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  Montebello in the Morning

  08.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  At eight in the morning tomorrow I’ll be jumping on one of the many buses leaving downtown Montreal for Montebello, QC, site of the “Security and Prosperity Partnership” summit and inevitable public demonstrations. I’ll be there with my camera equipment in tow, and should have photos online sometime tomorrow.
  In the meanwhile, our good ole [...]

• Canada, Middle East, Politics

  Montreal Peace Demonstration Denounces Harper’s Support of Israel

  08.12.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here is another video of last Sunday’s peace march in Montreal, courtesy of spectraversa. In this clip, the speakers denounce the Canadian government’s hawkish one-sided position on the conflict (in both official languages, none the less).
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• Canada, Middle East

  Lebanon Relief Benefit Concert in Montreal Sunday

  08.12.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  For those in Montreal, Tadamon! is hosting a benefit concert on Sunday, August 12 with the proceeds going to the Sanayeh Relief Centre in Beirut. Providing frontline humanitarian aid to those displaced by the conflict, the all-volunteer centre can certainly use your help.
  The concert takes place at la Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent), doors open [...]

• Canada, Middle East, Photography, Politics

  “IsraÎl Terroriste, Harper accomplice!”

  08.07.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Montreal, Quebec: A young boy helps carry a giant Lebanese flag in a massive demonstration Sunday against Israel’s occupation of Lebanon. According to organizers, over 60,000 Montrealers showed up to protest the war and oppose the Canadian government’s support of Israeli aggression.
  More photos to come.
  For a video clip of the end of the [...]

• Canada, Middle East

  Dissing Dual Citizens is for the Parochial and Uninformed

  08.03.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  In the wake of the media’s contemptuous portrayal of Canadians with dual citizenship — make that non-white Canadians with dual citienship — as mooches and hustlers, CBC.ca commentator Madelaine Drohan has penned a sound response to what she calls these “parochial and uninformed” opinions:
  “In a study done at the University of California at Berkeley, [professor [...]

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