Projects tagged
Politics & Government
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Ghillie Suits Occupy UBS
Read more: Ghillie Suits Occupy UBSThe Yes Lab collaborated with “Knobotiq” to design an action against UBS, a financial services giant renowned for aiding tax evaders, funding environmental destruction, and getting bailed out by the public. The Yes Lab described it as a mix of…
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Mierdazo
Read more: MierdazoAfter the economic crisis of December 20, 2001 in Argentina, there was a growth in the participation in all types of protests and claims of the different sectors affected by the crisis (against banks by savers, roadblocks and mobilizations of…
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Belgium Disappears
Read more: Belgium DisappearsFor a brief moment on Wednesday night it appeared that Belgium had disappeared. The main French language television station hoodwinked the country into thinking that it had split in two when it reported that Flanders had issued a unilateral declaration…
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APEC Osama Motorcade
Read more: APEC Osama MotorcadeA satirical TV comedy show caused a security alert after coming within yards of George Bush’s hotel at a top-level government conference in Australia. The Chaser’s War on Everything, which airs on the ABC network, sent a team to the…
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Otpor Barrel Action
Read more: Otpor Barrel ActionThe Milosevic regime ruled over Serbia and Yugoslavia for about 13 years. To maintain control, the Milosevic regime was infamous for arbitrary arrests, beatings, imprisonment and even murder of avid opponents. In 2000, before the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, a…
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Ace Bank
Read more: Ace BankACE Bank was a hoax bank developed as part of a bigger campaign by Netwerk Vlaanderen, a Belgian organization concerned with banks’ responsibilities for what they invest in. ACE bank was an elaborate deception, with a headquarters in central Brussels,…
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Trampoline House
Read more: Trampoline HouseTrampoline House is a user-driven refugee justice community center located in the center of Copenhagen, where refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants can meet with Danish citizens and other residents of Denmark and share experiences, learn from one another, and work…
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Ticketing Jessica Lappin
Read more: Ticketing Jessica LappinThe initiators collaborated with the Street Vendor Project (SVP) of the Urban Justice Center to campaign against New York City Council Member Jessica Lappin’s 2010 law project. The bill, intended to revoke permits issued to street vendor trucks if they…
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The People’s Prison
Read more: The People’s PrisonFor one day, a group of artists known as the INDECLINE Artist Collective turned a hotel room in New York City’s Trump International Hotel into a single jail cell for Donald Trump without the hotel’s knowledge. The inside the jail…
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Denial of Family Values, Gay and Anti-gay Propaganda in Russia
Read more: Denial of Family Values, Gay and Anti-gay Propaganda in Russia“Denial of Family Values, Gay and Anti-gay Propaganda in Russia” 105 NY-110, Melville, NY 11747 June 3, 11 am – June 28, 7 pm Monday – Friday, 11 am – 7 pm, free admission Artist talk – June 28, 2…