Help keep a leading anti-capitalist website online
Mike Slocombe | 28.11.2003 10:30
A leading anti-capitalist website is under threat through lack of funds. Due to it immense popularity the amopunt of bandwidth used has dramaticly increased many times over since it was first launched way back in 1996. This website is a major resource for anarchists, leftists and greens. Fundraising ideas such benefit gigs, squat parties, or other help would be greatly appreciatted.
I currently fund the website out of my own pocket using web work for other sites to provide funding but at the current rate of increase in bandwidth I dont think I will be able to keep the website going for much longer. In order to keep the site an independant voice it recieves no advertising or sponsership from any companies. So please help out if you can. Any bands who would be willing to do benefit gigs for the site, or promotors who could put on squat parties would be appreciated greatly.
Mike Slocombe
e-mail:
urban75@urban75.com
Homepage:
http://www.urban75.net/
Comments
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Fuck off
28.11.2003 10:59
At best this is a pathetic liberal website. Try Enrager.net for a fucking anarchist website.
I hope the website does collapse.
Brian Paddick
True- fuck paddick
28.11.2003 12:21
urban75- idiotic for supporting him
brixton police shoot dead a young man- paddicks in charge- editor of Urban75 still sucks his cock- flies round shit, down with kids- urbanarse navel gazer
shoot the pigs
Leading anti-capitalist website, my arse!!!
28.11.2003 12:30
And he wants the movement to fund it.
Mwahahahahahahahaha
Slocombe is a reactionary tory bigot
Kill the site!!!
28.11.2003 12:35
Mikey's arse...
indymedia funding
28.11.2003 12:49
un
disclaimer
28.11.2003 12:50
I think we should show solidarity with all non-aligned independent media projects, cos if it's u75 today, it could be IMC tomorrow...
I won't comment on the Brian Paddick thing ;o)
alexa
this really Mike?
28.11.2003 12:55
icepick
The site is more than just Mike it is a whole community
28.11.2003 12:59
It is also wrong to say that Mike uses the site for self promotion. He has stuck to his principles and only done work for ethical organisations such as chartities. He has turned down lucrative offers from many companies to build websites for them because they are not ethical businesses.
urban75 forum poster
Whos the daddie now Mike?
28.11.2003 13:05
oiyoi
Beware
28.11.2003 13:21
Beware!
Let's be honest
hypocrites
28.11.2003 13:24
at the weekend, but sit at their computers in well-paid office jobs
all week! Fuck Urban75!
steely
get a fucking grip
28.11.2003 13:28
regardless of that, nice to see such solidarity amongst the so called movement, had the u75 website realy been so close to being unplugged.
you must all be so proud of your comments
^feel i should point out the sacrasm to you....
(not commenting on the paddick thing however ;o)
me
Hoax
28.11.2003 13:28
See above post from "steely". He probably posted *most* of the attacks above, but probably not all of them - but he does show a lot of personal knowledge about Mike Slocombe.
the web address and email addy in the initial post are also wrong, so this is clearly a wind-up.
Could the Indy ed's please remove it?
icepick
steely
28.11.2003 13:30
me
Pathetic
28.11.2003 13:30
fridgemagnet
e-mail:
fr1dgemagnet@hotmail.com
steely
28.11.2003 13:33
*
THIS REQUEST FOR URBAN75 FUNDS IS A HOAX
28.11.2003 13:33
(He says -in all seriousness - that rape is justified "if you're desperate").
Violence solves nothing - but if you're reading this Angus, I'm going to break your cro-magnon skull when I see you next.
Just for the hell of it.
Angus may go under several other names on Indymedia.
PANDAKILLER
what a load of bollocks
28.11.2003 13:40
I wonder how many of the people who evidently *want* to believe that the editor of u75 is holding out the begging bowl, and are criticising him from their safe seats behind nice, anonymous little computers, have actually got off their fat arses and made some sort of difference? Seems to me that a lot of self-proclaimed "anarchists" are very happy to bitch about other people's efforts, but a bit slower actually to do anything themselves.
r
It's a fake.
28.11.2003 13:44
Some idiot's impersonating me - I did not write the above.
Indymedia admins: I'd be grateful if you could you delete this thread and pass on the IP details of this joker - I don't enjoy seeing people impersonating me.
If possible, drop me a line at mike at urban75.com. Thanks.
(I can't say I particularly enjoyed the torrent of abuse that followed the forged post either. Oh well....)
Mike Slocombe
Homepage:
http://urban75.com
Disgusted!
28.11.2003 13:57
OK so there may be criticisms of urban 75 but only a couple. There's also criticisms of indymedia, of enrager, etc etc.
I read and contribute to both indy and urban 75, as do many many people. Indy gives me raw news, while urban 75 has a much higher level of discussion and debate, after all it is mostly a community of discussion forums.
Debate on indy happens now and then, but mostly because of the unaccountable system of postings and because it was never designed to be a discussion forum it does not work for this purpose. Indeed most use of the comment feature on indy seems to be for contributers like many of the above to shout FUCK OFF at each other. If indymedia ever wanted to be an outreach tool for new ideas, movements or campaigns it fails most of the time because of the vitriol and bullshit that people sling at each other. Urban 75 provides one of the best places on the net to engage in discussion and debate.
I support Urban 75 100%
If indy or enrager needed help then the Urban 75 community would help, that's called solidarity, something many people seem to ignore. Of course people have a right to criticise, but equally I'm often worried by the authoritarian tone taken by many who claim to be anarchists, as if you don't beieve exactly their position then you are some kind of political traitor - it's utter madness!
Other new sites like enrager are fully welcomed as well - no site should try to be everything to everyone - diversity is best.
Urban 75 - it rocks!
Indy - it rocks!
Enrager - it rocks!
Schnews - it rocks!
etc etc etc etc etc
Peace + solidarity.
Pete
utter rubbish
28.11.2003 14:11
the subsiquent posts by steely and the like are a clear indication of a disturbed mind with issues relating mainly to communication and in fact self expression as for the other remarks, well if this is the state of radical thinking then i might as well become a TORY. very very poor...
big up the indy media, u75 posse, and enrager.net
GarfieldLeChat
e-mail:
edwardstrickland@blueyonder.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.lucidotnet.co.uk
hidden for now
28.11.2003 14:15
e-mailing features as well, if someone has time to clean, please do..
ekes
oh ffs!
28.11.2003 14:16
It's also fucked up that a torrent of abuse followed that was personally directed at a bloke who works hard at providing a free and valuable resource.
It is ALSO fucked up that some people have turned this into a chance to have a go at anarchists ffs! What's all that about? No point at all, and just as divisive and isguided as the first two things.
llantwit
Poor trolling
28.11.2003 14:40
Urban 75 does not have a party line. It is a discussion board used by people of many shades of opinion, from anarchists like myself, right across the board. Which is why I find it so valuable. If I wanted to be agreed with all the time, I'd talk to myself!
I doubt very much whether posts above criticising Mike come from actual anarchists. I think it is more likely a piss poor troll fest. Yawn.
Whoever is responsible, though, Mike provides an invaluable service, and does not deserve the vitriol above.
Thanks.
Pilch.
Pilchardman
what a load of bollocks
28.11.2003 14:42
reverend rednblackgrape
Leave Mike alone!
28.11.2003 15:43
Whoever said that, amen to that! I've seen it happening on the boards with some posters, and it's probably true of myself too.
Whoever posted that message must be a sad muppet indeed.
Loki
nice
28.11.2003 18:06
a regular U75 poster
What a load of bollocks
29.11.2003 18:10
Ern