David Baldinger - Cartoonist & Photographer

About the protests in Oaxaca, Mexico . Very powerful work by Carlos Latuff . Carlos never ceases to amaze me with his political clarity and artistic skill.

Remember this Corporate America...this works both ways. I don't have to but your products either. Media Advisory published by FAIR Air America on Ad Blacklist? ABC document: Sponsors shun liberal network 10/31/06 An internal memo from ABC Radio Networks to its affiliates reveals scores of powerful sponsors have a standing order that their commercials never be placed on syndicated Air America programming that airs on ABC affiliates. The October 25 memo was provided to FAIR by the Peter B. Collins Show, a syndicated radio show originating on the West Coast. Headlined "Air America Blackout" and addressed "Dear Traffic Director"—referring to the radio station staffer who coordinates programming and advertising—the memo gives the following order to affiliates: Please be advised that Hewlett Packard has purchased schedules with ABC Radio Networks between October 30th and December 24th, 2006. Please make sure you blackout this advertiser on your station, as they do no...

Refusenik Omri Evron (Keren Manor/ activestills.org ) Amir Tibon, The Electronic Intifada , 28 October 2006 Omri Evron, a 19-year-old from Tel-Aviv, is weeks away from earning his B.A. in ethical philosophy from the Tel-Aviv University (TAU). He started studying for this degree when he was still a high-school student. Omri is known around the campus of TAU as a leading social activist. Last month, for example, he started a petition of university and high-school students from around the country, protesting the exploitation of maintenance and cleaning workers in educational institutions. At least once a week, Omri visits the Palestinian village of Bili'in, showing his support for the local Palestinian farmers who are campaigning against the Israeli separation wall that separates them from about 50 percent of their lands. In Bili'in, just like in Tel-Aviv, Omri has earned the reputation of a respected human rights activist. However, Omri is considered a criminal by Israeli authori...

As posted on Alternet Official Film Site Official Dixie Chicks site Because we certainly don't want a Press that criticizes the government... "NBC is refusing to run the trailer for the Dixie Chicks documentary, Shut Up and Sing, because: 'it won't accept the spots... disparaging of President Bush." Harvey Weinstein, said in a statement that: "The idea that anyone should be penalized for criticizing the president is profoundly un-American." For the moment they've got YouTube and the other networks who are willing to air the ad." Another fine example of the hypocrisy that is the USA. Once again I feel the need to remind all the "patriotic" Republicans out there what President Teddy Roosevelt said about criticism of a president: "The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his eff...

News from Don Quichotte magazine: Turkish cartoon master Semih Balcioglu has died.

As posted on Think Progress : Ohio GOP Smears Al Franken In Press Release With Doctored Photo, Fabricated Quote Yesterday, the Ohio Republican Party sent out a news release (full text here) attacking Rep. Sherrod Brown (D) for enlisting the support of comedian Al Franken: It is not surprising that Sherrod Brown is enlisting the help of a Hollywood liberal, who like him, is so far out of the mainstream of Ohio values. What is troubling is that Brown would solicit support from someone [Franken] who compared conservatives to Nazis “who should drink poison and die.” The quote used in the news release is taken from Bernard Goldberg book, 110 People Who Are Screwing Up America, in an alleged interview between Goldberg and Franken. But in his book, Goldberg makes it clear that the exchange is completely fictional . The Ohio Republican Party represented it as fact. (there's a big surprise! DB) The news release was accompanied by this photograph, showing Franken dressed up like a baby bun...