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05 Sep 09

V is for Violence

  • Violence imposed by the state is seen as legitimate, while violence against that state is deemed illegitimate.
  • Nelson Mandela may be the politician most people would like to cuddle today, but it wasn't that long ago that the likes of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan felt much closer to South Africa's racist rulers than to the "terrorist" ANC leader. Yet was Mandela right to fight? Do the Palestinians have a right to resist? Was the Provisional IRA's armed struggle legitimate?
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BBC - Viewfinder: The whole story

  • Does this matter now that the picture is more than 70 years old and no longer a news picture, but a work of art? Yes, of course it does. If it just shows a few men fooling around then it makes the world of difference. But does that ruin Capa's reputation? Most defiantly not.
  • The picture was initially published in the French magazine, Vu in September 1936 under the headline, How they fell, and later in the July 1937 issue of Life magazine.
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