[Imc-communication] Belgium: proposal

[deva]

The word Belgium covers the entire country which includes the other 
collectives.

Openness and cooperation between activists and thinking of everyone are 
part of the spirit of indymedia and the principles of unity.

It makes clear and obvious sense that Belgium be the name for a 
syndication site that is syndicating all local collectives in Belgium. 
It also makes clear sense that if there are various local collectives 
which do not have good relations, that one of them should not control 
the name that represents all.

Frankly I do not respect the position to hold the name for your own 
profit when it does not make sense collectively. Everywhere in the 
world are people looking for their own interests and unwilling to give 
up any power. The big corporation does not want to give up power, even 
though that is the right thing to do to make a more democratic world. 
On the big scale, or the small, this pattern is all round the world 
causing conflict.

Your words ignore a simple point - You are not the only collective in 
Belgium. The fair path is to be open to give up the name to be shared 
by all in Belgium.

regards,
deva



On Apr 28, 2005, at 11:32 PM, <han at indymedia.be> wrote:

> The  syndication site: we have no problem with idea tha some imc's in
> belgium are building such a website, be it at a new url, and not at
> belgium.indymedia.org . We think it's normal that a new imc project
> chooses a new url, instead of taking the one from an existing and 
> working
> collective.