David Baldinger - Cartoonist & Photographer

  " Green " has a very specific meaning now: Iranian people named "Protesters" are now the symbol of freedom, bravery, and liberation. They chose "Green" as their symbol. The subject for this exhibition are these people. The people who are going to be the most brave people of 2009. You can send your cartoons on this theme. There is no money prize, no Trophy and party but we will organize an exhibition of selected cartoons in Paris. Your prize will be proud of involvement of the Iranian Green Movement. Regulations: Participating in this exhibition is free Any cartoonist without consideration to age, nationality and religion can participate in this exhibition The technique of cartoons is free  Each participant can send up to 5 entries  Size limitation is minimum A4 and maximum A3.  Digital (scanned) cartoons should be actual size and the resolution should be at least 300 DPI. These kind of entries sh...

Renowned cartoonist Hadi Heidari who contributes to several reformist newspapers and heads the website Persian Cartoon was arrested in the capital Tehran on the evening of October 22. He was among several people arrested while taking part in a religious ceremony in honour of political prisoners, held at the home of Shehaboldin Tabatabai, one of the prisoners close to the reformist party, Participation. Some of them were released the following day but around a dozen others, including Heidari, were moved to Evin prison. Heidari was cultural editor of the banned daily Etemad-e Melli. The editor of the newspaper, Mohammad Ghochani, a member of its editorial staff, Fayaz Zahed, and website editor, Mohammad Davari, are all still in prison. A gallery of cartoons in support of Hadi can be found on Toonpool . There is also a Facebook support group. Technorati Tags: Heidari , arrest , political prisoner , Iran , cartoonist , Green Revolution , Hadi Heidari , FECO , Participation ,...

Dear All  As you know, Israel seized and confiscated 19,000,000 donums of Palestinian land which makes 93% of Israel's area. Now Israel passed a law which effectively allow the sale of this land to any Jew any where. Adalah alerted all to this grave development. The report: " Dividing War Spoils " at this link: http://www.plands.org/store/writing/Selling%20Refugees%20Land%20Sept%202009.pdf summarizes the history and suggests recommendations. Maps and Tables are from the "Atlas of Palestine 1948" and Adalah's compiled data of 1953/54 confiscation. This subject should be raised in every forum. Salman Abu Sitta Zahi Damuni Cause Admin Join this cause on Facebook ( must be a Facebook member ) at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/1752?m=479104c3 Technorati Tags: Palestine Cartoons , settlements , Isreal

Right-Wingers accuse the Obama health care reform as being Fascist. Phony grass roots organizations are packing town hall meetings to drown out questions or debate. They are not interested in working to fix a health care system that is a disaster. They are trying to maintain the status quo. They are shills for the insurance industry who are spreading lies and misinformation about the health care proposals to frighten those who refuse to obtain correct information on their own and prefer to be lead by Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and other professional loud mouths. Technorati Tags: health care , Obama , Rush Limbaugh , Glenn Beck , protests , tea-baggers , health care reform , fascist del.icio.us Tags: health care , Obama , Rush Limbaugh , Glenn Beck , protests , tea-baggers , health care reform , fascist

Horrifying photos that you won’t see in the Western Media! Images from Ademmm on DeviantArt

Murder Weapon by ~ davidbdr on deviant ART

Peace In 2009 by ~ davidbdr on deviant ART It doesn't appear that 2009 will be any more peaceful. My New Year's wish is for all people to lay down their arms. Humanity could accomplish so much more if we solved problems together. Stop supporting arms dealers and manufacturers. We have to solve world hunger and drinking water depletion. Fight Capitalist privatization of human necessities! Gaza In Flames by ~ davidbdr on deviant ART Gaza In Flames Reformatted by ~ davidbdr on deviant ART This version was reformatted for: The special gallery International Exhibition "Gaza” Syriacartoon website – 2008-2009 Theme: GAZA in Fire

Bassam Aramin writing from occupied Jerusalem, Live from Palestine, 7 August 2008   Ahmed Mousa (facing camera) photographed four hours before he was shot and killed by Israeli forces. ( palestinesolidarityproject.org )   Dear Hisam, father of Ahmed, may he rest in peace, I learned of the death of your son, Ahmed Musa , through a one-sentence newsflash on the Palestinian news station Ma'an last Tuesday: "Ahmed Musa, a young boy, was killed by a bullet of the occupying forces in Nil'in." I was immediately overcome with shock and grief and bitter tears. And above all, that relentless feeling of powerlessness that I know too well. We Palestinians cannot protect our children from being killed. Not because they are soldiers on the battlefield, but because we cannot imprison them in our homes. They must live their lives, play outside the house, go to school. We tell ourselves that there must be in our land a safe place to protect our little ones. Should not our...

