The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/ Andrew Sullivan dishes. Includes Andrew's Daily Dish, interviews, recent articles about the war, homosexuality, culture, politics, faith, and people. en-US Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:42:16 -0400 http://www.typepad.com/ CNN FTW http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/cnn-ftw.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/cnn-ftw.html Nico, who follows Iran coverage more than anyone, remarks: Hats off to CNN. Its coverage of Iran today is blowing every other media outlet out of the water, including Al Jazeera and BBC Persia.

Nico, who follows Iran coverage more than anyone, remarks:

Hats off to CNN. Its coverage of Iran today is blowing every other media outlet out of the water, including Al Jazeera and BBC Persia.
]]> Andrew Sullivan Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:42:16 GMT What Makes Today's Protests Different http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/what-makes-todays-protests-different.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/what-makes-todays-protests-different.html Juan Cole: A new and significant feature of this demonstration was that simultaneous rallies also occurred in cities all around the country. Although the crowds were relatively small, this national coordination suggests a national underground organization is emerging. Juan Cole:

A new and significant feature of this demonstration was that simultaneous rallies also occurred in cities all around the country. Although the crowds were relatively small, this national coordination suggests a national underground organization is emerging.
]]> Andrew Sullivan Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:36:23 GMT Live-Tweeting The Revolution: Day 28 http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/livetweeting-the-revolution-day-28.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/livetweeting-the-revolution-day-28.html Initial tweets here. The latest: From Iran: Despite being beaten, general feeling is that we WON today! Its really hard hear friend said goodbye a few hrs ago got shot & cant find him others,am sorry cant update anymore tonight...... 7-9-protesters-burning

Initial tweets here. The latest:

From Iran: Despite being beaten, general feeling is that we WON today!

Its really hard hear friend said goodbye a few hrs ago got shot & cant find him others,am sorry cant update anymore tonight...

Clashes at Narmak and Tehran Pars, 11PM...

Hearing VERY powerful shouts of "Allaho Akbar" here in Qeitarieh. I'm gonna go on the roof and join them. B back

in Amirabad , now hear the voice of shooting and people's Allah Akbar people are all on the roofs


Very proud of brave Iranians: Can't believe there were so many ppl on the streets today.

while peopple were beaten at streets Ahmadenejad said that I am servant of people

Reports: Hezbollah Attacked Polytechnic Dorm!

the group who help me in gthering information and news for twitter were beaten today in Tehran

RT CONFIRMED PROTESTS IN Tehran,Shiraz,Isfahan,Ahwaz,Babol,Kerman,Mashhad, Sari

eyewitness: many who got arrested were not among protesters, but got beaten & taken away by force and violently

Todays' slogans against Mojtaba Khamenei!

Back home from my mothers house, 7tir sq where FULL of riot police, Basij, plain cloths and other suppressors.

Burning-street

Cars in the streets...fires everywhere in Azadi street...Basij breaking car windows

ppl have overcome some basij & taken their batons away. From them you can hear death to khamenei

UNCONFIRMED! RT: Mirdamad Metro was set on fire by people

FR Valiasr intersection, plainclothes and police hit ppl mercilessly with batons.

People attacked Basij in SaadatAbad and Sattarkhan

Basidj used a gas that burned our skins its still red and inflamed

Plain clothes r now pulling ppl out of stores attacking ppl in streets around enghelab squar

Evin Prison There Was Many Executions Earlier Today Number Unknown

Clashes in front of Evin Prison!

Riot Police using Plastic Bullets at Enghelab Sq, Clashes spreading to all streets nearby.

Just heard one friend Got Shot near Azadi Sq. I am so worry about him,... lost contact with them...

Reports: Army Helicopters Shooting at People at Azadi Sq. (not conf)...

Heavy Clashes near Azadi Sq. at least 3 people get shoted by Sec. forces...

Gun Shoots is hearing from Kargar Shomali St..

