[Imc-africa] Another Message of Solidarity

[newkenya at riseup.net]

Since I am not there I am refraining from commenting on the ongoing
exchanges.

Just wanted to embrace the spirit with which the conference was put
together. All too often on the  left we spend so much energy fighting each
other.... sometimes we need to  struggle with each other, but I think we
should take time to acknowledge and embrace each other as brothers and
sisters in a common struggle.

Onyango Oloo
Montreal

>
> There was never an indication given that the histories of proposed
> delegates was to be scrutinised. It is disturbing that a donor was allowed
> the discretion to select delegates as though we should not be best placed
> to make such decisions. Donors have long determined organisational
> development of their recipients and modelled projects to suit their own
> programme objectives. Even the independence of indymedia is compromised in
> this beggarly way of pulling together a conference.
>
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:11:40 +0000, African IMCs and the imc project in
> Africa <imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org> said:
>>Ofege not showing up does not in any way disturb SA ticket.
>>
>>I said before that the application to "umvertilung" included  the name of
>> all
>>the delegates from all the countries, their professions and life history.
>>I also included- "3 prsons from South Africa". Umvertilung chosed from
>> the
>>entire list 5 persons they would pay tickets for. Five persons whom one
>> of the
>>comrades who participated in the first stage of the decision of which
>> 5persons
>>even gave a hint why those specific 5.
>>
>>-Grace was the only woman on the whole lists.
>>-Ofege was the person amongst all the delegates with the longest history
>> of
>>imprisonment for carrying out his profession as a journalist.
>>-Floribert was even know to "Umvetilung" as they once had to hurrily send
>> money
>>to DRCongo for people to help him escape from the regime in Kinshasa some
>> years
>>back.
>>-Gilberto's-Angola their Radio station had won some award for the most
>>independent news outlet.
>>-Frank; their radio station is amongst the few in Cameroon that is trying
>> to  be
>>as object as they can in the face of a brutal dictorial regime.
>>
>>Of course I believe had we known abit more information about the SA
>> delegates
>>(history and names) they could may be have been chosen by umvertilung.
>> That I've
>>already explained on this list more than twice.
>>
>>Think of something better!
>>
>>
>>Quoting Glenda Loebell <glloebell at yahoo.com>:
>>
>>> oh I forgot to say that so much waste of money has
>>> incurred due to last minute arrangements.
>>> The other incident is one of the delegates(Ambazonia
>>> 2nd delegate) did not pitch up even though the ticket
>>> was paid for and on the other hand the South Africans
>>> were not able to participate due to lack of funds.
>>> NeBe
>>--
>>but for fate we could have been one another
>>
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