[New-imc] Arkansas Indymedia Mission Statement/Introduction

[Squash Capitalism]

hi everyone,

the following is our mission statement, and does a fair job of introducing 
us. we adopted it 12-21-02.

Arkansas Indymedia

Truth surfaces in the face of corporate dominance.

We come from the backwoods and city streets, from comfortable homes and 
beneath bridges.
We see Arkansas as it is and as it could be. We see our impovershed, rural 
and urban sisters and brothers living amoungst that small minority--Tyson's, 
Wal-Mart, etc.--with so much wealth. We see our lives becoming markets for 
the capitalist monster to devour. We see the "Natural State" becoming a 
wasteland. Where there once was a community, there is now a corporate 
business district. Where there once was a forest, there is now a 
subdivision.

Arkansas Independent Media Center speaks truth to these realities by 
providing a reclaimed meda space, free from corporate chains. The IMC is 
designed to empower and give voice to the people of Arkansas, especially the 
voices and ideas marginalized by mainstream media. We will supply Arkansas 
with radical, passionate, intelligent, and accurate versions of stories and 
issues that link our communities to the world.

We will do this in a non-heirarchical way that emphasizes collective 
decision-making, decentralized power, and a malleable structure. Our IMC 
will include diverse perspectives and expand awareness. Arkansas Indymedia 
is an avenue to building a network of communication and free information to 
help form the base of the movement that will overcome the wreckage left by 
capitalism.

solidarity
aaron



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