[IMC-US] letter to yes magazine

[lotus]

While I agree that that statement could be toned down, the overall tone 
of the article is good, the article is well written and it makes an 
important point. What other independent media website has local 
organizations working on it in almost every country in the world? I'm 
not familiar with yes magazine, but I'm sure that a decentralized, 
non-hierarchical, anti-corporate, often anti-capitalist group of people 
working hard worldwide to undermine corporate media is a hard pill to 
swallow.

I think the entire indymedia network has a long way to go in terms of 
promotion and outreach to get more folks reading indymedia who haven't 
before, and one great way to do that is by using corporate media. We've 
got to do some media hijacking, even if its as simple as a letter to 
the editor, to get between people and their propaganda.

On Feb 26, 2005, at 3:14 PM, Michael Medow wrote:

>  this letter seems a bit arrogant to me. Are you sure that Indymedia 
> is "the most accessible and usable tool for media democracy 
> worldwide?"  That's a claim that I think you'd be hard pressed to back 
> up. Especially considering that the vast majority of those oppressed 
> by imperialism probably don't have internet access. Despite that lack 
> of access however, those with less material wealth and political power 
> sustain and build community resistance through radio, print projects, 
> theatre, music, graffiti and other grassroots media tools and tactics, 
> the vast majority of which are not IMC-affiliated.