Links, Statements And Notes As They Relate To The Charlie Hebdo Killings
This is a clearinghouse for various links and articles related to the killings in and around the Charlie Hebdo offices, and its violent aftermath in Paris a couple of days later. There will be links to material and the employment of images here or elsewhere that may upset. Every link and every image used is intended to better facilitate this site's mission to inform.
* a story on the massive sell-out yesterday of the latest issue of Charlie Hebdohere.
* here are cartoons I hadn't seen yet from Jason and Guy Delisle. This cartoon from Batton Lash is presented with commentary and a link to video of local news talking to him about the incident overseas.
* we're starting to see more and more substantial pieces either come out from usual-suspect media platforms or kind of work their way to the surface from individual blogs as a certain number of people get behind them. Here's one from Kenan Malik. Here's one from Ted Rall. Here's a piece at Salon from Brittney Cooper. Leigh Phillips' piece I saw everywhere yesterday, particularly in my inbox. This piece from Vox about where their threats came from fascinated me. Here's Slavoj Zizek. And here's Michael Dooley. I'm glad Dooley brought up Paul Krassner because I've been thinking The Realist in relation to this horrifying series of crimes.
* I agree with a couple of main points of this article: 1) again, that The Realist is probably the closest US equivalent to Charlie Hebdo in terms of tone and the casual publication of taboos for the sake and for the force of publishing taboos 2) that a major difference for the French publication from any US one is that in France that generation of activists in particular is more concerned with anti-clerical thought than just about any comparable western culture.
