Repression

With Eurovision 2012 Around The Corner, Azerbaijan Gets Much Unwanted Attention

Jeff Burbank | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Journalists, Eurovision Song Contest, Repression, Council of Europe, Germany, Aliyev, Amnesty International, Azerbaijan, Europe, Baku, World News

As this year's host of Eurovision, Azerbaijan may well impress visitors with its beautiful, entertaining capital city of Baku and friendly, considerate people, but not with how its government treats the people.

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Amidst the Carnage, Syria Finds a Loyal Ally in Hugo Chávez

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Syria, Hugo Chavez, Arab Spring, Repression, Dictatorship, Venezuela, Bashar Al-Assad, Assad Chavez, Chavez Assad, Hugo Chavez Assad, World News

At a time when most nations are trying to figure out how to stop Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from killing his own people in a year-long struggle to stay in power, the Venezuelan government is helping to prop him up.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Terence Davies on The Deep Blue Sea

Dan Persons | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: The Deep Blue Sea, Repression, Emotion, Simon Russell Beale, Romance, Terence Davies, War, Drama, British, Rachel Weisz, Death, Tom Hiddleston, Terrence Rattigan, Love, Entertainment News

Even if we were in the middle of a romance glut, The Deep Blue Sea would stand out as an intelligent, nuanced, devastating look at the vagaries of the human heart.

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Romney's Firm Tied To Surveillance Push In China

nytimes.com | ANDREW JACOBS and PENN BULLOCK | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney Bain Capital, Repression, Bain Capital, China Surveillance, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Surveillance, Security, Business, China, World News, Politics News

BEIJING — As the Chinese government forges ahead on a multibillion-dollar effort to blanket the country with surveillance cameras, one American comp...

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South Korea Cracks Down on Dissent

Christine Ahn | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Democracy, Dissent, Repression, Jeju Island, South Korea, Korea, North Korea, Park Jung-Geun, Seoul, Solidarity for Peace and Reunification in Korea, Korea Reunification, World News

By redbaiting SPARK as a communist, pro-North organization, the South Korean government is trying to taint the Jeju naval base resistance and send a message to others that if they are or become involved, they too will be branded and targeted.

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Liu Xia's Forbidden Photos Coming To NYC

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Photography, Dolls, Columbia University, Repression, Hu Jintao, Liu Xia, Chinese Art, Female Artists, China, New York City, Arts News

NEW YORK -- Liu Xia is a forbidden artist whose work is censored in her native China. The photographer, who is under house arrest, uses life-like doll...

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Occupy Wall Street Highs -- Penned in Lows

Warren Goldstein | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Kettling, Repression, New York, New York Cops, Occupy Wall Street, New York News

I loved just about everything about the march yesterday in lower Manhattan including the range of people, the great spirit, seriousness of purpose, and excellent signs.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Tom Six & Laurence R. Harvey on The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

Dan Persons | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Violence, Repression, Murder, Horror, Sex, Controversy, Laurence R. Harvey, Indie, The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence, Tom Six, Gore, Off Beat, Gritty, The Human Centipede 2, The Human Centipede, Entertainment News

The tag line for Tom Six's new The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) is "100% Medically Inaccurate," tipping those who witnessed The Human Centipede (First Sequence) that the follow-up is going to be a further affront to everything pure, good, and sanitary.

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The "Jobs Creators" Brand Gets a Little Tarnished

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Austerity, Repression, Economics, Martin Luther King, Jobs Creators, Poor People's Campaign, Riots, Recession, Jr., Timothy Geithner, European Protests, Robert F. Kennedy, Wall Street Occupation, Politics News

Corporate and financial elites have largely succeeded in seizing the current economic crisis of their own making to ram through attacks on social programs they've always despised. With Washington in their pockets they apparently believe that now is their time to contort the institutions of American society into a consortium servicing their narrow class interests. But the protests in Europe and on Wall Street are evidence that a growing number of people are on to them. The primordial moment for the pursuit of justice has begun.

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After Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Meaning of Repeal to America

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Citizenship, LGBT Movement, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Repression, Civil Rights, Enlightenment, Anti-Gay, Repeal, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Unfriendly Fire, Jefferson, Soldiers, Transgender, Martin Luther King, Gays in the Military, Homophobia, Military Benefits, Dadt, Politics News

"Don't ask, don't tell" -- the policy and even the mere phrase -- says much about who we are as Americans. What we do in its wake will help shape what it means to be an American in the twenty-first century -- well beyond the rise and fall of this bizarre and convoluted law.

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After the British Riots: What Comes Next?

Erik Bleich | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Welfare, Comparative Politics, Repression, Police, London Riots, UK Riots, David Cameron, UK Issues, UK Parliament, World News

The recent events in England allow us the opportunity to make social scientific lemonade out of British lemons. Cameron's government should not only crack down on protesters, but also unearth funds to implement jobs programs for at-risk youth.

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Why Conservatives Spend More on Cyber Porn

Nigel Barber | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Nevada, Repression, Conservatives, Online Pornography, Sexual Behavior, Hypocrisy, Religious Conservatives, Utah, Benjamin Edelman, Laud Humphreys, Culture News

However much conservatives trumpet their sexual morality, they are not better than the rest of us. Indeed, the evidence suggests they are slightly worse.

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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Super 8

Dan Persons | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Justice, Repression, Horror, Emotion, J.J. Abrams, Close Encounters, Drama, Suspense, Death, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Steven Spielberg, The Goonies, Explosions, Super 8, Lost, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, Elle Fanning, Love, Entertainment News

J.J. Abrams, the man who set the deliriously enigmatic pace for Lost in that show's pilot and upended Star Trek by blowing up Vulcan (we still haven't...

