Protest Focus Archives - Page 17 of 18

Notes Photo September 13, 2009

Did You Notice the Obama Cut-Outs* and all the Psycho Joker Obama Posters** at 9/12 Teabag Rally?

The danger of "taking the hard edges" off this radical and racist thrust is to "normalize" the Teabaggers and frame them as far more innocent than they really are.

Notes Photo September 11, 2009

Ready – Aim, Debate

There is more troubling anti-Obama, anti-health care reform imagery in the visual media this week.

Notes Photo September 9, 2009

Obama’s Health Care Address to Congress: Townhall Redux

More troubling visuals as Obama simultaneously reaches across the aisle and also challenges conservatives to act like grown-ups.

Notes Photo August 11, 2009

Note to CBS: Quit Encouraging The Rioters

How simply and plainly can one say this? Specter was not shouted down. Specter was not even close to being shouted down.

Notes Photo August 8, 2009

Wingers "Speaking Out"

A week after these incidents began, I'm glad to see the NYT finally documenting organized right wing efforts to subvert public health care forums.

Notes Photo July 17, 2009

Iran Update: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em

Given the profound combination of political expression and primitive repression in Iran right now, it is fascinating to watch the reform movement patiently adapt its form and tactics by the week.

Notes Photo July 9, 2009

Iran Again: New Pictures … And Echoes

Tell me this doesn't resonate because the woman evokes Neda, the martyr of Iran's contested-election demonstrations?

Notes Photo June 28, 2009

Iran Update: "Can You Hear Me Now? …Hello?" (…Crackle…)

Are you still in withdrawal over the Iranian suppression of the post-election protests?

Notes Photo June 22, 2009

Your Turn: Hanging Chad

BAGnewsNotes readers respond to the New Yorker cover drawing a parallel between the stolen Iranian election and Bush-Gore 2000.

Notes Photo June 18, 2009

Your Turn: Putting the Uprising in Focus

I'm also curious how the print media might put a framing picture to the Iran uprising.

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What’s in a Sticker

My question, is: how much did the spirit and lyrics of Obama's long political campaign"sink into the mortar" of the Iranian opposition?

Notes Photo June 15, 2009

Question of Character

This screen grab may yet come to emblemize the god character of the reform protesters in Iran.

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The Post-Election Campaign

With the crisis in Iran playing out as much on the international media stage as domestically, Iran has engaged what could be called the "post-election" campaign.

Notes Photo June 14, 2009

Finally, because serious events always seems to go down when I step out, I'm hoping to focus on the crisis in Iran over the next few days, as well as pick up the rhythm on domestic terrorism having also missed the shooting at the Holocaust Memorial.

Notes Photo June 4, 2009

Our Man In Tiananmen: Then and Now (Or: It's A Hell Of A Lot Better Using An Umbrella Than A Machine Gun)

Some comments from contributer Alan Chin, who made these photographs in Tienamin Square yesterday on the twenty-year anniversary of the famous massacre.

Notes Photo May 27, 2009

Talk About the Inhumane Behavior of the Military Serving a Radicalizing Function

Talk about the inhumane behavior of the U.S. military serving a recruiting and radicalizing function.

Notes Photo April 20, 2009

Hey Yoo

Besides the connection to "Watchmen," you can see the Bay Area is making a "marquee statement" about Mr. Yoo's moral authority to teach law.

Notes Photo April 10, 2009

Show Me The Knuckles

Even if Humpty Dumpty is on his way to being pieced back together, the image seems to do a nice job of framing the fundamental Wall Street/Main Street disconnect.