July 2006

The Archives

• Canada, Photography

  Canada is a Homeless Nation

  07.31.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Now that Israel has announced a 48-hour moratorium on their siege of Lebanon, we can briefly redirect our attention back home. Here in Canada, the federal government is still fighting a ruthless war — a war on the poor. While former PM Paul Martin might have created the mess, Stephen Harper is sure [...]

• Et Cetera

  Battle of the Beers: Profit Wins Over Politics

  07.30.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Match point, Molson: überbrü, our political non-profit beer, has sadly been placed on hold. We’ve been strongarmed out of the market by our much richer and more bloodthirsty megacorporate competitors. As way of illustrating the lopsided nature of supposedly free-market capitalism, carefully study this graph:
  Total assets (CAN$)
  überbrü: $15,000
  MolsonCoors: $14,000,000,000

  You could call that million-to-one ratio [...]

• Et Cetera

  Double Standards: Reporting on the war in Lebanon

  07.29.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  A hypothetical siuation: What would people say if on the day following a suicide bombing, a group of smiling young arabs in Islamic Jihad tshirts proudly waved Hamas flags in the faces of grieving relatives?
  In this photo, a woman sporting a tshirt and hat emblazoned with Israeli military logos demonstrates at a pro-war rally in [...]

• Middle East, Photography, Politics

  Weekly Middle East Standoff in Montreal

  07.28.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Each Friday at noon, protestors gather in front of the Israeli consulate and divide into two camps — those who support Israel’s occupation of Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, and those who reject it. A transplanted green line (otherwise known as Peel St.) creates space between them, as banners unfurl, flags fly, and hyperbole rules.

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• Photography

  I Love New York (And Bombing Ambulances Ain’t Bad Either)

  07.26.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  A piece of fantastic street graffiti in New York’s Tribeca neighbourhood. And if you’re in the mood for giving more, Lebanon’s Red Cross could use some help.
  Yesterday Israel blew two Red Cross ambulances to pieces in southern Lebanon. The missiles from the air strike tore into the sides of the vehicle, [...]