40 Best Protest Signs Of 2012

SOPA, Pussy Riot, NATO, and Chick-fil-A. Many great protest signs were raised in 2012.

1. SOPA/PIPA tech activists in New York:

Image by Mario Tama / Getty Images

2. Protesters outside a Coalition for Marriage conference in England:

Image by Matt Cardy / Getty Images

3. An anti-fracking demonstration in front of the EPA headquarters:

Image by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

4. Calling for peace in the Middle East:

Source: instagram.com

5. Celebrating the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street:

Image by Mario Tama / Getty Images

6. Seen on someone’s drive to work:

Source: instagram.com

7. “I didn’t come from your rib, you came from my uterus” at Slutwalk São Paolo:

Source: pinterest.com

8. Westboro Baptist Church protest on the same night as a football game:

Source: imgur.com

9. A student rally in London:

Source: reddit.com

10. Protesters beside a Chick-fil-A food truck:

Image by Robert Macpherson / Getty Images

11. A student protest in Montreal:

Source: reddit.com

12. Occupy Wall Street in Manhattan’s Union Square:

Source: imgur.com

13. An anti–Westboro Church protest:

Source: imgur.com

14. Anti-nuclear demonstrations in Tokyo:

Image by Yuriko Nakao / Reuters

15. Medical marijuana protest in Oakland:

Source: demotix.com

16. Taken in San Francisco:

Source: facebook.com

17. Tegan & Sara for Under The Radar magazine’s Protest Auction:

Via: undertheradarmag.com

18. “Save the Humans” at a pro-life protest in Uruguay:

Image by Matilde Campodonico / AP

19. A pro-choice sign at an anti–40 Days for Life rally:

Source: @katannh

20. Protests against NATO in Chicago:

Image by James Fassinger

21. In response to Mitt Romney’s comments on Big Bird:

Source: @DustinOfficial

22. Anti-nuclear protest in solidarity with Fukushima:

Source: @paddygibson

23. Anti-SOPA/PIPA demonstration in January:

Source: secure.flickr.com

24. Protests against San Francisco’s nudity ban:

Image by Robert Galbraith / Reuters

25. “Off to Narnia, I’d rather be governed by a lion,” seen in Spain:

Source: p.twimg.com

26. Wal-Mart strike in Los Angeles:

Image by Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters

27. Pussy Riot supporters in New York:

Image by Lucas Jackson / Reuters

28. Protesters at the NATO Summit in Chicago:

Image by Scott Olson / Getty Images

29. Occupy L.A. in August:

Image by Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

30. May Day in New York:

Image by Spencer Platt / Getty Images

31. NATO Summit:

Image by Joshua Lott / Getty Images

32. CNN Republican presidential debate in January:

Source: au4change

33. The ubiquitous “Free Pussy Riot” sign in London:

Image by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

34. A nationwide demonstration against the sale of public assets in New Zealand:

Image by Simon Watts / Getty Images

35. Long Beach, New York, after Hurricane Sandy:

Image by Bruce Bennett / Getty Images

36. A demonstration outside of the Goldman Sachs headquarters:

Image by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

37. Occupy Denver:

Source: notmytribe.com

38. New Yorkers calling for peace in the Middle East:

Source: facebook.com

39. NATO Summit in Chicago:

Image by Scott Olson / Getty Images

40. And the worst burn of all…

Chicago Teachers Union protests, September 2012

Source: @DanielStrauss4