A Notorious Photo From a US Massacre in the Philippines Reveals an Ugly Truth
We usually think of atrocity photography as an effort by journalists or humanitarian workers to document violence and suffering or as an ethical act aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing intervention. But what about those images produced by perpetrators themselves — not to record an atrocity but to celebrate its violence? Twenty years after the pictures of prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were first released, we still struggle with how to deal with “trophy” photographs that force us to see atrocities through the eyes of their perpetrators. https://newlinesmag.com/argument/a-notorious-photograph-from-a-us-massacre-in-the-philippines-reveals-an-ugly-truth/ The Radical Faith of Harriet Tubman A new book conveys in dramatic detail what America’s Moses did to help abolish slavery. Another addresses the love of God and country that helped her do so. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/01/combee-edda-l-fields-black-night-flyer-tiya-miles-book-review The Origins of Labor Day On June 24, 1894, Grover Cleveland made Labor Day a federal holiday. The president signed the bill days before sending federal troops to break the Pullman strike in Chicago. Eugene V Debs, leader of the union at the center of the strike, gave a Labor Day address in 1903, saying that ”the struggle in which we are now engaged will end only when every day is Labor Day.” Read more on the history of Labor Day – and learn why we celebrate it in September. https://www.bunkhistory.org/tags/ideas/labor-day -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30954): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30954 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106961452/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
