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protest THE HUMAN APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC SPACE UK steve gough selfridges 2003 vincent bethell vincent bethell bethell crown trial 2001 j18 london 1999 glastonbury 2000 piccadilly circus 2001 animal lab 2002 anti-gm crops 2003 james thorne 2001 photos...
conform and obey dot co dot uk..... C L O T H E S THE BODY FOR BEGINNERS C Y B O R G ........................... B L O G: family of breath ........................... some past blog posts: selfridges naked protest sept 6 2003 media reports and clothing sept 8 2003 Q:"if you know
life is nothing, then what are you living for?" A:"For nothing." From: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by A. Warhol, 1975. |
"its the 21st century. time to evolve"
(russell higgs' prison letter, the guardian newspaper, jan 2001)
a culture's power structures depend largely on how we look and are looked at. ( the body for beginners )
THERE IS NOTHING INHERENTLY BAD OR CRIMINAL IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE UNCLOTHED HUMAN BODY. i'm not some fucking hippy who wants to tell the world how 'beautiful' we all are, or how 'natural' and free it is to be naked. NAKED PROTEST IS AN EXTREMELY SIMPLE AND DIRECT POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ACTION, HIGHLIGHTING THE ABSURDITY AND EXTENT OF OUR CORRUPTED SOCIAL PROGRAMMING AND THE UNIFORMED STATE THAT ENFORCES IT. public nudity is a simple human statement that simultaneously invokes numerous important complexities. ("clothes do not maketh the man or woman" by russell higgs, sept 2003.)
"Simply being naked on the street is not a crime in San Francisco," said Debbie Mesloh, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, september 2004. City prosecutors said it was not illegal to perform naked yoga in the city -- even at the crowded tourist destination of Fisherman's Wharf. prosecutors decided they had a weak public nuisance case against George Monty Davis (the "naked yoga guy"), because local laws do not bar public nudity.
"To be offended by the visual appearance of another person is prejudice, akin to racism. The right to exist, uncovered, should hold precedence over the right not to view this, for the objection is irrational." - Terri Webb February 23, 2003: Those who have been following the case of nude activist Terri Sue Webb will be interested to know that the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon has REVERSED Webb's involuntary civil commitment to a state psychiatric institution. It was that commitment order that allowed a judge in May, 2002 to order Webb to be confined to a facility in Pendleton, Oregon.
the crown trial of vincent bethell 2001 Mr Bethell, 28, became the first person to stand trial in an English court naked. jury unanimously acquits vincent bethell 2001
steve gough's 2nd naked walk from lands end to john o'groats 2005 2003: Stephen Gough, 44, from Hampshire, finished his walk after seven months, much of which was spent in jail. jan 2004  russell higgs demonstrating inside selfridges department store, london, in support of steve gough, sept 2003.
"It is quite common to see signs (in public buildings) that require shoes by order of the Health Department, but in reality, there is no such order or regulation in New York State." (...STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 2002, via Society for Barefoot Living)
hundreds of farmers from Veracruz state marched naked to Mexico City
 June 18, 2003: Wearing masks of former President Carlos Salinas, naked farmers from Veracruz protested outside of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), in Mexico City. The farmers were demanding agricultural reforms and asking the party to return their land that the PRI government seized between 1992-1998 in the state of Veracruz. (read a typically coy account in the guardian)
brazil 2003: Police Attack Nude Anti-Police Brutality Protesters at the World Social Forum.
"Police did what police do best when they violently attacked protesters and bystanders on the last day of the World Social Forum. It started when a Mapuche woman who was attending the WSF and staying at the international youth camp was arrested with charges of "obscene acts" for bathing nude in a river. Activists saw this and organized over 400 people to protest by nonviolently taking their clothes off in solidarity. When the nude protest left the youth camp to march downtown the police attacked. After injuring and arresting some of the the nude protesters the police lashed out at journalists and bystanders. An unknown number of people were hospitalized or arrested as a result of the police assault." VIDEO 7.2mb via indymedia
THE HUMAN BODY HAS A LONG ANCIENT HISTORY AS A SITE FOR OPPRESSION AND CONTROL
"Police in England and Wales are to start carrying the controversial M26 Taser "electro-muscular disruption" stun gun to be used alongside conventional weapons in London, Thames Valley, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and north Wales from Thursday. " ( bbc april 2003 )
NAKED PROTEST ANTI-WAR 2003
(via baring witness and bare witness) "Naked anti-war demos sweep world"  Sydney, Australia March 2 2003  Marin County, california, us, January 4 2003  A Corua, Spain March15 2003  Durango, Colorado, us February 16 2003  Antarctica, McMurdo Station, Ross Island January 9 2003  Ashdown Forest, east Sussex, uk january 12 2003  |
