[Boston-editorial] center article?

[Sofia JarrinT]

hi,
yup, I know we've talked about this many times. It's
hard.  We mentioned letting at least 1 day to go by to
allow members weigh in, unless it's a timely issue. We
also mentioned having at least 2 members say yes, and
then moving forward.  I guess for something as
sensitive as this, I should have waited 1 day.

Ps: I don't think Jay is with MFSO.  See his bio at
the end of the article:

Jay Shaft is a freelance writer and the editor for an
independent news group Coalition for Free Thought In
Media http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CFTMGroup. He has
covered numerous issues, including homelessness and
poverty, human rights, the use of cluster bombs and
depleted uranium, civilian and military deaths in the
ongoing US-led wars and occupations, and civil
liberties and freedom.

Jay has conducted many interviews with soldiers who
have served in Iraq, in which service members exposed
the issues of the military's failure to provide proper
equipment and training to US troops, and he has been
on the forefront of investigating the price that
soldiers are paying as a result.

Jay has also published many letters from parents
speaking out against the deaths of their children
serving in Iraq.

SEE:
A US Soldier Writes From Iraq
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0402/S00088.htm

Letter From A Soldier's Mother: Soldier's Are Not
Combat Ready!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0402/S00099.htm

For Families of Some Killed in Iraq: Grief, Outrage
and Protest
http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=705

Celeste Zappala Interview "The pain of my son's death
does not get any better, it just gets worse as time
goes on."
http://www.williambowles.info/iraq/zappala.html

Sue Niederer Interview- President Bush, You Killed My
Son!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0409/S00032.htm

8/29 RNC/NYC Anti-War Protest Interview With Sue
Niederer
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0408/S00302.htm

US Soldiers to America: Bring Us Home Now (Part 5
linked to other 4 parts in series)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0310/S00195.htm


--- sharpie at riseup.net wrote:

> Hey sofia, thanks. I just emailed Jay asking him for
> the contact info of
> his  connection at MFSO, hopefully we'll hear back
> soon.
> 
> To everyone on the list, this is my main concern
> with letting folks just
> center things after such a short period of time.
> Obviously Sofia had the
> best of intentions, but I had a concern that she
> just didn't consider.
> This is why I think we should have a more ordered
> process for centering
> articles.
> 
> I think if someone from within the collective were
> to say "yo, i'm going
> to write an article about fred phelps" that's one
> thing, and perhaps we
> can figure out a way to make it clear that each
> article written by a
> collective member reflects their specific take on
> our collectively agreed
> upon process/mission. But if its from the newswire,
> I feel like there
> definitely needs to be a more specific process for
> centering.
> 
> peace
> sharpie
> PS its my feeling that there should be a more
> ordered process for all
> "features" but I am certainly more willing to bend
> on collective members'
> work
> 
> > oh, I'm sorry!! I just centered it.  Should I put
> it
> > down?  I don't have a problem with you wanting to
> > check it out.  I also just wrote Jay thanking him
> for
> > his submission...  sorry! I guess I went ahead of
> > myself...
> >
> > peace,
> > sofia
> >
> > --- sharpie at riseup.net wrote:
> >
> >> Hey folks, not to always be a negative nancy, but
> is
> >> it ok if I email this
> >> Jay person first, check with him and find out who
> >> his contact with
> >> Military Families Speak Out is?
> >>
> >> I just get a weird feeling about this article and
> >> would like to check the
> >> legitimacy of it as best as possible first.
> >>
> >> Is that cool? does anyone have contacts with
> MFSO?
> >>
> >> peace
> >> sharpie
> >>
> >> > I'm for it.
> >> >
> >> > -Jon
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 07:27:38AM -0700, Sofia
> >> JarrinT wrote:
> >> > :hi editors,
> >> > :
> >> > :I would like to center the following article:
> >> > :
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
:http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37748/index.php
> >> > :
> >> > :Interview with an Iraq veteran. Let me know
> what
> >> you
> >> > :think.
> >> > :
> >> > :cheers,
> >> > :sofia
> >> > :
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