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Thousands march against amendment to Animal Protection Law
Read more: Thousands march against amendment to Animal Protection LawThousands of animal rights activists marched against a draft law on Sunday that would make changes to Turkey’s Animal Protection Law No. 5199, seeking to introduce practices currently used in other countries such as collecting stray animals from the streets…
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The New Activism of Japan’s Youth
Read more: The New Activism of Japan’s YouthYoung Japan: For too long, Japan’s youth have been a silent minority. Now, on the eve of a crucially important general election, they seek a bigger voice in forging the future of their aging nation A modest house in western…
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Breaking the fourth wall: theater as human rights activism
Read more: Breaking the fourth wall: theater as human rights activismHuman rights activism relies on an ability to tell stories to diverse audiences that will inspire action toward justice. Distributing information through journalism, whether it be traditional or new media, is the standard method of raising awareness. Globalization and the…
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CRIPPING CHOREOGRAPHY
Read more: CRIPPING CHOREOGRAPHY“Rainer’s early choreography celebrated, among other things, ordinary movements: the expressive capacities of kneeling, of shaking your head, of rolling on the floor. And when she went through periods of sickness, those movements became an even more important part of…
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Borrando la Frontera (Erasing the Border)
Read more: Borrando la Frontera (Erasing the Border)In Borrando la Frontera (Erasing the Border)”, Ana Teresa confronted the fence between the United States and Mexico by putting on her black dress and heels and painting the fence sky blue. On first viewing, the performance makes a simple…
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Myanmar’s Young Artists and Activists
Read more: Myanmar’s Young Artists and ActivistsIn the country formerly known as Burma, these free thinkers are a force in the struggle for democracy. By Joshua Hammer Photographs by Adam Dean Smithsonian Magazine, March 2011 Editor’s Note, April 3, 2012: The election of Daw Aung San…
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Calling Me a Hero Only Makes You Feel Better
Read more: Calling Me a Hero Only Makes You Feel BetterWorking in a grocery store has earned me and my co-workers a temporary status. After years of being overlooked, we suddenly feel a sense of responsibility, solidarity, and pride. On a private Facebook group page for my company, Trader Joe’s,…
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KAGOGOS (child soldier in Central Africa)
Read more: KAGOGOS (child soldier in Central Africa)The Uganda National Contemporary Ballet (UNCB) presented a new powerful and moving production advocating for the child soldiers all over the world at the National Theatre in Kampala. Choreographer Valerie Miquel said, “I would like to give you the message…
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Paddling Home
Read more: Paddling HomeFrom Public Delivery: Kacey Wong has a knack for creating art that investigates the space between people and their surrounding environment. Paddling Home, which was performed on the Hong Kong Victoria Harbor, was a star feature in the Hong Kong…
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Lagos in the Red
Read more: Lagos in the RedMade by Danish filmmakers Lotte Løvholm, Karen Andersen & Nanna Nielsen, Lagos in the Red follows Nigerian performance artist Jelili Atiku. Atiku uses his body as a prop as a means of sensitizing people to the problems that Nigeria –…
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Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love (Community- Based Comic Book)
Read more: Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love (Community- Based Comic Book)Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love is a community based comic book project, created by Toronto-based artists Althea Balmes (Illustrator) and Jo SiMalaya Alcampo (Writer) in close collaboration with caregivers and supporters, about the real life stories of Filipina migrant workers…
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Buses in Seoul install ‘comfort women’ statues to honour former sex slaves
Read more: Buses in Seoul install ‘comfort women’ statues to honour former sex slavesBuses serving several routes in central Seoul have acquired a new and highly controversial passenger: a barefoot “comfort woman”, wearing a traditional hanbok dress with her hands resting on her knees. Appearing on the front seat of buses in the…