Uprisings

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  Op-Ed

  Syria: This Is Not a “Civil War”

  October 9, 2012 - 

  Syrian artist Jaber Al Azmeh speaks to the dangers of using the label “civil war” instead of “revolution” when discussing the ongoing crisis in Syria.  More

  By Jaber Al Azmeh

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  Uprisings

  Mexico: Creating Anti-Monuments and Crowdfunding Dissent

  October 1, 2012 - 

  In July, Enrique Peña Nieto was elected president of Mexico, aided by disproportionate media coverage in his favor. Pedro Reyes covers the opposition #YoSoy132 movement and suggests new media strategies for publicly airing critiques that TV shows won’t touch.  More

  By Pedro Reyes

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  Podcast: Forms of Life

  Lighting Up the Streets with the 99%

  September 19, 2012 - 

  As Occupy Wall Street celebrated its first anniversary, Forms of Life host Nato Thompson talks to artist and activist Mark Read about his street interventions and the fate of the movement.  More

  By Nato Thompson and Mark Read

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  Uprisings

  MTL Reports: #DebtBurn

  September 17, 2012 - 

  MTL, a collaborative movement that fuses research and aesthetics with activism, captures the first action of Strike Debt, an arm of Occupy Wall Street that aims to build a debt resistance movement in the United States.  More

  By MTL

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  Photo Gallery

  Quebec: New Premier Is Elected

  September 7, 2012 - 

  On the heels of a tuition hike threat, Canadian graphic design collective École de la Montagne Rouge [Red Mountain School] produced posters rejecting a raise in school fees and later implored people to vote in the province’s general election.  More

  By École de la Montagne Rouge