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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: X-Men: First Class

Dan Persons | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Action-Adventure, Stan Lee, Bryan Singer, Justice, Repression, Emotion, Marvel Entertainment, Activism, War, X-Men, Drama, Michael Fassbender, Controversy, Success, Oliver Platt, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Marvel Studios, Matthew Vaughn, Social Drama, James McAvoy, Marvel Comics, Science Fiction, Racism, Fantasy, X-Men First Class, Explosions, January Jones, Entertainment News

X-Men: First Class is the latest installment of the Marvel film franchise to use comic book action to address some potent social issues.

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Cinefantastique Round Table Podcast: Zemeckis Vanishes Into the Uncanny Valley

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

A fond farewell to actor Michael Gough, a fine character actor who appeared in numerous genre films, ranging from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Sleepy Hollow (1999).

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Toppling Dictators with a Lethal Dose of Technology and Nonviolent Action

Stephanie Rudat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Demonstrations, Egypt Protests, Congress, Youth Movement, Political Repression, Nonviolent Conflict, Socioeconomics, Facebook, Dictators, Tunisia Revolution, Political Reform, Albert Einstein Institution, Social Media, Tunisia Protests, Emergency Law, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Revolution, Political Activism, Protest, Nonviolent Resistance, Political Corruption, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Technology, Demonstrations, Tunisia, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Repression, Citizen Journalism, Gene Sharp, The Guardian, Dictatorship, Egypt Emergency Laws, Egypt State Tv, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Ahmed Salah, Oppression, Youtube, Nonviolent Action, Political Prisoners, Khaled Said, Torture, Impact News

Ahmed Salah, an Egyptian journalist and activist who had survived torture while incarcerated in jail for pushing against the regime, brought his mission to the United States.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Sebastian Gutierrez on Electra Luxx

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Fernando Valley, Tim Olyphant, Justice, Repression, Adult Films, Emotion, Marley Shelton, Sex, Romance, Carla Gugino, Drama, Controversy, Comedy, Adrianne Palicki, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Satire, Acting Legend, Off Beat, Julianne Moore, Justin Kirk, Timothy Olyphant, Sebastian Gutierrez, Kathleen Quinlan, Love, Romantic Comedy, Activism, Death, Indie, Porn, Emanuelle Chriqui, Success, Pornography, Social Drama, Racism, Fantasy, Malin Akerman, Electra Luxx, Art, Entertainment News

Should a movie about a pregnant porn star fleeing her past and questioning her future be this much fun?

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My Repression Is Her Chance to Watch Her Soap Opera

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telenovelas, Felix B. Canet, Cuba, Human Rights in Cuba, Yoani Sanchez, Soap Operas, Repression, World News

I'm unexpectedly overcome by horror, someone just thanked me for being raw meat for the surveillance machinery, the target of guards.

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Double-Edged Sword: Social Media's Subversive Potential

Courtney C. Radsch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Social Media, Internet, Digital Media, Twitter, Repression, Tunisia, Revolution, Saudi Arabia, New Media, Information Technology, Technology News

Social media facilitate state surveillance because of most people's lack of familiarity with basic security settings on their social profiles, much less digital encryption or counter-censorship tools.

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Khadafy and Sons

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Sons, Repression, Political Cartoons, Khadafy, Qaddafy, Politics News

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Hugo Chavez Sets up Dictators Resort, Welcomes Mubarak

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yemen, Venezuela, Repression, Dictator, Morocco, Bahrain, Ghadafi, Libya, Junta, Five Star, Resort, Egypt, Qaddafi, Revolution, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Unrest, Kadafi, Mubarak, Comedy News

The resort has all the amenities of a 5-star property including Canyon Ranch spa and wellness center. The resort also offers psychological services to help the former rulers cope with their diminished circumstances.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Iciar Bollain and Paul Laverty on Even the Rain

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Columbus did not land in Bolivia. But a Spanish film crew has chosen that country to shoot their historic recreation of that event because, well, it's cheaper.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Liz Canner on Orgasm Inc.

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Lifestyle, Repression, Emotion, Sex, Romance, Activism, Drama, An Inconvenient Truth, Controversy, Female Sexuality, Orgasms, Success, Comedy, Documentary, Pharmaceutical Industry, Erectile Dysfunction, Off Beat, Satire, Health, Viagra, Orgasm, Liz Canner, Orgasm Inc, Love, Entertainment News

Orgasm Inc is a sometimes funny and frequently provocative exposé of the corporate franchising of female sexuality.

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Why Egypt's Nonviolent Victory Is a Win for Us All

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Mass Nonviolent Action, Media Criticism, Tibet, Violence, Media, Uprising, Peace, Iran, South Africa, Gandhi, Belarus, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Revolution, Peacemaking, Jordan, Civil Resistance, Yemen, Repression, Mideast, Tunisia, Chile, Palestine, Democracy, Egypt Uprising, Mainstream Media, Nonviolence, Burma, Nonviolent Action, Mubarak, Israel, World News

The movement in Egypt had been planned carefully and had been effective in conveying the need for both sustained pressure on the regime and strict nonviolent discipline.

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What's Next in Egypt: 'Mubarakism Without Mubarak'?

Neil Hicks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Repression, Mubarak Resignation, Suleiman, Democracy in Egypt, Mubarak, Human Rights in Egypt, Egypt Revolution, Mubarak Steps Down, World News

The Mubarak regime has relied on U.S. assistance to deny the Egyptian people basic freedoms again and again. If the U.S. government continues the status quo, it will be endorsing the same despotism that has brought us to this point of crisis.

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