This is a special appeal to sign the following Petition addressed to Condoleezza Rice. It will be presented to her early tomorrow….. Petition to End Israel’s Restrictions on Freedom of Movement and the Press To: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 We, the undersigned, condemn Israel’s appalling treatment of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Gaza correspondent and author of the magazine’s regular feature, “Gaza on the Ground.” The 24-year-old Palestinian journalist was brutally assaulted by Israeli Shin Bet security officials at the Allenby Bridge border crossing on his way home to Gaza on June 26. He had just received the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, which he shared with independent American journalist Dahr Jamail. Omer’s award citation reads, “Every day, he reports from a war zone, where he is also ...

The official Obituary as provided by the family. May 24, 2008 Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor. Born Bruce Duncan Phillips on May 15, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of labor organizers. Whether through this early influence or an early life that was not always tranquil or easy, by his twenties Phillips demonstrated a lifelong concern with the living conditions of working people. He was a proud member of the Industrial Workers of the World, popularly known as "the Wobblies," an organizational artifact of early twentieth-century labor struggles that has seen renewed interest and growth in membership in the last decade, not in small part due to his efforts to popu...

IDF Target Practice by ~ davidbdr on deviant ART Let's see how long it takes to be called an anti-Semite. This poster is my response to this article: Israeli Sniper Bullet Takes 12-Year-Old Girl's Life [link] A full size version (A3) is available here: [link]

Gaza,Oops They Did Again by = No-More-Ignorance on deviant ART The good people in the group "No More Ignorance" have put together this PDF publication highlighting some of the current happenings in the assaults on Gaza: Artist's Comments *Israel has been using the heaviest missiles by F-16s. Some experts here estimate that there are one-ton weight of Israeli missiles.... * What happens in Gaza is not an aggression of bombardments by planes, but it is a war of elimination by its full meaning. Babies are being killed, civilians are being killed, and buildings are being destroyed.... Need to reed more?.. Please press Download to get our new PDF project about Gaza, or read it online at Gaza...Oops They did it Again ________________________ Done By NMI Teamwork.. ~lahandi----> Graphic Design and Layout. ~moudax----> Searching and Preparing. ~alshaimaa---> Searching and Preparing.   Fellow Artist Wake Up:lahandi by = No-More-Ignorance on deviant ART

Mensagem do cartunista brasileiro Latuff, em português e árabe, ao povo palestino, por conta da agressão israelense contra Gaza/Message from Brazilian cartoonist Latuff , in Portuguese and Arabic, to the Palestinian people, regarding the Israeli aggression against Gaza.  A Rough English Translation, thanks to Tony ( Palestinian Pundit ), of what Carlos said… This message is to the Palestinian people in Gaza and the Palestinians everywhere. As you know, since 1999 I have been supporting the Palestinian struggle with my art, political cartoons and words. I constantly follow the news of your suffering and the slaughter inflicted on you by the Israelis. In spite of the distance between us I am always with you. I am sorry that the cartoons cannot stop the missiles. I do everything to raise my voice in your support. The Zionists have tried to silence this voice. I am with you completely. I am united with you and I suffer with you. The Palestinians are different from other people. You...

Gaza_massacre_feb2008 Uploaded by sabbahblog   Apparently this video somehow violates YouTube's Terms Of Service . I find this amazing since there are plenty of NAZI and Neo-NAZI videos all over YouTube. According to Haitham Sabbah , creator of the video: "The reasons are obvious. This video got enormous number of visits within no time and the effect of it reflected on the supportive comments received by almost everyone watched it there. Zionist didn't like what they saw and decided to complain. They must have invented some reasons and asked YouTube to remove it, and because YouTube are so nice people, they removed it without hesitation! YouTube is another example of the "Zionist occupied territories". They are ready to do anything to destroy any successful work that expose their war crimes and holocaust against Palestinian people. But you know what, this is just another victory for us and it shows how fragile is our enemy." It saddens me that in the ...

My poster is nowhere near the spectacular one produced by Carlos Latuff today ( link ). A hi-rez version of this poster is available here: link to large version .

Carlos Latuff, the widely admired cartoonist from Brazil, created this stunning poster today. It is sure to stir howls of anti-Semitism from Zionist thugs everywhere and  a lot of wailing about "Israel having the right to defend itself. Ignore that noise and support the right of Palestinians not to be slaughtered by an overwhelmingly superior military force. A word from Carlos: I'd like to beg all viewers to spread this image anywhere, as a way to expose Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. Use it on t-shirts, posters, banners. Reproduce it in zines, papers, magazines, and make it visible everywhere. Here is the high-resolution version for printing purposes: [link] Thank you in the name of every suffering Palestinian. Carlos Latuff

From My Cartoons Representative Dennis Kucinich from Ohio, USA, candidate for US President in the Democratic Party, has been consistently barred from participating in the corporate media controlled televised presidential debates. Corporate America seems intent of silencing the only Democratic candidate who opposes the Iraq War, the Bush doctrine of preemptive war and has authored a motion to impeach Vice-President Cheney. He is also the only Democrat to plan on immediate withdrawal from Iraq if he is elected. Big Oil will not allow this to happen. Print Available on DeviantArt and Zazzle