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activism

noun as in action for change

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The exhibition displays over 200 different works drawn from the multiple disciplines Ono has engaged with across almost seven decades, whether film, music, conceptual or performance art, and also includes her continuing peace activism.

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Despite expressing strong interest in social causes, young Americans—especially members of Generation Z—tend to channel their energy toward protests and online activism instead of real action.

Once known for activism, it since has transitioned its strategy to focus on concentrated stakes in big public companies.

Some might see that as deflection, but in an era of corporate activism it is restraint deserving of praise.

Critics and digital subcultures embraced the niche volume like a manifesto — and a marker of Seu’s arrival as a public intellectual whose archiving was itself a form of activism.

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