{"article":{"id":3008,"heading":"PUPPET DECLARES SHAM ELECTIONS!","author":"Art For A Change","created":"2000-08-21 04:30:16","modified":"2005-08-15 00:24:35","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:24:35","article":"<p>I photographed this enormous puppet as it was carried down the broad avenues of L.A.'s downtown streets. The puppet's arms were stretched out wide, touching each side of the street. I could barely fit the entire puppet into my camera's view finder! Written on the puppet's arms was the message; \"SHAM ELECTIONS. Pre-selected, Interchangeable, Corporate Puppets. Democratic Republican Spectacle, Public Relations for Corporate Rule.\" The mustache and smile on the puppet's face read; \"FAKE DEMOCRACY.\" For more photographs and artworks dedicated to social justice, please visit the ART FOR A CHANGE Web site at;<\/p>\n","contact":"mvallen@primenet.com","link":"http:\/\/www.primenet.com\/~mvallen\/","address":"Art For A Change \/ P.O. Box 5751 Sherman Oaks, CA. 91413","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"The theme of Monday's protest (8\/13\/2000), was \"Human Need not Corporate Greed.\" An enormous crowd gathered at Pershing Square for a march to Staples Center. No fewer than 10,000 protestors participated in the mass demonstration, and many issues were addressed.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/fake.jpg","filesize":"20.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/3008.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/fake.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/fake.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}