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Politics
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Beyond AI WeiWei
Read more: Beyond AI WeiWeiIn a gallery in Hong Kong’s Chai Wan district last week, during the city’s third annual installment of the international Art Basel fair, the Beijing-based artist Huang Rui introduced a new live work called “Red Black White Grey.” At the…
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After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here
Read more: After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here“Myanmar has been engulfed in protest since February 1, when Burmese army general Min Aung Hlaing seized control of the government in a military coup, refusing to accept to the landslide election victory of the National League for Democracy and…
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White Noise Documentary Film
Read more: White Noise Documentary Film“White Noise explores the seductive power of extremism. Hatred feels good. But the fix is fleeting. As the film progresses, the subjects reveal the contradictions at the heart of their world. Lauren Southern advocates for traditional gender roles, but resents…
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Pop Art as Social Commentary
Read more: Pop Art as Social CommentaryA Côte d’Ivoire-based artist, known as Kadarick, draws on the fantastical powers of The Hulk, Spiderman and Wonder Woman to articulate today’s fears. In a new pop-art series of 23 paintings titled Joker, the self-taught painter explores pop culture, politics,…
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Activists lay thousands of shoes outside Capitol for children killed by gun violence
Read more: Activists lay thousands of shoes outside Capitol for children killed by gun violenceWASHINGTON — Thousands of shoes were laid outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to represent children who have been killed by gun violence. Avaaz, an international advocacy group, planned the demonstration to honor victims killed since the massacre…
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45 Tweets
Read more: 45 TweetsI have been composing and singing a selection of our President’s tweets. I have two goals for this ongoing project. One is to laugh which helps all of us deal with the high anxiety of our times. The second is…
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Everything She Says Means Everything
Read more: Everything She Says Means EverythingCalling all feminist activists, nudists, Cleveland-based Democrats, and people overdue for a laundry day. Photographer Spencer Tunick is looking for 100 bold women to pose nude for a Cleveland-based photo shoot on July 17, 2016. Also — you’ll be baring…
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MAY DAY MARCH- “TRUMP UNWANTED”
Read more: MAY DAY MARCH- “TRUMP UNWANTED”GAME ON! Its gonna be a good Spring!” Connie Bacon. Activists and the politically aware will march with the message that Donald Trump and his beliefs are “UNWANTED”. External sources: https://www.facebook.com/maydaymarch16/ https://www.facebook.com/connie.bacon/posts/10156668786985048
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Mexico Burns Effigies of Donald Trump in Easter Celebrations
Read more: Mexico Burns Effigies of Donald Trump in Easter CelebrationsMEXICO-US-HOLY-WEEK-TRUMP Credit: YURI CORTEZ / Stringer Caption:Mexican’s hang an effigy representing US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before being set on fire, March 26, 2016 in Mexico City during Holy Week celebrations. For many years Mexicans have made cardboard figures…
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Protest against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Read more: Protest against Iranian President Hassan RouhaniA Femen activist, Sarah Constantin, is hanged from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge to call attention to the large number of executions in Iran as she stages a protest against visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Paris, Thursday,…