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 [...]
Protestors demonstrate outside of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal where former US Secretary of State Colin Powell was giving a speech on “Building a Stronger Israel”. Powell was the featured guest of a Jewish National Fund gala, an organization that is “deeply tainted by Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crimes”, according the the Jewish [...]
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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A banner appropriates the Quebecois slogan Je Me Souviens (’I remember’) at the August 6 anti-war rally in Montreal.
In attempting to justify its offensive on Lebanon, Israel argues that it must destroy Hezbollah in order to stop rockets from raining down on its citizens. A resonable rationale, if its premises were true.
A quick [...]
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 [...]