Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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After their slogan was outlawed, pro-Palestinian activists turned to a karaoke classic
Read more: After their slogan was outlawed, pro-Palestinian activists turned to a karaoke classicBrisbane, Australia — The flash mob descended on Brisbane’s city square, wearing double denim and blond wigs in the style of a legendary Australian singer as they danced with wild abandon to one of his 1980s hits. In an unlikely…
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ABOLISH ICE
Read more: ABOLISH ICEThe resistance to Trump’s ICE militia is strong and is documented in the online art exhibition, “ABOLISH ICE” https://sites.google.com/view/abolish-ice/home The participating artists-activists are from New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California. The artists include Jackie Lima, Aileen Bassis, Patricia…
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Scheiß AfD Jodler (Shit AfD Yodellers)
Read more: Scheiß AfD Jodler (Shit AfD Yodellers)“A live interview with the leader of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland was interrupted by protesters. During the live television interview with ARD, Alice Weidel, co-leader of AfD, appeared at times to struggle to hear the questions being asked of…
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Occupy Men’s Toilets
Read more: Occupy Men’s ToiletsThe “Occupy Men’s Toilets” movement, initiated by Chinese feminist activists including Li Tingting (Li Maizi) and Wu Rongrong, emerged in 2012 as a creative, non-violent protest against gender inequality in access to public facilities. Inspired partly by global “Occupy” movements…
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My vagina says, “I want freedom.”
Read more: My vagina says, “I want freedom.”In November 2013, a group of 17 female students at Beijing Foreign Studies University sparked national debate when they staged a bold social media campaign in support of an upcoming performance of The Vagina Monologues, a feminist play by Eve…
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White paper protest
Read more: White paper protestThe White Paper Movement was a large-scale, decentralized protest movement that erupted across China in late November 2022, initially sparked by a student demonstration at the Communication University of China, Nanjing. In response to the tragic fire in Urumqi—where strict…
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P.A.I.N. Die-Ins
Read more: P.A.I.N. Die-InsThis afternoon, in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a mother and daughter threw coins into its reflecting pool while a couple posed for engagement photos in front of the Temple of Dendur, the…
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With the Help of an Art Installation, Ukrainian Activists in NYC Canvass Voters for Support
Read more: With the Help of an Art Installation, Ukrainian Activists in NYC Canvass Voters for SupportFour days before the U.S. presidential election, three Ukrainian activists gathered at a stranded fence in New York City’s East Village to hang an expansive information poster. “19546+ Ukrainian Children Abducted by Russia,” reads its headline in bold. From a…
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Korean women are fighting back against deepfakes
Read more: Korean women are fighting back against deepfakesA few dozen women, wearing white masks, held up signs protesting against pornographic deepfakes. On the afternoon of Friday, August 30, several South Korean feminist collectives demonstrated in Seoul to fight these sex crimes that are flooding the country. While…
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Climate Protesters Target NYC’s Iconic “Charging Bull” in Earth Day Protest
Read more: Climate Protesters Target NYC’s Iconic “Charging Bull” in Earth Day ProtestClimate activists took to the iconic “Charging Bull” sculpture in Manhattan’s Financial District on Earth Day today, April 22, to call out Wall Street’s “bullshit” in the face of a worsening environmental crisis — quite literally, by installing a display…