# Indymedia An open publishing network of activist journalist collectives that report on political and social issues. > Vanguard stacks already lurk in the archaeology of colonial systems through legacies like Indymedia, an activist social network whose participatory servers and software prefigured the corporate “Web 2.0” > > – [[Vanguard Stacks: Self-Governing against Digital Colonialism]] > Some of the earliest online social media emerged through Indymedia’s coverage of anti-capitalist protests. > > – [[Governable Stacks against Digital Colonialism]]