Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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I’ve just received an honorary doctorate at 18 – but that doesn’t matter
Read more: I’ve just received an honorary doctorate at 18 – but that doesn’t matterThis week, I got to make history. At 18 years of age, I received an honorary doctorate from the University of London for my work in climate justice, making me the current youngest holder of the award globally. Having not…
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art to darken galleries in protest on Thursday
Read more: Tel Aviv Museum of Art to darken galleries in protest on ThursdayThe Tel Aviv Museum of Art is joining the countrywide judicial overhaul protests planned for Thursday, March 23, and will darken the halls and galleries of the museum, closing exhibits to the public and canceling planned tours and lectures. The…
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Climate activists target Emily Carr painting at Vancouver Art Gallery with maple syrup
Read more: Climate activists target Emily Carr painting at Vancouver Art Gallery with maple syrupTwo climate change activists targeted an Emily Carr painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Saturday. In a social media post by the account Stop Fracking Around on Twitter, a video shows two activists dousing a painting with an unknown liquid…
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Protest Outside UK Asylum-Seeker Hotel Ends in 15 Arrests
Read more: Protest Outside UK Asylum-Seeker Hotel Ends in 15 ArrestsLONDON (AP) — An anti-migration protest outside a hotel housing asylum-seekers in northwest England turned violent and resulted in the arrests of 15 people, local police said Saturday. The Merseyside Police department said a police officer and two civilians sustained…
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‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protest
Read more: ‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protestA Nasa scientist who went viral over his tearful protest on the climate crisis has told The Independent that his activism comes from a sense of desperation to “find something that actually has an impact and moves the needle”. Peter…
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Israeli artists draw a red line to High Court in protest of judicial reform
Read more: Israeli artists draw a red line to High Court in protest of judicial reformThe “Day of Disruption” kicked off earlier than planned early on Thursday morning when dozens of Israeli artists painted a red line on the road to Israel’s High Court of Justice in Jerusalem. Launching another day of marches, demonstrations, and…
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Why protesters disrupted London Fashion Week
Read more: Why protesters disrupted London Fashion WeekProtesters from Extinction Rebellion disrupted London Fashion Week last weekend (15 February). The group called on the industry to change its approach to protecting the planet: “We are asking not for sustainability but a complete reinvention of this industry in…
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Sun Mu: From Propaganda to Protest
Read more: Sun Mu: From Propaganda to Protest“Sun Mu is not the artist’s actual name. It’s a nom de plume that uses a combination of two Korean words that translate to ‘The Absence of Borders’. It not only represents what he feels is the transcendence of art…
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The Guerrilla Girls: ‘We upend the art world’s notion of what’s good and what’s right’
Read more: The Guerrilla Girls: ‘We upend the art world’s notion of what’s good and what’s right’In 1984, a group of women in New York gathered outside the Museum of Modern Art as part of a protest. A group show, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, was showing 165 artists, 152 male artists exhibited…
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The French Like Protesting, but This Frenchman May Like It the Most
Read more: The French Like Protesting, but This Frenchman May Like It the MostA human tide swept through Paris last month for the type of event France knows only too well — a protest. Union leaders led the march, awash in a multicolored sea of flags. Demonstrators shouted fiery slogans. Clashes with the…