the Greater Nomadic Council

Indymedia FBI Shutdown

A few of the less active members of the GNC are heavily involved in Indymedia's Austin outlet. I'm sure they're already well aware of these events. The actual details are a bit unclear at this point, but the gist of it seems to be that the FBI collaborated with Swiss authorities in seizing the servers hosting about 20 nation's Indymedia sites, pursuant to photos of Swiss secret police at the 2003 G8 summit, which they had asked the FBI to help remove from a French Indymedia site. You can read more about this and sign an action petition here. The servers have been returned at this point, but what remains unclear, apparently, is exactly who ordered them seized. Updates will be available at the Indymedia homepage.