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I got tired of always thinking about where to put the activists, so here's a thread for them:

 

First entry:

Feminist Sheila Michaels, who spread the title "Ms." dead at 78 from leukemia:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/09/sheila-michaels-feminist-helped-change-the-world-with-ms-title-for-women

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40528950

 

I guess you can also put your anti-rape campaigners, black lives matter-folks, and Ralph Nader in here.

 

Edit: Link fixed :P

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10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Inactivists, surely?

If you find someone whose sheer laziness makes the news, sure!

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3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

I got tired of always thinking about where to put the activists, so here's a thread for them:

 

First entry:

Feminist Sheila Michaels, who spread the title "Ms." dead at 78 from leukemia:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/09/sheila-michaels-feminist-helped-change-the-world-with-ms-title-for-women

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40528950

 

 

She won't be msed.

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Does this thread include the Civil Rights Movement leaders? I would say that they are higher up than the feminists but they might be sufficient for this thread.

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Indian freedom activist and noted Gandhian K.E. Mammen is dead at 95. 

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On 7/26/2017 at 14:24, Joey Russ said:

Indian freedom activist and noted Gandhian K.E. Mammen is dead at 95. 

One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. 

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The activists thread might be enough for Civil rights leaders.

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5 minutes ago, Zsa Zsa's leg said:

The activists thread might be enough for Civil rights leaders.

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Thanks.

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Dick Gregory dead at 84. It's the fifth time this idiot dies today!

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Dennis Banks, Native American activist and co-founder of the American Indian Movement, has died aged 80 - http://www.startribune.com/obituary-longtime-american-indian-activist-dennis-banks/454089543/#1

 

Was on my longlist as he'd been in hospital for the past month or so. Seemed to be slowly on the mend after open heart surgery but turns out he took a very sudden downturn in the past few days.

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Dean Pappas, an antiwar and civil rights activist and teacher who assisted in the planning for the 1968 Catonsville Nine draft board raid, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his Mount Washington home. He was 78.
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Author, musician and environmental activist Katie Lee died Wednesday in Jerome, Ariz. at the age of 98 according to a press release on her website written by her friend, Diane Rapaport.

Lee grew up in Tucson and made a career as a folk singer and a Hollywood actress, but became attached to the Colorado River during a trip with a friend in 1953. She became active in the quest of maintaining a free-flowing Colorado River, and the elimination of dams.
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15 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Who's gonna risk imprisoned Bahraini civil rights activist (stage 3 colon cancer) Elyas Al-Mulla in 2018?

Already have (Rayya) Elias disappointing, don't need Elyas.  Sorry-arse theme team beginnings there...
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10 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Dennis Peron, double points for LGBT and marijuana activist, dead at 71 from lung cancer:

 

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dennis-Peron-called-father-of-medical-12531260.php

This combination was irresistible for the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/28/dennis-peron-medical-marijuana-california-dies

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