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corruption
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Chile’s protest street art
Read more: Chile’s protest street art“The walls of the streets of downtown Santiago are covered with stickers, art, words and posters. The messages are varied and range from “Feminist power” to “All cops are bastards”. They have taken over the walls of Zona Cero (Ground…
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Movimento Vem Pra Rua (Come to the Streets)
Read more: Movimento Vem Pra Rua (Come to the Streets)Vem Pra Rua is a nonpartisan, democratic, and pluralist movement that emerged in response to society’s fight for a better Brazil. Brazilians of all regions, social classes, and ages began mobilizing at the end of 2014—building on the 2013 marches…
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CorrupTour
Read more: CorrupTourA converted school bus with the sawed-off top is taking Mexico City visitors on the “Corruptour”, a visit to the country’s seedy underbelly of murderous misdeeds and multibillion-dollar graft by public officials. Stops include a scandal-plagued subway line that cost…
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50 People in 40 Square Meters
Read more: 50 People in 40 Square MetersIn a case of voter fraud, an investigation revealed that the party in power had won fifty votes from the residents of a single apartment. A group of activists reproduced the apartment in a downtown square and invited 50 people…
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ipaidabribe.com
Read more: ipaidabribe.comipaidabribe.com is an online tool that allows the users to report when they pay bribes, are asked to pay and refuse, and when they find an honest officer. They have a well designed site with apps for mobile phones, and…
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How about taking your favourite banker (and politician) to jail?
Read more: How about taking your favourite banker (and politician) to jail?The Spanish 15M/INDIGNADOS social movement represents a citizen break-up with the current political system while proposing an alternative one, creatively transforming the prevailing participation and action patterns in its society. Inside the swarm of the movement, we find a key…
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$100 bills try to rush the White House
Read more: $100 bills try to rush the White Househttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wlSzkOlFE Anti-corruption activists unite: The Tea Party and Bold Progressives fighting side-by-side On Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 2 p.m., hundreds of activists marched K Street in Washington D.C. (aka “Influence Alley”) dressed as giant $100 bills. When the activists…
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Sweeping Out Corruption
Read more: Sweeping Out CorruptionFour ministers in Brazil have resigned since January after being implicated in corruption, and on Wednesday, protesters showed they’ve had enough. Protesters planted 594 green and yellow brooms right in front of Brazil’s Congressional building each representing the colors of…
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Who killed Rodrigo Rosenberg?
Read more: Who killed Rodrigo Rosenberg?In May of 2009 lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg was murdered in Guatemla City. A video was released of Rosenberg directed to the Guatemalan public. If you are watching this, he said, I have been murdered by the president Alvaro Colom. The…