#protestant mural

[nando161mando]

Scenes from the pro-Palestine protest in front of the huge mural for Gaza in Podgorica, Montenegro.

[londonedge]

A mural commemorating the 1921 Poplar Rates Rebellion (a tax protest) contrasts with the nearby HSBC Tower in Canary Wharf, Poplar, London

[greencarnation]

in northern ireland during the troubles (and before) catholics used murals as a way of both claiming territory/identity and taking up space in public when they couldn't march. it was a way of forcing their voices to be seen and heard when the media and the government were against them. it was a way of protesting. i will elaborate later but do you get me. marching, posting - all good but not the only way to resist. there is so much in our arsenal and we aren't exploiting it. you don't need 100k followers or ten thousand people marching with you to make your voice heard - you can start now, alone. make it impossible for palestine to slip from public consciousness, make everyone know and everyone remember

[clarabosswald]

The victory of the Netanyahu coalition and its bigoted worldview would have consequences not just throughout space, but also throughout time. For starters, it would retrospectively alter the meaning of the entire history of the state of Israel. Herzl, the founding father of modern Zionism, identified bigotry as an existential danger to Zionism already more than a century ago. In his 1902 book “The Old New Land,” in which Herzl envisioned the future state of Israel, he prophesied the rise of an imaginary party, led by Rabbi Geyer, that claims that Jews are superior to non-Jews and deserve special privileges. Herzl’s book warned readers that Geyer is “a blasphemer,” deviating from Jewish values. Herzl severely criticized the idea that Jews are superior to other humans and deserve special privileges in the future state. His envisioned state was meant to serve as a national home for the Jewish people, but to give equal rights to all its inhabitants. Herzl wrote, “We do not ask to what race or religion a man belongs. If he is a man, that is enough for us.” Herzl feared that if Jews were tempted by Geyer’s ideas, this would destroy their state. The duty of the Jews, Herzl wrote, is to support “liberality, tolerance, love of mankind. Only then is Zion truly Zion! … But if you choose a Geyer man, you will not deserve to have the sun of our Holy Land shine upon you.” This was Herzl’s prophecy in 1902.

yuval noah harari

[darkpolitics]

Street life

Paris, France. Some people are not happy with the far right.

[fotoflingscotland]

Masacre of Innocents by FotoFling Scotland Via Flickr: Art Mural at St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh

[streetartwellington]

[teamfortresstwo]

Not to be Protestant but tbh I think the idea of a holy place being just a bunch of desks and foldable chairs can be kinda sexy too in religious art,,, just a thought,,,

[hyperallergic]

Murals by Iranian-American artists across Los Angeles are inescapable reminders of the regime’s ongoing brutality. Through these public artworks, artists in the Iranian diaspora are able to speak to — and amplify — those whose voices are being stifled.

Read Matt Stromberg’s full article. Mural by Cloe Hakakian and Todd Goodman (photo by and courtesy Impermanent Art)

[macabre-discotheque]

every now and then i will have a thought about the 70s and then spontaneously combust into a thousand fla[gets dragged away by security]

[em578]

I live in Minneapolis and I think it's important for everyone to know that the neighborhood where George Floyd was murdered is still sorta... anarchist looking. three years later, the city still hasn't reclaimed it despite the protests "fizzling out"

I do various delivery apps and the main intersection there is a man-made roundabout that didn't exist a few years ago. I don't have my own photos that aren't blurry as shit (I'm usually driving while going past), but these is from google maps in 2022 and it still looked like this a few weeks ago (July 2023)

That central spot isn't paved or city made, the "curb" is made of cinder blocks and bricks. The traffic is directed by "temporary" road signs. The gas station is still spray painted. Those billboards in the upper corner/4th photo are both about the movement. Over on the right under the Cup Foods sign you can see the mural, and there's usually at least a flower or two laid. That third photo is where he died, and that road is permanently one lane from all the barriers and decorations laid

Even if public opinion turned, the protests slowed and stopped making news, legislation lashing out at protesting, we're still here. we still remember and that intersection is still untouched because they're well aware that it doesn't belong to the city anymore

All fair points:

[whatwould-misha-do]

I think ACAB is a useful concept but doesn't describe exactly what I believe. I have met cops who are useful and nice in certain circumstances, including more than a few who helped save the lives of kids. There was one who was a suicidal teen's only contact outside of a hospital and the way they checked in on them and encouraged them is part of why they survived. But you have to assume that due to training in their system, the way coworkers force out people who aren't rough enough or think a certain way, as well as how the profession draws people or abusers who want power and authority over others, that those same cops are still dangerous in different circumstances. I know this is compatible with ACAB, but some people who say that do mean cops are awful all the time.

