Three incompetent hacks from the right-wing rag, The Daily M*il, recently travelled to Calais to climb the journalistic career ladder on the back of the town’s persecuted migrant population. Their intention was clearly to churn out the paper’s nth scare story about the jungle, and although they succeeded in this … Continue reading
A while ago we published an article, sent to us anonymously, entitled “In Defence of Smashing Cameras“. The self-proclaimed (??) National Union of Journalists (NUJ) did not like this article, and sent us the following response: The NUJ PHOTOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL has responded to an online comment piece urging people to smash media cameras: “The NUJ is appalled at the recent article on a self-proclaimed anarchist website which advocates … Continue reading
(Until events improve…) In Defence of Smashing Cameras Anonymous submission. We are making ourselves vulnerable to attack. More seriously, we are making each other vulnerable. Photographers at demonstrations will soon outnumber demonstrators, those who are willing to take action. This is something we need to take a stand against. Cameras are tools of surveillance, and whether it is us or the enemy that … Continue reading
If you’re on a demo in London, watch out for the “Ruptly” (a part of Russia Today) camera crews. They have taken to following the Black Bloc or other lively demonstrators around, and livestreaming everything they see. This can be dangerous shit: for example, on one demo a little while … Continue reading
