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Papel Machete Fights for Liberation

Date:
May 1 2006

The work of a radical theater and puppetry collective, known as Papel Machete, produces and performs throughout Puerto Rico and the United States. Papel Machete was established on May 1, 2006 during protests responding to the government shutdown and political…

“The Little Match Girl” in Shanghai -“One Box of Matches to Warm a Child”

Date:
May 1 2006

On January 12, 2016, Shanghai’s temperature dropped to its lowest of the year. A little girl was seen selling matches in the cold wind on Bund street. The little girl, wearing a classic dress, wrapped in an ocher-red scarf and…

The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of China

Practitioner:
Artists in Chengdu

Date:
May 1 2006

In the south-western city of Chengdu, by all accounts a city on the edge coping with heavy pollution but also with authorities scrambling to put a lid on simmering discontent. That night police detained a number of artists who managed…

Marriage to Peace

Practitioner:
Ning Kong

Date:
May 1 2006

At 12:00 noon (New York time) on November 19, 2016, Chinese artist Ning Kong, wearing a wedding dress with hundred dove, appeared at the 911 site in New York. Even though the theme of performance art is calling for peace,…

Retirement dinner turned into hilarious protest

Practitioner:
UK Uncut

Date:
May 1 2006

Activists gate-crashed a retirement dinner for outgoing HMRC boss Dave Hartnett in Oxford, presenting him with flowers and a fake award for allowing large companies to avoid paying tax. The protesters, who accuse Hartnett of allowing corporations such as Vodafone…

Carlos Slim Laugh Machine

Practitioner:
new yorkers, The Yes Men

Date:
May 1 2006

Inspired by the Laughing Farmers of Karnataka, protesters in New York make Carlos Slim’s visit to New York uncomfortable while he appears on a “Live From NYPL” program. This excellent video summarizes the action. As Salon wrote: An event at…

Fanism – Tallahassee Native John Gertomo’s Flock

Practitioner:
Anonymous Users

Date:
May 1 2006

On a now defunct MMO, users rallied together under a fake religion to protest religious groups proselytizing on the messageboards. The fake religion was said to be an offshoot of Christianity, the founder John Gertomo, a former Baptist in Tallahassee…

Menstruation Terrorism

Practitioner:
Kashafa Khan

Date:
May 1 2006

Menstruation Terrorism is the act of frightening folks with the visibility of menstruation. STAKES: This action matters because menstruation taboo exists simply so that our periods are undetectable. Systems such as educational institutions, work spaces/culture and sports/play have been designed…

Malcolm X Street

Practitioner:
Group X

Date:
May 1 2006

At a time when the city of Portland was considering stripping Martin Luther King Jr.’s name off a local street, a covert organization calling itself Group X changed the name of another downtown street to Malcolm X Street in a…

Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOP

Practitioner:
BG Kumbi

Date:
May 1 2006

The internet has reshaped the ways we learn and communicate. Information becomes heuristic, concomitantly – knowledge becomes protean. If you dedicate enough time to any particular platform, you are likely to acquire a community with congenial individuals. Social media’s proliferation…