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22:46:42 07/14/10
GRITtv: July 14, 2010
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What's up with all these arguments over feminism these days, anyway? ; The Daily Show and Gawker blog Jezebel have an argument over its representation of women; meanwhile, Sarah Palin is a feminist! Except when she's not! And the Atlantic has declared The End of Men . What's it all about?Who better to discuss all this than blogger and author Amanda Marcotte, who joins us in studio to talk about The Daily Show 's hiring Olivia Munn, Sarah Palin's fundraising skills (or lack thereof) and the latest battle over reproductive choice, as well as her new book, Get Opinionated: A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action). In 2011 Arizona is set to host Major League Baseball's All-Star game, but as the stop-on-suspicion anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, goes into effect soon, artists, musicians, and people from all over the country are joining in a boycott of the state. What about baseball?GRITtv's staff checked out a protest this past week in Manhattan, calling on Commissioner Bud Selig to move the All-Star game out of Arizona. You can find out more about the movement--several players have pledged not to play in Arizona--at MoveTheGame.org .Thanks to our interns Isabel Braverman and Rebecca Coffman from Ithaca college for assistance with this piece.REFRAKA, a Creole acronym for Women’s Community Radio Network, was founded in Haiti in 2001 as a way to make women’s voices heard around the country. On January 12, it took on a new meaning as, like many other organizations in Haiti, it suffered from the earthquake. Nevertheless, REFRAKA has continued to not only restructure Haiti’s patriarchal society, but now integrates rural women’s opinions on this historical tragedy as well as the reconstruction process into the media.Pakistani militant extremism and American drones, which are the real terrorists? Is it one, the other, or an ironic joint effort of the two? Between suicide bombings and collateral damage from drones, thousands of militants and civilians alike have been killed by both.The Real News Network reports from Islamabad, Pakistan that while many students from tribal areas report that their communities oddly support the drone attacks, the majority of the country sees the predator drones as an encroachment on national sovereignty fostering bitter anti-American sentiment.Finally, six current and former New Orleans police officers were charged this week in two shootings of unarmed men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A Justice Department investigation into the force was the cause. What about some Justice Department reform in other cities' police departments?
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22:46:42 07/14/10
GRITtv: July 14, 2010
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What's up with all these arguments over feminism these days, anyway? ; The Daily Show and Gawker blog Jezebel have an argument over its representation of women; meanwhile, Sarah Palin is a feminist! Except when she's not! And the Atlantic has declared The End of Men . What's it all about?Who better to discuss all this than blogger and author Amanda Marcotte, who joins us in studio to talk about The Daily Show 's hiring Olivia Munn, Sarah Palin's fundraising skills (or lack thereof) and the latest battle over reproductive choice, as well as her new book, Get Opinionated: A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action). In 2011 Arizona is set to host Major League Baseball's All-Star game, but as the stop-on-suspicion anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, goes into effect soon, artists, musicians, and people from all over the country are joining in a boycott of the state. What about baseball?GRITtv's staff checked out a protest this past week in Manhattan, calling on Commissioner Bud Selig to move the All-Star game out of Arizona. You can find out more about the movement--several players have pledged not to play in Arizona--at MoveTheGame.org .Thanks to our interns Isabel Braverman and Rebecca Coffman from Ithaca college for assistance with this piece.REFRAKA, a Creole acronym for Women’s Community Radio Network, was founded in Haiti in 2001 as a way to make women’s voices heard around the country. On January 12, it took on a new meaning as, like many other organizations in Haiti, it suffered from the earthquake. Nevertheless, REFRAKA has continued to not only restructure Haiti’s patriarchal society, but now integrates rural women’s opinions on this historical tragedy as well as the reconstruction process into the media.Pakistani militant extremism and American drones, which are the real terrorists? Is it one, the other, or an ironic joint effort of the two? Between suicide bombings and collateral damage from drones, thousands of militants and civilians alike have been killed by both.The Real News Network reports from Islamabad, Pakistan that while many students from tribal areas report that their communities oddly support the drone attacks, the majority of the country sees the predator drones as an encroachment on national sovereignty fostering bitter anti-American sentiment.Finally, six current and former New Orleans police officers were charged this week in two shootings of unarmed men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A Justice Department investigation into the force was the cause. What about some Justice Department reform in other cities' police departments?
