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

[Pete Stidman]

OK, but then, (continuing in the dialogue just for the
hell of it vein) if a story about dinosaur with
feathers is written by a person who did not attend J
school or is an auto didact or talking about it as an
indivdual as opposed to an academian it is political,
because in that case they have subverted the elitist
rule that such things can only be talked about by
those who hold three degrees or more.

I would have loved to hae seen indymedia as a place
that individuals could post coverage from their
backyards or homes when the storm was going on. 
Because as you pointed out even that can be political-
even if they just mention why they didn't leave.  

The more we open up, the more likely we are to recieve
these sorts of things and discover their power.  Of
course, the collective still controls what gets
featured, which takes care of your biggest fear—that
indymedia would the become the unoffical home of the
boston red sox fan club.

-Pete



--- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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
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