Tag: Protests
This is a livefeed of Ukrainian riot police storming Kiev’s main anti-government camp. What you’re listening to are grenades, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, gunfire and the chants of anti-President Yanukovich activists over the continuous explosions. Espreso TV Livefeed Earlier today, the city saw its most violent clashes since the protest began 12 weeks ago, since the citizens set up giant make-shift […]
The Ustream channel from Maidan in Kiev has been streaming 24-hours-a-day for some time now. After the dramatic battles between protesters and police over the last few days, there was a very tentative truce while possible peace talks were taking place, but a possible resolution is unclear so far. This is the scene in Independence Square right now: […]
Ilya Varlamov, an independent photojournalist we’ve been following for years, finally arrived in Kiev last night. He posted photos on his LiveJournal, along with a no-frills account of what it is actually like inside. Here are some highlights, translated. For the last four days, Kiev is a war zone, constantly erupting in combat and flames. As […]
Yesterday, there were fireworks and catapults with flaming bricks, as uprising citizens in Ukraine’s “protest zone” were being mass texted: “Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.” Today, the photos and videos coming through social media directly from the front lines have lost any touch of cinematic dystopia. It’s simply war. […]
Ten years later, some justice for the hundreds and hundreds of people who were unlawfully arrested during protests of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. In a settlement announced yesterday, the city will pay out $18 million to some 1,800 protesters, journalists, and bystanders. “No lawful protester should ever be treated like a criminal […]
General David Patraeus was offered a prestigious guest professorship at the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and many of the students and faculty are not happy. Yesterday, protesters gathered with sings at Columbus Avenue and 67th Street, telling ANIMAL that they are trying to “drive out” “the war criminal.” […]
As the recent death toll in Egypt surpasses 500, news of Muslim Brotherhood supporters being slaughtered in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square has been an especially tragic manifestation of the powder-keg that is “post-revolutionary” Egypt. Just days before, our photographer found himself embroiled in an MB protest near to that now-tragic location. While this story does not in […]
Earlier today, around fifty people gathered outside the Russian Consulate General near Central Park to protest President Putin’s anti-gay laws. From banning pride parades for the next 100 years, to making any public mention of the existence of LGBT criminal “gay-propaganda” to declaring that anyone visiting Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics — athletes included […]
Over the weekend crowds of people gathered around New York City to rally around the memory of Trayvon Martin and protest a court decision that let a man who shot and killed an unarmed child walk away with no consequences. According to NBC News and the AP, the largest group consisted of over 1,000 people […]
Over the past five or so years, global protests have been happening under an increasingly unified aesthetic, the most recognizable element of which is the Guy Fawkes mask. Popularized by V for Vendetta and meme-ified by Anonymous, the iconic image gives solidarity to otherwise disparate groups scattered across continents. But why should that solidarity be limited to […]
