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The views expressed here are not always necessary.
a world away... The built Westfields in East London out of nothing. Clay and sand and steel and glass. its a monument to taking you mind off everything but yourself. what you need, what you want, what you wish was yours.
How far from a man who starved himself to death over his right to live freely, to have nothing, want just a little and wish for a whole lot of change.
http://m.english.al-akhbar.com/content/thousands-march-palestinian-hunger-striker-khader-adnan
Photo from Masry-elyoum via retweet of @adhamhafez
Mohamed Bouazizi the Tunisian who set himself on fire and lit the Arab Spring. Look at the faces of the doctors, marked with silent indignation, the intrasigence of the Tunisian president as he stands unmoved at the hospital bedside. An act of defiance that made a photo that sparked the consciousness of citizens around the globe.
As a closing shot for this amazing year the "Tahrir" woman, stripped of her dignity but not of her power, is dragged through the streets and onto our newspaper front pages. In the background you can hear the quiet shuffle of the US army creeping out of Iraq's back door, billion$ spent on hundreds of thousands killed.
Between all this we witnessed the thousands who starved in Somalia as the politics of food played games with the decency of human life, the supreme goal of profit played havoc with the value of our economies and everywhere our leaders deferred the power we put in their hands to the bankers and their markets, making us captives to the will of the greedy 1%.
If last year has been about the unflinching sacrifice of citizens in the face of corruption then this new year will surely be about justice, settling the account and finishing the action that Mohamed Bouazizi started and the blue bra woman reminds us is not yet over.
In Syria and Wall Street and Euroland and the America and Russian power centres of old, that shuffling sound is growing to a roar of indignation. It's not chaos it brings but an end to corruption capital and conflict.
Photo from Masry-elyoum via retweet of @adhamhafez
Dear Photography Fans,
Join us on Thursday, September 15 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Aperture Gallery in New York City for our Annual Photography Book Now Party where we’ll celebrate the 2011 winning books and the talented photographers behind them. Enjoy cocktails, appetizers, and great company as Blurb’s CEO and Founder, Eileen Gittins, along with our partner, HP, present the $25,000 award to the PBN grand-prize winner. And Darius Himes, PBN 2011 lead judge, will speak about what made this year’s winners stand out. It’s a fantastic opportunity to see the year’s best photography books and meet gallery owners, publishers, press, photographers, and other Blurbarians. Check out all the PBN 2011 entries now and be sure to RSVP athttp://pbnpartynyc.eventbrite.com/
to get on our list. This event is sure to fill up fast.
See you there, The BlurberatiFind out about all the book winners in different categories here:
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