[New-imc] Draft Principles of Unity of IMC-Pilipinas

[tonyo cruz]

Hi!

Here is a draft being discussed offline and online. Some of these are 
culled from Principles of Unity of other IMCs as well as from the draft 
that was previously posted.

For our collective consideration.

STR,
Tonyo



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 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 descriminate, 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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