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La Bolsa o La Vida
Read more: La Bolsa o La VidaOn Thursday 18th December 2014, dozens of leading international health activists staged a colorful protest in front of Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain – highlighting the high prices of Gilead’s new hepatitis C treatment, Sovaldi. The medicine costs approximately…
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Blind Ones
Read more: Blind OnesStudents from the School of Communication and Art of the University of Sao Paulo perform a skit titled ‘Blind Ones’ as a protest against consumerism inside a shopping mall of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, December 9,…
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Rainbow Crossing
Read more: Rainbow CrossingSwedish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates offered their colorful stance on Russia’s controversial anti-gay legislation over the weekend. As The Local is reporting, activists gave a pedestrian crossing outside of the Russian embassy in Stockholm a rainbow…
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Toy Soldiers
Read more: Toy SoldiersStudents of the Experimental Art University dress as plastic soldiers in a protest at a metro station in Caracas, Venezuela External sources: https://guff.com/some-of-the-most-clever-approaches-to-protesting/protest-until-y… https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article4061384.ece
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People as Meat
Read more: People as MeatNaked members of the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) impersonated cellophane-wrapped meat packages in a pro-vegan demonstration demonizing the way the meat industry treats animals in front of a Vancouver slaughterhouse. Protesters, covered in…
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Erasing the Police
Read more: Erasing the PoliceThousands of students have protested in the Colombian capital, Bogota, and other cities against government plans to reform higher education. The demonstrations were mainly peaceful but Bogota police fired tear gas and used water cannon after some people threw stones,…
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The Bread Tank
Read more: The Bread TankAt Rio+20 we present a bread tank with a garden inside to underline the realistic possibility of eradicating hunger and extreme poverty by redirecting military spending. In 2011 global military spending amounted to $1.74 trillion – despite the fact that…
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#YesAllWomen
Read more: #YesAllWomenIn May, the horrific mass shooting in Isla Vista, CA, triggered national conversations about violent misogyny. After some Twitter users began using the hashtag #NotAllMen to defensively derail the conversation, the hugely popular hashtag #YesAllWomen emerged, getting tweeted over 1…
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German Town Tricks Neo-Nazis Into Marching Against Themselves
Read more: German Town Tricks Neo-Nazis Into Marching Against ThemselvesThe tiny German town of Wunsiedel has for decades seen crowds of neo-Nazis pass through its streets in annual demonstrations, but this year something was different. While the extremists received a frigid welcome in past years, they were met with…
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USAID’s Cuba hip-hop project
Read more: USAID’s Cuba hip-hop projectHAVANA (AP) — A U.S. agency’s secret infiltration of Cuba’s underground hip-hop scene to spark a youth movement against the government was “reckless” and “stupid,” Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday after The Associated Press revealed the operation. On at least…
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Napalming a Dog!?
Read more: Napalming a Dog!?In 1968, with the US war against Vietnam raging, anti-war veterans and the anti-war movement as a whole in the US increasingly put the spotlight on the US use of napalm. Napalm is burning jellied gasoline dropped on humans engineered…
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India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivor
Read more: India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivorA new comic book with a female rape survivor as its “super hero” has been launched to focus attention on the problem of sexual violence in India. Priya’s Shakti, inspired by Hindu mythological tales, tells the story of Priya, a…