[New-imc] expedited process, IMC Armenia

[Shayne O'Neill]

I think it needs to be said that I'm not advocating cutting corners in
'getting official' as such. Rather what I'm saying is that if the Armanian
crew have an urgent need to send news , they should do so official or not.
This can mean submitting stories to features, and setting up a 'candidate'
website.

This is infact quite common, and I do not believe undermines in anyway the
established processes.

Our occasionally bureocracy tendency should not impede our revolutionary
task of informing the world of the struggles in places like armenia or whatever.

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"Must not Sleep! Must warn others!"
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Shayne O'Neill. Indymedia. Fun.
http://www.perthimc.asn.au

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Petros Evdokas wrote:

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> > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:27:54 -0400
> > From: "Kevin Brochet" <kbrochet at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [New-imc] expidited process, IMC Armenia
> > To: new-imc at indymedia.org
> >
> > Hey -
> >
> > I posted an application to form an IMC in Armenia a couple of days ago, and
> > we were wondering if it is possible to speed up the review/approval process
> > in light of the continuing protests (and lack of coverage thereof) here. And
> > - I filled out the form on the Indymedia Documentation Project site - do I
> > also need to email the relevant details here? Thanks,
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
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> Hello Kevin,
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> Welcome to our efforts to expand IndyMedia!
>
> As you probably know, the struggles of the Armenian people
> for survival and liberation have been historically and my
> necessity linked to the same struggles of the peoples of
> Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus, and others in the region. I'd
> like to recommend that you also contact our IndyMedia groups
> there, in the interest of building more internationalist
> solidarity among our people, especially those of us working
> on Indymedia projects.
>
> I'd recommend contacting:
> imc-istanbul, thessaloniki, athens, cyprus, and
> eastern-mediterranean. And also I'd recommend publishing
> Armenia- related stories and articles at any of those imc
> groups' Open Publishing facilities, until we get the
> imc-armenia group approved.
>
> In terms of the request for an "expedited process" I feel
> that slower is more secure, and gives us a chance to develop
> our politics together, and to clarify who is who.
>
> In reference to the support given by Shayne to the idea of
> creating an imc-armenia website, now, and to even run
> stories from there as IndyMedia Feature articles, I say
> this: there's always someone among us willing to rush, and
> will always find some precedent to justify it. But making a
> mistake in the past, does not justify making a mistake in
> the future.
>
> IndyMedia is not a website, it is network of radical
> activists and free media activists, it is the unofficial
> organ of expression of the global movement against the
> expansion of corporate and state domination of the planet.
>
> Let's build a good solid relationship with the imc-armenia
> group first, let's get it formed as a collective and
> approved first, and *then* start with official websites and
> Feature articles.
>
> Petros,
> Cyprus IndyMedia Collective
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