When Indecline started work on their documentary The Art of Protest in late 2018, they wanted to tell the history of resistance art. Over the previous two years — since they broke onto the national consciousness with their naked-Trump, guerilla-art instillation The Emperor Has No Balls, the activist-artist collective has …
Read More »Spike Lee Criticizes Donald Trump for Calling Protesters 'Unpatriotic'
Spike Lee appeared on The Daily Show Thursday night to discuss his new film Da 5 Bloods, a historical Vietnam War drama that’s streaming now on Netflix. Following the journey of four African-American veterans as they travel back to Vietnam to search for what their former squad leader left behind, the film …
Read More »Lorde Stands With Black Lives Matter Protesters, Urges Other Musicians to Follow
Lorde expressed her solidarity with Black Lives Matter protestors following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and more, and grappled with the nature of her role during this moment as a white person and musician. Lorde shared her thoughts in a newsletter to fans, which was then …
Read More »Mysterious Deaths Leave Ferguson Activists 'On Pins and Needles'
It’s been four and a half years since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, the unarmed young black man whose shooting by police officer Darren Wilson sparked protests and riots in Ferguson, Missouri, helping to solidify the Black Lives Matter movement. Though the unrest is over, his passing is still …
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