Sunday, October 02, 2022

The protests

Picking up with yesterday's protest in Baghdad, this is AFP:


The latest protests in Baghdad come as Iraq has been mired in political paralysis since elections in October last year that have failed to bring in a new president, prime minister or government.

Protesters were heard chanting "the people demand the fall of the regime" as thousands gathered on Saturday in Baghdad’s iconic Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the protest movement, an AFP correspondent said.


They quote activist Ali al-Habib stating, "Today, it is essential to confront power.  All the bridges and roads are blocked because the authorities are afraid of the protesters,   


Meanwhile, what was the United Nations Mission in Iraq smoking?




They live in their own little world on the planet Denial.




I agree with this Tweet.




However, I remember 2019.  The bulk of the media around the world couldn't be bothered with covering the protests of The October Revolution or the violence aimed at them.  In fact, while Iraq's security forces were killing a protester by shooting him in the head with a tear gas cannister, Jane Arraf was on NPR praising the security forces for their restraint.


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Ava and I have been wanting to tackle the portrayal of the working class in media.  Maybe we'll be able to do it next week.  BLONDE is so offensive that we had to pick it up instead.


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