Posts Tagged Protest
RNC cops versus the press
Posted by Jason in Commentary, Imported Posts, News, Politics on September 22, 2008
We all know that police are repressive at protests, especially at big political ones in the states. I was at the anti-RNC protest in 2004 covering the theatrical jamming aspect for the Montreal Mirror. Though my gig (and my personal budget) kept me in New York City only long enough to witness the official march and not much else, I did feel a foreboding air when I wandered away from the sanctioned area.
My latest contributions on Forget The Box- I’ve seen the future, brother…but so has Jean Charest May 16, 2012Jason C. McLean on the newfound passion in people like Jean Charest and Gerald Tremblay and how it shows that the Quebec student strike is about so much more than a few hundred dollars in tuition increase, it's about the future... […]
- Off With Their Clothes! Glam Gam’s Little Beau Peep Show April 17, 2012Well, it's 2012 and we got one of the first signs of the oncoming apocalypse early. Troupe founder Michael J. McCarthy kept his clothes on for the entire show. I'm not joking. In fact, he wore more clothes than everyone else combined. Dressed as the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland, we didn't even get a little leg or someone screaming " […]
- I’ve seen the future, brother…but so has Jean Charest May 16, 2012
Occupy Wall Street: It took police violence to get the media’s attention
Posted by Jason in Commentary, My Writing on September 29, 2011
Sometimes all it takes is a little violence to get attention. In this case it was police violence. Last week on Forget The Box I wrote about how the mainstream media was ignoring the Occupy Wall Street protest pretty much across the board, just like how the state-controlled media in places like Egypt and Bahrain [...]
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET, Media, New York City, Police, Protest
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