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Reversing the Lens: Sexual Harrassment Victim uses social media, leads to harasser’s arrest

A young woman named Thao Nguyen was riding the R train in NYC when a man sitting across from began to masturbate. Nguyen snapped a picture of him, but the policewoman to whom she reported the incident had little interest…

Day after Debt

Practitioner:
Ahmet Ögüt

The artist conceived the project as a collaborative exhibition featuring five art-as-response pieces to the student loan crisis and the pressure it causes upon graduates. In its original version, Öğüt invited Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Superflex, Dan Perjovschi, Martha Rosler to…

The Peoples Bank of Govanhill

Practitioner:
Ailie Rutherford, Carmen Sawers, Katherine MacKinnon

The People’s Bank of Govanhill uses social and activist art practices to involve people in re-imagining the local economy, looking at how we can put feminist economics into practice in the local community. The project was intiated by artist Ailie…

The Resurgence of Women-Only Art Shows

Practitioner:
multiple artists

At the peak of her career in 1976, Georgia O’Keeffe refused to lend her work to a pivotal exhibition in Los Angeles, “Women Artists: 1550 to 1950.” It was one of a wave of all-female shows — some 150 —…

Activist busted after defacing anti-Islam ad in Times Sq. station

Practitioner:
Mona Eltahawy

An Egyptian-born activist was arrested yesterday for spray-painting subway billboards that call enemies of Israel “savages” — amid a wave of vandalism unleashed on the inflammatory ads, which have divided the city. Mona Eltahawy, a self-described “liberal Muslim,” strolled up…

As the statue falls, she rises in protest

Practitioner:
Sethembile Msezane

I was born in the 90s, but I’m not a Born Free; it was before South Africa became a democracy. Many believe that my generation doesn’t have anything to protest against. Given that police threw stun grenades at a student…

Extravaganja

Practitioner:
UMass Student

Rooted in decades of grassroots organizing, the cannabis reform activism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the longest-running student-led efforts for marijuana legalization in the United States. Led by the Cannabis Education Coalition (CEC), founded in 1991,…

K-Pop Fancams Got Political to Protect Black Lives Matter Protesters From Dallas Police

Practitioner:
K-Pop Fans

If you’ve spent a decent amount of time on Twitter, you’re probably familiar with the concept of K-pop fancams. The short clips of live performances, primarily by South Korean acts, often dominate replies on the app and are hated by…

Russians Launch Mass Virtual Protests Using SatNav Application

Practitioner:
Yandex.Navigator

Russia is the midst of a strict COVID-19 lockdown. Although protesters cannot take to the streets, they are still holding mass demonstrations — digitally. Today, residents of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don gathered outside the local government building to protest…

Most Likely Safe

Practitioner:
Food and Water Watch, Yes Lab

In April, 2011, Food and Water Watch partnered with Yes Lab to raise questions regarding drinking water around New York City. Yes Lab, an organization that collaborates with activist groups, aims to create successful media-related creative actions that help raise…

ALT/Space: Teaching Artists Stories from the Field

Practitioner:
Malke Rosenfeld, Teaching Artist Journal

In this space, Teaching Artist contributors from around the U.S. and the world bring you stories of their work at the crossroads of art and learning. The stories that our bloggers bring to ALT/space are born inside the practice of…

Political Posters, Joseph A. Labadie Collection

Practitioner:
University of Michgan

The Joseph A. Labadie Collection contains posters which have been acquired over the past 100 years. This database consists of images of those posters covering social protest movements such as Anarchism, Civil Liberties, Colonialism, Communism, Ecology, Labor, Pacifism, Sexual Freedom,…