In the last couple of years we have seen a worldwide increase in protest. Sometimes it looks like the world is tumbling into a state chaos. Mass protest and acts of civil disobedience show us glimmers of hope.

To me the recent spate of protests can be linked back to the mega dump by Wikileaks. After the site got Ddos by the US government many sprung to WLs aid and defense. Such was the origin of the First Cyber War. Many battles ensued and battles are still ongoing.

Further protests ensued with the lighting of the Arab spring. This movement started in Tunisia. Wikileaks along with social media sights played an important role in igniting the fuse. This protest was both analog and digital in nature.

More recently we say the emergence of the occupy protests. At one point there where over 1000 protest worldwide at the same time.




With the collapsing of the banking system many of these protests turned more ugly like what is happening in Greece and Spain. Governments are collapsing and there is anarchy on the streets. It is worth noting that all the above protests have been supported by Anon.

I want this thread to not be about the rights and wrongs of activism but more about the graphical side. It is more a celebration of protest through artistic and graphical form.

So anyone with any pictures of protest or art of protest not necessarily limited to the above. Please feel free to post....

I will start with this. If I remember correctly it was taken in Canada



Not sure where this was taken looks to me like OWS -USA.



Taken in Egypt after the army had been sent in to remove the protesters.



Speaks for itself..



and a few closer to my heart..







Greece a few days ago...



A Banksy from back in about 2005



and I had to finish with this image from the Tiananmen square protests. China.







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Great pictures man. I love Banksy's art so much. The first picture is pretty epic as well.

great thread OP s + f

should be very interesting to see what others pic are posted up...

i have a few here - the first being a disturbing, but sad and moving picture...

The burning monk - Thich Quang Duc who burned himself to death - he was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by South Vietnam's Roman Catholic government led by Ngo Dinh Diem.



This is of Lt. John Pike who is just casually walking by pepper spraying protesters......



and the last two are some slightly lighter ones...



protesting duck..!

My favorite! This was taken somewhere in Russia during a violent protest.

Two men shot Muhammad Al-Durra five years ago , on Sept 30, 2000, two days after the outbreak of Intifada II: The occupation soldier who shot the fatal bullet that killed him, and the photo journalist who shot the iconic picture that immortalized him. Muhammad, of course, was the 12-year old boy killed in the arms of his father, who had vainly tried to shield him from harm as both crouched, compressed and trapped, between a low wall and a large metal barrel at the Netzarin Junction.

The harrowing image, filmed by Palestinian cameraman Talal Abu Rahma for France 2 television, carries the emblematic power of a battle flag. Its heart-rending intensity, its fevered veracity, puts it beyond all rational understanding. It is a lasting image of the war against the Palestinian people and how Israel has conducted it.

Source: Palestine Chronicle

17-year-old Keith Smith at Monday's (01/09/12) RNC protest, hours before his mother says he was beaten by police.



G20 Protest 2009.



I like this one - The Flower Power Protest late 1960's against the Vietnam War.



Spanish protests in Madrid - sums it up well...



I love this picture, because they look like they're having fun and enjoying it..! Why the police look so glum with those happy smiling faces in front of the, I don't know.
Students hug riot policemen during a protest against an education reform bill, in Bogota on October 26 2011.



Peace out man... fluffx