ten inspiring activists

InspiringActivists

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

Woodrow Wilson

MOSCOW 2008

ARRESTING MUGABE

"Call the police. The President is under arrest on charges of torture”.Peter Tatchell

FROM THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

http://www.petertatchell.net/

“Today is a great day for all of us at Dow. For the first time Dow is accepting full responsibility for the Bhopal catastrophe”

The Yes Men

YES MEN – THE MOVIENYT HOAX

BBC BHOPAL HOAX

http://www.theyesmen.org/ and http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com

PRAGUE 1988

WITH FRANK ZAPPA

WITH LOU REED

“Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you”.

Vaclav Havel

VELVET REVOLUTION

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Václav_Havel

“To think that you can write to these people, and say "we don't like what you're doing, we want you to change," and expect them to do so – it's not going to happen”.

Keith Mann

FOUNDER OF THE ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT

http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ALFront/Interviews/KeithMann06.htm

“Get a job” – George W. Bush to Michael MooreMichael Moore

IRAQ WARCORPPORATE POWERGUN CONTROL

http://www.michaelmoore.com/

“We are a global network of culture jammers and creativesworking to change the way information flows, the way corporations wield power, and the way meaning is produced”

Adbusters

https://www.adbusters.org/

“Do I believe that documentaries can change the world? Abso-bloody-lutely!”Franny Armstrong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franny_Armstrong

THE AGE OF STUPIDLAUNCHING THE 10:10 CAMPAIGN

FILMING McLIBEL

“…because we knew the consequences of this action couldn't be worse than the consequences of inaction"

Plane Stupid

HIGH PROFILE DIRECT ACTION

www.planestupid.com/

MEDIA-FRIENDLY SPOKESPEOPLE

“Critical Mass is sometimes called an "organized coincidence", with no leadership or membership.” -Wikipeadia

Critical Mass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass

GLOBAL PHENOMENON, NO CENTRAL STRUCTURE OR ORGANISATON

“It’s time to move from the sanctity of human life to the sanctity of all life on earth."Robert Hunter

CO-FOUNDER OF GREENPEACE

http://www.bobhunter.org/

Success isn’t measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you encounter.

Orison SwettMarden