[Imc-midwest-regional] Re: FW: [IMC-Process] Where we at?

Sun Jul 1 04:35:51 CDT 2001

Postings below apply to people on this list as well.

Tall Tom: I've met you only once, when we worked the
IMC table at the Ralph Nader rally I covered. Just
what has changed your opinion of me since you posted
to the TC-IMC in March (when things were coming down)
that you found me to be "a committed activist"? You
hardly know me at all. At least, spell my last name
correctly if you post next time.

--- Biodun Iginla <biginla at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>  My posting below to IMC-editorial and IMC-process
> goes for people at the Twin Cities IMC as well,
> since my name is still cropping up on your lists
> (re: Brett's posting to the Free Press list).
> A certain Yeme--in another posting--said "Biodun is
> a dead issue." Hardly.  I seem to be Golem.
> Brett: I might have to sue your ass as well, in
> addition to Christopher Mitchell's, who just posted
> further evidence to the IMC-Midwest Regional list,
> in response to Chris Kaihatsu's posting.
> You guys need to be taught a grown-up lesson. BTW, I
> see that your problms persist, even well after my
> departure months ago. Wait till you see the piece
> that an Australian journalist is preparing on
> mistaken identities and the media. A real gem. Bad
> news travels fast--to Europe, Hong Kong, and
> Australia. Have fun at your next meeting at Loring
> park.
> Christoper Mirchell: At the US District Court in
> Mpls, we'll each show the Judge the respective
> evidences we've got. Why don't you ask Steve Saroff
> why his insurance settled my lawsuit against him?
>  
>  
>   Biodun Iginla <biginla at yahoo.com> wrote: From:
> Biodun Iginla 
> To: Kathleen DiNuzzo , imc-editorial at indymedia.org
> CC: imc-process at indymedia.org
> Subject: [IMC-Editorial] Re: Fwd: Re: FW:
> [IMC-Process] Where we at?
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 07:30:22 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> 
> 
>   Kathleen DiNuzzo <kdinuzzo at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> >From: evan at protest.net
> >To: imc-process at indymedia.org
> >Subject: Re: FW: [IMC-Process] Where we at?
> >Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 14:15:00 -0700 (MST)
> >
> >This is to the rest of the list, not Kathleen, or
> who ever she may
> >actually be. We need an environment of respect on
> our mailinglists. From
> >what i read of Chris's email he seemed to be a
> constructive and
> >valuable contribution to the discussion. Thank you
> Chris!
> >
> >Kathleen's posts are contradictory and incendary.
> Beyond questions about
> >whether or not "she" is actually biodun, she hasn't
> introduced her self in
> >the roll call or contributed the development or
> work on this list.
> 
> 
> Hey Bio:
> 
> Your name is still coming up on IndyMedia lists. You
> might want to do 
> something about that.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hey IndyMedia Folks:
> 
> Now I'm getting really pissed. I vacated the
> IndyMedia collective and listservs months and months
> ago, yet my name is still appearing on these lists.
> I'm temporarily subscribed to send this message,
> then I'll unsubscribe again.
> 
> I now work in corporate media, where I started out,
> and to where I've retreated after my bitter
> experiences at IndyMedia. In corporate media my work
> is respected and valued, and at least I know who my
> friends are. All of them are not hypocrites
> pretending to be anarchists and anti-racists.
> They're actually "behind enemy lines," so to speak,
> doing some real work for social justice, and
> actually exposing events that had been underreported
> and also doing their best to highlight issues being
> debated within activist organizations. I'll give you
> a concrete example:
> 
> Last May, during the May Day protests in
> Minneapolis, IndyMedia activists posted a complaint
> in the IndyMedia newswire that corporate media
> completely ignored the protests--a complaint I'd
> heard repeated ad nauseam the few inane collective
> meetings I attended when I was wasting my time with
> IndyMedia. This particular complaint was far from
> accurate. This is what I witnessed myself at the May
> Day protest in downtown Minneapolis: A Channel 5
> (ABC affiliate) reporter with a mike and a
> camera-person approached an "activist," wanting her
> to talk about the demonstration, to provide her
> perspective. The "activist" simply dismissed this
> reporter and said: "I don't want to talk to you. We
> have our own media." (By which she meant IndyMedia,
> whose own "reporters" were milling about with press
> passes that won't get them through any secured press
> conferences in any continent on the planet.)
> 
> This incident reflects well the "culture" of
> IndyMedia. 
> 
> You people flatter yourself if you think I give a
> rat's ass about what's going on at IndyMedia or even
> have the time to find out what's going on. If
> Kathleen (a former colleague in the mid-80s in New
> York corporate media) hasn't bothered to introduce
> herself, that's her prerogative. 
> 
> A lawsuit is pending against Christopher Mitchell of
> the Twin Cities IMC for maligning me on this list:
> It's simply delayed because he doesn't have any
> money yet. Acts like his should no longer go
> unpunished. If my name comes up again in a negative
> way, I swear I'll have to take legal action. This is
> serious business. Some of us are not in Kansas--or
> in school--anymore. Some of these postings with my
> name in it have the potential to be harmful, since
> what I do is public. Therefore, there will be legal
> consequences if these practices persist. I mean it.
> 
> 
> Biodun Iginla
> Writer, Author, News Analyst
> e-mail: biginla at email.com 
> Cell: 1-612-214-6112
> Sites: http://biodun.homestead.com/biodun.html
> http://www.xlibris.com/bioduniginla.html 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail -
> only $35 a year!
> http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
> 
> Biodun Iginla
> Writer, Author, News Analyst
> e-mail: biginla at email.com 
> Cell: 1-612-214-6112
> Sites: http://biodun.homestead.com/biodun.html
> http://www.xlibris.com/bioduniginla.html
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail -
> only $35 a year!
> http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

=====
Biodun Iginla
Writer, Author, News Analyst
e-mail: biginla at email.com 
Cell: 1-612-214-6112
Sites: http://biodun.homestead.com/biodun.html
http://www.xlibris.com/bioduniginla.html

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/