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• Art, Politics

  Art threatens the culturally deprived: interview

  10.02.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  This month’s issue of Canadian Dimension features an interview with yours truly about Art Threat, a political art magazine edited by myself and published by überculture. Writer Ed Janzen suggests that Art Threat might be the best remedy for “culturally deprived politics and political deprived culture”, a prescription that I hope can be of use [...]

• Education, Politics

  Students silenced by secret Concordia risk committee: Macleans

  09.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  In an online article published this week, Macleans magazine explores Concordia University’s Risk Assessment Committee, the secretive body that allegedly rejects student events, according to an arbitrary definition of “risk — and the political interests of the university administration. Mentioned in the article is the RAC’s rejection of a film screening organization by Cinema Politica, [...]

• Education, Politics

  Crackdown on Campus Activism: Student Tasered for Querying Kerry

  09.18.07 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  It’s becoming increasingly difficult to be a progressive on North American university campuses. During an talk yesterday by former US presidential candidate John Kerry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, five campus police officers tackled and tasered UF student Andrew Meyer, who exceeded the one minute quote alloted for asking a question. Sure, [...]

• Photography, Politics

  Montebello: Stop the SPP Photo Gallery

  08.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  It took longer than I hoped, but I finally got a photo gallery online of 25 images from the Stop the SPP demo in Montebello. Here are a few of the images—the full gallery can be seen on my Flickr page.
  For those unfamiliar with what went on, over 1200 demonstrators took to the streets of [...]

• Middle East, Politics, Sports

  Palestinian Under-19 Soccer Team Banned in Britain

  08.23.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Just in case life in Gaza wasn’t hard enough to begin with: the British government has banned a Palestinian under-19 soccer team from entering the country to participate in a three week tour. Every member of the Gaza-based team had their visa applications rejected, a decision reportedly taken at “the highest level of the [...]

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