Critically acclaimed master of horror manga (Japanese comics), Junji Ito creates a masterpiece of existential and sardonic horror in GYO. Ito weaves social, political and historical threads with David Cronenberg’s clinical eye to science technology and the moral underpinnings reminiscent of 1950s EC’s horror comics. read more »

It’s important that we seek out the stories of others as well, those we don’t know, in order to understand both the individual loss and the collective loss they represent. It is the essence of the solidarity Brad and many others have given their lives for. read more »

Brad Will was someone who seemed to be everywhere. Most knew him as an Indymedia activist, but he was also a passionate environmentalist, freedom fighter, musician, and anarchist who was also close to the Earth First! movement where he was a beloved character by many. read more »

Indypendent Journalists, Photographers and Designers won 8 awards at the 2006 Ippies. Links to award-winning articles in story. read more »

Plans for a new South Bronx prison to replace old facilities on Rikers Island has sparked resistance from a community that does not want a jail built in its backyard, or anywhere else in New York City. read more »

TEMPTING FAITH: AN INSIDE STORY OF POLITICAL SEDUCTION BY DAVID KUO FREE PRESS (OCTOBER 16, 2006) read more »

MOBSTERS, UNIONS, AND FEDS: THE MAFIA AND THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT (2006) BY JAMES B. JACOBS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS read more »

The vitriol spilled in the most recent WBAI Local Station Board (LSB) election campaigns has created one of the nastiest political contests north of New Jersey. read more »

Unlike other docs on the aftermath of Katrina, Alderer chose not to blame FEMA or the Bush administration. In fact at one point one of the brothers confesses that if he had listened to the government he wouldn’t be in this mess. read more »

While the election is a referendum over the strike, Toussaint’s leadership style is also in sharp focus. Toussaint’s enemies do not hold back their anger and disgust, and the personal is very much the political. read more »

Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 washes their “laundry outside in public even before it’s dirty” – so says Local 100 president Roger Toussaint, alluding to his adversaries’ sniping in the upcoming union election. read more »

On the afternoon of October 27, Brad was murdered by paramilitary forces. He was shot twice in the abdomen as he filmed pro-government gunmen attacking a barricade on the outskirts of Oaxaca. His camera was in his hand. He was wearing an Indymedia t-shirt. read more »

A month after Columbia University students unexpectedly shut down a speech by the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project on Oct. 4, the incident continues to draw waves of both criticism and support from across the country, adding fuel to the growing political clash regarding racism and U.S. immigration policies. read more »

yesterday i went for a walk with the good people of oaxaca – was walking all day really – in the afternoon they showed me where the bullets hit the wall – they numbered the ones they could reach – it reminded me of the doorway of amadou diallos home read more »

Testimonials and tributes poured into the nyc.indymedia.org website in the day’s following Brad Will’s death. Here are excerpts from a few of them: read more »

“Here’s a story that you may not understand, but the parking lots will crack and bloom again. There’s a world beneath the pavement that will never end. Seeds are lying dormant, they will never end.” —Songwriter Dana Lyons, “Willy Says” read more »

The images were damning: this was a death squad. And these were the people who would come that night. But tonight, Andres has been told, there will be no holding back. read more »

Stretching along the north end of Washington Square Park is the scene of a massive car wreck, part of a set for an upcoming Will Smith film. Standing among the flurry of attention the set has drawn, Jim Klicker and Eleanor Preiss in their designated spot under the arch, hold an anti- Iraq war placard, with quiet resolution. read more »

Inspired by an article in the New Yorker, Steel trained a number of cameras on the Golden Gate Bridge throughout the daylight hours of 2004 in order to record what amounted to 24 suicides. read more »

Andy Statman says that “On one level, playing music just happens and is something I can’t control. On another, my experience with the music opens up and plays itself.” read more »

MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE MINETTA LANE THEATER DIRECTED BY ALAN RICKMAN read more »

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2006) DIRECTED BY KEVIN MACDONALD read more »

BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN DIRECTED BY LARRY CHARLES, STARRING SACHA BARON COHEN WIDE RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2006 read more »

Thurs Nov 2 7pm • $5-7.00 DISCUSSION: “RADICAL COMMUNITY HEALTH.” The Rock Dove Collective is a network of health practitioners willing to offer their services for no and low cost to individuals or communities in need. W/members of the Rock Dove Collective discussing its mission & vision, in the hopes that a group of like-minded people might [...] read more »