rest of this
farewell message please email us at
imc-london-contact@???
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mailto:imc-london-contact@lists.indymedia.org>
See you on the streets!
*IMC London*
