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Chipko Movement

Date:
Apr 1 1973

The forests of India are a critical resource for the subsistence of rural peoples throughout the country, but especially in hill and mountain areas, both because of their direct provision of food, fuel and fodder and because of their role…

Djerbahood

Practitioner:
Curated by Mr. Mehdi Ben Cheikh

Date:
Apr 1 1973

Djerbahood Project, which took place during the months of July and August on a small island called Djerba and is located in the Gulf of Gabes. Better known as the island of dreams, the tiny village of Djerba boasts a…

Liberation Caravan

Practitioner:
Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Kailash Satyarthi

Date:
Apr 1 1973

Mukti Caravan, the Campaign on Wheels, is a mobile cultural group of former child bonded labourers. Started by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save Childhood Movement), a movement started by now Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, it involves activists visiting villages to…

Most Likely Safe

Practitioner:
Food and Water Watch, Yes Lab

Date:
Apr 1 1973

In April, 2011, Food and Water Watch partnered with Yes Lab to raise questions regarding drinking water around New York City. Yes Lab, an organization that collaborates with activist groups, aims to create successful media-related creative actions that help raise…

Projeto Prancha Ecologica: surfboards made with plastic bottles

Practitioner:
Projeto Prancha Ecológica

Date:
Apr 1 1973

All those who practice surfing know firsthand the serious problem our beaches face: pollution. While some only complain, others do something about it. Two Brazilian surfers decided they could help raise public awareness of the need to protect nature of…

“I’m Here: A Chilean initiative that makes visible street dogs

Practitioner:
Felipe Carrasco and Violeta Caro

Date:
Apr 1 1973

This is one of the noblest urban interventions I’ve seen lately. Two girls who go to a subway station in Santiago, Chile with lots of colorful balloons with helium. In the balloons write messages like “touch me”, “hold me”, “adopt…

Suffragettes Dress as Famous Women in History

Practitioner:
suffragettes, The Women’s Social and Political Union

Date:
Apr 1 1973

On June 17, 1911, a week before the coronation of King George V, women from diverse backgrounds united in costume and with installations over a shared political view – that of rallying the right for women to vote. Known as…

Napalming a Dog!?

Practitioner:
Bill Arthrell, Kiyoshi Kuroma

Date:
Apr 1 1973

In 1968, with the US war against Vietnam raging, anti-war veterans and the anti-war movement as a whole in the US increasingly put the spotlight on the US use of napalm. Napalm is burning jellied gasoline dropped on humans engineered…

Commemorating the Marikana Massacre

Practitioner:
Anonymous Artists/Activists

Date:
Apr 1 1973

On August 14th 2014 several prominent statues within the city centre and the southern suburbs of Cape Town got redressed in green blankets, equipped with miner gear or carrying grocery bags. The statues – mainly of which represent colonial figures…

3,000 Candles at the Lincoln Memorial #SoAllCanVote

Practitioner:
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice

Date:
Apr 1 1973

At the same site where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, we lit thousands of candles – one for each signature on our petition – to commemorate the legacy of brave freedom fighters Andrew…