Last Updated on December 21, 2013
George Seldes, the iconic American investigative journalist — honored in the Academy Award nominated documentary film Tell the Truth and Run — spent his life taking on anti-democratic media, corporations and governments. Faced with the choice between a career and his conscience, Seldes chose the latter.
At IC Magazine, we face the same choice. With ongoing reader support, we can continue to tell the truth.
As IC grows and becomes a non-profit publication in 2014, we will exercise the same scrupulous standards we always have. While we don’t rule out accepting help from foundations in order to supplement reader support, we’ll be very selective about whom we are willing to work with.
Rest assured that won’t include foundations opposed to the Indigenous Peoples Movement–like Clinton, Ford, Rockefeller, Soros, Tides, Bill and Melinda Gates.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..
For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise.
We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context.
And when the world looks away, we stay focused.
But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.
We refuse to lock our reporting behind a paywall. We don’t sell access through subscriptions.
And we don’t answer to advertisers. IC Magazine survives solely because readers like you choose to
support independent Indigenous journalism.
Please donate today if you can. Every contribution helps us to continue this crucial work.
Thank you,
John Ahni Schertow
Founder and Editor in Chief
