Concert for Palestine

Concert for Palestine, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Tonight there was a concert in the centre of Thessaloniki in support of Palestinians under siege in the Gaza Strip. For the latest news updates from Al Jazeera click here and from the BBC click here.

Cracking Up

When I was younger I thought that the Jesus and Mary Chain were the best thing since sliced feedback, Noisy, rude and completely disrespectful of everyone, including their own audiences I just loved them. The raw, aggressive sound was everything an angry young twenty something could ask for. Absolutely guaranteed  to annoy anyone over thirty.

Still, Cracking Up was recorded in the 1998 but they still had it then.

"Solidarity with K. Kouneva - Silence is complicity "

"Solidarity with K. Kouneva - Silence is complicity ", originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Konstandina Kouneva, a labour activist in Athens was the victim of an acid attack last week. Although no longer in danger, Konstandina has lost sight in one eye and will be permanently scarred.

The attack has prompted the occupation of public service offices which had cleaning contracts with the agency she worked for and had accused of illegal employment practices.

Snow in the city

A change of subject. The weather has worsened and it has started snowing heavily in the city. Strange though it sounds, I never so much snow till I came to Greece. To see the forecast for Thessaloniki in English check out the BBC's weather site here.

Gaza Strip invasion - protests in Greece

"Israeli ground troops have started to enter the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials have confirmed, a week after the offensive against Hamas began.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the intention was to "take control" of areas from which Palestinian militants have been firing rockets into Israel"

BBC just now

Earlier today there were mass protests in Athens and demonstrations in Thessaloniki. See here for the news in Greek from Skai.gr

UPDATE

The video below shows the protests in Athens yesterday. There were also demos in Britain, France, Australia, Turkey, Holland, Israel and Spain.

Palestinians and Greeks protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip

Palestinians and Greeks protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Taken during a demonstration by Greeks and Palestinians in Thessaloniki over the recent bombing campaign by the Israeli government. For more details on the latest events in the Gaza Strip click here.

Ground control to major Tom

Ground control to major Tom, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

The stories behind the pictures

I thought I'd try a variation on a theme and talk about some of my favourite pictures from 2008 using Voice Thread, which allows you to provide an online narrative to accompany your photos.



And here is 2007 in pictures as well. What a difference a year makes. Looking back I feel that these images belong to a different decade from my life or something I read about when I was much younger. I think that if I didn't have these photgraphs I wouldn't believe what has happened.