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08:35:12 06/08/10
Unstacking The Deck 05 Bruce Gagnon And Advanced Military Technology
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This episode on advanced military technology includes an interview with Bruce Gagnon from the Global Network against weapons and nuclear power in space. The rest of our featured content is below or on our blog http://unstackingthedeck.ning.com.Intro includes excerpts from General Smedley Butler's speech War is a RacketFeatured documentary - Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the Military Industrial ComplexFeatured Fiction Book - Endgame by Orson Scott CardNews:Local Green Sturgeon in the KlamathKlamath River fish diseases spreadingKlamath irrigation cut more than half to help fishHH: Life inside the Humboldt County JailTS: Humboldt County Schools look to Census for more fundingNCJ: College in RevoltNCJ: Out in the Rain, A pedaling courthouse worker just wants his secure bike parking backHumboldt Herald: Times-Standard Barred from DepositionsHumboldt Herald: Times-Standard parent corp. exits bankruptcy protectionHumboldt Herald: US Marshalls Arrest 16 in HumboldtArcata Night Shelter Construction Under WaySt. Vincent de Paul, Betty Chinn set to open public shower facility in EurekaCold rain, police don't deter 4/20 revelers in Arcata; hundreds spend afternoon in Redwood Park for annual pot celebrationArcata Police Department seeks to clarify parameters of panhandling ordinance as new law goes into effect todayHumboldt County Public Health urging vaccinations against possible H1N1 resurgence Follow upSalmon season set in stone: Sport fishing gets best opportunity in years --commercial, not so muchGrand jury recommends reducing Humboldt supervisors' salaries; supes challenge findings, say there will be detailed response to reportReward offered for Eureka pharmacy banditEureka businesses increase awareness in response to robberiesHumboldt Herald: Spirited Crowd Confronts Supervisors over Richardson GroveHumboldt Herald: BofA Sues Arkley for $50 millionHumboldt Herald: Stephen Pepper on Short Sea ShippingSiskyou Land Conservancy: All Aboard! The Promise of Short-Sea ShippingHumboldt Herald: PG%E Faces SmartMeter RebellionHumboldt Herald: How to Buy a Bass AppointmentHumboldt Herald: Movin' the Mud AroundStateCA's Hidden deficit: Unemployment Insurance Fund owes $2.6 BillionMedi MJ patient found not guiltyLAPD gang unit headshots unarmed autistic manCar seizures at DUI checkpoints prove profitable for cities, raise legal questionsWhitman's fortune entwined with Goldman SachsFood waste remains persistent problem at farms, grocery stores and restaurantsState health officials under investigation for failing to disclose tripsMost "Distinguished Schools" centered near Bay Area, Southern CaliforniaGiant Russian cargo plane to land in StocktonFate of Network Admin Terry Childs Now in Jury's HandsNationalBees in more trouble than ever after bad winterUS Judge Rules Breast Cancer Gene Patent IllegalHospital Superbugs kill 48,000 a year33 states unemployment funds bankruptOrganic cheaters exposed by public protest at health products trade showTopical drugs may pollute waterwaysLaw enforcement appliance thwarts SSLHC Mandate to be enforced by IRS bounty HuntersJustice Dept to probe Monsanto MonopolyMedicating the MilitaryHome Insecticides linked to autoimmune disordersAntibiotics Linked to Increased Risk of Birth DefectsUse of Taser on Pregnant Woman Not Unconstitutional, Court RulesCNN Touts Civilian Service Corps As Way Of Shedding Student DebtNBC's 'cynical' mind-control gamesDigital Economy Bill: Nine things you can't do any moreOhio official tells residents to 'arm themselves' amid police cuts2005 destruction of KSM tapes#1 killer of US military is SuicideSpam a judge, go to jail?Copyright and WrongHow lenders overlook the warning signs of ID theftBuzzd Gmail outs Googly ties of Obama's Deputy CTOForbes: What the top US companies pay in taxesFeds find Pfizer too big to nailNJ Supreme Court upholds privacy of private emails at workFederal Judge Finds NSA Wiretaps were IllegalMagnets can manipulate moralityKeeping a closer eye on employees through social networkingPanel says Census Move on Arab-Americans Recalls WWII InternmentsWill your census answers stay privatePeople in power make better liarsRNA-loaded nanoparticles fight cancerSEC collected porn while fraud wreaked havocColleague disputes case against "suicided" anthrax suspectBeyond Nuclear report on leaking reactors finds regulator ignoring oversightLocal computer security expert investigates police practicesLegal spying via the cell phone systemNC: Amazon fights demand for customer recordsCritic: Reject Comcast Throttling DealCrime Prediction Software is Here and It's a Very Bad IdeaNY: Kellner Bill will