The Teenager Who Started The Largest Ocean Cleanup In History
Not bad for a kid who once nearly burned down a house due to a chemistry experiment gone wrong.
An Account On Twitter Made A Billionaire Sell His Private Plane
The Twitter account has made the effort to monitor the billionaire’s movements, as well as his flight data, which led him to make some changes.
Student’s Deportation Airplane Protest Live-Stream Goes Viral [Video]
Afghanistan isn’t the safest place in the world, and with death a serious threat to innocent deportees, it’s about time someone took a stand.
Women Around The World Are Tweeting Donald Trump When They Have Their Periods
Donald Trump is winning at Twitter again after he pisses of the female community in an effort to use periods as an insult.
Citizen Journalism In 2013 – A Review [VIDEO]
Last year more than ever, human endeavour and technology formed a powerful bond that exposed human rights issues on a scale that has never been seen before.
Activists Gatecrash Retirement Dinner, Rip Into HMRC Boss [VIDEO]
A group of activists recently gatecrashed the retirement dinner of former HMRC boss, Dave Hartnett. They gained entrance to the event by pretending to be representatives from Vodafone and Goldman Sachs. Watch them present him with a fake award for his services to “corporate tax avoidance”. What makes it even funnier is the fact that it took a while before people realised they were being punked.
New Hilarious “Yes Men” Viral Campaign Owns Shell [FULL GALLERY & VIDEO]
Greenpeace recently teamed up with activist pranksters, The Yes Men. Their goal? To rip Shell a new one over their planned Arctic oil drilling. Step inside, and watch a great (and hilarious) example of how social media and activism have become inseparable.
Spanish Activists Looking To Sue Former Bank Manager For Financial Crisis
Spanish activists are raising a large private fund to pay for a civil action suit against Rodrigo Rato – the former chairman of Bankia, one of the banks central to the Spanish financial crisis. The fundraiser is following the usual decentralized online-activist structure, with members organizing themselves under the #QuerellaPaRato (“Lawsuit for Rato”) hashtag.
Naked Ukrainian Feminists Strike Again, Grab Euro 2012 Trophy [Mildly N5FW]
Our friends from FEMEN, the topless Ukrainian protest group, have struck again – this time at the Euro 2012 trophy display in Poland. They are protesting the prestigious sporting event and the economies of prostitution and sex trafficking that spring up around it. See their passionate cries for justice after the jump.
Greenpeace Stages Protest Outside Apple HQ
Environmental activist group, Greenpeace staged a protest outside tech giant, Apple’s head office in Cupertino yesterday. The protest was a call for Apple to start powering its data centers with greener energy, and to move away from coal. They did this is the strangest way possible – by live tweeting from a “pod” dropped outside their HQ.
World Naked Bike Ride Hit Cape Town Over Weekend [PICS]
While the rest of Cape Town took part in yesterday’s Argus, a group of hipsters understandably felt that this event was way too commercial. So 100 of them shed their clothes instead, and cycled naked around the Prestwich Memorial. They raising awareness of the fact that the city has one of the highest carbon emissions per capita ratings in the world. Pictures taken of all the…action…after the jump.
Iranian Women Launch Nude Revolutionary Calendar [N5FW VIDEO]
To mark International Women’s Day today, SlutWalk Founder Sonya Barnett has designed the Nude Revolutionary Calendar. Featuring topless Iranian woman, this move is both a middle finger to political Islam, as well as a fundraiser towards “supporting women’s rights and free expression.” This promotional video has just been released online.
Egyptian Activist Posts Nude Photos To Protest Repression, Everybody Flips Out
20-year-old Egyptian activist Aliaa Mahdy has caused uproar by posting nude self-portraiture on her blog, to protest “a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy,” which isn’t the usual motivation for uploading naked pics, but whatever. Worried about losing the moderate vote, liberal politicians are making a point of criticizing Mahdy’s apparent impropriety.
84-Year-Old Woman Pepper Sprayed At Occupy Seattle
I don’t know that there are such things as iconic photographs anymore, what with the proliferation of media and all, but if there are, this is one – of Seattle activist Dorli Rainey, 84, reacting to being hit with pepper spray by cops during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.
Activist Uses Extreme Sarcasm To Troll Police [VIDEO]
“Food Not Bombs” in Orlando, Florida, has been distributing free meals to homeless people for the past 30 years. A ridiculous new law now prohibits food distribution to the homeless without a permit – resulting in the arrest of 25 volunteers. Check out this guy, employing severe sarcasm tactics in order to respond to the police and their “we are only doing our job” reasoning.
Anonymous’ Hack Scandal Forces Head of HBGary’s Resignation
Anonymous, the online sort-of-anarchic sort-of-activist group, forced Aaron Barr, head of HBGary Federal, the massive American tech security company, to resign. Which is sort of a huge deal in the way that Charlie Sheen isn’t. Even though I love everything that Charlie Sheen touches.