Naked Protesters & Nude Activists

Why New York is different from San Francisco, as observed by Babs: “The presence of naked protesters appears to be kind of a big deal here.”

Yahoo News provides this photo of protesters in Manila — protesting, apparently, a crackdown on men without shirts:

Thanks to Dr. Menlo for the link.

News Flash! I noticed a zillion more search engine hits from people searching for naked protesters. Sure enough, there was a naked protest today in New York. Google it yourself for details, but don’t bother with the U.S. news outlets. One of them was showing coy photographs of ankles and feet, inside of dropped trousers. Fortunately, I found an overseas news site with this picture (no link, because it’s registration only):

The caption: “Naked activists protest outside Madison Square Garden, where the Republican National Convention is to be held next week.”

Here’s a couple of naked protesters in the Hague in 2002. Apparently they were exercised over a Spanish water development project, according to this story.

Photographer Sean Rivinus has two nice pictures of a nude PETA girl here. These are considerably more entertaining than the usual news photos, which tend to be coy in how they arrange the shot.

Daze Reader reports:

In Ashland, Oregon, a group played naked croquet on the municipal building lawn to protest a new city ordinance prohibiting nudity in public parks.

We want pictures!

Without further ado:

This picture came with the following caption:

Demonstrators strip to protest the corporate practices of the Gap clothing company, in downtown Calgary June 25, 2002 prior to the G8 summit that began June 26 in Kananaskis. The letters on the buttocks spell ‘Boycott Gap!’ The demonstrators claim the Gap is exploiting the poor in over 300 sweatshops in 55 third-world countries to make their clothes.

Not nude, but doing their second-best to draw attention to their cause:

Thanks to an alert reader for spotting this picture amidst the porn links at Pretty Tight Pussy.