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Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #100
“This month’s cover is inspired by Dublin’s ‘Fortress Grand Canal’, perhaps the most striking example of hostile architecture, of designing against humanity, in the city in recent years.”
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This month’s cover is inspired by Dublin’s “Fortress Grand Canal”, perhaps the most striking example of hostile architecture, of designing against humanity, in the city in recent years.
Yet, forcing people elsewhere does not magic them safe shelter. Fences, spikes and sprinklers do not stop people from fleeing wars or from being pushed into homelessnesss. This month’s cover follows the logic of that response to imagine an even darker city. But we can, and must, imagine better.
Harry Burton is a political cartoonist and storyboard artist based in Dublin. You can check out his work on X and Instagram @HBtoons. Lois Kapila is Dublin Inquirer’s editor.
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