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No Soy Tu Chiste. I Am Not A Joke.
Read more: No Soy Tu Chiste. I Am Not A Joke.Daniel Arzola, a digital artist and activist originally from Maracay, Venezuela, began his series, ‘No Soy Tu Chiste’ (‘I Am Not A Joke’) in 2013 intent on combating the stereotypes and cruelty so often facing LGBT identifiers; youth in particular.…
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Ask a Muslim
Read more: Ask a MuslimMona Haydar knows the way some people feel about Muslims in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Just weeks after the horrific San Bernardino, Calif., shooting in December, where Islamic extremists killed 14 people and wounded 22 others, Haydar was…
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Green Day’s “American Idiot”
Read more: Green Day’s “American Idiot”Mass media using propaganda to brainwash citizens. Confusion and ignorance causing a divide. People rising up against an oppressive government. Humans being torn between rage and love. These are the themes of Green Day’s widely successful 2004 album, “American Idiot.”…
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Mining the Museum
Read more: Mining the MuseumWhen Fred Wilson did an installation at the Maryland Historical Society in 1992, he shook up the museum world. Co-sponsored by the historical society and the Contemporary Museum, Mining the Museum did not involve artwork made by the artist; rather,…
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People’s History Markers
Read more: People’s History MarkersThe Howling Mob Society has created ten historical markers representing history from the perspective of the working class. In particular, these markers detail events and significant locations from the Great Strike of 1877 – a historical event in Pittsburgh’s labor…
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Even in Solitary Confinement Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is Educating, Organizing, and Mobilizing
Read more: Even in Solitary Confinement Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is Educating, Organizing, and MobilizingKevin “Rashid” Johnson is a revolutionary, writer, social activist and founding member and Minister of Defense of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, and member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. At 18 years old, in 1990, he was convicted…
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Pissed
Read more: PissedCassils has used clay, fire, photography, urine and the musculature of their own body as mediums to provoke, challenge and excite whoever experiences their singular creations. The internationally known artist strives to “hijack” the viewers’ experiences, so that anyone present…
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JEREMIAH’S VANISHING NEW YORK
Read more: JEREMIAH’S VANISHING NEW YORKThis blogger documents all the cool things that are on their way to extinction in New York. A mix of preserving history and nostalgia through old school photography and new media. This website creates a nostalgic internet record of pre-internet New…
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Women of Allah
Read more: Women of AllahShirin Neshat’s Women of Allah is a photographic series exploring the complex identities of Muslim women in post-revolutionary Iran. Combining black-and-white portraits, Persian calligraphy, and symbolic elements such as guns and veils, Neshat interrogates themes of martyrdom, violence, femininity, and…
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How Serbian activists started a nationwide anti-authoritarian protest during COVID-19 lockdown
Read more: How Serbian activists started a nationwide anti-authoritarian protest during COVID-19 lockdownFor the past few years around election time in Serbia, people have taken to the streets to protest government corruption, attacks on free press and voter suppression. This Spring, despite a nationwide lock-down to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, activists are…
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Rhodes Must Fall
Read more: Rhodes Must FallThis series of protests began on the UCT campus in an effort to remove the bronze statute of Cecil Rhodes in the center of campus due to the belief that Rhodes represents the oppressive colonization of South Africa that eventually…
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My Little Pony Explains Income Inequaity
Read more: My Little Pony Explains Income Inequaity‘My Little Pony’ parody, featuring Amy Poehler as an animated alapaca, explains income inequality External sources: http://wapo.st/1zLaK9T