I took this shot during the Global Day of Action for Tibet on the Dam square in Amsterdam. Besides this being one of the few pictures that corresponded with the theme, I also feel quite strong about the Tibetan issue. If you haven’t already, check out the BBC documentary “Undercover in Tibet” (for free via [...]
PhotoHunt: Wrinkled
August 23rd, 2008 · 14 Comments
Tags: PhotoHunt · activism · art · photography
Saving the Shroom
October 16th, 2007 · 7 Comments
So it appears that they set up a way to protest the Dutch government’s decision to ban ‘magic mushrooms’. On RedDePaddo.nl there is an email you can sign which is automatically sent to the parliament and ministers. Apparently Monday afternoon, 10,000 people had signed it already… Tuesday morning, this was 20,000!
They’re taking more initiatives than [...]
Tags: activism · ecology · politics · thoughts
Young idealists… (Free Burma protest in Sofia, Bulgaria)
October 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Well, it wasn’t big.. but at least I did something. The protest had 8 participants, but it’s probably the biggest protest the Chinese embassy has ever seen here in Sofia. As indicated earlier, I decided that it would be a good idea to get red flowers, because I had a feeling our presence would not [...]
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Protest for Burma, Sofia 2007
October 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Since nobody is taking the initiative, I will. In the hope that people will find this post through Google.
This is the plan!
If you care about the situation in Burma at all… Please do the following.
Go find the Chinese embassy (search: China Embassy on Google Maps), and lay a maroon-red flower there. Preferably between 2 and [...]
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A Day of International Action for Burma
October 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Basically it’s like this… remember the first things we heard about Burma, and the images of protesting monks? Well… they’re dead now. Or as good as dead. They’re either dead or facing serious torture, or locked in their pagoda’s (where they store no food). We stood by and watched while this happened. At least [...]
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