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Activism Remembered Through the Courtroom
Duygu Erbil The widespread availability of smartphones has provided activists with new tools to document protest and ensure that its memory is preserved. The Internet is full of advice on…
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Memory in Antagonistic Politics: Minutes from an “Antifascist September” in Greece
Emilia Salvanou On Wednesday 7 October, the Supreme Court of Greece passed its long-awaited verdict on the Golden Dawn party, declaring it to be a criminal organization. It was also…
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Why Monuments Matter (And When They Don’t)
In the centre of Paris on the afternoon of 16 May 1871 a huge crowd was waiting to the sound of the Marseillaise. Around a quarter past five, an expectant…
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‘My Body My Choice’: Why the Anti-Lockdown Protesters are Appropriating Memory
While Trump is egging them on and Bolsonaro has even joined them and called them “patriots”, the protesters taking to the streets against the coronavirus lockdown are mobilizing more than…
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Delacroix in Hong Kong: Activism, Memory and Visual Representation
Thomas Smits Yesterday evening World Press photo announced the winners of its 2020 contest. Nicolas Asfouri won the first prize in the General News category for his series ‘Hong Kong…
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International Women’s Day: Why is it on 8 March?
Clara Vlessing On 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD), last year I marched through the streets of Amsterdam in a tide of shouting placard-wielding protestors. By planning the protest on…
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My Grandmother the Militant: Activism as a Family Story
Daniele Salerno Her name was Alicia Raquel Delaporte but everybody called her “la gorda Silvia”. For the 21-year-old artist Ezequiel Yrurtia la gorda Silvia was “mi abuela”: his grandmother. Yet,…
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ActivistTM: Conspicuous Consumption and Social Change
Sophie van den Elzen What does the good fight smell like? For the 2019 holiday season, well-known cosmetics franchise The Body Shop has laid claim to the answer and has…
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Recursive Waves
Ann Rigney In the last weeks the headlines have been full of protesters. Each day seems to introduce a new flashpoint. Thousands of Dutch farmers on tractors resisting government measures…
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