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14 images Created 18 Apr 2022

Speaking Out

Organized popular protest dates back millennia and continues throughout the world today. Once cynically called “an excess of democracy” in the US, protest is one of many forms of popular engagement with the issues of the day. Animated by perceived injustice and a desire for change, effective protest operates on the visible level (crowds and signs), designed to attract cameras and educate the public. It also operates on a level where cameras rarely go: meetings, petitions, educational activities, organizing on social media and so on. Large scale popular protest inevitably draws a reaction from the authorities, and it is not always peaceful, as can be seen in some of these images. My passion for social justice and politics inevitably leads me to the street wherever I am. While some of these photographs have been taken in the US, Haiti and Greece, my home city of Montreal with its large diverse immigrant population is often the site of demonstrations of international solidarity.
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  • Montreal, 2021 : Demonstation against the Israeli bombardement of Gaza.
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  • Montreal, 2022 : Demonstration organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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  • Occupy Wall Street demonstrator in Zucotti Park, New York City, 2011. The movement grew out of public anger over the bailout of the American financial sector which created the 2008 financial crisis that left millions without homes and income throughout the world.
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  • May Day demonstrators clash with Sureté du Québec riot police in the streets of Montreal, 2015.
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  • Montreal, 2017 : Demonstration against hate and racism in reaction to the presidence of Donald Trump, the rise of the far right and anti-Muslim racism in Quebec.
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  • Organizers for Occupy Wall Street in Zucotti Park use social media to organize and spread their message. New York City, 2011.
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  • Montreal, 2011 : Sophie Harkat breaks down during public testimony about the struggle her and her husband endure since his arrest in 2002 under a Security Certificate. To this day, Mohamed struggles against an uncertain fate in the case of deportation, having been denied justice at the Supreme Court of Canada in 2014.
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  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2006 : Residents of Cité Soleil recount the events of July 2005 during which UN forces opened fire in their community, killing dozens.
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  • Montreal, 2016 : After years of living with government cutbacks in education, Quebec teachers and their unions demonstrate during a campaign to push for a reinvestment in education in the province.
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  • May 4, 2012 : Student protesters confront riot police during their demonstration at the Quebec Liberal Party convention in Victoriaville, Quebec. Several students were gravely injured and dozens were arrested. The event marked the most brutal crackdown of the movement which saw numerous acts of police brutality.
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  • Montreal, 2013 : Members of the Montreal Muslim community demonstrate against the proposed Quebec law banning the wearing of religious garb in certain pulic sector jobs. The law, now in effect, disproportionately affects Muslim women.
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  • Montreal, 2012 : Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza enduring Israeli bombardement.
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  • Montreal, July 2006 : Speaking in front of mock coffins commemorating the deaths of members of the Al-Akhrass family in Lebanon, Hassan Guillet, spokesperson for the Council of Imams of Quebec, condemns the Israeli bombardement of Lebanon.
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  • Idomeni, Greece, 2016 : Stranded in a large makeshift refugee camp in northern Greece, refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq discuss and demonstrate for the re-opening of  borders to northern Europe.
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