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A is for Activist: An ABC Book for Kids of the 99%

Date:
Apr 28 1991

A is for Activism is a children’s book developed by Innosanto Nagara, an author illustrator and founding member of the Design Action Collective, a worker owned cooperative design studio in Oakland that is dedicated to “serving the Movement.” The book…

The Scream: 21st Century Edition

Practitioner:
Jim Costanzo

Date:
Apr 28 1991

“The Scream: 21st Century Edition” was created by New York-based artist Jim Costanzo in response to the Iraq War. The piece is directly inspired by Edward Munch’s painting, “The Scream.” Costanzo expresses anger and frustration at the illegal American war…

Brazil to give $25 monthly culture stipend to workers to go to movies, read books or visit museums

Practitioner:
Brazilian Government

Date:
Apr 28 1991

BRASILIA (AFP).- Despite the economic crisis, Brazil announced Thursday it planned to give workers here a 50-real ($25) monthly stipend for cultural expenses like movies, books or museums. “In all developed countries, culture plays a key role in the economy,”…

¿Cómo podemos expropiar a las entidades bancarias?

Practitioner:
Colectivo Crisi, Enric Duran, Lucio Urtubia, Núria Güell, Qmunty, Simona Sarau

Date:
Apr 28 1991

El albañil anarquista Lucio Urtubia falsificó miles de cheques del First National City Bank, en la segunda mitad de los años setenta, hasta prácticamente llevar el banco a la ruina. Urtubia donó el dinero así generado a diversos movimientos de…

11,541 Empty Chairs

Practitioner:
Bosnians

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Empty chairs were laid out in Sarajevo today in honour of the 11,541 people killed in the city during the Bosnian war which began exactly 20 years ago. The seats – lined up along the city’s main street – were…

Drawing with gunpowder ink: Interview with Carlos Latuff

Practitioner:
Ana Barata (interviewer), Carlos Latuff (interviewed activist artist)

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In the context of the PhD research “Consciousness-raising: Activism in Digital Art” (by Ana Barata, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da UNL, Lisbon, Portugal) Carlos Latuff was interviewed concerning his political graphical work that focuses on present conflicts and…

Book Bloc

Practitioner:
students

Date:
Apr 28 1991

The book bloc constitutes a line of demonstrators holding cardboard-polyurethane-and-foam shields that are made to resemble giant book covers. This tactic tends to be used in actions that oppose neoliberal reform of education and libraries, especially in the form of…

Pyongyang Racer

Practitioner:
North Korean Government

Date:
Apr 28 1991

North Korea Releases Country’s First-Ever Video Game North Korea has just released the country’s first-ever video game titled ‘Pyongyang Racer’. The racing game was created by a developer known only as Nosotek, and was commissioned by Koryo, a British tour…

“Kitchenware Revolution” to protest Icelandic financial crisis

Practitioner:
Hördur Torfason, Icelanders

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In 2008, Iceland was in turmoil. There was a systematic failure of its three main commercial banks. The Economist called the collapse the largest suffered by any country in history, relative to Iceland’s population size. In response to what was…

Chick-fil-A anti-gay “eat-in” movement: new tactics

Practitioner:
Chick-fil-A

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In the 20th century India’s Mahatma Gandhi famously used the hunger strike as political protest. In America today we demonstrate by eating fast food. Call it an “eat-in,” call it a “buycott”: By whatever name, it’s a tactic that’s growing…

A Million Hoodie March for Trayvon Martin

Practitioner:
new yorkers

Date:
Apr 28 1991

A march took place Wednesday evening in Manhattan calling for justice in the case of Trayvon Martin. He was an unarmed black teenager who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain in Florida last month. In New York,…

“Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong Kong

Practitioner:
activists

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Free Ai Weiwei street art campaign is a “guerilla methods” of political street art protest against the PRC government’s secret detention of world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei since April 3, 2011, organized by Hong Kong artists and art supporters,…