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Police Shooting Teargas at Poeple infront of Tehran University

10sThousands ppl Chanting against Regime at Vanak sq., Vali Asr sq., Ferdosi, Vali Asr Cr, Tehran Uni, Polythecnic Uni..

Clashes At Vali Asr Sq. Spreading to all nearby Streets including Vila St...

One girl harshly arrested as she was dragged on the ground and thrown into a van... many others arrested

Police arresting seemingly at random, throwing tear gas into buses

very heavy Basiji presence. Almost all have handguns.

more than 500 cyclist are going up and down on streets and taking photos of ppl .

PPL got attacked and eye witness reported bloody PPL and teargas.

and she said that they weren't able to get their calls to go through either. So apparently cell phone service has been disrupted. end quote

I have not been able to call anyone. I called a friend's mom at their home (in Tehran)

Apparently HUGE turnout, Basij desperately trying to block enghelab

6:29pm in Tehran right now, Reports of Moussavi showing might pop up as he had stated he would attend earlier

]]> Andrew Sullivan Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:32:00 GMT The Architect Of The Latest Meltdown http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/celebrity-in-the-gop.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/celebrity-in-the-gop.html Matt Steinglass wants to focus on McCain, not Palin: John McCain is unqualified to be Commander-in-Chief. McCain is a guy of rather mediocre intellect, little curiosity, and very poor and impulsive decision-making skills. He’s vain and headstrong, and he easily... MCCAINMAXWHITTAKER:GETTY

Matt Steinglass wants to focus on McCain, not Palin:

John McCain is unqualified to be Commander-in-Chief. McCain is a guy of rather mediocre intellect, little curiosity, and very poor and impulsive decision-making skills. He’s vain and headstrong, and he easily turns opposition over matters of policy or politics into personal vendettas. He became a political commodity in 1973 because he embodied the right-wing working-class value of patriotism under duress at a moment when patriotism and the white working class felt under attack for their complicity in a disastrous foreign war. And he was seized upon by a desperate Republican Party in political free-fall; in the thick of Watergate, the Nixon administration launched him as a political celebrity. He then parlayed that notoriety into a political career a few years down the road. He certainly has a substantial amount of charm and an instinct for playing the press, and he’s hardly the dumbest guy in the Senate. But he is not a responsible or serious person. And to a great degree, when he met Sarah Palin, he probably felt he was looking at a younger version of himself. Which is to say that the “rot” in the GOP, the eagerness to substitute celebrity and resentful pseudo-patriotic gibberish for real political discussion, goes back a lot longer than 8 years.

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]]> Andrew Sullivan Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:04:00 GMT Outing Iran: Marjane Satrapi http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/outing-iran--1.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/outing-iran--1.html Perhaps the best known work of Iranian pop culture in recent years is "Persepolis," the animated film adaptation of the 2000 graphic novel by Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi. Both works were based on her fascinating life story: Satrapi grew up...

Perhaps the best known work of Iranian pop culture in recent years is "Persepolis," the animated film adaptation of the 2000 graphic novel by Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi. Both works were based on her fascinating life story:

Satrapi grew up in Tehran in a family which was involved with the communist and socialist movements in Iran, prior to the Iranian Revolution. She attended the Lycée Français there and witnessed, as a child, the growing suppression of civil liberties and the everyday-life consequences of Iranian politics, including the fall of the Shah, the early regime of Ruhollah Khomeini, and the first years of the Iran-Iraq war.

For anyone hoping to get an easily absorbed lesson in the modern history of Iran, "Persepolis" is a must read. Also, two fans of Satrapi recently created an updated version illustrating the current uprising; don't miss it.The movie really helped me get past Iranians as somehow "other". Hitch's review is here.

