Turkey and Tienanmen, a Double Tanks Quote

July 16th, 2016 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — the power of images in which overwhelming humanity is juxtaposed with overwhelming force ]

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The image of Ieshia Evans standing truth to power became an instant icon last week, as did an earlier photo of a man facing down a line of tanks at Tienanmen Square. Now, that photo of individual courage in the face of a tank has a cousin from Turkey, and Kenneth Roth has paired the two of them in what I term a DoubleQuote in the Wild:

Turkey's tank man. pic.twitter.com/cCwnxyoCZj

— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 16, 2016

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Serenity in the eye of a camera has many battalions.

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