Don’t Think of an Anarchist
What this photo does do, under the guise of quirkiness, is begin refashioning a peaceful, citizens-driven 2012 "Occupy" into the anarchistic mold of Seattle '99.
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Occupy Denver: "Normalizing" the Robo-Cops, and More Fuel for the "Violent Protester" Meme
If the photos from Occupy Denver Saturday night serve a constructive function, it's to establish that Oakland was not an anomaly.
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Occupy Entering Tar-and-Feather Phase? The Case of the Guy With the AK at Occupy Atlanta Rally
More the flavor of Tea (and militia) than anything else, the photo represents one more projection of hate onto a non-violent Occupy movement suddenly vulnerable to contamination, infiltration, exploitation -- and, yes, provocation -- by all forms of crazy.
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Occupy Oakland: Our Take on the Reuters Photo of Wounded Iraq Vet, Scott Olsen
What makes movements come into their own are martyrs.
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Occupy Oakland: Headbashing and Kittens
Maybe the question is: what's occupying the media?
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(De-)Occupy Oakland: Role of the Cameras and Comparison to Arab Spring
If it looks like the cop is pleading a case and the demonstrator is making one, that's how much "the revolution will be interactive" ... and we're all right there.
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Our Take on the Herman Cain Smokin' Video
If 20.3 million folks smoke and some of them are Tea Partiers, they and some Libertarians might vote for the pizza guy.
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Romney: "The Money Shot"
Sure, it's a straight-ahead glorification of greenbacks, corporate raiding and the ostentatious accumulation of wealth. What I like about it, though, is how the suit next to Romney is actually handing him the buck.
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Hillary and Libya: "V" is Very, Very Extraordinary
Although taken two days before, it wouldn't have surprised me one bit if this photo had been taken two days after Gaddafi was terminated.
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Magnetism on the Upper West Side
If the Occupy Wall Street movement has been born out of alienation and deep political cynicism, this first image is a hopeful and welcome sight.
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Size Matters: Obama, the Military and the Pull-Out
Friday's White House "Photo of the Day" is actually pretty funny, given the grumbling Obama is hearing over the Iraq pullout.
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How the Other Half Lives
What we see in these two images when juxtaposed is a glimpse at a possible future, a world divided between the haves and the have-nots with little room in between. In short, we see a world in which the middle class itself has been erased.
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OWS: The Painted Lady
So, is OWS compromising some impact to the extent it has also become a spectacle or a tourist attraction -- or is that just some silly media idea?
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Israel’s Release
And perhaps the most ironic photo from Wednesday's Israel-Hamas prisoner release....
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Sinking, Sinking in the Reign: Our 1 Pic Gaddafi Retrospective
I'm laughing at clouds So dark up above The sun's in my heart And I'm ready for love
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Gilad, Benjamin and How it Looks to be Home
There should be no surprise that politics has not had enough of Gilad. This photo nicely captures the subordination of private life to political grandstanding.
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Julie Turkewitz at Occupy Wall Street: Love, Hope, and Economic and Social Violence
Given the surge of hope Obama inspired in America's youth four years ago, especially among African-Americans, that OWS represents the capacity to re-engage that spirit with so much positive energy is truly a cause for optimism.
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The Venomous GOP Debate Audience
First they cheered for execution. Then they cheered for leaving the uninsured to die. And in last night's iteration...
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