Fw: Re: [CIMC-work] oh boy. read this one.

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Garth, all,

It's a good point to say that Indymedia people should not be paid for
their efforts -- I agree with it.

And, as usual, there is a lack of a global collective decision-making
structure for the Indymedia network, so I'm not surprised if the
Indymedia Newsreal gets a patchy response.

(I consider all of the content of your email, below, Garth, to be
CIMC-related, so that's why I'm forwarding it to the list in this
email.)


Chris K.





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NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CALLS FOR PROSECUTION OF PRESIDENT BUSH FOR ROLE
IN TORTURE 
2003 State of the Union Address Contained Implicit Admission

All those concerned by the assault on basic democratic rights must
oppose the show trials being prepared at Guantanamo Bay, insist on the
immediate and unconditional release of all detainees and demand that
Howard and his colleagues be placed on trial for war crimes, alongside
their counterparts in Washington.
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jun2004/gbay-18j.shtml

Recently, Haiti has seen large demonstrations against the coup. One
crowd, estimated by Reuters at more than 10,000, marched on the US
embassy in Port-au-Prince to denounce the coup and demand the
withdrawal of US and French troops from the Caribbean island.
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jun2004/spai-j16.shtml

Photoillustrations by Chris Kaihatsu
community.webshots.com/user/ckaihatsu/







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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Garth Liebhaber" <garthliebhaber at care2.com>
>To: <ckaihatsu at myrealbox.com>
>Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 11:03 AM
>Subject: Re: Re: [CIMC-work] oh boy.  read this one.
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>> Chris,
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>> I think that funding can be a tough issue.  Don't know if folks in our
>collective would have the time to put to following this
>> list, we'll see if they do.  I do think that we all have concern one way
>or another.
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>> I'm of the view that Indymedia work shouldn't be paid, particularly in the
>United States.  I understand about funding
>> projects, but the paying of people for time quickly brings us into issues
>of hierarchy.  Of course everything is not black and
>> white, and there is a spectrum to it.  I think that $30,000 is a lot of
>money for this summer tour.  $5,000 to pay a contracted
>> videographer?  Did Chicago videographers get a fair chance to apply?
>>
>> hmmm,
>> I'm careful not to get sucked into a flame war, I am curious to see the
>outcome.  Will the tour proceed or not, as proposed?
>> I think it will be most interesting to see the actual local response to
>the tour.
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>> ciao,
>> garth
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>> Thanks for passing this along, Garth -- I'm on the US-Process list and
>> reading this thread as it developed got me to thinking and
>> *third*-guessing myself that maybe CIMCers may want to be on this list
>> as well....
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>> The thing that comes to mind is that, based on the volunteer principle,
>> perhaps some people may _volunteer_ to donate funds to offset direct
>> costs incurred in specific IMC projects...? Perhaps "micro-funding", on
>> a per-project basis...? (Kinda like temp work, but with much more
>> meaning and significance...!)
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>>
>> Chris K.
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