How very fitting — Mousavi’s name in hopeful green lettering, overwritten by Ahmadinejad’s in black, and soon hidden under a thick coat of paint.
The above image is from the Big Picture’s series on the Iranian elections.
Also, PSFK had an interesting view on the election and how this is a turning point for realtime news, for Design Mind’s views on the same subject go here.
Finally, I recommend seeing Clay Shirky’s very relevant TED presentation; How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history.
When the Chinese government blocks everything from Twitter to Blogspot from the public in the days up to the 20th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, there’s obviously knowledge floating around the internet they don’t want the broader public of China to be aware of. Knowledge that’s dangerous because people might realize what the mischievous fuckers have been up to. If they’re aware that their system can’t stand the toll against truth and knowledge, how can they believe in it themselves? It’s obviously not capitalism they’re fighting anymore, so I figure it’s knowledge they’re afraid of, knowledge that will diminish their power. And it’s China’s leaders’ unscrupulous hunger for power, and the siren song of western capital that has lured them off of their thoroughly beaten red track, to let in capitalism.