Projects tagged "Politics & Government"

Street Art Activism: What White People Call Vandalism
Practitioner:
Nancypili Hernandez, DeVante Brooks, Olek, Mona Caron
Date:
Oct 21 2020
In this article, author Caroline Choi highlights different grafiti artists and their stories. These artists use their talent to tell their stories, ones that might not get to be told otherwise. She goes into the history of grafiti, and how it ties into how rich and white the art world has become.
Beware the Russian dolls, says Amnesty ad
Practitioner:
Amnesty International
Date:
Apr 11 2012
Following last week's powerful death-penalty spot with the melting wax figures, Amnesty International in France moves on to Russian dolls to symbolize the hidden political repression and social terror in that country. "We must not let Russia's charm hide its atrocities" is the tagline from ad agency La Chose.
Waltz with Bashir
Practitioner:
Ari Folman
Date:
Nov 21 2008
He had served in the army, either as a full-time soldier or as a reservist, for 22 years when he finally decided he wanted out. In 2003, Ari Folman, who had just turned 40, asked his commanders in the Israel Defence Forces to release him from the obligation to do a month's military service every year. They agreed - "so long as you go to the army therapist and talk about everything you went through".
LGBT Activists Hijack McDonalds’ Hashtag and Create a Parody #CheersToSochi Website to Raise Awareness about Russia’s anti-LGBT Laws
Practitioner:
Scott Wooledge
Date:
Feb 6 2014
On January 21, 2014, McDonald’s asked its customers to tweet supportive messages to the Olympians who would compete in the Sochi Games, along with the hashtag #CheersToSochi. However, within a couple of days, LGBT activists essentially hijacked the hasthtag from McDonalds.
‘Triple Talaq’ Abolition Is Only The Start Of A Larger Campaign For Gender Justice In India
Practitioner:
Shayara Bano, Gulshan Parveen, Afreen Rehman, Atiya Sabri and Ishrat Jahan, other Muslin women
Date:
Oct 6 2017
The egregious practice that some Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq (divorce) three times, has finally been declared unconstitutional and illegal by the Indian Supreme Court. The country’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) party claims that the ban is a victory for its administration, which had been advocating its abolition since it came to power in 2014.
Namo Nazi
Practitioner:
Namo Nazi
Date:
Oct 12 2013
Namo Nazi Namo Nazi is a group which is dedicated to the cause of spreading awareness about fascism. They create anti-fascist T-Shirts and say this about themselves:
Protests and Posters in Kafranbel, Syria
Practitioner:
Activists in Kafranbel, Raed Fares
Date:
Dec 30 2011
A town in northwestern Syria has become the creative center of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Since the beginning of the uprising, the residents of Kafr Anbel have drawn signs that skewer the Assad regime and express outrage that the world has not done more to stop the killing in Syria.
The Promised Land
Practitioner:
Michael Armitage
Date:
Jun 5 2019
Contemporaryand Article:
Activist Hackers Temporarily Block Putin's Website
Practitioner:
Anonymous
Date:
May 14 2012
From ReutersBy Vladimir SoldatkinHackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin's web site on Wednesday, carrying out a promise to disrupt government information portals two days after his swearing-in for another six-year term that has drawn street protests. The hacker activist group Anonymous used the "Op_Russia" twitter account to publicize the
Zhang Donghui, a young artist, was detained for more than three months and had to pay 3,995 yuan in compensation for writing the words "Three years, I have become numb."
Practitioner:
Zhang Donghui
Date:
Aug 17 2022
Zhang Donghui, born in 1992, is a native of Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2017. He has been living and working as a professional artist in Beijing since then.
Conflict Kitchen sponsors live Skype Meal between Pittsburgh and Tehran, Iran
Practitioner:
Conflict Kitchen
Date:
Jun 5 2010
"A few months ago artists John Peña, Jon Rubin, and Dawn Weleski opened Conflict Kitchen, a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with. Nowadays the Iranian food is served at the counter. More precisely, the kubideh, a dish made of grilled ground meat in freshly baked barbari bread with onion, mint, and basil.
"Trading With The Enemy": Duke Riley's Pigeon Cuban Cigar Smugglers
Practitioner:
Duke Riley
Date:
Aug 1 2013
The smuggling of illicit cargo and people has played a significant role in shaping the culture as well as the economy of the southernmost american city of Key West since its foundation in 1821.
