Projects tagged
Civil Liberties
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Art Works Projects: Afghanistan Exhibition
Read more: Art Works Projects: Afghanistan ExhibitionArt Works Projects’ mission is to use design and the arts to raise awareness of and educate the public about significant human rights and environmental issues. AWP provides visual advocacy tools which produce action on human rights crises at the…
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Norwegians sing to annoy mass killer
Read more: Norwegians sing to annoy mass killerNorwegians raised their voices in unison on Thursday to get under the skin of admitted mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. An estimated 40,000 people turned out in central Oslo’s Youngstorget square to sing “Children of the Rainbow,” a Norwegian version of…
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Corporations Ain’t People
Read more: Corporations Ain’t PeopleCorporations Ain’t People: A Musical Protest September 14, 2010; YES Magazine When Target spent $150,000 to support a Minnesota politician who favors anti-gay legislation, thousands of people decided to boycott the big-box chain. But instead of simply shopping elsewhere, these…
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Senator Protests with the F-Word
Read more: Senator Protests with the F-WordSen. Judy Eason McIntyre, of Tulsa, protests anti-abortion bill with F-word www.newsok.com By Megan Rolland | Published: February 29, 2012 Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, a Democrat from Tulsa, joined protesters of a proposed fetal personhood bill Tuesday on the north…
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Sex Strike
Read more: Sex StrikeMockery: Women’s New Weapon SATURDAY, MAR 17, 2012, www.salon.com, BY TRACY CLARK-FLORY From a proposed sex strike to mock legislation restricting access to Viagra, women are coming up with increasingly creative ways to respond to attacks on reproductive rights. Many of…
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SOPA Blackout
Read more: SOPA BlackoutSOPA Blackout: Wikipedia, Google, Wired Protest ‘Internet Censorship’ Jan 18, 2012, ABC News, Ned Potter Go to Wikipedia’s English home page and it will look like its regular self for a second, but then – Go to Google‘s homepage, and…
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Dancing in Syria
Read more: Dancing in SyriaIn Protests, Syrians Find the Spark of Creativity By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — You could call it the dance-athon to dislodge a despot. Among protesters across the Arab world, Syrians —particularly the restive residents of Homs…
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Freedom of Speech
Read more: Freedom of SpeechThe Winds of Art, and of Freedom, Blew for a Few Moments in Havana Yoani Sanchez, Huffington Post The Tenth Visual Arts Biennial in Havana allowed us to enjoy some bubbles of freedom. Hidden in metaphor and protected by the…
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Ovary Funny: Womens’ Rights Project Hopes to Have Members of Congress In Stitches
Read more: Ovary Funny: Womens’ Rights Project Hopes to Have Members of Congress In StitchesBY MIRANDA NEUBAUER | Friday, March 30 2012 Calling itself “Government Free VJJ,” a group started by three women after a conversation on Twitter is hosting an organizing initiative asking women to knit — or crochet! — a uterus for each man…
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Silent vigil at Saudi Embassy to Free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
Read more: Silent vigil at Saudi Embassy to Free Abdulhadi Al-KhawajaFormer colleagues of Abdulhadi Al Khawaja from Front Line Defenders today held a silent vigil at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Dublin to urge the King of Saudi Arabia to use his influence with Bahrain to enable Abdulhadi to…