Projects tagged
Politics & Government
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Transborder Immigrant Tool
Read more: Transborder Immigrant ToolThe Transborder Immigrant Tool is a ECD 2.0 (Ricardo Dominguez, Brett Stalbaum, Amy Sara Carroll, Micha Cárdenas, Elle Mehrmand) project designed to repurpose inexpensive used mobile phones that have GPS antennas (through the addition of proper software which the TB…
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Silent Strikes in Venezuelan Universities
Read more: Silent Strikes in Venezuelan UniversitiesIn Venezuela, the far right opposition has protested against the leftist regime of Maduro. Violence has swept through the capital, Caracas, and other cities throughout the country. Meanwhile, the Western world has had its eye on Ukraine, and received relatively…
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Israel, Palestine groups clash on College Walk
Read more: Israel, Palestine groups clash on College WalkStudents dressed as Israeli soldiers stopped other students, ordered them to the ground, and blindfolded them in a demonstration that drew multiple campus groups to a standoff on College Walk Thursday afternoon. The Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine set…
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Art Activists Use Sex Dolls To Protest Spain’s Controversial Anti-Abortion Law
Read more: Art Activists Use Sex Dolls To Protest Spain’s Controversial Anti-Abortion LawIn response to Spain’s increasingly restrictive legislation limiting access to abortion in the country, a group of art activists known for their bold, disruptive flair are taking action. The members of Luzinterruptus created “Rights to Trample On,” a radical art…
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Sheep invade the Louvre
Read more: Sheep invade the LouvreTwelve sheep and a sheepdog walk into the Louvre. If it sounds like the beginning of a joke, it’s not. In Paris Friday, French farmers protesting European Union agricultural policy herded a flock of sheep down the steps of the…
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Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo Bay
Read more: Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo BayFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, California Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo Bay The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new billboard campaign to assist the U.S. Navy with transparency at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. On March…
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Immigrant Movement International
Read more: Immigrant Movement InternationalTania Bruguera, in partnership with the Queens Museum of Art, began a long term art project in form of an artist initiated socio-political movement. Immigrant Movement International is an organization headquartered in the multinational neighborhood of Corona, Queens. The organization…
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“Migration is Beautiful”
Read more: “Migration is Beautiful”Artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez recently teamed up with Pharrell Williams’ I Am Other YouTube Channel to create a moving new documentary series titled “Migration is Beautiful.” Addressing the debate surrounding immigration policy in the United States and the overall…
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War Drags You Out
Read more: War Drags You OutWar Drags You Out is a project by artist “Saint Hoax” looking at the similarities between defining characteristics of Drag Queens and Political Leaders. Text from St. Hoax’s website: “After attending a drag show for the first time, I was…
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Avatar in Bil’in
Read more: Avatar in Bil’inBil’in is a Palestinian village located 12 kilometres west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. In 2005, the Israeli government began constructing the security barrier in the Bil’in area, and since then approximately 55 percent of…