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The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”

Date:
Apr 15 1937

In March 1939, a 23-year-old Billie Holiday walked up to the mic at West 4th’s Cafe Society in New York City to sing her final song of the night. Per her request, the waiters stopped serving and the room went…

Protest Outside UK Asylum-Seeker Hotel Ends in 15 Arrests

Practitioner:
civilians

Date:
Apr 15 1937

LONDON (AP) — An anti-migration protest outside a hotel housing asylum-seekers in northwest England turned violent and resulted in the arrests of 15 people, local police said Saturday. The Merseyside Police department said a police officer and two civilians sustained…

‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protest

Practitioner:
Peter Kalmus

Date:
Apr 15 1937

A Nasa scientist who went viral over his tearful protest on the climate crisis has told The Independent that his activism comes from a sense of desperation to “find something that actually has an impact and moves the needle”. Peter…

Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund

Practitioner:
NATIONAL COMPASSION FUND

Date:
Apr 15 1937

On May 14, 2022, the Buffalo community suffered a devastating act of violence when a gunman opened fire at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue, killing ten people and wounding three. Many have asked how to help. In partnership…

Why protesters disrupted London Fashion Week

Practitioner:
Extinction Rebellion protesters

Date:
Apr 15 1937

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion disrupted London Fashion Week last weekend (15 February). The group called on the industry to change its approach to protecting the planet: “We are asking not for sustainability but a complete reinvention of this industry in…

NDSM Manifestation

Practitioner:
NDSM

Date:
Apr 15 1937

For this edition of ADE, Stichting NDSM-werf invited art- and activist group Tools for Action + Floor to use their terrain as a public practice space for RÆV REHEARSAL. They invite the public to rehearse new forms of assembly. With…

Destruction of the National Front

Practitioner:
Eddie Chambers

Date:
Apr 15 1937

TATE: Destruction of the National Front by the artist Eddie Chambers is a collage on four panels depicting the deconstruction of an image of the Union flag shaped as a swastika. For the first panel in the sequence, the artist…

The French Like Protesting, but This Frenchman May Like It the Most

Practitioner:
Jean-Baptiste Reddé

Date:
Apr 15 1937

A human tide swept through Paris last month for the type of event France knows only too well — a protest. Union leaders led the march, awash in a multicolored sea of flags. Demonstrators shouted fiery slogans. Clashes with the…

“Supporting Ukraine Is Not a Choice, But Our Common Duty”: How a Group of Artist-Activists Is Supporting Ukraine From Warsaw

Practitioner:
Sunflower Solidarity Community Center

Date:
Apr 15 1937

In 2023, it is impossible to be an apolitical artist in Eastern Europe. As war rages on in Ukraine, art serves as a powerful and necessary tool, according the members of the Sunflower Solidary Community Center in Warsaw: Maria Beburia,…

The Story of Let Hair Down and her confrontations with the NYPD

Practitioner:
Kanami Kusajima

Date:
Apr 15 1937

Kanami Kusakima, also known as the woman who dances in Washington Square Park with the long black hair and the paint, was happy to allow the Mayor’s Office of NYC use her image as a promotional tool for a “post-coivd”…