Non-violent civil disobedience remains a vital tool for protest, but its form is shiftingIf asked to name a news story linked to environmental protest in 2021, chances are that most British people would, depending on where they live, mention either the…
‘Welcome to the party’: five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking out
Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, joined a growing list of Silicon Valley former employees to call out company policiesWhen Frances Haugen revealed she was the Facebook whistleblower who supplied internal documents to Congress and the Wall St…
Cop26 activists fear influx of English police will mar ‘friendly’ approach
Climate groups concerned about presence in Glasgow of officers from forces known for heavy-handed tacticsClimate campaigners are worried an influx of officers from elsewhere in the UK will undermine Police Scotland’s commitment to rights-based policing…
THE MEME IS THE MESSAGE
From signaling to organizing, memes as mobilizers in the age of viral media. A special report by Taraneh Azar.
Turner prize 2021: a collective effort to make art radical again
Pickled cows and unmade beds: the art award has always challenged convention. But in 2021 it is going further, by abolishing individual artists altogetherThe Turner prize has given us some great characters. Grayson Perry was a little-known alternative …
Greta Thunberg: ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing else matters’
The world’s most famous teen activist opens up about how she’s been transformed since she started her school climate strike in 2018 Continue reading…
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The Moomins are the ideal image for @ett_klibbkonto’s protest stickers because they highlight the fact that even the most gentle of people should not stand for fascism. from How the Moomins became an anti-fascist symbol Moomins and Tove Jannson previou…
Instacart shopper activist group asks customers to delete the app until demands for better conditions are met
Yesterday, the Gig Workers Collective — representing a body of about 13,000 Instacart shoppers — launched a #DeleteInstacart campaign, urging customers to delete the Instacart app as a show of solidarity with workers advocating for better treatment. The collective of shoppers asked that customers refrain from reinstalling the app until five demands are met. They […]
Apple and Google bow to pressure in Russia to remove Kremlin critic’s tactical voting app
Apple and Google have removed a tactical voting app created by the organization of jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, from their respective mobile app stores in Russia. Earlier this week Reuters reported that the Russian state had been amping up the pressure on foreign tech giants ahead of federal elections — appropriating the language of […]
The Activist: ‘tone-deaf’ new TV show has activists compete to lobby G20 leaders
CBS programme has caused a social media storm for its crass choice of format and ill-qualified judgesProducers have billed it as an exciting new twist on reality television: an X-Factor style competition between campaigners that will give them the chan…