[IMC-US] Topics, We Need More Topics

[max]

hi-

I put up these topics a while ago, and indeed they are lacking (you'll notice
that it goes alphabetically and stops abruptly after "M").   I would say add
whatever topics you need as you need them, just let the list know when you do
it.

max



Quoting bradley at riseup.net:

> Hey everyone,
>
> i love the ability to create single topic pages with features from IMCs
> all across the US, but i think we should add more topics! (! added for
> excitement) Is there some process for submiting topics? or can we talk
> about this really soon? I'd like to help out.
>
> we currently have:
>
> Animal Rights
> Anti-Racism
> Antiwar
> DNC Boston 2004
> Drug War
> Education
> Election 2004
> Energy
> Environment
> Gender & Sexuality
> Housing
> Independent Media
> Iraq
> Labor
> Media Critique
> RNC NYC 2004
>
> --
>
> We need a Capitalism or Anti-Capitalism or Globalization or some combo of
> these terms... something to classify features like Looking Back 5 Years at
> Seattle, etc.... etc....
>
> --
>
> Also, could we seperate Topics and Actions? Moving the DNC and RNC into
> the actions category. And, (sensitive issue...) the link called Iraq seems
> out of place. How about instead a link called International which could
> have links to stories all over the world. Which could be broken down into
> locations such as Iraq, Iran, Chile, Haiti, etc.... or, maybe not Chile,
> maybe just places without IMCs yet. I think Indybay does this really well:
> http://www.indybay.org/international
>
> --
>
> Also on my mind are a couple things....
>
> Comment on the about us page:
> http://indymedia.us/en/static/about.shtml
>
> Major typo
> [comment.postedby] ZBT at 07.Nov.2004 17:30
>
> At the very top, the Spanish version of the site is incorrectly spelled
> "espanol" when it should be "español" with an "ñ". As a Spanish-speaking
> native, I can say that little things like this are very important to get
> Spanish-speakers to believe that you take them seriously.
>
> --
>
> On a nice note, I saw friend today in santa cruz and he said that he has
> been contacted by people from dc about an article they saw on indymedia.us
>
> Students, Politicians and Community Members In Solidarity with UC Service
> Workers
> http://indymedia.us/en/2004/11/2222.shtml
>
> My friend said that he now has a large list of contacts for people in
> various parts of the US that have expressed support for this cause.
>
> --
>
> Also, I spoke on the phone today with John Anderson of Media Minutes,
> etc.... about indymedia.us You may have seen the email he sent to this
> list.
>
> Anyways, he's a wizard so he should be able to craft a nice sound bite or
> two from our conversation. Media is a five minute, weekly segment. There
> are usually two stories... The audio should be posted in a week or so...
> http://freepress.net/mediaminutes
>
> --
>
> this email has gone on for quite some time now...
>
> thanks y'all.
>
> sincerely,
> Bradley
>
>
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