Xuexi Qiangguo
Practitioner:
Chinese Government
Date:
Apr 4 2019
If there’s one thing we know for certain about China in 2019, it’s that people there love their apps. They use WeChat to talk with friends; they spend hours battling virtual enemies on PUBG; they binge-watch short videos on Douyin. And so why shouldn’t the Communist Party get in on the action?
Can Reddit Vote Down a Congressman?
Practitioner:
Test PAC
Date:
Apr 24 2012
By Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
Free the Beijing Five
Practitioner:
Wang Man, Wei Tingting, Zheng Churan, Li Tingting, Wu Rongrong
Date:
Mar 6 2015
Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale write: Five Chinese feminists have been arrested for planning to protest against sexual harassment. They face five to ten years in jail. This post explains the background to the case, and suggests ways that other activists around the world can show solidarity.
Egypt’s Hip Hop Revolution Continues: New Videos From The Narcicyst & MC Amin
Practitioner:
The Narcycist
Date:
Feb 29 2012
A year after the revolution, Egypt is still in conflict, still grasping for a catalyst to solidify its society and bring unity and peace to the people. Violence, poverty and unemployement are still rampant, and the voiceless still seek a voice. As was the case in 2011, Hip Hop has reemerged as a voice for the Egyptian youth for 2012, with new challenges and frustrations countering their struggle for freedom and equality.
Marisela Escobedo and the quest for justice
Practitioner:
Marisela Escobedo
Date:
May 11 2010
Marisela Escobedo was 52 when she was shot dead on a sidewalk outside of the Government Palace of Chihuahua City, northern Mexico. She had set up camp in one of Mexico’s most dangerous cities – a place where people won’t leave their homes at night to protest day and night against corruption and impunity in her daughter’s murder case.
APEC Osama Motorcade
Practitioner:
THe Chaser
Date:
Sep 7 2007
A satirical TV comedy show caused a security alert after coming within yards of George Bush's hotel at a top-level government conference in Australia. The Chaser's War on Everything, which airs on the ABC network, sent a team to the Apec summit in Sydney with spoof security passes saying "joke", "insecurity" and "It's pretty obvious this isn't a real pass".
At the Age of Coronavirus: Rise of Xenophobia and Anti-Asian Racism
Practitioner:
Racist, Xenophobian, Anti-Asian organizations
Date:
Mar 4 2020
The global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian discrimination has followed closely behind, manifesting in plummeting sales at Chinese restaurants, near-deserted Chinatown districts and racist bullying against people perceived to be Chinese.
Modi, A Message To You
Practitioner:
Ska Vengers
Date:
Apr 6 2014
Mode, A Message To You 
This is America
Practitioner:
Donald Glover/ Childish Gambino
Date:
May 6 2018
(NEWS 8) — A day after pulling double-duty as both the host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live," actor-writer-comedian-musician Donald Glover was garnering attention on Sunday for another reason. Social media blew up this weekend with reactions to Glover's new music video for "This is America," released under the name of his musical alter ego, Childish Gambino.
Putting LSD in Chicago's water supply
Practitioner:
Paul Krassner and the Yippies
Date:
Aug 20 1968
As the Yippies prepared for protests at 1968 Democratic National Convention, Yippie Paul Krassner rattled Chicago leaders by suggesting that the Yippies were planning to put LSD in the city water supply. As Abbie Hoffman said at the Chicago Seven trial: "I read in the paper the day before that they had 2,000 troops surrounding the reservoirs in order to protect against the Yippie plot to dump LSD in the drinking water.
Erasing the Police
Practitioner:
Columbian students
Date:
Oct 13 2011
Thousands of students have protested in the Colombian capital, Bogota, and other cities against government plans to reform higher education. The demonstrations were mainly peaceful but Bogota police fired tear gas and used water cannon after some people threw stones, officials said. Students say the proposed reforms will lead to partial privatisation of the public universities.
"Citizen K"/“Občan K”: Idendity Swap
Practitioner:
Ztohoven
Date:
Jun 1 2010
On 17 June 2007, a horrific vision was offered to the viewers of the Czech morning program Panorama: instead of idyllic hills, the image of a mushroom cloud was broadcast by a weather camera installed in the Krkonoše mountains, which caused a brief moment of panic in a country that is regularly agitated by debates on nuclear power. The panic wasn’t justified.
A Dozen Writers Put Down Their Pens to Prove the Might of a March
Practitioner:
The people of Moscow
Date:
Mar 7 2014
There were no opposition leaders at the head of the vast column of people that peacefully wound its way through central Moscow on Sunday.

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