Projects tagged
Politics & Government
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Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOP
Read more: Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOPThe internet has reshaped the ways we learn and communicate. Information becomes heuristic, concomitantly – knowledge becomes protean. If you dedicate enough time to any particular platform, you are likely to acquire a community with congenial individuals. Social media’s proliferation…
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CorrupTour
Read more: CorrupTourA converted school bus with the sawed-off top is taking Mexico City visitors on the “Corruptour”, a visit to the country’s seedy underbelly of murderous misdeeds and multibillion-dollar graft by public officials. Stops include a scandal-plagued subway line that cost…
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My World Is In Your Blindspot
Read more: My World Is In Your BlindspotThis is a series of paintings reflecting the struggle and sacrifices made by the Tibetan people for independence. The author is Tenzing Rigdol, who is a Tibetan and influenced a lot by the Dalai Lama and traditional Tibetan culture. The…
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Gay men take over the Proud Boys Twitter hashtag
Read more: Gay men take over the Proud Boys Twitter hashtagThe Proud Boys hashtag, which members of the far-right group have been using, was trending Sunday after gay men on Twitter hijacked it and flooded the feed with photos of their loved ones and families and with memes. The Proud…
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Putting LSD in Chicago’s water supply
Read more: Putting LSD in Chicago’s water supplyAs the Yippies prepared for protests at 1968 Democratic National Convention, Yippie Paul Krassner rattled Chicago leaders by suggesting that the Yippies were planning to put LSD in the city water supply. As Abbie Hoffman said at the Chicago Seven…
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Left Litter in the Park? Thailand Officials Will Mail It to Your Home
Read more: Left Litter in the Park? Thailand Officials Will Mail It to Your HomeOfficials in Thailand had an unorthodox approach to deal with visitors who left a tent filled with litter in a national park: mail the trash to the offenders. The country’s environment minister said that he wanted to call attention to…
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Stop Being Serious, This Protest is a Laughing Matter
Read more: Stop Being Serious, This Protest is a Laughing MatterFrom the Australian, 27 September 1992. Some forms of nonviolent protest are uniquely Indian. Take the ‘gherao’, for instance. A factory owner emerges from his limousine and is mobbed by angry workers. They don’t hurt him: they just surround and…
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In Burma, dogs ridicule the regime
Read more: In Burma, dogs ridicule the regimeDogs featured in one ruse to ridicule the regime—pictures of dictator Than Shwe were hung around the necks of the stray dogs that roam the streets of Rangoon. The pictures, which rapidly found their way onto the Internet, are the…
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MASK art exhibit
Read more: MASK art exhibit“MASK” is an art exhibition that explores the uses and meanings of masks, and ones feelings about them. Masks throughout history have taken many forms and have served many purposes. They have been used in construction, scientific research, technical manufacturing,…
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Mother’s Power
Read more: Mother’s PowerWhen mothers take to the streets — particularly those from privileged groups — governments take note. The “wall of moms” in Portland has taken up the cause against police violence. Wearing matching shades of white or yellow, the women of…