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civil disobedience
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Inside Out Project
Read more: Inside Out ProjectAfter winning the TED Prize on March 2, 2011, the French-artist JR launched the Inside Out Project, in his first TED Talk. Using his own artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement…
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
Read more: Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown ArmyTo some, the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA) might appear to be but a ragged bunch of activists sporting false noses, a smudge of grease paint, camouflage pants and bad wigs. And those people may be right. But it…
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Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social change
Read more: Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social changeBy Dr. S. O’Sullivan and C. McCausland On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat on a public bus. Parks purposely broke the law. As a black woman living in Alabama, she was required…
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ANZ is Out of Order Campaign – Grassroots action against ANZ Bank in Australia
Read more: ANZ is Out of Order Campaign – Grassroots action against ANZ Bank in AustraliaOn the 6th February 2013, 40 activists across 6 states plastered 110 ANZ ATMs with ‘Out of Order’ notices, sharing them on social media the following day. The objective was to use a hoax style action to exploit mainstream media…
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Julia Butterfly Hill and Her Tree sit in Luna
Read more: Julia Butterfly Hill and Her Tree sit in LunaForest activist and environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill spent two years (Dec. 10, 1997-Dec. 18, 1999) living 180 feet high, on two six-by-six-foot platforms, in the canopy of a thousand-year-old redwood tree named Luna to help make the world aware of…
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Antigone
Read more: AntigoneAntigone, written by Sophocles approximately 441 BC, is the third of the three Thebans plays. Antigone is the daughter of the infamous Oedipus and Jocasta. Thebes has suffered from a plague, scandal, and civil war. Antigone’s brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices…
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Ukraine’s Femen: Topless protests ‘help feminist cause’
Read more: Ukraine’s Femen: Topless protests ‘help feminist cause’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…
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Veterans Peace Team, face to face with police on May Day
Read more: Veterans Peace Team, face to face with police on May DayUnlike some of Occupy Wall Street’s iconic actions in recent months, May Day did not include a scene of mass arrest. Several dozen arrests were scattered throughout the day and night during various marches and actions. But, as never before in…
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Finally, OWS gets police to arrest the people in suits
Read more: Finally, OWS gets police to arrest the people in suitsSometimes justice requires a little imagination. On Saturday, when much of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York was loudly denouncing police violence against minorities and protesters, a small group of environmentalists dreamed up a way to get the…