It's happening everywhere (as you know), Bob. I don't want to get all political (because such a conversation will get nowhere, with the same people saying the same things as they always do) but the dismantling of the social welfare system is well underway here in Canada and has been for some time, along with attacks on labour (usually under the guise of "right to work" legislation - Orwellian politicalspeak at its best).
I won't bother talking about the situation in other countries. Anyway, those are amazing photos, many of which I've seen before. Would love to see that exhibit! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bob W <[email protected]> Sent: March 29, 2013 3/29/13 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Bert Hardy Retrospective > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sessoms > > From: "Bob W" > > Starting next week at the Photographers' Gallery in London. Bert > Hardy > > is one of the best-known of British press photographers, and you are > > almost certainly familiar with some of his photographs: > > > > <http://tinyurl.com/fascist-rag> > > > > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300657/Bert-Hardy-From- > woman > > s-tear > > s-Paddington-gravestone-jumping-street-urchins-Glasgows-slums.html> > > > > (Disclaimer: this link was sent to me by a friend. I don't normally > > read the Daily Mail) > > > > B > > Comments are almost as interesting as the photos. > at the risk of sounding like one of Monty Python's Yorkshiremen, my mother and her siblings were raised in worse conditions than those, before the war. But they give you some idea of why, after the war, people wanted to sweep everything aside, and why they built the welfare state. It's being dismantled bit by bit now by a bunch of old Etonians and their corporate chums, and those sort of conditions will return if we don't do something about it. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
