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Davey Drumpf, Presidential Cousin-At-Large

Date:
Dec 23 2016

A new series of video commentaries with Davey Drumpf, The Donald’s long-lost third cousin, twice removed. His views are several degrees to the Left of the Don’s. First installment: Co-housing vs. Weaponized Xenophobia. External sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPu9KcHXS3k&feature=youtu.be

Add Privacy for £35

Practitioner:
Harry McGill

Date:
Dec 23 2016

In the UK, the secretary of state Theresa May is attempting to pass a new investigatory draft bill that would essentially rid all British citizens of the right to privacy and security on the internet. Internet providers will be required…

Everything She Says Means Everything

Practitioner:
Spencer Tunick

Date:
Dec 23 2016

Calling all feminist activists, nudists, Cleveland-based Democrats, and people overdue for a laundry day. Photographer Spencer Tunick is looking for 100 bold women to pose nude for a Cleveland-based photo shoot on July 17, 2016. Also — you’ll be baring…

Liberation Lab

Practitioner:
NYU/Free University

Date:
Dec 23 2016

On April 30th NYU in conjunction with Free University held liberation lab in Washington Square Park from 11 30 Am until roughly 5 or 6pm. The day was very festive and full of amazing talks, performances, installations and discussions. I…

NYC Street Art Map

Practitioner:
Huffington Post

Date:
Dec 23 2016

Huffington Post put together a digital, interactive map of some of the so-called best and brightest street art collections. Street art is important because it allows artists, usually from the community where the street art is taking place, to interact…

¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York exhibition

Practitioner:
Bronx Museum, Loisaida INC, Museo del Barrio

Date:
Dec 23 2016

Spread over three institutions — the Bronx Museum of the Arts; El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem; and Loisaida Inc., a cultural center in the East Village — this show departs from straight political history by presenting the Young…

Slammed in the Butt by My Hugo Award Nomination

Practitioner:
Chuck Tingle

Date:
Dec 23 2016

Chuck Tingle is the Internet’s most beloved author of bizarre niche erotica, perhaps best known for his masterwork Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt. The Hugo Awards are a formerly prestigious sci-fi honor, hijacked in recent years by…

Musicians trade in boycotts for activism to fight North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’

Practitioner:
Animal Collective, Beyonce, Duran Duran, Mumford & Sons

Date:
Dec 23 2016

Animal Collective, Mumford and Sons and Duran Duran among performers who have turned concerts in state into fundraisers as part of NC Needs You movement Even as North Carolina’s governor, Pat McCrory, refused to comply with federal officials over his…

White Clergy Spark Debate By Telling Cops #UseMeInstead For Target Practice

Practitioner:
Clergy, General Populace

Date:
Dec 23 2016

A group of clergy members wanted to change the conversation when they heard that a Florida police department was using mug shots of young black men as targets for shooting practice. “#UseMeInstead,” the religious leaders said, tweeting photos of themselves…

Why Prince is a Powerful Example of Artistic Activism

Practitioner:
Prince

Date:
Dec 23 2016

From calling out poverty in his lyrics to his support of coding, the legendary artist pushed the world to care about more than music. With the sudden, tragic passing of Prince on Thursday, people are taking to social media to…