is this news? who what where when why?

I thought the whole point about indymedia was that it was independant. admittedly it occurs that it has a huge radical left-bias but that's just who can be bothered to post here. you also get the odd right-wing posters but they get ignored. as long as people realise this is a free media service (with no platform for hate material) everything here is cool. people have opinions. they write articles for indymedia. you don't have to accept them. you don't even have to read them.

I allways thought that anarchism was about freedom to be what you wanted, without exception. why shouldn't facists be allowed to post their view, there is nothing to be afraid of

Mission Statement vs 0.9

Indymedia UK provides an interactive platform for reports from the struggles for a world based on freedom, cooperation, justice and solidarity, and against environmental degradation, neoliberal exploitation, racism and patriarchy. The reports cover a wide range of issues and social movements - from neighbourhood campaigns to grassroots mobilisations, from critical analysis to direct action.

The content of the Indymedia website is created through a system of open publishing: anyone can upload a written, audio and video report or a picture directly to the site through an openly accessible web interface. Through this system of 'Direct Media', Indymedia erodes the dividing line between reporters and reported, between active producers and passive audience: people are enabled to speak for themselves. At bigger actions, the Indymedia UK collective extends this participatory model by establishing 'Public Access Terminals' on the streets, facilitating direct access to the technical equipment that enables participants to upload to the website.

Indymedia UK is part of the worldwide network of Independent Media Centres (IMC's), focuses on the UK, and is also an intermediary for information from other parts of the world. The main element of Indymedia UK is the website; and the platform generates a variety of other activities including video-production, film-screenings, printed materials and public interventions.

The Indymedia UK collective is an expanding group of DIY media workers which operates within a network of radical UK media groups, individual contributors and IMC supporters. The Indymedia UK collective administers the site and aims to live up to the following principles:

the Indymedia UK collective works on a non-hierarchical basis
we reject all systems of domination and discrimination
we acknowledge that the struggle for a better world takes many forms. The focus of the Indymedia UK collective is on grassroots politics, actions and campaigns
the Indymedia UK collective does not have any ties with political parties or larger NGO's
we understand that by lobbying there will be no radical change. As a collective our attitude is assertive, and where necessary confrontational
Inherent in the mainstream corporate media is a strong bias towards Capitalism's power structures, and it is an important tool in propagating these structures around the globe. While the mainstream media conceal their manifold biases and alignments, we clearly state our position. Indymedia UK does not attempt to take an objective and impartial standpoint: Indymedia UK clearly states its subjectivity.

A few years ago, when I organised an anti-racist event in my town, the 'democratic' BNP sent me a death threat.

Nothing to be afraid of.. provided you're white and aren't an asylum seeker or immigrant, Jew or Muslim, Roma or New Age Traveller, trade unionist, socialist or anarchist, gay/bi or feminist; oh, and you don't try to oppose or argue against them.

Free speech must also include the freedom to expose and oppose these Nazi bastards.

Since when has Anarchy meant "freedom" to be a Nazi pig?

Anarchy demands suppression of the Bourgeoisie and other counter-revolutionary tendencies, by coercion.

The big difference between "Communists" (with a capital c) and anarchy is that this suppression must be done democratically, instead of by decree of a Party elite.

Some "anarchists" would say that anyone who demands democratic decision-making, anyone who demands solidarity and compliance with consensus, any one who would hold them accountable for their actions, has to be some kind of "Fascist Stalinist".

But anarchy never meant absolute freedom to run amok against the public interest, out of some overblown bourgeois notion of ultra-individualism.

Anybody over there remember the old "Green Anarchist" crowd?
We're having some trouble here in the US with those assholes, who want solidarity with proto-fascist rightwing formations "against the government", in the name of "diversity and inclusiveness".

They are very disruptive, and viciously attack anyone who criticizes their anti-democratic elitist primitivist chaoticism. I'm looking for personal accounts and documentation of their origins and practice in the UK.

Please send me e-mail if you know about this tendency.

 android9@hotmail.com (specify "Agitprop" in the subject line, or it will get trashed with the spam)