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Occupy
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Occupy West Side Story
Read more: Occupy West Side StoryIf you’re a fan of West Side Story (music by Leonard Bernstein), don’t miss this “updated” video. Absolutely first-rate! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wGZRJG4ZJE “Occupy West Side Story” takes aim at NYPD Deputy Inspector Edward J. WInski, the white-shirted bully of Occupy Wall Street,…
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Rolling Jubilee
Read more: Rolling JubileeAcross the United States, 2,693 people have received a letter in the last few months, which identified a debt and read: “You are no longer under any obligation to settle this account with the original creditor, the bill collector, or…
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Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street Bull
Read more: Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street BullThe incident began when two clowns, Hannah Morgan and Louis Jargow, scaled the steel barricades protecting the landmark. The clowns began spanking and climbing the beast, traditional ways of coaxing a bull into anger in preparation for a Castilian corrida,…
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“Superheros” Occupy the NYC Halloween Parade
Read more: “Superheros” Occupy the NYC Halloween ParadeNo matter how nuanced current superhero comics may be, to the general public they are still fairly simple. Superheroes are the good guys, supervillians are the bad guys, and it’s easy to see who is who. That’s why kids like…
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Freedom of speech Lecture to a university occupation
Read more: Freedom of speech Lecture to a university occupationOn November 29th 2011 Proffessor of Philosophy Raymond Geuss relocated a lecture he was scheduled to give to an occupied lecture hall on the campus of cambridge university. The occupation was in protest agains cuts in the education budget and…
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Howitcouldbedifferent.org – a wikipedia of ideas for improvement and social change
Read more: Howitcouldbedifferent.org – a wikipedia of ideas for improvement and social changeHave you ever wanted to see current or potential innovations for poverty or the environment without having to do a lot of researching or reading? Have you ever thought of an idea and wanted to tell the world about it…
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Real Democracy Australia – Viral Participatory Poster Project.
Read more: Real Democracy Australia – Viral Participatory Poster Project.Do we need to crowdsource a new Australian Constitution? Does anything matter more than the environment? Should Australia become a republic with an Australian head of state? Should whistleblowers be protected? Is representative democracy antiquated? Controversial artist Carl Scrase is…
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A is for Activist: An ABC Book for Kids of the 99%
Read more: A is for Activist: An ABC Book for Kids of the 99%A is for Activism is a children’s book developed by Innosanto Nagara, an author illustrator and founding member of the Design Action Collective, a worker owned cooperative design studio in Oakland that is dedicated to “serving the Movement.” The book…
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Mareas
Read more: MareasEl movimiento 15M ha abierto la veda a una protesta insistente, que mantiene la presencia en la calle. Según la delegada de gobierno, Cristina Cifuentes, en Madrid hay ocho manifestaciones diarias. Una de las formas que toma la reclama callejera…
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Dramatic Dissent: the Occupation of Rome’s Teatro Valle
Read more: Dramatic Dissent: the Occupation of Rome’s Teatro ValleIn 2009, conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi demoted the publicly-funded Italian Theatre Insitute (or ETI) to “disposable” status, hacking funding for the arts considerably. ETI promoted Italian companies abroad, managed the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, the Duse theatre in…