Require State Agencies to Release their Records OnlineGroup calls for antitrust probe into Google search, ad practicesMilitary Asserts Right to Return Cyber AttacksFed raises big questions on big media's Piracy ClaimsMath tutor reveals red light camera signals are riggedPowerful LiesPfizer to pay $142 M for drug fraudAnti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis in its TracksInternationalRIAA, MPAA would like to scan your hard drive for infringing contentAreva plans new reactors that make nuclear waste disappearDigital photocopiers loaded with secretsAn Ultra-Thin Shape Memory Alloy For Stretchier Stents And Quake-Proof BuildingsTiny Cube will tackle space junkCooling the planet with tiny bubbles?India begins new census, collecting fingerprints and photosLovelock says suspend democracy for climate changeFirst test flight of solar planeAhmadinejad urges Ban to probe 9/11 attacks25.9 mil cell phones to be turned off for registration in MexicoPupils suffer panic attacks after school stages fake shooting of teacher in playgroundUK police ask internet cafes to monitor customersUS special forces 'tried to cover-up' botched Khataba raid in AfghanistanChief ClimateGate Investigator failed to disclose financial interest in GWA spy unsettles US-India tiesDay of Wrath' brings Russians on to the streets against PutinU.S. and Colombia Cover Up Atrocities Through Mass GravesUS special forces 'tried to cover-up' botched Khataba raid in AfghanistanMilitary can't find its copy of Iraq killing videoThailand to consider amnesty for protest leadersUS deploys 1000s drones in AfghanistanUK refuses entry to new Mossad agentChina's Internet ParadoxCA: Google and Weekly Paper Ordered to Identify Anonymous PostersRussian authorities Raid HP Moscow Offices in Bribery ProbeClimate skeptics force Queen's University to hand over dataUK: New speed cameras trap motorists from spaceIreland may be next to censor internetHow facebook is putting its users lastGoogle Street View logs WiFi networks, Mac addressesMilitants dead after Pakistani air raids kill 70 civiliansIraq Video Brings Notice to a Web SiteOutro includes excerpts from Aldous Huxley's speech The Ultimate RevolutionWe also mentionedThe Assassination of Russia
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11:41:00 06/22/09
LIONESS DOWN, SPIRIT SOARS
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Neda Agha Soltan, a 27 year old philosophy student, died by the hand of the Islamic Republic's Basij militia on Saturday.
Photo: "A Voice for Neda" H
er name is Neda. Her name will always be Neda. When she fell and left it behind her, it was raised by hundreds, then thousands, now millions. Not was — her name is Neda.
Neda Agha Soltan was a 27 year old student of philosophy in Tehran. The bare outline of her story can only be provisionally pieced together from the unconfirmed snippets of discussion trickling out of Iran by her compatriots in freedom's cause. Perhaps one day soon, when journalism is no longer illegal in that country, her full story will be told.
It is said that she was standing on the sidelines of Saturday's forbidden protest, watching beside her father teacher. A wobbly cell-phone video shows the two of them together among the crowd. He is the grey-haired man in a blue striped shirt, she wears black.
If the gentle reader has not yet seen what happened to Neda (some news outlets are showing it), and is willing to have his or her heart broken yet again, then click the button while observing my strong content warning . Neda was alive at the beginning of this scene, but not at the end.
Direct Video Link The original upload carried the following description:> At 19:05 June 20th
Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st.
A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim’s chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes.
The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St.
The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me.
Please let the world know. I've gathered from reading many Iranians (who have become like autonomous solo broadcasters) these past days that her name, Neda, means "Calling" or "Voice". The man believed to be her father is calling to her as she dies, which has been translated as:> "Neda, don't be afraid. Neda, don't be afraid. [obscured by others yelling] Neda, stay with me. Neda stay with me!" Courageous women have been the backbone of these demonstrations, according to many witnesses. I listened to an Iranian professor this morning talk about the phenomenon, which is not new. "Shirzan" is the Persian word he used for them, which he said Iranians will commonly use to describe such women without fear. It means "lioness" or "lion-woman," he said. Women have been estimated to comprise around 40% of the freedom protesters during the past 10 days.
