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May 16, 2005
More Responses to NCMR
Rabble has compiled some links to comments from IMCistas on the IMC-US list, as well as putting out some of his own thoughts on the relationship between the media reform movement and Indymedia:
There are to issues which stick out to me. First the media reform movement has organized itself as a small professional cadre in suits which comes to it's annual conferences to preach the reforming the FCC gospel. Their stated goals include building a social movement to push forward media reform. To build a movement you need organizing and struggles in which people can participate. Sure, inspiring speeches and leaders can be a major part of it. By my mom's account, the Bill Moyers' speech was truly inspiring. But we also need space to talk. ...The other major issue was the media reform NGO's looking at independent and indymedia activists as outlets for their message. They are locked out of the corporate media they are trying to reform, so they see the radical / participatory / grassroots / alternative medias as a place to get their message out. While we find the issues that the ngo's are talking about to be compelling, and do cover their work, that's not our job.
Posted by paul at May 16, 2005 11:55 PM