We suggest in the following discussion and summary that alternative media has historically played an outreach and teach role in the praxis-oriented, social learning culture of civil society. This activity most often takes place in informal learning situations, but may also begin with K-12 media education that utilizes alternative media environments. In these environments, boundaries are often broken down between age, race, gender and class, and teachers often become peers with students as learning becomes socially and experientially oriented. Thislearning activity—per Buckingham’s (2003) form of preparation and Gramsci’s (Calabrese, 1999) war of position—may apply to students of all ages within civil society who engage in the use of alternative media. Textual analyses of FSTV and Indymedia reveal that these organizations use an outreach and teach approach that is based on ideals of democracy, empowerment through learning, and social and political interests that are similar to the goals of most schools and educational institutions.