Independent Media Center, Israel http://indymedia.org.il whateverSunday 29 Dec 2002 author: whatever (whatever)

this form of broadcoast and discussion is no rather a "leftist" project, than a "rightist". It is just a political and democratic one. So this ought to be the point from which the fight against undemocratic statements should start: The so called "democratic consensus", rather than a certain leftist position yet to be found. There is just one "problem": this would also lead to the expulsion of any kind of stalinist approach. As a regular observer of my local Indymedia, to me it seems to be a leftist phenomenon to call each other "stalinists" (or similar constructs), and there is absolutely no consensus on who is and who is not. So how can local "indymedia-chiefs" be prevented from using their censorship-powers to push forward their definition of "stalinism"? There is one possibility offering itself: no comments allowed, just pure (!)independent(!) broadcast, maybe accompanied by a series of comments by the local staff. A collective of related local newspapers. And the readers in the role of judges, who have to decide whom to trust. At least the two parts (broadcast/scussion) should be stronger divided than they are now.

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