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Activists fight the intrusion of camera surveillance in New York City

Practitioner:
Surveillance Camera Players

Date:
Dec 10 1996

“The Surveillance Camera Players (SCP) is a small, informal group of people who are unconditionally opposed to the installation and use of video surveillance cameras in public places. The SCP was formed in New York City in November 1996 by…

Ukraine’s Femen: Topless protests ‘help feminist cause’

Practitioner:
FEMEN

Date:
Dec 10 1996

FEMEN is a feminist Ukrainian protest group based in Kiev, founded in 2008. The organisation became internationally known for organizing topless protests against sex tourists, religious institutions, international marriage agencies, sexism and other social, national and international topics.Some of the…

Garrido Boxing Academy

Practitioner:
Nilson Garrido

Date:
Dec 10 1996

The odd spaces exiting under bridges and viaducts around the world are often left aside, urban spatial residues mostly abandoned or occupied informally by homeless people drug users etc. The former pro boxer Nilson Garrido saw the space under the…

The New Activism of Japan’s Youth

Date:
Dec 10 1996

Young Japan: For too long, Japan’s youth have been a silent minority. Now, on the eve of a crucially important general election, they seek a bigger voice in forging the future of their aging nation A modest house in western…

International Errorist Movement

Practitioner:
Colectivo Etcétera, International Errorist Movement

Date:
Dec 10 1996

errare humanum est Augustine of Hippo, Sermones Capitalism is the most insidious error that has been successfully dissimulated. The International Errorist Manifesto The IV Summit of the Americas took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina on the first days of…

Necessity of “Moral and National Education” as curriculum

Practitioner:
Parents’ Concern Group, Scholarism

Date:
Dec 10 1996

Moral and national education (MNE) s a school curriculum proposed by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong, transformed from the current moral and civic education (MCE). This curriculum evoked huge controversy in Hong Kong society for its “biased content” about…

Republican climate sceptics face battle for re-election as green groups hit back

Practitioner:
green groups

Date:
Dec 10 1996

Republican climate sceptics face battle for re-election as green groups hit back: Activists plan targeted campaign to defeat ‘Flat Earth Five’ group of Republicans in congress who refuse to accept climate science It is the issue most notable by its…

Pussy Riot Was Carefully Calibrated for Protest

Practitioner:
Pussy Riot

Date:
Dec 10 1996

DEPENDING on your taste, punk died in 1979, or maybe 1994, or whenever studded leather cuffs became a must-have mall-girl accessory. Now, suddenly, punk has been resurrected, stitched together anew in the form of the well-accessorized Russian women who call…

INTERNATIONAL LINK BEETWEEN FEMALE VIDEO ARTISTS

Practitioner:
FEMLINK

Date:
Dec 10 1996

WHAT IS FEMLINK Who we are ? We are Independent visual artists. Since the creation of FemLInk in 2005, 145 artists from 62 countries have accepted to participate (the 4 continents are represented). http://www.femlink.org Why do we created FemLink ?…

Flour Bluff students expand education through activism

Practitioner:
Flour Bluff High School students

Date:
Dec 10 1996

CORPUS CHRISTI — Many Flour Bluff ISD students have developed an extracurricular activity that takes their education to the streets, to social media and toward a path of change: activism.Much of the students’ passion stems from the April 1 suicide of…