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Middle East Erupts: Orchestra Seat to the Revolution
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIf the powers that be had realized the global implications of the Internet when it was invented, they probably would have found some way to kill it. Take a look at these early pages and the very first World Wide Web site. Then take a look at this CNN footage of the intrepid Ben Wedeman in Benghazi. In just two decades, the earth has shifted. I suspect the 1989 slaughter of unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square could not happen today, or at least not without severe international repercussions. Same with Rwanda. One wonders how much sooner Hitler and Stalin might have been stopped if the ...
Mobs and Democracy: The Facebook-Twitter-YouTube Revolution
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyYou may think you've seen this movie before. Just two summers ago, in fact, in Iran. Never say never, but I'm saying never. You've never seen anything like what is unfolding today in Egypt. Just when it seemed humankind was doomed (pick your poison: pandemic, climate change, famine, drought, nuclear war) up pop Tunisia and Egypt. Overnight, it seems, the world has entered a new era. As The New York Times put it: It was a spectacle that would have been unthinkable less than two decades ago, when Middle Eastern governments strictly censored any subversive images. Now, it seems, all ...
'Anonymous' Captured Neda's Death, and Now the Polk Award
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIn Farsi her name means "voice." Almost instantaneously, screengrabs of 26-year-old student Neda Agha-Soltan, shot through the heart on June 20, 2009, by the Iranian regime's hired guns, became the face of a movement. So powerful was the 40-second video of Neda dying before our eyes, the regime tried to denounce it as a fake. When that didn't work, they blamed Neda's death on unarmed protesters and the CIA. ...
Neda Soltan, Aung San Suu Kyi, Natalia Estemirova: Justice Takes a Vacay
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyLike a lot of Americans, I'll be taking some vacation time in August to kick back and relax. Maybe some sun, some sand, some swimming -- and, um, definitely some beers. Even our own president has shown his belief in beer as balm for times of stress. (Personally, I would have killed to hear Joe Biden pontificate over the brew summit -- talk about a non-sequitur jamfest!)Anyway, recent actions around the world show that I won't be the only one on the beach wondering whether that's sand or Cool Ranch powder on the Doritos I'm eating. Looks like those fuddy-duddy stalwarts, Justice and Rule of ...
Ahmadinejad, Neda, and the Politics of Misdirection
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyMahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered a public investigation into the death of Neda Soltan -- but don't expect a turnaround from claims that the state militia had nothing to do with it. "Interference by enemies of Iran" was among the culprits that Ahmadinejad cited, as well as "propaganda by the foreign media," and -- according to Iran's ambassador to Mexico -- maybe the CIA. The timing of Ahmadinejad's sudden interest in Soltan's death is no coincidence, nor is it likely the result of the incumbent stumbling upon the video while browsing YouTube -- it comes just as officials finish their recount ...
Aung San Suu Kyi and Neda Soltan
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyWomen have indeed suffered disproportionately under both Burma's brutal military regime and inside Ahmadinejad's Iran, but their struggles are different, too. As with most crises Burma-related, the initial global outcry against Aung San Suu Kyi's sham trial has been followed by near total silence and certainly without any reform or movement forward on the part of the ruling junta. UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari returned from the country Saturday completely empty-handed -- a troubling sign in advance of UN Secretary General Ban's upcoming visit, ostensibly to secure Suu Kyi's freedom. ...
It's All About the Iconic Images
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyA few topics to toss around for the uppity Woman Up women. ...
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyFrom the death of the martyred Iranian protester "Neda" to the brave escape from Taliban hostage takers by David Rohde, it's been a busy weekend. ...
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