A group of about 20 artists snuck into the Boston Museum of Fine Art last night with their works and turned the bathrooms in the new Art of the Americas wing into a make-shift gallery to protest the lack of attention on local artists.
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An estimated 1,000 farm workers marched in Sacramento on June 16th to urge Gov. Brown to sign a bill that would protect farm worker safety. On Friday, the day after the bill went to the governor, a number of farm workers and their allies began a hunger strike.
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Of all the nonviolent actions taking place around the world today, two of the most outstanding are missing from this report:
1. The villagers of of Gangjeong Village on Jeju Island in the south of South Korea are waging a very valiant struggle against the building of a navy base on their island which is a UNESCO heritage site and a popular tourist destination because of its extreme beauty, including coral reefs. One man is back on a hunger strike after a previous 55 day one while he was in prison. Another protester is awaiting trial. MacGregor Eddy of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space was just there and reports that villagers daily impede construction work, including attempts to pour concrete in the water on the reefs to build the base from the sea to the land. See http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/ or keepspace4peace.org for updates
2. Pakistanis in the 10s of thousands are sitting in, blocking NATO/US/ISAF supply routes from Pakistan to Afghanistan in protest against US drone strikes on Pakistani targets that are killing many civilians and violate Pakistan’s sovereignty. http://www.asiadespatch.com/2011/05/imran-khan-inspires-anti-drone-protesters-at-karachi-dharna/