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Missile Dick Chicks Take America

Date:
Oct 6 2002

Shortly after the events of 9/11, a group of NYC women came together in protest of the Bush Administration’s use of the terror attacks to justify war. Seeking out a new form of political protest, the women decided to respond…

SUNO-ethical fashion

Practitioner:
Suno

Date:
Oct 6 2002

SUNO is one of the few luxury fashion brands that has been born out of a social cause. Max Osterweis and designer Erin Beatty launched their first collection in the spring of 2009, ” after post-election violence threatened to damage…

Men in Grey

Practitioner:
Men in Grey

Date:
Oct 6 2002

From Media Facades Festival website: MEN IN GREY A public wireless access point would be set up in the area of a media façade so that people can browse, chat and surf on their smartphones, laptops and netbooks. Men in…

Trojan T-Shirts

Practitioner:
Exit-Deutschland

Date:
Oct 6 2002

An anti-Nazi organization called Exit-Deutschland targeted a right-wing Rock Festival in a city called Gera. They got in contact to the festival organizers by using a fictitious name, and they distributed 250 trojan t-shirts with a writing “Hardcore Rebels” during…

Lady Gaga’s Meat dress

Practitioner:
Lady Gaga

Date:
Oct 6 2002

Lady Gaga showed up to the 2010 MTV Music Video Awards wearing a dress made out of raw meat. She claimed that the dress showed her disgust towards the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, but missed the media opportunity to…

Russia: Greenpeace Polar Bear Protesters Arrested Outside Gazprom Office In Moscow

Practitioner:
Greenpeace

Date:
Oct 6 2002

MOSCOW (AP) — Put your paws in the air. Moscow police have arrested 10 environmental activists, including four dressed in polar bear costumes, who were protesting outside the main office of Gazprom, the Russian oil and natural gas giant. The…

Stella McCartney Designs Shirts for Red Nose Day

Practitioner:
Stella McCartney

Date:
Oct 6 2002

This action, to be released to the wider public this Friday, March 15th, was the design of t-shirts in support of British Charity, Comic Relief, an organization dedicated to bringing positive and lasting change to vulnerable youth communities in Europe…

The Grim Reapers

Practitioner:
Backbone Campaign, Get Money Out of Politics

Date:
Oct 6 2002

The Grim Reapers stood outside the capital building of the State of Washington as the new Governor Jay Inslee was being inaugurated. We were part of a climate change rally that lasted several hours and included many other groups protesting…

Young Women For Change: Fashion as Activism

Practitioner:
Young Women For Change

Date:
Oct 6 2002

Founded in April 2011, Young Women for Change (YWC) is an independent non-profit organization committed to empowering Afghan women and improving their lives through social, economical , political empowerment, participation, awareness and advocacy. YWC was co-founded by Noorjahan Akbar and…

Yomango Fashion Show

Practitioner:
Yomango

Date:
Oct 6 2002

“On July 5, 2002, a strange new brand began cropping up in the streets of Barcelona. That day, at the height of sales season, more than fifty people rushed through the center of Barcelona to the Bershka clothing store to…