THIS free exhibition at London’s Alison Jacques Gallery is a much-needed and timely reminder of the quality and urgent relevance of the work of Edinburgh-born Carol Rhodes, who studied at the Glasgow School of Art in the turbulent late-1970s.
It dovetails with the heightened awareness of, and campaigning about, the environmental threats posed by overexploitation of natural resources.
Rhodes did not reside, as many would, in an ivory tower. She found her place in social activism, radical feminism, campaigns for disarmament, gay rights and social justice campaigns.
She was a regular at Reclaim the Night demonstrations, the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, protests against nuclear-armed submarines at the naval base on the Clyde and she co-founded the Glasgow Free University with the writers Alasdair Gray and James Kelman.
April 26, 2021
Is the UAE part of the Varuna Naval Drills 2021? As India and France commence their annual joint naval exercise, the 19th in the series, in the western Arabian Sea, there is a lack of clarity over the participation of the Gulf nation.
The significance of this exercise lies in the fact that for the first time French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, is taking part in the India-France Varuna naval war drills.
However, the two countries seem to have totally underplayed the much-publicized participation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the three-day event that will conclude on April 27.
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IN THE SUMMER OF 2014, as Israeli bombs rained down on Gaza during the military incursion known as Operation Protective Edge, Salma Faysal, a 17-year-old from Ramallah, was at sleepaway camp in rural Maine. Faysal was a second-year camper at Seeds of Peace Camp, a coexistence initiative that brings Israeli and Palestinian teenagers together each summer on the shores of Pleasant Lake, an hour northwest of Portland. Every day for a little under two hours, in facilitated dialogue sessions squeezed between regular camp activities like basketball and sailing, participants discuss their experiences on opposing sides of a geopolitical conflict; beyond those sessions, staffers discourage political conversation. But in 2014, as Palestinian campers struggled to reach family members back home cell phones are prohibited at camp something gave way.
Posted: Apr 09, 2021 5:00 PM MT | Last Updated: April 9
The Tipinawâw temporary pandemic shelter is set to close at the end of the April, so the city approved a new plan for other shelter spaces over the next six months.(Trevor Wilson/CBC)
As Edmonton s temporary shelters are closed after getting the city s homeless population through the winter, city council has approved $8.1 million along with a patchwork plan of new shelters and centres for the next six months.
The money, being redirected from the COVID-19 reserve fund, will cover costs until Oct. 31 to provide city buildings and support for temporary shelters, along with temporary mobile washrooms with attendants in six different downtown locations.
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