Orders in Decay
Orders in Decay
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#20: The Colours of the Black Protest
22 minutes Posted Oct 27, 2020 at 7:28 pm.
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Producer: Ala Alysik. The Black Protests took to the streets of Poland in October 2016, challenging a new legislative initiative to ‘Stop Abortion’. The podcast explores the movement, unraveling the 'style' of the strike by decoding its symbols. Coat hangers and umbrellas were the material culture of the strike. But by changing registers, these objects became symbols and icons of injustice and activism.