No one knew whether the planned Saturday protest would go ahead or not, following the unveiled threat delivered by Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei on Friday. Everyone who considered going out of their house on Saturday knew that they could be risking their life. Mr. Moussavi had promised a statement in the afternoon, but it never came (his website has come under attack as well). Yet less than an hour after the planned meeting time of 4 pm, everyone who was following any of the many autonomous solo broadcasters (twitterers with a reliable reputation), knew that Tehran's people were in the streets again and were being foiled by huge numbers of riot police and Basijis already occupying their meeting places in the public squares. International media continued for hours saying the streets were quiet, while heads were already being cracked. CNN's not the "first name in news" anymore, and if they keep getting "Khomeni" and "Khamenei" mixed up and refering to demonstrators as "rioters" for defending themselves, they'll be the last name in news before long.
While earnest news anchors were saying that no one had seen Mr. Moussavi on Saturday, those who followed the solo tweet-casters already knew that he had spoken to the demonstrators in Jeyhoon Street. Before long, his words were translated, posted and linked by the Iranian tweeters.
By late night in Tehran the truth was evident to all, finally including international media. A vicious crackdown was underway, an unknown number of the freedom movement had been killed, and protests were continuing in most (if not all) Iran's major cities. Tweets from eyewitnesses circled the earth in seconds, thousands of citizen videos were uploaded to sharing sites, there are no secrets any more — at least, nothing this big can be kept secret when technology and an adept people are present.
I'm in a time zone two and a half hours ahead of Tehran. At around 2 am on Sunday morning here, the screen of the AP satellite feed showed a caption warning agencies to be ready. (paraphrasing) "Standby. White House statement 3:10 pm. Standby." The time corresponded to 02:10 am Bangkok time, in other words, imminent. It was just before midnight in Tehran, and we all knew what had happened during the afternoon and evening there. The White House was finally ready to take a stronger moral stand after these latest brutal killings, I thought. It could have come days earlier, after Basijis had raided Tehran University, beating and killing a number of students in their dorms. Or, a day or two before that when Basijis shot up a crowd around one of their bases, killing at least seven. But better late than never. I waited.
Nothing came across the AP feed after an hour, then after two hours of staying awake refreshing some pages of those solo broadcasters, I crashed out around dawn. Sunday afternoon, I learned what the "Standby" was all about.
Can't a man enjoy his waffle(cone)? The White House statement was that the President had taken his daughters out for a Father's Day ice cream. Seriously! And that's not all. Bo got frozen Puppy Pops to go. (The photo is from an earlier ice cream excursion, I can't find any pictures from Saturday's fun.) Take a look at Patterico's juxtaposition of contemporaneous tweets out of Iran and Washington. Hey, did you know that real journalists use Twitter too? It's true! But only click on that one if you don't mind your heart being broken yet again.
Earlier, President Obama had said something which seemed stronger than the previous "concern" and "bearing witness."> "I'm very concerned based on some of the tenor and tone of the statements that have been made that the government of Iran recognise that the world is watching," Obama said on US television on Friday.
"And how they approach and deal with people who are, through peaceful means, trying to be heard will, I think, send a pretty clear signal to the international community about what Iran is and is not." Well, it nudged the concern and witness ideas ahead a little bit (if ya squint!). A later written statement added the mourning of innocent life lost to the bearing of witness and concern. The toughest line was, "We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people."
Those brave 21st century Iranians need to hear that the free peoples of the world are with them. The placards, chants and comments of the demonstrators have often asked specifically for this, and it would mean a lot for them to hear it unambiguously from the leader of the free world. Whether he makes a strong, principled statement on the urgent need for liberty and the dignity of Iran's freedom-seeking people, or sticks with the current weak expressions of concern, makes no difference to the ruling hardliners in that country. They are blaming Britain, France, USA and all western countries for fomenting the rebellion in any case. To hell with them — speak directly to those millions of Iranians who are demanding their fundamental rights. They are the only ones who count, and the only ones listening anyway.
So far, the Prophet of Cairo seems to be all Barack and no bite. His original "on the one hand, but on the other hand" stance (that dealing with Ahmedinejad or Moussavi makes no difference to him, that they are about the same) certainly did offend many of those risking life and limb for liberty, and they should expect clearer messages from a US president. For better or worse, those who want to live in a free(r) country have gathered together with Mr. Moussavi, demanding the fair election they have yet to receive. That alone means that the two are not the same.
