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Levitating the Pentagon

Date:
Oct 21 1967

It was 1967, and sentiment against the Vietnam War was in the air nationwide. The counterculture was flourishing on the heels of the Summer of Love. Organizers from Mobe — the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam…

Nongfu Spring Market

Practitioner:
Brother Nut

Date:
Oct 21 1967

The 9,000 bottles of water on display at an art gallery in Beijing last month appeared identical to those of Nongfu Spring, one of China’s most popular spring water brands, with one jarring difference. Inside each bottle was brown, murky…

Ottawa Eel Walk

Practitioner:
Luc-Anne Salm

Date:
Oct 21 1967

“Around 30 people gathered on Victoria Island Monday morning to advocate for the return of the endangered American Eel to the Ottawa River. The event mixed art with activism, with attendees carrying windsocks decorated to look like as eels as…

Reparations Happy Hour

Practitioner:
Brown Hope

Date:
Oct 21 1967

In Portland, Ore., organizers of the “Reparations Happy Hour” invited black, brown and indigenous people to a bar and handed them $10 bills as they arrived, a small but symbolic gift mostly funded by white people who were asked not…

Latin Party at Racist Aaron Schlossberg’s UWS Apartment

Practitioner:
Latinos for revolution, Millennials for revolution, New York City Progressives, POlitics Reborn, The Digital Left, The People for Bernie Sanders, Unofficial: DNC, Viva Bernie 2020, Woke folks, Young Progressives of America

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Action as a response to viral video of Attorney Aaron Schlossberg’s racist rant against Spanish speaking customers and employees at a midtown restaurant. The “Latin Party” included food, music, and dance celebrating Latina/o culture in the US. From FB event…

Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in Cuba

Practitioner:
Tania Bruguera

Date:
Oct 21 1967

MEXICO CITY — Of the half-dozen pieces that form Tania Bruguera’s series “Tatlin’s Whisper,” the one that the Cuban government silenced may have resounded most. An attempt by Ms. Bruguera, a New York-based Cuban artist, to stage an open-mike performance…

Afropunk: Feeling Black Activism’s Joy, and Its Pain

Practitioner:
Afropunk

Date:
Oct 21 1967

As Black History Month commemorations start to wind down, one festival is just gearing up. Afropunk the Takeover — Harlem, running from Tuesday through Feb. 25, will celebrate black culture with music, art, film screenings, discussions and comedy. Co-produced by…

DR Congo: performing for change

Practitioner:
Goma Cultural Centre

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Driving along an ordinary dirt road, it’s hard to miss the Goma Cultural Centre with its bright blue gate, emblazoned with the Congolese flag. “As you can see, we are proud to be Congolese around here,” said Belamy Paluku, a…

Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied

Practitioner:
Patrisse Cullors

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Statistics are easy to remove ourselves from. A story, you are implicated in, and you have to choose what side you are going to be on. Patrisse developed Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied in 2015 while she was…

Beethoven’s 200-Year-Old ‘Fidelio’ Enters Today’s Prisons

Practitioner:
Daniel Schlosberg, Ethan Heard, Heartbeat Opera

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Few opera choruses are as moving as the one a group of prisoners sings in Act I of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Released temporarily from their cells, the inmates almost whisper a hymnlike paean to liberty: “Oh, what a joy to breathe…