Projects tagged
Corporate Power
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Decomposable Barbie
Read more: Decomposable BarbieBarbie Hoax Targets Mattel and Fools Some News Outlets The false campaign by environmental activists claimed that the toy giant was launching a new line of decomposable Barbies and would stop using plastic by 2030. In an email, Mattel described…
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Marxism will give health to the sick
Read more: Marxism will give health to the sickTo mark the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx, PL Henderson offers an appreciation of one of Frida Kahlo’s greatest paintings, which was heavily influenced by Marx’s creative thinking. One of the last paintings Frida Kahlo ever created was entitled ´Marxism…
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For Once, Don’t Do It
Read more: For Once, Don’t Do ItText by Seth Cohen – On Friday night, as U.S. television screens burned with images of peaceful protests turning violent, Nike released a new socially conscious ad calling on Americans to do something quite different than the brand’s usual call…
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Riot Employees walk out on Sexist Culture
Read more: Riot Employees walk out on Sexist CultureOver 150 Riot Games Employees walked out of the League of Legends office in Los Angeles in order to protest against Riot Games stance on forced arbitration. They stood out in front of the company’s parking lot holding picket signs…
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Spotify removes Neil Young’s music after he objects to Joe Rogan’s podcast
Read more: Spotify removes Neil Young’s music after he objects to Joe Rogan’s podcastSpotify has removed famed singer-songwriter Neil Young’s recordings from its streaming platform. On Monday, Young had briefly posted an open letter on his own website, asking his management and record label to remove his music from the streaming giant, as…
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Dirty Money in Art & Big Pharma
Read more: Dirty Money in Art & Big PharmaBetween 1995 and 2017 the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin brought in $35 billion USD in revenue for Purdue Pharma, most of which went directly into the hands of the Sackler family. The Sackler family, a dynasty of philanthropists have given…
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Activism Within All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Read more: Activism Within All the Beauty and the BloodshedThe new Oscar-nominated documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, focuses on world-famous photographer Nan Goldin, her life, her work, and the protests she led at museums that accepted funding from the Sackler family. Their company, Purdue Pharma, manufactured and…
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Cloud Studies
Read more: Cloud StudiesForensic Architecture’s Cloud Studies is a project that investigates the impact of toxic clouds on colonised and oppressed communities. The clouds, originating from sources like tear gas, industrial emissions, chemical weapons, and forest fires, often go unaddressed due to doubt…
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Detroit Industry, North Wall
Read more: Detroit Industry, North WallAlmost all of Rivera’s art told a story, many of which depicted Mexican society, the Mexican Revolution, or reflected his own personal social and political beliefs, and In the Arsenal is no different. The woman on the right side of…
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‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protest
Read more: ‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protestA 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…