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[ΦΑΛΙΕΣ / FALIES]

18/01/2011
Nicosia
 
To: The Athens, Patras andIstanbul IMCs
 
The state of affairs with CyprusIndymedia 
 
Dear Friends,
This note is written in hope that it will serveas an indictment of those presently administrating Cyprus Indymedia. Putstraightforwardly, they are open supporters of Greek ultra-nationalism. Theyare at ease in the company of far-right and even fascist groupings, whosereactionary “anti-capitalism” and “right to free speech” they fervently defend.They even defend the “right” of Nazis, of anti-Muslims and Holocaust deniers(of ELAM, the sisterorganisation of Chrysi Avgi in Cyprus)to hold terror marches in the streets of Nicosiaand in other cities.
Not only the economy goes wild in times ofcrisis. One often finds that those who in conditions of relative “normality”exhibit a pronounced contradictory consciousness – in this instance, a blend oflibertarianism and steadfast nationalism – in times of crisis they invariablygo berserk.
A first manifestation of this lopsidedcondition of the administrators of Cyprus Indymedia came soon after the attackagainst Turkish Cypriot students at English School byultra-nationalist EFEN members back in 2006. To this racist assault, CyprusIndymedia responded by giving platform to EFEN to put its “case” across. Sincethen, they have progressively elaborated further their own extreme nationalistdiscourse and simultaneously have become sturdy apologists to ALLultra-nationalist and Nazi ventures. Only in this sense can they be seen to becritical of mainstream nationalist parties – from their Right. (Examples aboundin the Greek section of their site.)
Amidst phoney protestations and nauseatingpersonal exposés, PetrosEvdokas and Solon Antartis – the administrators of Cyprus Indymedia – haveirrevocably crossed over to the side of reaction. This sorry spectacle cannotbe simply ignored. For Indymedia today is not merely seen as providingsanctuary to a couple of semi-psychotic individuals. Far more importantly, itis providing in practice a strong “democratic” alibi to organisations of theextreme right. Please note further that these organizations have been on theascendance over the last 2 or 3 years. It is for this reason that the issue hasnow become most urgent and it is for this reason that confidence in theadministrators of Cyprus Indymedia must be now resolutely withdrawn.
Best regards,
DaphnosEconomou
Memberof “Anatropi” magazine editorial team.
daphnos at hotmail.com



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