HOME | IMC UK | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Support Us

Oxford Indymedia

Hidden Article

This posting has been hidden because it breaches the Indymedia UK (IMC UK) Editorial Guidelines.

IMC UK is an interactive site offering inclusive participation. All postings to the open publishing newswire are the responsibility of the individual authors and not of IMC UK. Although IMC UK volunteers attempt to ensure accuracy of the newswire, they take no responsibility legal or otherwise for the contents of the open publishing site. Mention of external web sites or services is for information purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation.

Remember Democracy - USA . . . .columns, amphitheatres . . . . what time this is

details, details | 28.08.2008 10:36 | Education | Globalisation | Other Press | London | Oxford

The stage is set for a few moments, across the pond . . . . or - "CHICAGO - we got here!" to semi-quote the immortal "Blues Brothers". . . . but these are the cities "outer limits" - it might take a few extra twists to get out of this mess yet.
commentary: democrat stageset
commentary: USA green party also met in Chicago - in July - talking straight - electing two black women as pres/vice-pres-ticket, but perhaps most crucially, - see Ohios heroic green/lib multi-spectrum "rescue-democracy" SUCCESFUL campaign . . . . opening up a pledge of mass disobedience against "stolen elections" if there is a repetition of all that . . . .

TEMPLE OR AMPHITHEATRE?
A REMINDER . . . . but of what?
FORUM, in actual fact. It was a trick question. As is so often the case, when we see things as "either/or" - hence the CIRCULAR nature of the seating. ( So often the people who try to say "its us or them" are in actual fact either "arms-dealer" types or fraudsters !)
Of course, its possible for people to see the spartacus/gladiator-slaves with the paul or peter disciples "taking the stage back" from the emperors . . . . in fact, that quite possibly the way it might get pushed to certain large donors to by a few surreptitious "campaign" funds that offer to do the little bits of dirty work to keep all those poor people poor, etc.
But its actually more interesting to remember the good practise of old Greece - where they preserved some of their customs in stone - without actually having to wear either togas OR shackles.
( again, the interpretation of THAT to the "worried cash-cow" targets of our imaginary "protection"-biz fraudsters is the offer of full-spectrum "electro-chemical slavery" of the masses ("who'd-do-that-to-CUSTOMERS?!) with the almost obligatory entirely NEW (bullet-proof) "toga-plus" (emperor-special).

Columns, too, have their own past. Greek too . . . .
( are you sitting comfortably . . . . then )
Once upon a time there was a clearing in the forest, surrounded by a few really big old trees.
People from different tribes used to meet up there - seeing as it was a good space, but you couldnt exactly defend it - so it was good for peacetime, big parties, discussions etc. Then, later, most of the "city-states" were up on ridges, or at the coast - so the big old clearing in the forest was seen as sort of "neutral" special space - or - if not neutral - sort of "on everybodys side". Good memories of post-harvest celebrations, you might say.
( You see, way back, people used to rush the harvest, in case the tribe that got the worst harvest that year took other peoples - but the clearing in the forest was where they used to have a share-out-your-excess party . That meant peace! )
Long story short - when some of the clearings big old trees had fallen - the people thought the place was so special that they replaced them in stone.
. . . . so THAT was where the FIRST column came from! )

details, details

Publish your news
-->

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Oxford Topics

Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech