This is an archive of the former website of the Maoist Internationalist Movement, which was run by the now defunct Maoist Internationalist Party - Amerika. The MIM now consists of many independent cells, many of which have their own indendendent organs both online and off. MIM(Prisons) serves these documents as a service to and reference for the anti-imperialist movement worldwide.
Maoist Internationalist Movement

January and February, 2004 Central Task Report

by PIRAO Chief, March 5, 2004

  • See also previous Central Task reports
  • See also overall situation of prison censorship and prison struggle

    MIM's central task: "to create public opinion and the independent institutions of the oppressed to seize power."

    Summary statistics comparing January 2003 and January 2004

    Statistic January, 2003 January, 2004 % change (except where otherwise indicated)
    Number of different computers MIM served 23536 42764* +82%
    Avg. MIM pages served per day 2271 3521 +55%
    MIM data transferred 7.148 gigs 3.02 gigs -58%
    MIM Notes (English) printed copies compared with pre-911=100 222
    All language newspapers printed copies compared with pre-911=100 333
    Number of top 53 cites of U.$/Kanada receiving at least 1000 MIM Notes** Unknown 10?
    Average days after print date by which 80% of papers have been distributed Unknown +6
    MIM prison circulation averaged over two months Jan 2002=100 0
    Number of Art page users 7711
    Number of different MIM web page files actively chosen from 4496 4601 +2.3%
    Amazon visitors sent from web page 281 830 +195%
    *This report excludes all art, and most robots and developer hits for 2004 but not 2003.
    **Top 50 U.$. cities plus Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto

    Summary statistics comparing February 2003 and February 2004

    Statistic February, 2003 February, 2004 % change (except where otherwise indicated)
    Number of different computers MIM served 25869 47311 +83%
    Avg. MIM pages served per day 2370 3933 +66%
    MIM data transferred 4.36 gigs 3.12 gigs -28%
    MIM Notes (English) printed copies compared with pre-911=100 111
    All language newspapers printed copies compared with pre-911=100 111
    Number of top 53 cites of U.$/Kanada receiving at least 1000 MIM Notes** Unknown 8
    Average days after print date by which 80% of papers have been distributed Unknown +9
    MIM prison circulation averaged over two months Jan 2002=100 0
    Number of Art page users 7117 20023 +181%
    Number of different MIM web page files actively chosen from 4133 4538 +10%
    Amazon visitors sent from web page 305 900 +195%

    *This report excludes all art, and most robots and developer hits for 2004 but not 2003.
    **Top 50 U.$. cities plus Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto

    This report combined January and February, so don't be confused by seeing two tables above.

    January and early February established new records for MIM Notes distribution. Those records go beyond what we previously published in these reports and so we have invented a new figure to keep track of how quickly we actually distribute the newspapers. This new figure is a cut-off figure for which the point is how long does it take to distribute 80% of the newspapers printed.

    Another bright spot was for Notas Rojas, which saw a record distribution. New York City distribution of the new issue alone surpassed previous total Notas Rojas distribution for any one issue. January set records in many regards, some of which we do not see even in the above report and we can say right now that we will not always maintain that pace without a step up in support. That's not to say that our gains since the World Trade Center bombing have been mostly by a rise in financial support. Actually, gains are mostly in efficiency.

    In December 2003, we saw roughly the same growth in users, just slightly less. Any idea that bumping up the MIM Notes distribution speed as we did this winter would produce huge growth in our website users is wrong; although we do see signs in the details that MIM Notes distribution does help of course. Likewise, by now I should also point out that anyone who thinks that replacing the home page as we did is going to help our traffic should also look at the growth figures and conclude otherwise. In February, the art page alone had more users than our home page.

    After setting a record for distribution in January and continuing the pace into early February, of course dialectics set in and some mini-disasters actually ended in a big setback. The February 15th MIM Notes was going to come out late or not at all and we chose not at all. We have not missed a planned MIM Notes like that in several years. Hence, combined, the January and February distribution ended up being like that of late 2003, because January was good, but February was bad.

    In February, the art page set a great new record. It's nice to know that we can have as many problems as we did and the web page work continues to go forward.