[Imc-alternatives] Taking a back seat... again

[Jay]

Hi Strypey,

At 11/19/2007, you wrote:
>Kia ora koutou Great to hear about the imminent 
>launch of the new Philly site and the progress 
>on converging the Indymedia CMS efforts. All of 
>this bodes well for Indymedia as a global 
>network and the Alternatives project in 
>particular. It's been a surreal few months for 
>me. 2 of our more active Aotearoa Indymedia 
>editors were among the 17 people arrested in 
>dawn raids around the country, which started on 
>Oct 15. They were among the 12 the state 
>attempted to charge under the Terrorism 
>Suppression Act, luckily this attempt failed and 
>those charges will not be laid. However, they 
>are still among 16 of the 17 who face charges 
>under the Arms Act. They and their whānau 
>(families) continue to endure being at the 
>centre of a massive propaganda campaign against 
>activism, being waged through the corporate 
>media. This issue consumed much of my available 
>time and energy through the rest of October and 
>November, until our friends were finally 
>released on bail. Just as it looked like things 
>were going to start getting back to normal, a 
>family emergency came up which is going to keep 
>me busy for the next couple of weeks. After all 
>this I am going to need some time out, so I will 
>be going to a rainbow gathering, camping, 
>tramping, hitching, spending some time with 
>family and friends, and mostly afk through Dec 
>and Jan, and possibly Feb if I join the crew 
>walking from Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland) to 
>Waimangaroa (site of a planned open cast coal 
>mine) to campaign against fossil fuels: 
>http://www.walkingthewalk.org.nz/ Keep up all 
>the great work you are doing everyone, have a 
>great summer solstice, and I will be back with 
>you in the new year. Ka kite ano Strypes

Of course take all the time you need to support 
your friends, family and yourself.  Being in this 
for the long haul means we'll all be dealing with 
real life continuously and will always have to weave in and out.

I've been following along with the charges laid 
against the activists in Aotearoa  and am glad to 
hear at least some of them have been 
dropped.  The rainbow gathering, camping, etc. 
sound great.  Can we all come?  Ah, I guess that would defeat the purpose.

Jay



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