Revolution

Some examples of how people are creating media democracy...

• Fighting for media policy in the public interest Campaign for Democratic Media
• Online Community that enables sharing stuff for free. Lend, borrow, giveaway to help your community and the environment.SocialWay
• Non Commercial Social Networking Community FreeSpeech
• Collaborative authoring of a free global encyclopedia
• COA News a network of independent media offering an the essential mix of independent news.
• Online, Canadian, National news website/community rabble.ca
• independent alternative daily newspaper reaching every corner of B.C. and beyond TheTyee
• Collaboration to end the major label monopoly and build a better, fairer music industry (e.g. downhillbattle.org and greytuesday.org)
• Giving away computers
• Creating free software
• Creative Commons licenses for open sharing of media
• Peer-2-peer file exchange
• Community radio
• Independent publishers (e.g. Verso Books, New Society and Seven Stories)
• Marketplace for independent media items Independent Media Marketplace
• Independent World Television TheREALnews
• Media production co-ops
• Co-op Radio
• Collaborative film making (e.g. Echo Chamber Project)
• The Vancouver Observer is an independent magazine providing an insider's look at one of the coolest cities in the world. http://www.thevancouverobserver.com

Find more independent media at: http://coanews.org/affiliates