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Shaming criminals in Argentina : “los escraches”
Read more: Shaming criminals in Argentina : “los escraches”Faced with a lack of prosecution of those accused of crimes against humanity committed during Argentina’s military dictatorship, family members and descendants of the country’s estimated 30,000 disappeared took action. In the mid-1990s, they began gathering outside of accused perpetrators’…
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After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here
Read more: After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here“Myanmar has been engulfed in protest since February 1, when Burmese army general Min Aung Hlaing seized control of the government in a military coup, refusing to accept to the landslide election victory of the National League for Democracy and…
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Twelve Square Meter
Read more: Twelve Square MeterZhang Huan is a very talented performance artist in China. In the famous work “Twelve Square Meters”, he was covered with fish oil and honey sitting in a dirty public toilet in Beijing’s East Village for an hour, not only…
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Student flash mobs in Thailand
Read more: Student flash mobs in Thailand“Thai artists and art students are on the frontline of their country’s swelling pro-democracy movement, calling for reforms of Thailand’s military-backed government, and breaking both taboo and national law to criticise the nation’s monarchy. The near-daily flash mobs numbering in…
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Women turned Protective Wall into a memorial
Read more: Women turned Protective Wall into a memorialAhead of Monday’s planned protest, police set up a barricade around the presidential palace, which a spokesperson described as a “peace wall” to prevent vandalism, the Guardian reported. But protesters said the barrier was symbolic of the president’s refusal to…
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Love Queer Cinema Week (aka the Beijing Queer Film Festival)
Read more: Love Queer Cinema Week (aka the Beijing Queer Film Festival)Founded 19 years ago, the Beijing Queer Film Festival (aka Love Queer Cinema Week) is one of the grassroots film festivals in China focusing on independent queer film screenings and cultural exchange activities. We aim to expand public discussions on…
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Myanmar coup: How citizens are protesting through art
Read more: Myanmar coup: How citizens are protesting through art“An atmosphere of fear and anger spread across Myanmar this week as millions of people awoke to find out the military had taken control, ousting the elected government. But how do you fight back in a country where protests have…
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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio
Read more: Ricardo Levins Morales Art StudioRicardo Levins Morales is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was born into the anti-colonial movement in Puerto Rico, and when his family moved to Chicago in 1967, he became interested in activism. After leaving high school…
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Dear Congressman Tiberi
Read more: Dear Congressman Tiberi“To that end, in the Spring of 2014 we launched the Chasing Ice Ohio Tour in an attempt to use the film to shift the political conversation around climate change. As a society, for us to address climate change properly,…
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Waffles + Mochi
Read more: Waffles + Mochi“Michelle Obama’s mission of encouraging kids to eat healthier is getting a global spin — and a few puppet allies. The former first lady is launching a kids’ cooking show on Netflix as part of the production deal between Netflix…