[CIMC-work] Zionist Proposal

[Garth Liebhaber]

 Chris K.,
Super kudos on this.  

Some preliminary thought and discussion on this, that we 
may better be able to take up in in-person discussion at 
Sunday's meeting.

There are two reasons that those particular posts are 
made to IMC.  1.) poster's naivete, and 2.) it's race-bait.

As we are familiar from previous flame wars, there will be 
vehement opposition from a certain soul in U-C.  A 
further challenge of this might be the belligerant 'support' 
of another certain soul at SF-IMC.  Ha!, might we ask him 
to sit this one out, and let us do 'the work'?

I think the important thing here is to move forward with 
global consensus on this important issue.  I also think, 
that despite the notion of a weak global process, that 
processes, meaning human relationships, nonetheless 
exist, and that even if this proposal is not 'officially' 
consensed on, if we work in a unifying manner (I'm not 
saying 'compromising') we will still find success.

my thoughts,
g.


Chicago IMC,
 
 The following is a process checklist for the proposal 
which follows,
 which is followed by referenced messages in the 
lists.indymedia.org
 archive.
 
 
 [  ]  one-week timetable for CIMC discussion, alternate 
proposals,
 and/or agreement
 [  ]  CIMC consensus 
 [  ]  translations 
 [  ]  post to IMC-Process for network-wide consideration 
and possible
 consensus
 
 
 
 === BEGINNING OF PROPOSAL
 
 Proposal: A call for a unified Independent Media Center 
response to
 Zionist solicitations
 
 - Given that the State of Israel has been killing 
Palestinians, forcibly
 expelling them, and subjecting remaining Palestinians to 
military rule
 (see: www.ifamericansknew.org),
 
 [  ]  I propose that any submissions to IMC websites or 
lists in the
 interests of the State of Israel, or for Israel-oriented 
purposes,
 should be judged to be Zionist, and should be responded 
to as such.
 
 - Reference #1 shows the Jewish National Fund's non-
compliance with the
 personal request made of them in reference #2.
 
 - Reference #3 shows the principle of non-discrimination 
in the
 Independent Media Center's Principles of Unity. Should 
any local IMC
 collective and/or any IMC participant put up with any 
solicitation or
 submission from any person or entity that tolerates or 
encourages the
 racism and killings perpetrated by the State of Israel? I 
say that we
 should not.
 
 - Reference #4 explains that while Indymedia sites are 
open-publishing,
 they are subject to filtering by editorial policies which 
leave the
 filtering visible to the public. 
 
 [  ]  Zionist-oriented posts, once judged as such by an 
IMC collective,
 should be hidden.
 
 
 Thank you in advance for your consideration of this 
proposal.
 
 
 Chris Kaihatsu, volunteer
 Chicago Independent Media Center
 
 


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