Showing posts with label poster activism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poster activism. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Sunday, 5 September 2010
ΟΛΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΔΕΘ - Welcome to the Thessaloniki Interntional Trade Fair
ΟΛΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΔΕΘ - Welcome to the Thessaloniki Interntional Trade Fair
Originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ
Every year the prime minister comes to city to lay out the government's plans for the coming winter. It is usually marked by massive protests astrade unions, political groups and activists gather for a show of strength.
This year's fair promises to be a volatile one as the massive job losses and wage cuts bite harder forcing millions into poverty as the country struggles with the worst economic downturn in 35 years.
Monday, 30 August 2010
Saturday, 28 August 2010
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Friday, 13 August 2010
Listen to your leaders
As you've probably noticed I've been doing a lot of work on remixing various posters from the past. This is no exception as it was originally a silk screen print created by students in Paris in May 1968 and entitled Retour A La Normale (Back to normal). However, since I have no real drawing skills nor access to any kind of printing device I decided just to produce my own digitally updated version using GIMP (which is an open source version of Photoshop) and my netbook just to see if I could come up with a credible result.
Well, that and the fact that I'm bored stuck in the city in the middle of a heat wave and sitting in an air conditioned cafe doing anything has to be preferable to sitting at home sweating myself into a feverish frenzy.
Sometimes I go through phases when I do not feel like taking photographs or there are no subjects that really grab my attention. This is one of those times and rather than do nothing I usually focus on some other interest such as writing or designing. The good news is that by doing something different for a change I usually manage to pick up some news skills which often prove useful later on in ways I never expected. For example by working on images such as the one above I have to overcome a number of techincal problems which can be frustrating at times yet when I have overcome them they open up new avenues with my photography.
Usually, I get inspiration from something I've read or heard about in the news, often something that has enraged or upset me and then the germ of an idea is born which may take days or weeks to develop into something I can actually visualise. Other times it just appears in amtter of minutes, there is no way of telling.
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
The world gets a new super hero - IMF Man
Step aside Superman, give it up Spiderman, Batman, time to hang up the cape. There is a new kid on the block - IMF Man.
Able to destroy large economies with a single leap in interest rates, IMF Man is here is here to save the world from depravity and unwarranted public spending. See him crush trade unions with the swish of a pen and bail out out the entire banking system single - handed.
Bitten by a radioactive coackroach when young mild mannered Dominque Strauss - Kahn is a mild mannered finance specialist by day but by night he is a neo-liberal super hero fighting the evils of deficit spending wherever they rear their ugly head.
Targeting benefit thieves
If you suspect benefit or tax fraud please contact your local Coalition of Resistance representative.
Monday, 9 August 2010
Drink for Queen and Country
Government keeps wine cellar contents under wraps
Foreign and Commonwealth Office claim full disclosure of £864,000 collection could 'influence the wine market'
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Friday, 16 July 2010
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Repeat after me: You have no choice
This is the message that the Greek media have been bombarding the country with ever since the PASOK government went cap in hand to the IMF, EU and ECB for a bailout loan that would, it was said save the country from bankruptcy.
Whilst the strict terms under which the the money is being spent may help French and German bankers sleep better at nights the cost of "internal devaluation" have wrecked havoc with those Greeks at the bottom of the ladder. Hit by a triple whammy of large price hikes caused by two increases in VAT, cuts in income and massive rise in unemployment many are struggling to survive, cutting spending on even basic such as groceries to the bone.
This in turn is further deepening the crisis by hammering the country's retail sector which has responded by shedding jobs and so the vicious circle creaks on.Even going to Greece's famed beaches has become a luxury beyond the reach of many as petrol has risen by nearly 60% in less than a year.
The government say we have no choice, there are no alternatives and the measures, as painful as they are are necessary to restore Greece to financial health. However, in the absence of any kind of coherent plan for economic growth the present policy of cutting costs and raising more government revenue through indirect taxation seems a recipe for disaster and is likely to doom the country to a long period of stagnation and poverty the likes of which modern Greece has not experienced in 50 years.
Summer is not traditionally a period of intense political activity here but come September Prime minister Giorgos Papandreou is likely to be faced with an electorate at the end of their tether and outraged by a political system that has been marked by both massive corruption and unbridled incompetence. At that stage even his supporters in the supine national media are not going to be in a position to help him out of the hole he has dug for himself, his party and the country.
Thursday, 29 April 2010
The IMF needs YOU - Join the professionals
"The International Monetary Fund offers exciting career opportunities for motivated people who want to help others and make a difference in today's troubled financial environment. For more details contact a recruitment officer near you."
Monday, 26 April 2010
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Over the last 24 hours I have been following the tragic events in Cairo and other Egyptian cities as ordinary people try to rid themselves of a truely corrupt and violent regime which has ground them into the dirt for decades. Yet despite endless abuses by Mubarak and others in the government the USA still finances them to the tune of nearly $2 billion per annum ($1.3 billion going to the military), making Egypt the second largest recipient of American foreign aid. Just how much blood do such large amounts get you?