[Peace-discuss] [SDaS] In response to recent emails and IMC case

Wed Nov 14 11:06:58 UTC 2012

I think Rachel means well in what she is doing, but I think her
horizon is limited by her relationships. Her horizon appears to be:
what can you achieve by negotiating with people inside the IMC. I
think that's great as far as it goes. But I think that if you are
outside the IMC, and if you have interests that can't be protected by
the IMC, then you have a different horizon.

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:49 AM, Brussel, Morton K <brussel at illinois.edu> wrote:
> Insofar as the incident that brought all this discussion into play, I find
> your response at best equivocal, mushy if I may say so.
> Yes, we should always be sensitive to the complexities of race, poverty,
> crime and gender. But sometimes one must address the issue at hand, which
> you do not do, presumably for fear that the IMC will be compromised.
>
> This said, I personally do not know what the facts of the matter are; they
> seem to be hidden behind ambiguous comments.
>
> Yes, long live the IMC, but…?
>
> --mkb
>
> On Nov 13, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Rachel Storm wrote:
>
> Julianne et al,
>
> Thank you for your e-mail and calling for a mindfulness and sensitivity on
> an issue that
> many of us have relationships to or personal experience with in one way or
> another.
>
> I was privileged to be able to listen and feel heard with folks who came
> together last night to
> discuss our concerns and urge support and I encourage those of us who are
> able/willing to
> continue to build dialogue in our community in order to seek healing,
> accountability, and
> encouraging coming together, not tearing apart, in moments like these.
>
> These issues don't exist in isolation and if we're concerned about
> injustice, we must remain
> ever vigilant about how important it is for us to support one another where
> possible. While
> denial around these issues are commonplace everywhere, I've seen outrage,
> care, support,
> love, and a desire to heal. Let's grow those efforts. Our strength as a
> community, and more
> importantly as an activist community, will be demonstrated through our
> ability to hold many
> concerns at once--refusing to allow legal and social structures to tear us
> apart and away from
> those concerns.
>
> I've been recommending The Revolution Starts at Home as a great resource.
> The zine is online
> here, but it will soon be published as a book for purchase with additional
> chapters, etc.
>
> Julianne mentions community accountability and I think this is key to
> helping us stay strong
> and to continue to build our power as a community, so here's some resources
> on community
> accountability:
>
> INCITE Women of Color Against Violence "Community Accountability"
> http://www.incite-national.org/index.php?s=114
>
> Transformative Justice
> http://www.transformativejustice.eu/?page_id=16
>
> Creative Interventions Toolkit on Community Accountability
> http://www.creative-interventions.org/about/ci-projects/community-based-interventions-project/
>
> Generation Five
> http://www.generationfive.org/
>
> There is talk of creating a reading/practice group that will explore
> community accountability. This,
> I'm hopeful, will present us with an opportunity to ask for accountability
> both from ourselves and
> each other--not as a supplement for more formal redress from folks in
> leadership positions, but
> because we all have a role in creating safe, supportive community.
>
> Additionally, I'd like to ensure everyone knows how to access local
> resources* addressing
> sexual assault, advocacy, anti-violence, and healing after violence:
>
> Rape, Advocacy, Counseling and Education Services (RACES)
> http://www.cu-races.org/
> 24-Hour Rape Crisis Hotline: 1.217.384.4444
>
> Women's Resources Center, University of Illinois
> www.go.illinois.edu/wrc
> Tel. 217-333-3137
>
> A Woman's Place/Center for Women in Transition
> http://www.cwt-cu.org/html/dv_services.html
> Tel. 217-352-7151
>
> Cognition Works
> http://www.cognitionworks.org/
> Tel. 217-239-0142
>
> *This is by no means an exhaustive list, but I wanted to list a few
> important resources.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Rachel
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Julianne Panagacos
> <julianne.panagacos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I think the research you are proposing is important work though I find
>> it triggering to have emails in my inbox everyday with rape in the
>> title, especially when it is so close to home. On other listservs that
>> I am on when there is policy of putting something along the lines of
>> "potentially triggering material" in the title so that people can
>> choose to read it when they are ready to read about alleged sexual
>> assault. Are you (and others if you want to answer) willing to start
>> doing that?
>>
>> I think it is important to acknowledge that a lot of people that care
>> about and use the IMC are mourning and in shock, which does not imply
>> denial. In other radical groups and scenes I've been part of and heard
>> of, there are community accountability processes that have been
>> created and executed in order to use different models of justice than
>> the model of justice imposed on us by the state. That is also not
>> denial, though you may not hear about it in a news paper. Being that
>> this allegation is already being pursed legally, I think it is most
>> important to make sure that there are resources for people- the
>> victim, defendant, families of those two parties and community
>> members,  to talk and process and support each other.
>>
>> I hope emails to come are in the spirit of supporting ourselves though
>> a hard time.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Julianne
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 11:45 AM, Robert Naiman
>> <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
>>
>> > According to the News-Gazette, the next court date in the IMC rape
>> > case is November 20:
>> >
>> > Urbana man charged with sex assault
>> >
>> >
>> > I heard a report that someone was trying to organize a "cheerleading
>> > squad" at the courthouse in support of the accused rapist.
>> >
>> > Can anyone tell me if there is any truth to this report?
>> >
>> > I'm writing an expose for a national progressive website on rape
>> > denialism on the left, and the IMC rape case is going to be my case
>> > study.
>> >
>> > If anyone would like to be interviewed for this article, please let me
>> > know.
>> >
>> > --
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>> > Policy Director
>> > Just Foreign Policy
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