Category Archive for: Direct Action

Building A Wall To “Wall Off Trump” At The Republican National Convention In Cleveland

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#WallOffTrump: How Humor Defied Racism at the RNC – YES! Magazine

By Alexa Mills. Laughter makes us feel safer, stronger, and more together. In Cleveland, activists used it to flip Trump’s own ridiculous words upside down. The protesters dressed themselves in handmade cloth ponchos. As they waited to start their protest in Public Square in Cleveland, just outside the Republican National Convention, they kept the front panels…

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In Cleveland, A Wall Stands Between Latinos’ Praise And Protest For Trump – NPR

by Eyder Peralta Volunteers with Mijente, a national “Latinx and Chicanx” organizing group, paint a “wall” ahead of Wednesday’s “Wall Off Trump” protest. Mijente worked with several other organizations to orchestrate the protest, including the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, Ruckus Society and Other98. They were gathered in a warehouse just outside downtown Cleveland.…

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The Black Snakes Of New Orleans Oil Lease Auction Protest

President Obama recently opened 43 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling at a lease sale in New Orleans. As an Indigenous Movement Artist, I was given the opportunity to work with directly impacted People of Color from the Gulf in the lead-up to an oil and gas auction. This particular target…

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