Fleeting Moment, with Mortero
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme this week is Fleeting Moment, like the one during which I made eye contact with this student demonstrator in Managua, back in April 1999. He’s holding a...
View ArticleAnti-Austerity Demonstrations in Ljubljana
About 30,000 people gathered today in Ljubljana‘s central Kongresni Trg, or Congress Square, to protest against the ongoing austerity policies of Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s conservative government....
View ArticleImpromptu Demonstrations in Ljubljana
I just realized I haven’t posted here since the last time local police put on their Robocop riot gear. It’s been a busy week, my apologies. This was in front of Slovenian Parliament here in Ljubljana a...
View ArticleCarnations, Neo-Nazis and a Water Cannon – More Demonstrations in Ljubljana
This was taken at about 6 pm last night, shortly after protesters were giving carnations to police officers stationed in front of Parliament. About four hours later police used a water cannon in...
View ArticleDemonstrations Continue – 46 Pics from Slovenia’s ‘National Uprising’
Slovenia’s Autumn of Discontent officially changed seasons yesterday with more demonstrations last night, the so-called National Uprising. The largest was in the capital Ljubljana where a crowd...
View ArticleStudents, Faculty Protest Education Budget Shortfall in Sucre
Sucre, Bolivia – Here are a few shots from the aftermath of a demonstration here in Sucre yesterday organized by students, faculty and administrators of the University of San Francisco Xavier. Dumping...
View ArticleStudent, Faculty Protests Continue in Sucre
Sucre, Bolivia – University of San Francisco Xavier students, faculty and administrators continued their protests over budgetary shortfalls yesterday and this morning, blocking traffic and access to a...
View ArticleRoad Blocks and Hunger Strikes – Demonstrations Continue in Sucre
Sucre, Bolivia – A few images from the University of San Francisco Xavier student and faculty protests that continued today in front of the Chuquisaca state government building here in Sucre. Above are...
View ArticleMarch Against Monsanto in Quito – Notebook and 22 Photos
Here are some images from this morning and early afternoon’s March Against Monsanto action in Quito, Ecuador, one of 436 cities in 52 countries where demonstrations were held against GMO/biotech giant...
View ArticleMarch Against Monsanto – Quito: Vidblog
Quito, Ecuador – As promised, below is about four minutes of video footage from yesterday’s March Against Monsanto demonstration here in the Ecuadorian capital. Nothing fancy – but it’ll give you a...
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