{"id":30633,"date":"2015-04-12T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T10:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.trueactivist.com\/?p=30633"},"modified":"2019-02-16T02:42:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T02:42:44","slug":"awesome-watch-how-spanish-activists-created-a-magical-moving-solution-to-anti-protest-laws-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/awesome-watch-how-spanish-activists-created-a-magical-moving-solution-to-anti-protest-laws-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome: Watch How Spanish Activists Created A Magical, Moving Solution To Anti-Protest Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How are we supposed to change<\/a> the world when attending a protest<\/a> is pretty much guaranteed to get us arrested? Activists in Spain came up with a novel idea this weekend: simply project some marching, chanting holograms<\/a> on to a government building, and the chances are your voices will be heard even louder than ever.<\/p>\n These moving lights show defiance for the draconian ‘Citizen Security Bill’, which makes\u00a0it illegal to protest outside any public buildings, including the Spanish<\/a> Parliament.\u00a0People who exercise their democratic right to protest<\/a> without authorization face fines of up to \u20ac600,000 ($746,000). In addition, ‘showing lack of respect’ to a person in uniform, along with the photography or filming of police<\/a> officers, is strictly forbidden and punishable by fines and possible prison sentences.<\/p>\n The controversial bill was passed last December, with some members of congress so disgusted by the law<\/a> they had a protest of their own- a moving rendition<\/a> of\u00a0la<\/em> cancion del pueblo<\/em> (the people’s song) in Parliament, until security forced them out (to the applause of many journalists watching). This weekend, activists<\/a> found a genius way to use this widespread controversy \u00a0to their advantage. Not only do the holograms highlight the absurdity of Spain’s gagging laws, they also defy them in a way that is creative<\/a>, positive, and inspiring<\/a>.\u00a0Bravo<\/em>, Spain!<\/p>\n Watch the RT report video above to see these so-called ‘Holograms for Freedom’ in action.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How are we supposed to change the world when attending a protest is pretty much guaranteed to get us arrested? Activists in Spain came up with a novel idea this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3030,"featured_media":30659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,108,66,3,6],"tags":[1773,801,1445],"yoast_head":"\n