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World Comics Network
Read more: World Comics NetworkWith World Comics India, the organization he started, Sharad has pioneered a cheap and easy medium for poor people to communicate meaningfully on issues that are neglected by the conventional media. While the urban elite dominates public media, the grinding…
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Rolling Jubilee
Read more: Rolling JubileeAcross the United States, 2,693 people have received a letter in the last few months, which identified a debt and read: “You are no longer under any obligation to settle this account with the original creditor, the bill collector, or…
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Sculptures of Rebellion
Read more: Sculptures of RebellionDavid Černý has been called “l’enfant terrible” of Czech art. Since 1991, Černý continues to produce some of Czech Republic’s most famous political sculptures. His grand sculptures are almost always mocking the system through humor. Many of his well-known pieces…
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MicCheckWallSt Fourth of July Money Drop
Read more: MicCheckWallSt Fourth of July Money DropOn July 4, 2012, several members of MicCheckWallSt, a subsidiary group of Seattle’s larger Occupy Wall Street that formed in December, 2011, anonymously checked into a room at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Downtown Seattle. From the 20th floor they…
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Anonymous in Mexico
Read more: Anonymous in MexicoThe notorious, wanted, and merciless leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico,”Jouquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was captured by Mexican Marines last month. This marked a small victory for Mexico’s fight to rid the country of its corrupted drug trade.…
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Art, From Conception to Birth in Qatar
Read more: Art, From Conception to Birth in QatarFor weeks, 14 giant balloons had been mysteriously parked in front of the Sidra Medical and Research Center, a hulking steel, glass and white ceramic building devoted to women’s and children’s health that is to open on the outskirts of…
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Benetton ‘Unhate’ Campaign Ads: White House Issues Statement on Obama Kiss
Read more: Benetton ‘Unhate’ Campaign Ads: White House Issues Statement on Obama KissIt seems a lot of powerful people hate Benetton’s new ‘Unhate’ Campaign ads. The recently unveiled images show world leaders like the Pope and U.S. President Barack Obama kissing their perceived enemies. On Thursday, the White House issued a statement…
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#Stripforjackie: Lebanese Olympic skier sparks social media campaign about free speech
Read more: #Stripforjackie: Lebanese Olympic skier sparks social media campaign about free speechA Lebanese Olympic skier whose topless calendar prompted calls for a ministerial inquiry has unwittingly sparked a social media campaign backing her, with supporters stripping off in solidarity. Three years ago, Jackie Chamoun posed for a calendar photo shoot. Behind-the-scenes…
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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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Flash Mob Block Party
Read more: Flash Mob Block Party27Million aims to combat human sex trafficking and modern day slavery. They state that they are “a group of passionate individuals that are on a mission to network and resource grassroots organizations that are the frontlines of rescuing, rehabilitating, and…
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Film and Video Games: A Docugame
Read more: Film and Video Games: A DocugameFROM THE NEW YORK TIMES: ” While filming a documentary about divisive oil refinery ventures in the subzero cold of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the director David Dufresne said he wasn’t considering only pollution in that Canadian boomtown or the vast…
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Colombian Hip Hop Goes up a Stage in Morocco
Read more: Colombian Hip Hop Goes up a Stage in MoroccoThe Colombian hip hop had an outstanding representation with the C15 group in the Fabrica of Rimas International Festival, a gathering of urban cultures, sponsored by Morocco, Colombia and Spain. Enrolled in the Plan Colombia Promotion Abroad, sponsored by the…