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Davey Drumpf, Presidential Cousin-At-Large

Date:
Dec 23 2016

A new series of video commentaries with Davey Drumpf, The Donald’s long-lost third cousin, twice removed. His views are several degrees to the Left of the Don’s. First installment: Co-housing vs. Weaponized Xenophobia. External sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPu9KcHXS3k&feature=youtu.be

Kind Coins Pakistan, Kids for Peace School and Peace Centre

Practitioner:
Kids for Peace Global USA and Kids for Peace Pakistan

Date:
Dec 23 2016

Dear Team Please find below the links of the video and detail of Kind Coins Pakistan, Kids for Peace Pakistan School and Peace Centre, hope you will publish it on your website and circulate it at large, your this publication…

A Performance workshop “Misplaced Women?”

Practitioner:
Tanja Ostojic and participants of the workshop

Date:
Dec 23 2016

“Misplaced Women?” is an art project-workshop by Tanja Ostojic in which she and project`s participants – artists , art students , cultural workers and activists: Nela Antonovic, Gorana Bacevac, Nadezda Kircanski, Tatjana Beljinac, Milica Jankovic, Tamara Bijelic, Irena Djukanovic, Bojana…

Occupation of Alcatraz Island

Practitioner:
Native American Activists

Date:
Dec 23 2016

The beacon flashed incessantly. On. Off. On again. Like some sort of traffic light gone crazy, it pierced the thick nighttime mist hovering over San Francisco Bay. The light sent a message five miles across the dark waters from Ghirardelli…

Starbucks Customers Are Insisting ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is Heard

Practitioner:
Lex Cross

Date:
Dec 23 2016

In the wake of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Black Lives Matter supporters are finding creative ways to make sure the movement is acknowledged everywhere. When ordering at Starbucks, people have changed their name to “Black Lives…

Afrofuturism: An Interview with Krista Franklin

Practitioner:
Krista Franklin

Date:
Dec 23 2016

The term “Afrofuturism” was coined in the 1990s by the cultural critic Mark Dery, who recognized a preoccupation with the future in the work of a number of black artists. Ever since, it has remained a term that is retrospectively…

I Am My White Ancestors: Claiming the Legacy of Oppression

Practitioner:
Anne Mavor

Date:
Dec 23 2016

This installation of 13 photographic self-portraits explores European-American heritage, my family and their role in the history of racism, colonization, genocide, and classism. The ancestors, real and imagined, span over 2000 years from the Celtic Iron Age to the present…

Raised-Fist Photo by Black Women at West Point Spurs Inquiry

Practitioner:
Black Female West Point Students

Date:
Dec 23 2016

A group of young black women poised to graduate from the United States Military Academy gathered on the steps of West Point’s oldest barracks last week in traditional gray dress uniforms, complete with sabers, for a group photo. Known as…

White Clergy Spark Debate By Telling Cops #UseMeInstead For Target Practice

Practitioner:
Clergy, General Populace

Date:
Dec 23 2016

A group of clergy members wanted to change the conversation when they heard that a Florida police department was using mug shots of young black men as targets for shooting practice. “#UseMeInstead,” the religious leaders said, tweeting photos of themselves…

Angry Asian Girls United

Practitioner:
Angry Asian Girls United

Date:
Dec 23 2016

Angry Asian Girls United was created in 2012 by a then-17 year old girl who was frustrated with feeling like there was no place for her to talk about issues of racism and othering. This community has since grown in…