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Standing Man at Gezi Park
Read more: Standing Man at Gezi ParkThe 2013 protests in Turkey started on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting the…
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Between the World and Me
Read more: Between the World and MeBetween the World and Me by Richard Wright And one morning while in the woods I stumbled suddenly upon the thing, Stumbled upon it in a grassy clearing guarded by scaly oaks and elms And the sooty details of the…
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Hologram Protest
Read more: Hologram ProtestLate last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings. In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the…
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In Mexico, Women Go on Strike Nationwide to Protest Violence
Read more: In Mexico, Women Go on Strike Nationwide to Protest ViolenceMEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of women vanished from streets, offices and classrooms across Mexico on Monday, part of a nationwide strike to protest the violence they suffer and to demand government action against it. The women’s absence from…
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Europe’s First Underwater Museum Offers A Stark Reminder of the Refugee Crisis
Read more: Europe’s First Underwater Museum Offers A Stark Reminder of the Refugee CrisisStrap into your scuba gear — this museum is worth it. Installation began on Museo Atlantico — the latest project of underwater sculptor James deCaires Taylor — this week, 14 meters underwater in Lanzarote, one of the Spain’s Canary Islands…
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Two Climate Protesters Scribble Ink on Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Prints at National Gallery of Australia
Read more: Two Climate Protesters Scribble Ink on Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Prints at National Gallery of AustraliaTwo climate activists scrawled blue ink across a series of Andy Warhol screen prints at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, Australia this week to raise awareness of the country’s fossil fuel subsidies. Images and video of the protest…
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Carly’s Cafe
Read more: Carly’s CafeCarly’s cafe by Anna Rae FerraThose with severe autism are often unable to speak or communicate in any meaningful way, which makes 17-year-old Carly Fleischmann such an anomaly. After she was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and oral motor apraxia at age…
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Tá Pirando, Pirado, Pirou!
Read more: Tá Pirando, Pirado, Pirou!At Carnival, Where Challenging Normal Is the Norm By NADIA SUSSMAN and TAYLOR BARNES New York Times MARCH 2, 2014 RIO DE JANEIRO — Standing high atop a truck rigged with speakers, André da Silva Lisboa cried out to hundreds…
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Chinese Core Socialist Values Graffiti in London’s Brick Lane
Read more: Chinese Core Socialist Values Graffiti in London’s Brick LaneThe graffiti made up of 24 stenciled Chinese characters sprayed in red paint against a white backdrop across walls appeared in East London’s street art haven Brick Lane on August 5, 2023. It was created a group of young people…
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The Fearless Collective
Read more: The Fearless CollectiveIn 2012, visual artist Shilo Shiv Suleman started Fearless in response to the powerful protests that shook the country in response to the “Nirbhaya” tragedy in Delhi, India. The work of Fearless Collective is to turn up at moments of…
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Aquatic Protests Against Climate Inaction
Read more: Aquatic Protests Against Climate InactionA protest on June 18, 2022 took place in the Guadalquivir River in Seville, where fifty Greenpeace activists used their bodies and environment to stage a demonstrative performance, highlighting the water crisis that the Andalusian region is predicted to face…
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Kiss-in protest after lesbian couple told they were ‘disgusting’
Read more: Kiss-in protest after lesbian couple told they were ‘disgusting’As the crowd surged indoors shortly before 6.30pm, Luke Wassell and Lewis Jones found themselves in the vegetable aisle, wedged between the sweet potatoes and the bags of spinach. Though both are gay, they are friends rather than partners, and…