Learn about Julius Hobson’s amazing 1960s artistic activism campaign As my home city of New York has appointed a rat czar and recently held its first Anti-Rat Day of Action to try to get our rat problem under control, I’m reminded of Julius Hobson and how he took on a rat problem in Washington, DC, …
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Artistic Activism during the Civil Rights Movement
From the mid 1950s to the early 1970s the Civil Rights movement involved tens of thousand of people and changed the civil rights for millions. It was also a consciously creative campaign.
Webinar #23: Easter Special
The unorthodox stories of the secret artistic activism history of prophets. Moses, Jesus and Mohammed were amazing activists and creative militants. They understood the fundamentals of using story and spectacle, signs and symbols as means to criticize the status quo and offer up an alternative vision. Artists and activists have a lot to learn from …
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Will we see a Black Bloc vs. Riot Cops soccer match in 2012?
200 years ago The Luddites used humor, spectacle, narrative, and myth
From The Right To Be Lazy. Ned Ludd was a fictitious leader. Costumes, jokes, and more. Here’s an excerpt: “The Luddites, as they soon became known, were dead serious about their protests. … But they were also making fun, dispatching officious-sounding letters that began, ‘Whereas by the Charter’…and ended ‘Ned Lud’s Office, Sherwood Forest.’ Invoking …
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