The occupy movement started with the Occupy Wall Street in 2011. Occupiers created physical and political space for reasserting the power of the people. People taking up space and using social media/technology to spread in different locations is a powerful tool to protest.
Known as a ‘war challenge’ or ‘war cry’ in Māori culture, the haka was traditionally performed by men before going to war. The aggressive facial expressions were meant to scare the opponents, while the cry itself was to lift their own morale and call on God for help to win. Here it is used in a protest in 2022 and it is a very powerful tool.
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A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara. It’s an illustrated alphabet book that uses this classic teaching format to inspire and inform children.
It is a book worth having and sharing with children for whom activism is endemic to their responsibilities as citizens.
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Civil disobedience is the deliberate violation of unjust laws. In a similar spirit, cultural disobedience bravely subverts dominant cultural norms. We may think of culture as softer and more malleable than institutions and laws, but in many places cultural taboos are so strong that they become entrenched as law, while in other places, cultural taboos function as de facto law
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Local currencies are currencies that circulate mostly locally and at a community level. They work as complementary to an official, legal currency. They are usually accepted by local traders of all kinds, and they give local residents an incentive to shop locally.
