Local IMCs tend to emerge either alongside or as a result of particular social and political movements. One of the more recently established IMC’s in Palestine is an exemplary case. The formation of local IMCs give locally based groups an outlet and presence, not just in their own communities, but throughout the world via the Internet. Local IMC websites, as well as the main Indymedia site, enable localized groups to disseminate information to geographically dispersed audiences. With such slogans as “Don’t Hate the Media, Be the Media,” and “Everyone is a Witness, Everyone is a Journalist,” it is evident that Indymedia encourages and fosters civic action and participation. This philosophy is demonstrative of democratic theories set forth by McQuail (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 1993), as well as illustrative of Habermas’s (1974) notion of the public sphere as a place to encourage democratic discourse and equal participation.