Tag: Protest
Justin Wedes of Occupy Wall Street is reporting from the front lines of the protests in Turkey for ANIMAL all week. He’s also tweeting from the field continuously. As the protests spread across Turkey, the dust has temporarily settled in Istanbul proper. But online, meme riots rage on as young tech-savvy protesters take to Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and more to […]
Justin Wedes of Occupy Wall Street is reporting from the front lines of the protests in Turkey for ANIMAL all week. He’s also tweeting from the field continuously. So you’re watching #OccupyGezi from your laptop on the couch and want to do something about it? Here’s a novel idea: Come to Istanbul. I know. I know. That sounds insane. There’s […]
As Soviet Union let out its dying breath, there were massive hoards of angry, hungry citizens pitching tents in Moscow, right at the Kremlin walls. In 1990, these protestors lived in makeshift cities for six months. They questioned their government as it rattled apart. Their signs called for justice, answers, logic… FOOD. But doesn’t it sound familiar? Long […]
Justin Wedes of Occupy Wall Street is reporting from the front lines of the protests in Turkey for ANIMAL all week. He’s also tweeting from the field continuously. It’s been eight days since the sit-in against a shopping mall development in Istanbul’s Gezi Park and something magical is happening. After extensive police skirmishes in the streets around Gezi, the […]
In protest of the Obama Administration’s stubborn refusal to grant over-the-counter emergency contraceptive access to people of all ages, a group of reproductive justice advocates will form a flashmob tonight in NYC. Despite a federal court ruling that women under age 17 should have access to morning-after pills, the Administration and the co-opted FDA are going […]
We first encountered Russian art student Peter Pavlesnkiy when he protested the trial of feminist punks from Pussy Riot by sewing his mouth shut — a classic! — and standing stoically until his banner was ripped from his hands. Two Pussy Riot activists are still serving years in a penal colony for seconds of anti-Putin performance […]
Some residents of NYC’s “historic districts” are unhappy with CitiBike, NYC’s otherwise very exciting and eco-friendly Bike Share program. The much-anticipated CitiBike stations have only just begun popping up around the city, and residents of neighborhoods like TriBeCa, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill have already decided that they’re ugly and THEY HATE THEM. In attempt to remove these […]
Putin is in Amsterdam on business and Amsterdam’s like BOOOOO. And so, a perfect protest has been executed by Amnesty International via these official looking signs posted around the city as “billboards” and “police tape.” This action reminds us of artist Jay Shells’ etiquette signs. That’s awesome. Our favorite is “Punk Bands Strictly Prohibited: Do not frighten president Putin. Keep […]
Today, PETA and other animal rights activist groups held a small but vocal anti-cruelty demonstration just a block from the Ringling Bros Circus’ Elephant “Dance Party,” the event that is substituting for the usual elephant parade. While elephants in circus attire stood deliberately arranged in the street, eating fruit in front of spectators, the protestors spread the […]
After the public trial and imprisonment of Pussy Riot, two of the activists are currently serving two years in some of the most dangerous and notoriously decrepit prison work camps in Russia… for 40 seconds of dancing in a church. According to activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s husband Peter Verzilov, Tolokonnikova spends eight hours a day sewing these outfits. Things weren’t exactly cool […]
