From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- My name is Jay and I do some organizing with the Direct Action Media Network (DAMN!). For those of you who dont know us, DAMN is a news service that gathers and distributes multi-media coverage of progressive protests, demonstrations, marches, strikes and other types of actions. We do get a lot of news, but we know that we do not get everything and we are stepping up our efforts to gather more news about more actions happening in more places. That is why we need your help. DAMN is currently looking for a "Labor Movement bureau chief," someone who knows what is happening in the international labor movement and would be willing to find out more. We were wondering if you or anyone you know might be interested in working with us. At the least, we are looking for someone who is willing to post to the DAMN news service information about every action that s/he knows about in the labor movement. Ideally wed like to find someone who will help the DAMN print team develop more contacts in all areas of labor activism. Being a DAMN bureau chief may take some effort, but it will return itself to you tenfold in the satisfaction that news of direct actions is getting out there, enabling people to learn about the issues behind the protests and perhaps to even use that information in their activism. Theres a lot of work to do, but we promise we wont demand more of your time than youre able to give. Of course were always looking for people to help with our media teams -- radio, web, print and video so if youre interested in helping out at all, drop us a line. At the moment we are specifically looking for PRINT TEAM helpers who can volunteer to edit two articles a week that come through the news list. Were also looking for WEB TEAM volunteers who can help post two to four articles a week to the web site. Below Im also going to paste a list of the bureau chiefs were seeking, just in case you know anyone who might be interested in filling any of these roles. We know were still missing things, so if you have any suggestions let us know. For more information on DAMN, check out our web site at "http://damn.tao.ca" or drop me a line at "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" if you have any questions. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you, Jay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Movements: (were looking for people who have a good grasp of the activism that is happening internationally in a particular movement) Environmental Labor Anti-poverty Anti-globalization/neo-colonialism Anti-racist Animal rights Anti-police brutality Female issues Youth issues Political prisoners/prisons issues Campus/university issues Native American issues African-American issues Latin-American issues Anti-nuclear Anti-homophobia/AIDS Geography: (were looking for people who have a good grasp of the activism that is happening in a particular geographic region. If we can get specific enough to get a bureau chief in each country that would be great, but right now were thinking regionally. If you want to be a bureau chief for a specific country or know someone who would like to do so, we would be very happy with that.) Australia/New Zealand UK/Western Europe Eastern Europe Russia and former Soviet republics Central Asia Southeast Asia The Middle East Africa (North, West, Central, Southern) Central America South America "The Direct Action Media Network (DAMN!) is a multi-media news service that covers direct actions that progressive organizations and individuals take to attain a peaceful, open and enlightened society. DAMN places its coverage of social justice actions into both historical and contemporary context so that any audience will find the events and issues covered accessible. The group operates as a non-hierarchical democratic institution to ensure that its operations reflect and augment the values of the projects and actions it reports. DAMN accepts as an affiliate any media outlet, social justice organization, or individual reporter who agrees to provide or disburse news for the service. While DAMN provides a free space for the exchange of affiliates' information, it also reserves the right to determine its own original content." ***** Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List As vilified, slandered and attacked by One Nation mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
