[Imc-mayday-collective] Bristol's email to global and communication

[freethepeeps at riseup.net]

I propose that we send a response along these lines to the communication
list in response to:

http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-communication/2011-May/0503-ft.html

Hello

We believe that Bristol has offered an inaccurate account.


Bristol states:

A faction within UK Indymedia, Mayday, composing of individuals who are
 not members of any full IMC, and who currently have a new-imc application
 which has been blocked, have taken control of the DNS for the domain of
 indymedia.org.uk, pointed it to a new server and deleted the access of
 all non-Mayday volunteers from the system.

 This includes expelling the access of volunteers from accredited imcs
 including Bristol, Northern England, London and Nottingham [1] along with
 individuals not associated with any collective and members of Oxford
 Imc, a group currently going through the new-imc process.[2]

However, what the Mayday Collective have is a copy of the original site.
The original version of the site is at
https://publish.archive.indymedia.org.uk/uk/servlet/OpenMir and no access
has been 'deleted' on that site. As far as we understand it, that site
remains fully functional with all users who had access still able to
access that site.

It is true that access for people who are not in the Mayday Collective
have had access disabled on the Mayday version of the site currently
located at www.indymedia.org.uk, but that is within the spirit of the
Bradford agreement. Members of the Mayday collective do not have access to
admin on the BeTheMedia site which Bristol is involved in, and neither do
they seek access.

Oxford admins do now have access to the Mayday Collective's version of the
site.

we hope this clarifies matters

The Mayday Collective