]]> Andrew Sullivan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:24:00 GMT More Footage From Iran Today http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/more-footage-from-iran-today.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/more-footage-from-iran-today.html Dispersing the crowd: On the run: Many more clips after the jump: According to a reader at The Lede, protesters here are shouting "Death to Khamenei's son": According to NIAC, this clip was "taken from Enghelab Sq, showing the armed... Dispersing the crowd:

On the run:

Many more clips after the jump:

According to a reader at The Lede, protesters here are shouting "Death to Khamenei's son":

According to NIAC, this clip was "taken from Enghelab Sq, showing the armed forces arresting one person, chasing a women and kicking cars":

Nico received these two clips from his readers:

And this one shows the heavy police presence today:

Another version:

And the first clip we found today:

Raye Man Kojast? meticulously collected many others. Yet more here.

]]> Andrew Sullivan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:03:00 GMT Violence As Disease http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/violence-as-disease.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/violence-as-disease.html Andy Coghlan reports on programs trying to stem killings by changing the societal understanding of violence: Shootings and killings in deprived areas of Chicago and Baltimore have plummeted by between 41 and 73 per cent thanks to a programme that... Andy Coghlan reports on programs trying to stem killings by changing the societal understanding of violence:

Shootings and killings in deprived areas of Chicago and Baltimore have plummeted by between 41 and 73 per cent thanks to a programme that treats violence as if it is an infectious disease...The most important but controversial element of the programme to tackle the epidemic of violence is sending reformed shooters out into the streets as mediators in disputes and mentors for youths.

"At age 17 I'd been arrested several times and convicted of four gun-related offences," says Jalon Arthur, a key violence interruptor speaking in a teleconference on 30 June. "You must work with the shooters, and credible messengers like me need to understand the minds of the perpetrators and have the measure of street-credibility to overcome mistrust," said Arthur.

"For individuals who engage in gun activity, there's a great deal of paranoia which makes them very difficult to influence, but because violence interruptors have been through the transition themselves, they have the social networks and enough street cred to reach these people," said Arthur.

]]> Andrew Sullivan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:58:00 GMT "Killed In Front Of Us" http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/killed-in-front-of-us.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/killed-in-front-of-us.html Lara receives a riveting email from Iran. And today she tweeted: witness says he saw 2 killed by gunfire. "we were in the red zone and it was nothing less than war. pray for us." Tehrani: police first struck people,... Lara receives a riveting email from Iran. And today she tweeted:

witness says he saw 2 killed by gunfire. "we were in the red zone and it was nothing less than war. pray for us."

Tehrani: police first struck people, then told them to leave. if store owners hadn't come to our rescue I don't know what would've happened

reform camp source says #iranelection protesters were carrying Korans, shouting "Allahu Akbar." others marched silently

tear gas & beatings, people chant "don't be afraid, we're in this together" & "ya Hussein, Mir Hussein." Cars honk in support.

]]> Andrew Sullivan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:43:00 GMT Chart Of The Day http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/chart-of-the-day-2.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/chart-of-the-day-2.html From Calculated Risk. For analysis of this trend, check out Richard Florida. HomeownershipQ12009

From Calculated Risk. For analysis of this trend, check out Richard Florida.

]]> Andrew Sullivan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:21:00 GMT Allah As Puppet President http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/god-and-state.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/god-and-state.html Abbas Milani provides an "intellectual history of the green wave": Before coming to power, Khomeini argued that the most important duty, indeed the raison d'etre of an Islamic government, was to implement fully the tenets of sharia. But once in... Abbas Milani provides an "intellectual history of the green wave":

Before coming to power, Khomeini argued that the most important duty, indeed the raison d'etre of an Islamic government, was to implement fully the tenets of sharia. But once in power and faced with the complexities of modern Iranian society, he subtly changed the very foundation of his theory. He introduced the concept of maslaha--interests of the regime--and declared, much to the consternation of nearly every other ayatollah, that these interests, as determined by him or his successor, would supersede even the fundamentals of Islam. In other words, the state was everything--and sharia was nothing but its legitimizing narrative, a narrative that could be suspended at the will of the leader.
]]> Andrew Sullivan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:51:00 GMT