A Life Magazine photojournalist disappeared on Saturday in Tehran. You can view his gallery here , with the following notification:> A NOTE TO OUR READERS: We are saddened to report that the Iranian photojournalist, whose pictures appear in this gallery, is missing. He has not been in contact with us; this morning we received the following email from one of his relatives. We will update this space when we have more details.
THE EMAIL: Hi im [photographer’s relative], when he go outside yesterday for he never came back home and also his friend and a lot of our young brave people, government arrested them [. . .] don’t let them suffer in those bloody hands. With thanks. Here's a sample of some of the proven reliable Twitter feeds. Most are in Tehran. The last two are hashtag searches (categories). #Neda sprang up on Saturday night. #IranElection is very high volume (beware of rumours and regime dis-information there).> Raymond Jahan (StopAhmadi)
Iranian Student (Change_for_Iran)
Alireza Sedaghat (IranElection09)
TehranBureau.com (TehranBureau)
madyar (madyar)
Iran (IranRiggedElect)
oxfordgirl (oxfordgirl)
persiankiwi (persiankiwi)
#Neda
#IranElection If you need to get caught up on the important developments over the weekend, there's no better place at the moment than Hot Air. AllahPundit is keeping on top of things very well, and these were continually updated on Saturday and Sunday . Also very good is NYT's The Lede Blog . The blog of the National Iranian American Council is worth keeping an eye on, for nuggets like this — which stuck in my mind last week (and I had a hard time finding it again). Posted on June 17 :> 9:47 am: In response to Ahmadinejad calling Mousavi supporters “brushwood and thorns” at the victory rally Monday, Iran’s most famous classical musician has ordered that Iranian government television/radio never play his music again. Mohammad Reza Shajarian told BBC Persian in an interview:> “Don’t broadcast my voice on Seda va Sima [IRIB Music channel] ever again: my voice is like brushwood and thorns, and it will forever remain brushwood and thorns!”
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05:26:46 08/13/07
Iraq Journalist Killed in Heavy Traffic
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Suhad, 36, wanted to go to college and become a journalist since she was young. Her parents, like many, tried to dissuade their daughter from going into the arts, pushing her to take more science and math classes. Instead she studied English and became ever more interested in the international community.
She briefly held a job with the Washington Post, as well as Al-Atyaaf Radio, Al Iraqiyah, the state satellite channel, and when she was killed she had been working in the Green Zone at an office assisting with the distribution of social services to Iraqis.
Her parents describe her as a caring activist who took care of her family and looked closely after her young diabetic brother. February 4th, 2007, the day she was killed, was like any other, she was on her way to work and waiting in line at a checkpoint for the Green Zone.
The exact details are still unclear. Some reports claim there was a gun battle between US forces and militants near the checkpoint . Others accused foreign security contractors.
Security contractors have a particularly bad name, and in 2005 were accused by the Interior Minister of Iraq of klling at least 12 Iraqis per week, as well as firing on US military . This video illustrates contractors firing indiscriminately on civilians in Iraq .
According to a translation of Al Sharqiyah Television , “Iraqi police said that Suhad Shakir, an announcer in Al-Iraqiyah channel, was wounded when US forces opened fire on her car near the Foreign Ministry in central Baghdad. The US army said that it is verifying the truthfulness of the claim.”
Another source claimed that a “Foreign Military Patrol” opened fire on a civilian vehicle in the Allawi district . Reuters also reported that US forces “wounded Suhad Shakir, an anchor working for Iraqiya,” however at the time of her death she was no longer working for Iraqiya.
Suhad Shakir’s death is just one of many for journalists and civilians in Iraq. The confusing story surrounding her killing is illustrative of a daily threat to Iraqis driving around Baghdad. Journalist Chris Hondros provides more insight into the difficulties of Baghdad’s traffic in this blog entry from March 2007 .
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01:21:54 01/09/07
Everyone's a Target
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We're often asked how the AiB correspondents are able to do the work they do under the conditions they face.? Today, Isam shows us what happened back when we blogged about him and his family winding up in the middle of a battle between Mahdi Army militia members, and United States and Iraqi military forces .
Isam wasn't acting as a journalist on this day, he was just trying to take his pregnant wife, who had gone into labor, to the hospital.? Despite the necessity of the trip, Isam and his family still found themselves risking their lives.? Back in August we brought you a story about a family in Adhamiya whom had a rocket fired at their house .? These are the kind of random acts of violence facing everyone in Iraq, no matter where you go or what your profession is.
