Category: Protest

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People are getting roasted for their hilariously ineffective Nike protests

sudshr47 September 4, 2018

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Remember when people smashed their expensive Keurig coffee brewers all in the name of protest? Well, this week the same phenomenon is happening with Nike products. 

On Sunday, the sportswear company announced that Colin Kaepernick is one of the faces for their new “Just Do It” campaign, to the chagrin of some and the joy of many more. Folks who are adamantly against the San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback — known for kneeling against police brutality — have come up with a rather unusual way to protest: destroying Nike gear they already own. 

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#DeactiDay: The growing Twitter movement urging users to delete their accounts over Alex Jones

sudshr47 August 15, 2018

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Some prominent Twitter users are giving the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey an ultimatum: it’s either us or Alex Jones.

There is a growing movement in various circles on Twitter to make this Friday, August 17th “D-Day” or “#DeactiDay” on the service. 

The movement launched when designer Mike Monteiro, who’s been a longtime critic of the way Jack has run the platform, shared an image with the rallying cry urging users to “show Twitter you won’t be part of a place that tolerates bigotry and abusive information, specifically from Alex Jones.”

Next Friday. We’re out. The only thing Twitter cares about is engagement. Let’s stop giving it to them. Reclaim your life. Reclaim your blood pressure. Reclaim your mental health. Please help spread the message#DeactiDay pic.twitter.com/Y6TVMHyQfa

— Mike Monteiro (@monteiro) August 11, 2018 Read more…

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Protester mocks Melania Trump’s ‘I Really Don’t Care’ jacket at court appearance

sudshr47 August 3, 2018

The woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty has a statement for Melania Trump: she really cares. 
Patricia Okoumou scaled Lady Liberty a month ago to protest Donald Trump’s immigration policy of family separation. During the three-hour standoff …

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Welp, here’s a photo of a Putin impersonator riding a bronze bull covered in dildos

sudshr47 July 18, 2018

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A shirtless Vladimir Putin impersonator riding a bronze bull covered in dildos sounds like the beginning of a NSFW joke. In fact, it is a real thing that actually happened on Monday.

As an act of resistance, a Washington, D.C. ramen shop owner named Jeff Jetton pulled on a mask of the Russian prime minister’s and mounted the famous Charging Bull statue located on Wall Street in New York City, which he plastered with 130 sex toys.

“Anybody who tells you sex toys aren’t good tools of resistance has never had a bag of dicks and a little bit of ingenuity,” Jetton told Mashable via Twitter DM. Read more…

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Punk band Pussy Riot stage World Cup protest

sudshr47 July 15, 2018

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Four protesters rushed the field during the France vs. Croatia final World Cup match. Russian group Pussy Riot has since claimed responsibility for the display.

NEWS FLASH! Just a few minutes ago four Pussy Riot members performed in the FIFA World Cup final match — ”Policeman enters the Game”https://t.co/3jUi5rC8hh pic.twitter.com/W8Up9TTKMA

— 𝖕𝖚𝖘𝖘𝖞 𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖙 (@pussyrrriot) July 15, 2018

Four protesters in police uniforms went onto the field shortly after intermission and were quickly nabbed by match stewards.  Read more…

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Culture Donald Trump London Protest Uk

Someone has made a giant Trump blimp to protest his UK visit

sudshr47 June 27, 2018

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In case you hadn’t heard, Trump is finally planning to visit the UK on the 13 July.

To say he’ll be greeted with a warm welcome might be pushing it a bit, but he’ll certainly be greeted. Every time news of a Trump visit has broken in the past, protestors have made their feelings (and their plans) abundantly clear.

Well, it sounds like this visit — assuming it doesn’t get scrapped at the last minute — will be no exception.

Earlier in the month a man called Leo Murray took to Twitter to make the following announcement.

Hello twitter friends! Now, hear me out

I’ve got this blimp

Of Donald Trump

As a baby.

With tiny hands

1/n https://t.co/J821Osx85l

— Leo Murray (@crisortunity) June 13, 2018 Read more…

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Memo to 2018 from the 1960s: Forget ‘civility.’ Get angry. Don’t stop.

sudshr47 June 27, 2018

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To hear David Gergen tell it, the turbulent history of America’s 1960s protest movement was little more than a polite disagreement between old pals. 

“The anti-war movement in Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and 70s, both of these were more civil in tone” than the pro- and anti-Trump forces in 2018, Gergen, a Republican adviser to Presidents Nixon, Reagan, and Bush claimed on CNN Monday night. 

The political analyst was rightly dragged on Twitter — and even found himself subtweeted by a CNN anchor, who posted bloody images from the Civil Rights struggle. (Emphasis on “struggle.”) Gergen, who was in his 20s and interning for a (pro-civil rights) southern governor in the early 1960s, has zero excuse. Read more…

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Protesters disrupt Kirstjen Nielsen’s dinner at a Mexican restaurant, of all places

sudshr47 June 20, 2018

If you’re behind the separation of Latino families at the U.S. border, maybe dining at a Mexican restaurant isn’t the wisest of ideas.
Department of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, berated in recent days for claiming the agency does “no…

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Striking photos of National Die-In Day show students protesting on U.S. Capitol lawn

sudshr47 June 12, 2018

To mark the two-year anniversary of the deadly 2016 shootings at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a group of student activists organized a National Die-In.
At 12 p.m. ET on Tuesday, high school students from across the country gathered on the…

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Culture Gun Control Protest Twitter Web Culture

The only student to walk out for gun control last month rallied his classmates for Columbine

sudshr47 April 20, 2018

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The teen who marched alone last month, attracting the attention of the country, just got his classmates to join a student walkout in memory of the 15 victims of the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School.

Justin Blackman received massive support on social media last month for being the only student at his high school to participate in the nationwide walkout, part of movement led by Parkland survivors that called for lawmakers to pass stricter gun laws. 

Wow I’m literally the only one #NationalSchoolWalkout pic.twitter.com/2F95qY2vTI

— Justin Blackman (@JustinIBlackman) March 14, 2018

“It’s National Walkout Day, I’m the only one from my school out here,” the 16-year-old said in a video he tweeted. “I’m just going to be chilling here for the next 15 minutes.” Read more…

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