Phoenix Mentions

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday February 28, 2003 22:41 by Sparks

Phoenix covers March 1 protest at Shannon and profiles Indymedia.ie editor Eamonn Crudden

Seen in this month's Phoenix:
On page 4, an article about the March 1 protest and how the IAWM, SIPTU, PANA, NGO, SF, Greens and Labour reacted to it's proposal. Specifically mentions a quote from here : "Wow, refused permission to attend our own demo!"

And on page 16, the `Young Bloods` profile is of Eamonn Crudden, one of indymedia's editors. Rather positive article, though the last paragraph doesn't pull it's punch :
"Comparing reports on Indymedia Israel and Indymedia Palestine on house demolition and the killings of children, it seems that the space devoted by certain Irish contributors to petty squabbles and paranoid conjecture could be better employed. With a bit more pruning of the content, Crudden, who has already had success as a filmmaker, could turn a tool useful for keeping tabs on the cops into something far more important."

Nice to get some background on the people behind Indymedia, and nicer still to see they actually walk the walk...