For reasonsthey were unable to explain NZ indymedia saw fit to host these hate/race comments (and others) - until the darwin collective took direct action to have them removed - it is just one of the many hate/race articles posted on Oz (Australian) imc sites for years - in order to attack and destroy an independent media collective comprised of Aboriginal people and anti-racism activists in the Northern Territory

The original article was posted to refute attacks (all over the Oz imc) by someone sympathetic to the DIMC - not Mick

The images used to insult and distress the darwin imc were taken from http://onemiledam.tripod.com and included a dead Aboriginal friend who committed suicide - NZ continue to censor any criticism of their bias against the Darwin collective

We do not believe these demonstrably biased collectives have any right to interfere in the Darwin collective's affairs

This is a recent 'proposal' from someone else who has never met me - identified as a "racist" by our Aboriginal members and other collective members - Andrew (melbourne indymedia) certainly acted in an 'ignorant' manner

"Any collective wishing to call itself Darwin Indymedia would therefore require, as part of it's constitution, to exclude this individual (mick lambe) and would automatically forfeit it's place as an IMC if he were ever to become a member." [1] - proposal by Andrew Lowenthal

Obviously I take this personally and will not tolerate the existence of a network that uses such ugly, racist tactics to enforce its will as well as excluding Aboriginal people from the Oz network

Brisbane indymedia is gone thanks to autocratic interference from the people who have dehosted the DIMC twice and wiped hundreds of darwin indymedia's articles from the www

Concentration of media is a real problem in this country and two regions in Australia which are essentially US bases are excluded from the world wide indymedia network they supported and joined in good faith as autonomous entities - this is worrisome

The historical domination of Melbourne and Sydney over debate in regions far removed from them in Australia is not something that means much in cyberspace - if the available forums are open, unbiased and prepared to accept the diversity they claim to embrace

The DIMC were working out of One Mile Dam Aboriginal communitywhen the race/hate campaign to destroy our collective began on sydney indymedia

 

mick lambe - PARIAH

Kumbutjil Project officer

One Mile Dam Aboriginal community

darwin indymedia collective member

A late response from 'asher' NZ imc - who seems unaware of any controversy about NZ imc's hosting of a race/hate campaign - similar to sydney imc's...