[New-imc] IMC-Pilipinas Principles of Unity

[Alexander Martin Remollino]

Proposed Principles of Unity of IMC-Pilipinas

1. IMC-Pilipinas aims to establish and maintain a
non-profit, non-corporate, pro-people Independent
Media Center for the Philippines that will uphold and
advance the struggle against oppression and
exploitation (especially by forces of imperialist
globalization and war), a fight shared by the Filipino
and the world’s peoples.

2. IMC-Pilipinas draws special inspiration from the
long and continuing history of anti-colonial and
anti-imperialist struggle of the Filipino people and
from the distinct role of patriotic and democratic 
propagandists, writers, journalists and netizens in
social change.

3. IMC-Pilipinas upholds the rights to free speech,
free expression and free flow of or access to
information.

4. IMC-Pilipinas shall provide an information
infrastructure for people and views that are deprived
of access to the airwaves, tools and resources of
corporate media. This includes text, audio, video,
photography, Internet distribution and any other
communication medium.

5. IMC-Pilipinas respects the right to privacy of
persons and parties who avail of its open web-based
publishing medium.

6. IMC-Pilipinas shall be committed to the use of free
source code, whenever possible, in order to develop
the digital infrastructure, and to increase the
independence of the network by not relying on the
proprietary software.

7. IMC-Pilipinas shall promote collective work and the
sharing of resources including knowledge, skills and
equipment.

8. IMC-Pilipinas shall practice mutual respect, mutual
benefit, consensus, consultation, and the independence
and initiative of all persons and parties interested
in joining or supporting it. No person or party or
political belief shall arbitrarily impose its will on
any or all the others.

9. IMC-Pilipinas shall – by way of consensus and
consultation – choose a spokesperson who can and would
represent it in global decision-making 
processes of Indymedia.

10. IMC-Pilipinas shall be committed to the principle
of human equality, and shall not discriminate,
including discrimination based upon race, region,
gender, age, class or sexual orientation. As such, it
shall not act in a manner that endangers, intimidates,
or physically harms any member of the group, including
by sexual harassment or acts of violence. It shall
strive to act in a respectful manner to its members as
well as the public.

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