In 1914, Suffragette Mary Richardson took drastic activist measures when\nshe slashed the famous Velasquez masterpiece ‘Rokeby Venus’ in London’s\nNational Gallery seven times. In defense of Emmilene Pankhurst, Richardson\nsaid her aim was to "destroy the picture of the most beautiful woman in\nmythological history as a protest against the Government for destroying Mrs\nPankhurst, who is the most beautiful character in modern history.”\n
On December 1, 1955\n
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October 5th, 1963. The young monk sat impassively in the central market\nsquare; he had set himself on fire performing a ritual suicide in protest against\ngovernmental anti-Buddhist policies.\n
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March 2010, anti-fur activists in Madrid lay naked in the streets, covered\nin fake blood to mirror the corpses of minks and other animals killed for their\nfur. Despite the fact that it was rainy and about 42 degrees, this large crowd\nstripped down to get their point across.\n
