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protest
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Web sites go dark in SOPA protest against plans to ban online piracy
Read more: Web sites go dark in SOPA protest against plans to ban online piracyBy Hayley Tsukayama, Published: January 18, 2012 Web users woke up this morning to find that, as promised, several prominent Web sites had gone dark or put up messages asking visitors to contact their members of Congress to vote against…
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The Scream: 21st Century Edition
Read more: The Scream: 21st Century Edition“The Scream: 21st Century Edition” was created by New York-based artist Jim Costanzo in response to the Iraq War. The piece is directly inspired by Edward Munch’s painting, “The Scream.” Costanzo expresses anger and frustration at the illegal American war…
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Book Bloc
Read more: Book BlocThe book bloc constitutes a line of demonstrators holding cardboard-polyurethane-and-foam shields that are made to resemble giant book covers. This tactic tends to be used in actions that oppose neoliberal reform of education and libraries, especially in the form of…
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“Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong Kong
Read more: “Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong KongFree Ai Weiwei street art campaign is a “guerilla methods” of political street art protest against the PRC government’s secret detention of world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei since April 3, 2011, organized by Hong Kong artists and art supporters,…
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1,001 chairs for Aiweiwei in Taipei
Read more: 1,001 chairs for Aiweiwei in TaipeiA large chair installation work featuring the Chinese name of detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei was set up in Taipei Saturday –the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen SquareMassacre — to call for Ai’s release. Bei Ling, an artist from…
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Dumping Tea into the Sea – the Boston Tea Party
Read more: Dumping Tea into the Sea – the Boston Tea PartyForget Sarah Palin. And take a history class and learn from the daring early settlers! The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the…
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Puppets Against AIDS
Read more: Puppets Against AIDS“Puppets Against Aids was launched by Gary Friedman on 1st December 1988 in time for ‘World Aids Day’ in Johannesburg, South Africa. During 1987, Friedman had been studying with Muppet master, Jim Henson, in Charleville-Mézières, France. Henson provided the initial…
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SlutWalk
Read more: SlutWalkThe SlutWalk protest marches began on April 3, 2011, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and became a movement of rallies across the world. Participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman’s appearance. The rallies…
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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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A Call That Makes Change Approachable
Read more: A Call That Makes Change ApproachableThe Story of Stuff Project launches a new video. What is instructional, educational, and inspirational is a call for all the people in America to exercise their citizenship rather than their right to consume. Here is what Annie Leonard (co-founder…