I think of cops as a loaded gun. Always assume they could go off at the wrong moment. Don't leave kids alone with them. Useful in specific circumstances, but don't point them at anyone without warning, and unless you're okay with them possibly getting hurt or there aren't better alternatives. There should be steps before they are used. There should be alternatives.

[ankadabrowskavisualartist]

Latest commission: Protest poster for Women in Revolt mural at Camden arch commissioned by @tate and @buildhollywood to promote the new exhibition at Tate Britain, November 2023.

Mural design @disco_dickins

Protest posters: @ankadabrowskaart @disco_dickins @yesoliviatwist @zhouning__ , @_alice_hartley_ @esmelower #camdenarch #mural #womeninrevolt #protestposters #tate #exhibition

Location: Arch S14/15 Hawley Wharf, London NW1 8NX

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

The Cranberries - Zombie 1994

"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish alternative rockband the Cranberries. It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington, England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The song was released on 19 September 1994 as the lead single from the Cranberries' second studio album, No Need to Argue. While the record label feared releasing a too controversial and politically charged song as a single, "Zombie" reached number 1 on the charts of Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and Iceland, and spent nine consecutive weeks at number 1 on the French SNEP Top 100. It reached number 2 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, where it stayed for eight weeks. The song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart as it wasn't released as a single there, but it reached number 1 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart. Listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J voted it number 1 on the 1994 Triple J Hottest 100 chart, and it won the Best Song Award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.

The Troubles were a conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), an Irish republican paramilitary organisation, waged an armed campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite the region with the Republic of Ireland. Republican and Unionist paramilitaries killed more than 3,500 people, many from thousands of bomb attacks. One of the bombings happened on 30 March 1993, as two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in litter bins were detonated in a shopping street in Warrington, England. Two people; Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, were killed in the attack. 56 people were injured. Ball died at the scene of the bombing as a result of his shrapnel-inflicted injuries, and five days later, Parry lost his life in a hospital as a result of head injuries. O'Riordan decided to write a song that reflected upon the event and the children's deaths after visiting the town: "We were on a tour bus and I was near the location where it happened, so it really struck me hard – I remember being devastated about the innocent children being pulled into that kind of thing. So I suppose that's why I was saying, 'It's not me' – that even though I'm Irish it wasn't me, I didn't do it. Because being Irish, it was quite hard, especially in the UK when there was so much tension." The song was re-popularised in 2023 after it was played after Ireland games at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. It was picked up by fans of the Irish team, with videos of fans singing the song in chorus accumulating hundreds of thousands of views on social media. This offended other Irishmen, who identified it as an "anti-IRA" anthem, and said that that the lyrics failed to consider their experience during the Troubles.

The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, was filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the heart of the Troubles with real footage, and in Dublin. To record video footage of murals, children and British Army soldiers on patrol, he had a false pretext, with a cover story about making a documentary about the peace-keeping efforts in Ireland. Bayer stated that a shot in the video where an SA80 rifle is pointed directly at the camera is a suspicious British soldier asking him to leave, and that the IRA were keeping a close look at the shoot, given "the British Army come in with fake film crews, getting people on camera.” While "Zombie" received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA, the music video was banned by the BBC because of its "violent images", and by the RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster. Instead, both the BBC and the RTÉ opted to broadcast an edited version focusing on footage of the band in a live performance, a version that the Cranberries essentially disowned. Despite their efforts to maintain the original video "out of view from the public", some of the initial footage prevailed, with scenes of children holding guns. In March 2003, on the eve of the outbreak of the Iraq War, the British Government and the Independent Television Commission issued a statement saying ITC's Programme Code would temporarily remove from broadcast songs and music videos featuring "sensitive material", including "Zombie". Numerous media groups complied with the decision to avoid "offending public feeling", along with MTV Europe. Since it violated the ITC guidelines, "Zombie" was placed on a blacklist of songs, targeting its official music video. The censorship was lifted once the war had ended. In April 2020, it became the first song by an Irish group to surpass one billion views on Youtube.

"Zombie" received a total of 91% yes votes!

[nataliasustaitaart]

Power To The People

Protest mural from 2020

collaboration between Natalia Sustaita and Angel Lunetta