[Boston-editorial] Re: [IMC Dispatch] activist meeting with Chuck Turner

[Pete Stidman]

--- sharpie at riseup.net wrote:
> I'm interested in going to that meeting. it depends
> when it will be. I've
> spoken with Amatul a number of times over the phone
> after the events of
> last sunday.
> 
> Matt, since the article you wrote from last sunday
> has continued to be on
> the center column, I'm going to make a request to
> you in regards to your
> story. I'd like it very much if you would change the
> phrase "anarchist
> youth." The reasons I'm asking you to change it are
> because:
> 1. Its inaccurate and misleading.
> 2. Its belittling, marginalizing, and somewhat
> insulting.
> and
> 3. As someone involved with the end march, I find
> the categorization
> offensive, and as I said in 1., downright wrong. A.
> Anarchists don't
> "lead" marches, B. the crowd was a mixture and
> certainly not led by
> anarchist "youth" whatever that means.
> 
> I'm sorry that this email is somewhat harsh, but I
> don't mean it to be,
> and it certainly shouldn't be taken as a personal
> attack against Matt. I'm
> glad you wrote the article, someone needed to and I
> was too busy editing
> video, dealing with NLG folks, and leaving town for
> a week, but I do think
> it could stand some editing. as well, it eventually
> turned out that only 3
> people were actually arrested, 2 were "detained" and
> never formally
> charged.
> 
> Just some details it might be important to change,
> if people are just
> reading the article.
> 
> peace
> sharpie
> back next week.
> 
> 
> > For those of you who haven't seen this item
> >
>
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34460/index.php
> on the
> > newswire, A woman named Amatul is working to set
> up a meeting between
> > some of the activist youth at Sunday's march and
> Chuck Turner so they
> > can exchange ideas about activism and street
> strategy. (For those of
> > you who don't know who Chuck Turner is, in
> addition to being a Boston
> > City Councilor, he's a long time civil rights
> activist and community
> > organizer in the Roxbury-Dorchester area. And not
> a tame one either--he
> > works in the tradition of militant nonviolence of
> King.) She sent me an
> > e-mail letting me know that someone from Boston
> Indy Media could come
> > if they want to. I doubt I would have time to go
> to such a meeting
> > (though it would likely be fascinating), so I
> thought I'd let others
> > know about the invitation. I hesitate to forward
> Amatul's contact
> > information (especially her phone number) onto a
> publicly archived
> > e-mail like this, so if you'd like to get in touch
> with her about
> > attending/covering the meeting, please let me know
> and I'll pass on her
> > e-mail and phone number. -- Matt
> >
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