South Coast Indymedia Mission Statement

South Coast Indymedia Mission Statement

Mission Statement

South Coast IMC is a collective of individuals from a diversity of
backgrounds committed to the idea of independent and unfiltered
creation, reporting, commentary and analysis of news in and affecting
the Sussex, Hampshire and Kent area of England.

Around the world, news and information flows are mediated and controlled by commercial entities, governments, political parties, and even progressive organizations. The trickle of information that reaches us is only sufficient to make us agree with whatever agenda is controlling it.

At the same time communities are divided, and unable to self-organize in order to face local social issues or global realities, by the lack of an appropriate grassroots communication medium. Media and communication has become a tool of domination.

The South Coast Independent Media Centre collective, and its projects, aims to bridge these divisions by giving back a voice to individuals and groups that have for so long lived unheard. While we will be acting as a voice for campaigning and activist groups, we would like to extend the remit of this site beyond those who might usually be found using Indymedia.

You do not have to belong to some narrow self-defined activist clique to participate in South Indymedia. You do not have to embrace any political ideology. Real politics are about people's everyday lives - their jobs, their communities their social interactions. All of this has a place in South Coast Indymedia.

We do, however, draw a line at racists and fascists of any description and their anti-social poison is not welcome here.
This site is not about suppression and division, but about the freedom of communication that can lead to wider liberation. The spread of knowledge is our greatest weapon against tyranny. Let's help a tide of truth rise up along the South Coast!

South Coast Indymedia, 19.01.2005 09:35