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Welcome and introduction to SPS
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While there is a great deal of positive activist work going on many fronts,
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there's a real need for improved communications among groups and, more
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importantly, with sympathizers and independent and radical/progressive
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writers and media. i have a modest proposal for all activists and groups
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struggling for justice, liberation and the hearts and minds of our brothers
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and sisters everywhere.
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Former Black Panther and political prisoner Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, in a
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manifesto he wrote while entombed in one of the most brutal prisons in the
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USA, envisioned the creation an information bureau to network with
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activists and supportive media to get liberation messages out to the
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people. Put bluntly, the "mainstream" media, for all the right-wing howling
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of liberalism and political correctness, very seldom documents, struggles
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with and supports the efforts of people of color, the urban and rural poor
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and radicals/progressives in their efforts for freedom and justice.
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Instead, we're constantly treated to rightist talking heads distorting
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reality and neo-Nazis being given free reign in "mainstream" media to
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propagandize their opinions. What i am presenting is media on our own terms
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through an idea i hope gets your support and participation.
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The Salazar-Parsons Service (christened after the late Chicano journalist
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Rubeun Salazar, who was killed by the LA Police Department, and Black
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anarchist Lucy Parsons) is designed as an electronic gathering point for
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news and opinions of radical/progressive, liberationist and independent
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viewpoints. The service stays alive through your support. Activists,
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organizations and progressive writers should forward news, opinion, alerts
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and anything you wish for publication to SPS at the electronic mail address
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serve@hic.net. From here, SPS forwards material in weekly "packages" to
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media who've expressed interest in publishing articles from the service as
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well as a list of e-mail addresses for activists and groups who can spread
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the word and offer aid. Various progressive and independent media are
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always looking for help, articles and ideas too, and SPS will occasionally
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send over an address of someone needing your input. SPS is brand-new and
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electronically-based (and thus limited in some respects) but it can be a
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good start to more networking and information exchange among activists and
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with those writers and media sympathetic to our viewpoints and willing to
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support us. This endeavor deserves your support.
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All correspondences (articles -- news, opinion, alerts, ideas, comments,
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requests, etc.) should be forwarded to serve@hic.net. If you received this
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message directly mailed to you, you're already a part of the network list;
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if you don't wish to be included or want to recommend people to be, please
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write serve@hic.net with e-mail addresses and such. Write if you've gotten
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this message forwarded and want to join up. Those whose contributions can
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receive credit if they wish. Please keep in mind that there's a need for
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all kinds of articles -- analysis, news, alerts, activist reports,
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commentaries and anything in between -- so everything is helpful.
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You'll see most articles prefixed with a word. Categories are as follows:
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NEWS: news item or news feature on a given topic
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OPINION: opinion piece or commentary on a given subject
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ALERT: notice of a demonstration, street action or protests
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ANNOUNCE: notice of a conference, social action or similar event
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WORD: bit of information that fits no category
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This could be the beginning of a very positive project. Get involved!
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