[IMC-US] Re: banner drafts

[Garth Liebhaber]

Tribal Scribal brought up native american elements, which 
i like, how can we do this in a good way?  what would be a 
symbol of native american resistance?  The first thing that 
came to mind was inclusion of Sitting Bull or Geronimo's 
image.  I just went to AIM's website (aimovement.org) and 
found the very sitting bull image.  Perhaps this would 
work well as a collage element, and if AIM is using it, we 
would be 'PC'  OKAY, go to this page of their site, I think 
we would be 'safe': http://www.aimovement.org/ncrsm/
index.html

I'm a little leery about an upside down flag, I don't know if 
a lot of people know that it's a signal of distress...

I do like finding elements of hopeful resistance...

g.


Egads... I'm really not big on the inclusion of the 
amerikkan flag, even
if it's as a protestors bandana... I like the collage one, but 
it doesn't
to me have any defining symbols of the US... It is 
important to provide
some readily recognizable symbols of the US, but I think 
U$ legal tender
would be a much better symbol, perhaps a map of some 
sort... I'd be
inclined to favor a burning US flag, but I suppose that 
would alienate a
lot of folks. Alternately, what about an upside down US 
flag, which is an
indication of distress, and shouldn't be interpreted as 
"anti-American",
except for by extreme right-wing weirdos, while at the 
same time not
alienating those folks who are afraid of indymedia.us 
becoming some sort
of pseudo-nationalistic site?

Peace,
Brian Szymanski
ski at indymedia.org
bks10 at cornell.edu

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