Projects tagged
Civil Liberties
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Soviet Army Monument – REDUX
Read more: Soviet Army Monument – REDUXSince the beginning of Bulgaria’s transition to democracy, the monument’s meaning and future has been the subject of heated debates. Opponents to the monument aren’t happy about the presence of such a dominating foreign army monument in the country that…
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The Panama Papers
Read more: The Panama PapersA giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposes a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies. External sources: https://panamapapers.icij.org/
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GreatFire
Read more: GreatFireGreatFire was set up in 2011 by three anonymous individuals to counter the “Great Firewall of China”, the systematic blocking by the Chinese government of any website deemed controversial, including any that touch on news, human rights, democracy or religion.…
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Call for Remove Homophobic Chinese Textbooks
Read more: Call for Remove Homophobic Chinese TextbooksIn November 2015, Chinese LGBT activist Chen Qiuyan met with government officials in Beijing after months of campaigning to have the Ministry of Education remove textbooks which identify homosexuality as a mental disorder. In 2001, the Chinese Society of Psychiatry…
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Smuggling Books Across The Border
Read more: Smuggling Books Across The BorderFor the People Artists Collective is a collaborative network of radical artists of color in Chicago. #ForThePeopleFriday: Each Friday, we will be sharing artwork by one of our members. Today, we are featuring Leila Abdelrazaq, a Chicago-based Palestinian artist, whose…
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Experiential Museum housing horrors of the past
Read more: Experiential Museum housing horrors of the pastIn time for the 30th Anniversary of the famed EDSA People People Revolution, a two-day pop-up museum in Camp Aguinaldo serves as a vivid reminder of a significant period in Philippine History. The interactive museum, which is composed of nine…
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MAY DAY MARCH- “TRUMP UNWANTED”
Read more: MAY DAY MARCH- “TRUMP UNWANTED”GAME ON! Its gonna be a good Spring!” Connie Bacon. Activists and the politically aware will march with the message that Donald Trump and his beliefs are “UNWANTED”. External sources: https://www.facebook.com/maydaymarch16/ https://www.facebook.com/connie.bacon/posts/10156668786985048
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Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns)
Read more: Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns)The N.R.A. Reimagines Classic Fairy Tales, With Guns. The world of make-believe can be a scary place, but never fear: Thanks to a series of reimagined fairy tales published online by the National Rifle Association, classic characters like Hansel and…
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Ghost Protest in Seoul
Read more: Ghost Protest in SeoulHaeryun Kang reported the following for NPR on February 24, 2016: “On the eve of South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s third anniversary in office, protesters gathered in Seoul… to condemn the administration’s increasing crackdown on free speech. These protesters were…
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Queering Utopia: Circus Amok at the Scholar & Feminist Conference on Utopia
Read more: Queering Utopia: Circus Amok at the Scholar & Feminist Conference on Utopia“Stay cool, stay calm, you have the right to remain silent. / Don’t run, don’t resist, and get that badge number.” So goes the catchy and campy tune performed by Circus Amok! that teaches people what to do when they…