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There are no "IMC-Controlled" Candidates |
by Paul Kotheimer
herringb (nospam) prairienet.org (unverified) |
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17 Feb 2005
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There are no "IMC-Controlled" candidates for any office. The Independent Media Center is a volunteer organization which makes a radio show, puts out a monthly newspaper, produces occasional video pieces, and makes this website available.
This website is an "open publishing" system. That means that Samy Jose has as much control over what appears on www.ucimc.org as I do--and I helped found the Urbana IMC.
IMC members, either individually or in groups, might exert "control" over a candidate. They'd do that in the same exact way any group of citizens can (and should!!) in a democracy: By organizing and making decisions together; by voicing their views to their elected representatives; and by volunteering in the campaigns of candidates with whom they agree.
However, the Urbana IMC, as an organization, does NOT do any of these things. It's, in fact, expressly forbidden from doing so as part of its 501(c)3 non-profit status. |
