Archive for April, 2010
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Via facebook:

Picture Taken Before the Latest Bullets Zinging
— [To] Lucia Siposova: Hi Lucia! I’m in the middle of a revolution in Bangkok Thailand, ‘Red Shirt’ peasants ( they gave me a sling shot ) against the Thai army: the bullets are zinging around..how are you?
45 minutes ago · See Wall-to-Wall
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Picture, Courtesy Howard Monath. From his facebook page.
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Via facebook about 9 minutes ago [about 11:55 p.m.].
Things are getting pretty rank at the Red Shirt encampment here in Bangkok. Seven weeks of garbage is piling up, portable toilets have backed up, and in the constant 100 degree heat the stench is becoming unbearable; people are getting sick. The Reds have doused their tire barricades with gasoline and vow to stay…
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Coming soon here and hunterword.com. Some limited insights. A few pictures for a tease. Shots taken at the Red Carpet World Premiere and Panel Discussion, The Other City. “In every city, including the capital of the most powerful country in the world, there is another city, a city of forgotten people and unspeakable shame.”
About the ravages of AIDS/HIV in the poor areas of Washington D.C.

Photographers. Primarily but not exclusively online entertainment publications. Two good quotes, QMfE, "If I'm here, you know this ain't front page stuff," and, "We do this for the money."
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Monday, April 26th, 2010

Howard Monath in Bangkok & Reporting for the WORD
Reported via facebook. Well. The ‘Red Shirts’ here are no longer wearing their red shirts. Strategically this makes some sense, but you have to wonder if the ‘Reds’ are doing to themselves what the army and the Thai government so far haven’t been able to do to them.
37 minutes ago
Due to an editorial oversight, earlier posts by Howard Monath’s kickboxing friend were not included. Here is one.
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Via facebook:

Howard Monath
” Oh, and I just got back from the center of all this; it was a very surreal day, the leaders of the Red Shirts, the guys you see on TV every day, were talking to each other; they came over and asked me what I thought was gong to happen! (bizarre, there were no other foreigners/journalists around ) the army has given them 48 hours to leave. the Red Shirts have completely taken over about two miles of downtown Bangkok, and are amazingly organized, pretty good for a bunch of illiterate farmers.
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Via Facebook:
Hello Hunter Word, I’ve been in Thailand on and off since Nov sort of following my friend Chantal Ughi, who is a champion Muay Thai boxer. She, as you can see has a different opinion about this, makes for an interesting dynamic. 12 minutes ago, April 25, 10:38 p.m.

Howard Monath
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The WORD was there at the official opening ceremony, April 21.
Press credentials for awarding winning Senior Editor/Producer Andrea León. The editor also has credentials and León and the editor are trying to work Greg Chan into the formula as a Contributing Writer.
A few more pictures.
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
… in Foreign Policy Magazine by former WORD Senior Editor/Producer Aida Alami: The Persecution of Islamists Across North Africa, in the name of fighting terrorism, is sowing the seeds for future instability.
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