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Animal Rights Activists Face Further Ostracism

blink and it's gone | 22.02.2009 15:16 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | Indymedia | Repression | Cambridge

In the aftermath of the indymedia server seizure, animal rights activists involved in the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign now face the possibility of being deprived access to open publishing on indymedia.


With SHAC activists now serving a total of 60 years in prison for crimes relating to little more than running a campaign website, it is not surprising that there is a sense of panic and paranoia in the air. Last months seizure of an indymedia server in Manchester and the subsequent arrest of a man in Sheffield have worried even people unrelated to animal rights struggles. Now the divide and rule tactics of the police are starting to bare fruit as one long time indymedia admin 'garcondumonde' has proposed blocking SHAC activists posts from the open publishing newswire.

In his proposal to imc-uk-process list ( http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-process/2009-February/0221-46.html) he accuses animal rights activists of having "overstepped the line" and blames them for the arrest of a server sysadmin. His issue with the SHAC campaign predates both the server seizure and arrest, frequently raising objections against proposals for feature articles about the campaign. In one recent email ( http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-london/2009-February/0221-x8.html) he refers to SHAC activists motives as "despicable".

Given just 24 hours for debate the proposal could set a dangerous legal precedent for indymedia if agreed and raises serious questions about who is administering the UK indymedia site.

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22.02.2009 22:26

Discussion of IMC UK editorial policy happens (as is noted in the thread below) on imc-uk-moderation e-mail list, which is why the post referred to above is on that list. The newswire is a news resource not the place for discussion of the newswire policy (as explained in the editorial guidelines). I sincerely hope everyone who is actually bothered about IMC UK has actually read the editorial guidelines and have taken the time to understand how IMC UK actually works? 24 hours is the usual period to test if there will be any objections to a proposal. Incidentally, the proposal to pre-moderate anything with the word 'shac' in it has been blocked.

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  1. no way! — one struggle
  2. It's time to unite not fight — @ctivista
  3. Lets act — Mandy
  4. too late dealine passed — crosses fingers
  5. It's not Animal Activists - Just SHAC — Guusje ter Horst
  6. I can hardly believe what I am reading — Doug
  7. Yet more proof Indymedia supports the state — No gods, No masters!
  8. WTF? — !
  9. Autofiltering and IP logs — Tor
  10. Deadline not yet passed — Animal Rep
  11. Lies and damn lies — %£$&
  12. This is not the place to raise these issues — imcista
  13. Shame the volunteer in question knows so little about history — Krop
  14. Me thinks too — sam
  15. I agree, wtf! — .
  16. Sam — No gods, No masters!
  17. So start your own indymedia... — IMCista
  18. solidarirty — `brutus
  19. Yeah, great idea — NOT
  20. No Gods No Masters — gdm > /dev/null
  21. A disinfo attack? — sir spam alot
  22. Pull the other one. — Sammy
  23. Yup, looks like a hoax — Jeff
  24. Stay calm! was always good advice — Danny
  25. Another reason to use GPG — CH
  26. Disinfo discredits indymedia and all we do — Lucy
  27. I'm not with GDM but do consider — jo
  28. jo — Eco
  29. Double False Flag — truthout
  30. either trust the admin collective or get involved — frustrated IMCer
  31. Oh ok then — another frustrated IMCer
  32. DID YOU BLINK? — NOW ITS GONE!