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Mystery Artist Paints Penises Around Potholes To Get Them Fixed

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Apr 10 2015

Armed with a can of washable spray paint, an artist in Greater Manchester, England, has embarked on a worthy crusade: to rid the region of potholes… by drawing penises on them. The anonymous artist, who goes by the name “Wanksy,” told the Manchester Evening News that he decided to draw attention to the “appalling” pothole-ridden streets after some of his cyclist friends were badly injured on the roads.

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Syrian Museum: "The Kiss"

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Tammam Azzam

Date:

Feb 2 2013

"A new photographic work created by Ayyam Gallery artist Tammam Azzam has captured the imaginations of the world, going viral and being shared across social media as a symbol of the power of love and human spirit in times of war. The Syrian artist has superimposed Gustav Klimt’s iconic work, The Kiss (1907 – 1908), over the walls of a war-torn building in his native country in a powerful juxtaposition of beauty and devastation.

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'What Would Thoreau Do?' Community Builds Replica of Walden Pond Cabin to Block Pipeline

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Will Elwell

Date:

Mar 18 2016

"The authority of government... is still an impure one: to be strictly just, it must have the sanction and consent of the governed."

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International demonstrations on Animal Rights Day

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Animal Equality

Date:

Dec 10 2010

Showcasing death to defend life El Pais, Madrid Activists protested with the organization Animal Equality (Igualdad Animal) in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Burgos, and Toledo on December 10, commemorating the international Animal Rights Day.

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Write(H)ers: Duke University Equips Feminist Activists

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Duke Women's Center Director Ada Gregory and Write(H)ers

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Feb 2 2013

A new media activism program at Duke University was started this year with the aim of helping young womeen excel in blogging about gender issues. The feminist-oriented program is called Write(H)ers and was created by Duke senior, Samantha Lachman and Women's Center Director Ada Gregory. The 23 women involved in the program will meet professional journalists at workshops centered around blogging and gender issues on campus and abroad.

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fake tax case

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Ai Wei Wei, internet

Date:

Jun 3 2011

In June 2011, the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau demanded a total of over 12 million yuan (US$1.85 million) from Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd in unpaid taxes and fines, and accorded three days to appeal the demand in writing. According to Ai's wife, Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd has hired two Beijing lawyers as defense attorneys.

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Stella McCartney Designs Shirts for Red Nose Day

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Stella McCartney

Date:

Jan 31 2013

This action, to be released to the wider public this Friday, March 15th, was the design of t-shirts in support of British Charity, Comic Relief, an organization dedicated to bringing positive and lasting change to vulnerable youth communities in Europe (specifically in the U.K.) and various countries in Africa and, most critically, addressing the root causes of their poverty.

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Two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities

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Another Life

Date:

Jul 31 2017

Both Johnson and Lewis recognize that the personal is political, and vice versa. By making connections between storytelling and activism, the two young women are using creative approaches to achieving justice and equity.

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FLOSSWorld

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Fundacion Via Libre

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May 14 2003

Fundacion Via Libre is an Argentinian digital rights group that advocates for more user awareness of internet surveillance and policy. To build this awareness the group not only conducts activist projects and attend events, but they also work with legislative bodies to reflect the growing technology and protect users.

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Liberation Caravan

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Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Kailash Satyarthi

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Oct 10 2006

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 create awareness about need for education, emphasizing on the need for improving access to education and quality of education, to completely eradicate child labour from the society.

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Book Bloc

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students

Date:

Nov 1 2010

The 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 austerity measures.

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Between A Rock and A Hard Place

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Bik Van der Pol

Date:

May 13 2013

Between A Rock And A Hard Place is a project consisting of a cleaning performance, a film and a big event on August 18, 2012. From the material recorded on this day, a film and a vinyl record will be made.

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2013 Human Rights Youth Delegation to Rwanda

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Global Youth Connect

Date:

Jul 31 2013

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein

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Fabled Asp

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Fabled Asp

Date:

Jun 18 2014

Fabled Asp is a multimedia online archive that documents forty years of activist history and creativity. Disabled lesbian activism is a radical assertion of self in the face of societal stigma and marginalization. The project illuminates the myriad ways disabled lesbians have been moving against invisibility through civil rights actions, theater, dance, sports, and visual arts.

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A Gift for Amsterdam

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Op de Valreep and The Yes Men

Date:

Jan 7 2012

In the summer of 2011, squatters take over an unused building, once an animal shelter, and begin renovating it into a social and cultural center for a neighborhood on the outskirts of Amsterdam. They call it Op de Valreep ("in the nick of time").

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Google Street Art Project

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Google

Date:

Mar 18 2015

Google entered the art game in 2011 with the introduction of its Art Project, working with 17 museums and expanding further to over 150 institutions in 2012. Last June, Google added 5,000 images of street art from around the world to the project and today it has announced that it will be doubling that number to 10,000 with the launch of the second edition of its Street Art Project.

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Discwoman

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Discwoman

Date:

Sep 1 2014

Founded by Frankie Hutchinson, Emma Burgess-Olson and Christine Tran, Discwoman is a New York-based platform, collective, and booking agency—representing and showcasing cis women, trans women and genderqueer talent in electronic music. Started as a two-day festival in September 2014 at Bossa Nova Civic Club Discwoman has since produced and curated events in 15+ cities—working with over 150 DJs and producers to-date.

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Blind Ones

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Sao Paulo Art Students

Date:

Dec 9 2013

Students from the School of Communication and Art of the University of Sao Paulo perform a skit titled 'Blind Ones' as a protest against consumerism inside a shopping mall of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, December 9, 2013. Related Story: Brazil shopping malls: New epicenter for social protest?

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