Projects tagged
Corporate Power
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Controversy in the Wild Kingdom of Couture
Read more: Controversy in the Wild Kingdom of CouturePARIS — Ten a.m. on a frigid Monday morning, the first day of the couture shows, and Kylie Jenner was strutting through the marble halls of the Petit Palais trying to find her seat for Schiaparelli, shoehorned into spiky stilettos…
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La Fiera en Sevilla
Read more: La Fiera en SevillaDuring the economic crisis of 2008, bankers in Spain took advantage of the economically disadvantaged, and the artwork La Fiera en Sevilla, or the Wild Animal in Sevilla in English, brings attention to this money-centric act from the bankers. La…
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A Vote for the Future
Read more: A Vote for the FutureThe 15M movement in Spain grew out of a desire for liberation and greater access to social and political rights for marginalized groups. At its core the activists of 15M were visionaries and used voting for a utopian society as…
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APEX: Ed Bereal
Read more: APEX: Ed BerealLegendary activist and artist Ed Bereal will be able to have his work displayed again in the newly reopened Portland Art Museum. He is a complex figure, gaining fame in LA in the 1960s for his abstract works and radical…
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Free the vaccine for COVID-19
Read more: Free the vaccine for COVID-19Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 is a campaign aimed at securing everyone access to Covid-19 vaccine. The campaign’s goal is to ensure the vaccine is freely accessible to everyone in the world. Its primary targets include: 1) university faculty who…
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Khalil Bandib: Cartoons that Speak Truth to Power
Read more: Khalil Bandib: Cartoons that Speak Truth to PowerKhalil Bandib is a Berkeley-based, award-winning editorial cartoonist with a unique perspective. He critiques a myriad of topics, from racism and homophobia to foreign policy and the Patriot Act. Bandib was born in North Africa under a French colonist regime;…
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Big Tech CEOs Become 7ft Capitol Rioters
Read more: Big Tech CEOs Become 7ft Capitol RiotersAs tech leaders faced tough questions from Congress, SumOfUs, an 18 million member advocacy organization, was right outside with a larger-than-life installation of the January 6th Capitol riot that shows the role Big Tech played in sparking the insurrection. The…
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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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Retirement dinner turned into hilarious protest
Read more: Retirement dinner turned into hilarious protestActivists gate-crashed a retirement dinner for outgoing HMRC boss Dave Hartnett in Oxford, presenting him with flowers and a fake award for allowing large companies to avoid paying tax. The protesters, who accuse Hartnett of allowing corporations such as Vodafone…
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Carlos Slim Laugh Machine
Read more: Carlos Slim Laugh MachineInspired by the Laughing Farmers of Karnataka, protesters in New York make Carlos Slim’s visit to New York uncomfortable while he appears on a “Live From NYPL” program. This excellent video summarizes the action. As Salon wrote: An event at…