Russian police detained a punk group called Pussy Riot on Friday after they performed a protest song criticising Vladimir Putin next to Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow.
Eight members of an all-girl punk group called Pussy Riot wearing brightly coloured mini-dresses and balaclavas climbed over railings onto a stone platform next to the cathedral to sing a song called Putin Has P***** Himself.
Russian police stood by while the band performed the song before detaining all the members and taking them to the nearby Kitai-Gorod police station.
Four members were later charged with the non-criminal public order offences and disobeying police, carrying a maximum punishment of 15 days behind bars, according to one band member who uses the nickname Garadzha Matveyeva.
Putin’s party has drawn the ire of feminist groups for what they see as sexist policies and promotional stunts. And you though The Beatles’ rooftop concert was edgy.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, better known as the CBC, is a major player in Canadian television, radio and internet news and entertainment. As a Crown Corporation, it is dependent on government funding to subsidize its programming (to supplement advertising revenues on television and web). However, the network has been consistently critical of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Now that the Conservatives have won a majority of seats in Parliament, it appears that the CBC will be the target of what some see as vindictive budget cuts.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting is a non-partisan group trying to cement public support for the CBC against a possible worst-case scenario, which would be the outright sale of the network to private (possibly foreign) hands. The campaign may seem a little irrelevant to non-Canadians, but the satirical videos promoting it are an interesting and entertaining look into the uniquely Canadian culture of good-natured anti- Americanism:
58 countries around the world still apply the death penalty. What would you do to stop an execution? Would you stand between the gun wielding soldier and the convicted? Creators of this interactive installation and Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (Together against the death penalty) would like you to literally do that.
When talking about Hate or Unhate I prefer relations between real people. Those on the front line.
Unhate isn’t about stunning Photoshop work or a green logo from Italy.
These are images from a recent culture jamming action in Rome. The sender is anonymous.
According to the sender the action was done because of the corrupt Italy political landscape. Not against a single political party. It is about all of them.
More than thousand posters where jammed with three different stickers: “Dislike. Share this with a pic”, “Shit This - Follow on Twitter” and “404 Page Not Found - the page hasn’t been digested. Try again!”
As a socially conscious designer, I don’t always wait for a client to hire me to create something to support a cause I believe in. Most recently I created this design to support the Occupy Wall Street movement…
Posted by Marc | 23-10-2011 12:27 | Category:
Politics
It is election day today in Tunisia. And this is one of the best Get Out The Vote campaigns I’ve ever saw.
“The return of Ben Ali.” He is the former dictator of Tunisia [Wikipedia]. Not really of course but a awareness campaign from Engagement Citoyen: “To accompany and support the democratic awakening in Tunisia”.
Their message: take this election serious. Vote for democracy.
[3 +1] was temporarily stopped for several reasons. But here we are again! Our guest this week is Paul de Gregorio, a great guy who I met on Google+.
And I’m glad I discovered his blog also. Fundraising isn’t my forte. He is doing great writings on this topic. Inspirational!
About [3+1]: it is sharing 3 favourite campaigns, designs or other visual things. And 1 failure, something annoying. In short: 3 x good (green), 1 x bad (red).
Paul is Head of Mobile at UK fundraising agency Open Fundraising. He has been fundraising since 1996. Before joining Open to head the agency’s mobile offering in 2011, Paul was client services director at telephone fundraising agency Pell & Bales. He has worked with many charities and membership organisations - including Cancer Research UK, the NSPCC, The Labour Party, UNICEF UK and National Trust - to deliver fundraising and campaigning activity that inspires people to take action. He can be found on Twitter @pauldegregorio. He also blogs about fundraising with a focus on mobile and individual giving.
Christian Aid Malaria nets advert
One of the key reasons I’m doing what I do now is this advert from Christian Aid. The first time I saw it I was truck by it’s simplicity and compelled to take the action. But more than that, it re-enforced my view that text and mobile were tools for fundraisers and campaigners that if properly used could push us unto a whole new level of supporter and public engagement with causes.
Successful text response campaigns have a very clearly defined ‘itch’, the issue or situation that makes us feel uncomfortable and a ‘scratch’ the action we can take to relieve us from the uncomfortable feeling and make us feel good.
The Christian Aid advert is a brilliant example; the itch in this case is clearly the fact that a child dies every 45 seconds from malaria. The scratch, just as simple, you can provide a net, right now for £3, which will save a child’s life.
Josh Rachlis is a Canadian eco-comic, actor, musician and copywriter. He is perhaps best known for his viral video ”An Inconvenient Proposal: A love song for Laurie David” in which he attempts to woo the ex-wife of Comedian Larry David through his heroic environmentalism.
Now, Josh has thrown his hat in the political ring, running for an Urban Toronto seat (Eglinton-Lawrence) in the Ontario Provincial Legislature for the Green Party. And he’s attempting to run a paperless campaign, instead using his talent and social networks to spread this digital flyer:
In the Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC, sexual violence is a community-wide problem. Rape, in the DRC has been used as a weapon of war and sadly continues to increase even after. According to the peacebuilding NGO Search for Common Ground or SFCG, it is estimated that there…
In the movie Hot Tub Time Machine, John Cusack goes “back to the future” and discovers that his friend Lou has become incredibly wealthy due to a little search-engine-that-could that he aptly named “Lougle.” It’s a fun example of how an individual’s name can become a familiar household term…
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