Projects tagged
Wealth & Poverty
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Today we do not use the word ‘Recession’
Read more: Today we do not use the word ‘Recession’For the Midsummer Festival in Cork, Ireland, SUPERFLEX encouraged Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Dara Murphy to bring a proposal to the city council that would ban the use of the word ‘Recession’ in the city. Out of this came…
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The Bank
Read more: The BankMany of the banks originally situated on Bank Street in Sharjah have left for more lucrative locations, so we have imagined a new, non-monetary banking model for the street. What if we were to regard the sum total of memories…
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The Grace Period Blog/Performance
Read more: The Grace Period Blog/Performance“The Grace Period” is a live blogging platform with seven anonymous contributing bloggers called: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Through, videos, writings, and visuals they present multiple perspectives of landing/creating a meaningful job after school in a…
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Life Line Booth
Read more: Life Line Booth3-part webseries where Life Line Booths are set up with donated items in homeless communities for anyone’s taking. In addition to practical aid, we provide blank canvases, paper and markers for visitors to express their thoughts and share their stories.…
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The Poster Workshop
Read more: The Poster WorkshopBetween the late 1960s and 1970s numerous alternative printshops were set up across the UK, with the founding objective of producing, providing or facilitating the cheap and safe printing of radical materials. They were started by libertarians, aligned and non-aligned…
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Global Citizen Ticket Drive: Fans can earn points for concerts through social activism
Read more: Global Citizen Ticket Drive: Fans can earn points for concerts through social activismBy Steve Knopper To fight world hunger and transform their fans into social activists, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, Kanye West, My Morning Jacket and dozens of other stars will donate two tickets to every show…
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Kit de Libertad de Expresión (Freedom of Speech Kit)
Read more: Kit de Libertad de Expresión (Freedom of Speech Kit)The KLE – Kit de Libertad de Expresión (or Freedom of Speech Kit), is a portable digital device that allows people from all over the world to participate to remote protests by sending and displaying text messages in public space.…
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North Carolina “Pray In”
Read more: North Carolina “Pray In”By Adam Owens Seventeen people were arrested Monday evening during what the state chapter of the NAACP called a nonviolent “pray in” protest at the General Assembly. The protest was directed at Republican action on health care, unemployment benefits, education…
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Moneyless Manifesto
Read more: Moneyless ManifestoMark Boyle has lived completely without money in England [since 2008], an experience which formed the basis for his first book, The Moneyless Man. He is also the founder of Freeconomy, an alternative economy with local groups across 171 countries.…
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DebtFair
Read more: DebtFairOccupy Wall Street’s art offshoot, Occupy Museum, has a new initiative: deconstructing the commercial art fair model. They are calling this art fair antithesis the DebtFair. Last May at the Frieze Art Fair, Occupy Museum distributed flyers and protest literature…