Indy Media Watch

Indymedia was set up to fill a void in the corporate media. An idea I thought long overdue. Unfortunately, as a largely unmoderated, unrestricted medium it was promptly over-run by bigots, trolls and Nazis confusing free-speech with hate-speech. I believe the Indy Media experiment has failed. As Indymedia claims it keeps the corporate media honest, I decided it was time someone watched Indymedia instead. Be careful... You may not like what you see.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Red Symbolism

This article on Boston Indymedia reports:

As of 3 o’clock this morning the statue of Christopher Columbus standing in the North End has been drenched with red paint. This stain is a symbolic action celebrating the collaborative efforts of the privileged and the oppressed in the fight for collective liberation.

Charming. Vandalism is 'symbolic'.

Previous examples (a very small sample) of such 'symbolism' here and here.

Permalink # posted by Dan @ 9:18 PM | |

Comments:

I wonder what they thought of the people of Bolivia tearing down statues of Che and defacing murals of him in La Paz and other cities, during their anti-Socialist protests in the past few months

Comment Permalink # posted by  Anonymous : 10/11/2006 07:33:00 AM

 

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