Support Infoshop and the Alternative Media Project Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:17:07 -0600 (CST) Infoshop.org has been providing resources, information and news since 1995 for tens of thousands of people around the world. Our website currently reaches over 100,000 different people on average each month. Our popular newswire, Infoshop News, is read by thousands of people each day. We cover current issues and events from points of view that go beyond the standard analysis found in the liberal media. We've helped hundreds of organizations promote their events, campaigns, and projects. Infoshop News has covered the ongoing fight against anti-immigrant racists, developing environmental problems, the growing anti-war movements, anti-corporate activism, the Green Scare against environmental and animal rights activists and much more. The Infoshop.org website continues to be one of the most popular online destinations for information and resources. In the past few months we've upgraded services on the website, re-designed several sections, and moved most of our old content to the Drupal content management system. These changes will make the site more user-friendly and maximize participation by our users. The Alternative Media Project is much more than just a website. Our organization is still planning to launch a new quarterly magazine of news, reviews, analysis and opinion. Breaking Glass Press will be our publishing imprint, but we have struggled to get this project going due to lack of funds. We also want to develop AMP into a regular nonprofit organization which will focus on assisting alternative media and social change movements around the globe. Goal for Fall 2007 online fundraiser: $7500 So far we've raised over $1000. The Alternative Media Project is currently raising funds to build our new office in Kansas City. We also need money to cover the following expenses and projects: * $300 - to fly Infoshop/AMP collective member Jamie "Bork" Loughner from New Orleans to Kansas City in October for some vacation and to help us set up the Infoshop office. She'll also be working on the first issue of our new magazine. * $75 - Pays for one article by staff writer Kari Lydersen * $75/month - Mutual aid support to volunteer Viviane Lerner * $75 - Buys an investigative article by another freelancer * $200/month - Provides a stipend to collective member Chuck Munson * $3500 - Pays for publishing the Black Bloc Papers * $1500 - Pays the print bill for one issue of Infoshop News & Views * $50/month - Pays one month of rent for our new office * $80/month - Pays for a DSL line for the new Infoshop News server * $40/month - Pays the phone bill Donate today! PayPal, snail mail options: http://www.infoshop.org/donate.html You can now make donations using your credit card to Infoshop courtesy of Little Black Cart! http://littleblackcart.com/category/publisher/infoshop/ We'd like to thank those of you who contributed to our summer fundraiser. Thanks! Infoshop/AMP collective ###