[IMC-Boston-Editorial] new feature?...

[Matthew Williams]

I agree with you all stories are potentially political, although in 
some cases it may be more of a stretch than others. (Recent discoveries 
that at least some dinosaurs had feathers are an example. I find this 
fascinating, but it's not very political, unless you want to drag 
creationism into the mix.) This does not mean that every story on a 
topic is done politically. Take the mainstream media coverage of 
Hurricane Katrina--I didn't see any mention of the fact that it was the 
poor and people of color who were disproportionately stuck behind the 
city while it got clobbered; or that there has been a scientifically 
documented increase in the number and severity of hurricanes over the 
last few decades, most likely linked to global warming. Or, closer to 
home, most reviews of /Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/ are not 
exactly political. The one we featured is.

At one point though, you said you'd like to see reviews like appear in 
some folks' 'zines, talking about their experience watching a movie, 
without necessarily any political commentary. May be you don't hold 
that position anymore. In any case, that's what I meant we hadn't 
agreed on on stuff without political content.

bread and roses,
Matt

On Aug 29, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Pete Stidman wrote:

> "I know
>> Pete would like to feature stuff without political
>> content, but we
>> don't have consensus on that"
>
> Technically incorrect Matt, I merely have said and
> believe that everything is political, and therefore
> want to open up the content of the site.  this is just
> for idle conversation since we arent really discussing
> any decision here, but for example,
>
> recently I wrote a story about three benches.  the
> local neighborhood association started talking about
> ripping them out.  they said everyone there looked
> like bums and drunks and "not normal people" so i went
> and interviewed the folks who sat there, one of whom
> was drunk as hell and called them a bunch of "draggers
> and vampires who suck the life out of the ground they
> walk on" - that quote was the end of the story.
>
> this story is rich vs. poor- even though its about
> benches.
>
> I'm wondering- for the sake of argument and debate and
> all that, can you come up with a story example that
> could not be political?
>
> -Pete
>
>
> --- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I was actually going to feature it without checking
>> in till I saw this
>> e-mail. I thought we had agreed we were into art
>> reviews and things
>> like this, just so long as they have some political
>> content. (I know
>> Pete would like to feature stuff without political
>> content, but we
>> don't have consensus on that.) -- Matt
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2005, at 5:31 PM, TL wrote:
>>
>>> what do yall think about centering the article
>> below.
>>> its a critique of the new willy wonka from an
>>> anti-racist/colonialism perspective by a local
>> writer.
>>> its sorta on the same page as the batman review by
>>> jason pramas we featured recently which i thought
>> went
>>> over pretty well. i havent featured it yet, given
>> the
>>> less than usual nature of the article i wanted
>> wait
>>> till others gave their feedback.
>>>
>>
> http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/40813/index.php
>>>
>>> "And I say to my people's masters
>>> Beware,
>>> Beware of the thing that is coming
>>> Beware of the risen people"
>>> - Padraig Pearse, "The Rebel"
>>>
>>>
>>> 		
>>>
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