[Sdalliance] Suspension of Michael Russell

[Monty Kroopkin]

Our organizations have not yet seen, let alone ratified, our alliance structure and decision-making process. Therefore this banning decision is a huge process violation. Mature adults don't freak out about bad speech. Accusation of threatening behavior cannot be treated the way the government treats accusation of "enemy combatant" status: no formal charges, no fair trial, etc etc. If DAF asserts that it started this alliance and that until the orgs ratify structure and start using it, that the listserv is the property of DAF, and that DAF can ban whoever it pleases, then we are owed at least affirmation that this was actually a decision of DAF, not only a decision of four committee members who have received zero delegated authority from the alliance to ban anybody they dislike. No coalition can survive with that type of arbitrary power being impose upon us. There will be lots of other times when people get heated up about some issue. We need to learn to deal with it in a principled and inclusive 'coalition' manner. In Struggle,
Monty

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After receiving several complaints today, Communications Comm. members Eric, Yesi, Erin, and I decided to suspend  Michael Russell of San Diego Speaks from the listserv for inappropriate/harassing emails, and inappropriate and threatening behavior during the meeting at Bread and Salt.  They will not be able to receive listserv emails and any comments they try to send out will be flagged for moderation.  Unfortunately, this will not prevent this person from harassing members through personal emails.  We plan as a committee to develop a standardized procedure for such actions in the future, however, we felt that urgent action needed to be taken.  For the sake of transparency, we are sending this message. 
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