Tag: FREE SPEECH
The bust of Edward Snowden in Fort Greene Park seems to have inspired a trend: artists and activists erected statues of Snowden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz Square on Friday as part of May Day celebrations, Newsweek reports. The sculptures were created by Italian sculptor Davide Dormino […]
The MTA board of directors voted 9-2 on Wednesday in favor of a resolution banning all political advertising on MTA property, NBC New York reports. The ban comes largely in response to Texas-based anti-Muslim crusader Pamela Geller’s hateful posters on public transportation. This decision from the MTA renders U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl’s decision […]
KLOPS is a prolific graffiti artist in New York City who not only writes his name, but also draws characters. He makes legal art, too: Every week, be on the lookout for an original KLOPS comic with the artist’s take on current events. […]
Cartoonists are banding together in response to a horrific terrorist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, wounded seven, and left several others in critical condition on Wednesday morning. In the choas, the gunmen were reportedly shouting, “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad” and “Allahu Akbar,” (“God is Great” in Arabic). […]
Arne Svenson, the NYC artist who recently came under fire for taking and exhibiting photographs of his neighbors in their homes, has won his legal battle in the Manhattan Supreme Court. Svensons photos were art, ruled Justice Eileen Rakower, and art is free speech protected under the first amendment. “While it makes the [plaintiffs] cringe to […]
An Atheist monument was recently unveiled nearby the monument of the Ten Commandments sitting in front of the Bradford County Courthouse in Florida. The monument itself the form of a 1,500 pound granite bench, complete with quotes from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the founder of American Atheists. It may appear to be an agressive […]
