Inspiring Activists
Jul 03, 2015
InspiringActivists
The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
Woodrow Wilson
MOSCOW 2008
ARRESTING MUGABE
"Call the police. The President is under arrest on charges of torture”.Peter Tatchell
FROM THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
http://www.petertatchell.net/
“Today is a great day for all of us at Dow. For the first time Dow is accepting full responsibility for the Bhopal catastrophe”
The Yes Men
YES MEN – THE MOVIENYT HOAX
BBC BHOPAL HOAX
http://www.theyesmen.org/ and http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com
PRAGUE 1988
WITH FRANK ZAPPA
WITH LOU REED
“Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you”.
Vaclav Havel
VELVET REVOLUTION
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Václav_Havel
“To think that you can write to these people, and say "we don't like what you're doing, we want you to change," and expect them to do so – it's not going to happen”.
Keith Mann
FOUNDER OF THE ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT
http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ALFront/Interviews/KeithMann06.htm
“Get a job” – George W. Bush to Michael MooreMichael Moore
IRAQ WARCORPPORATE POWERGUN CONTROL
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
“We are a global network of culture jammers and creativesworking to change the way information flows, the way corporations wield power, and the way meaning is produced”
Adbusters
https://www.adbusters.org/
“Do I believe that documentaries can change the world? Abso-bloody-lutely!”Franny Armstrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franny_Armstrong
THE AGE OF STUPIDLAUNCHING THE 10:10 CAMPAIGN
FILMING McLIBEL
“…because we knew the consequences of this action couldn't be worse than the consequences of inaction"
Plane Stupid
HIGH PROFILE DIRECT ACTION
www.planestupid.com/
MEDIA-FRIENDLY SPOKESPEOPLE
“Critical Mass is sometimes called an "organized coincidence", with no leadership or membership.” -Wikipeadia
Critical Mass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass
GLOBAL PHENOMENON, NO CENTRAL STRUCTURE OR ORGANISATON
“It’s time to move from the sanctity of human life to the sanctity of all life on earth."Robert Hunter
CO-FOUNDER OF GREENPEACE
http://www.bobhunter.org/
Success isn’t measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you encounter.
Orison SwettMarden