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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:
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2. Protesters outside a Coalition for Marriage conference in England:
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3. An anti-fracking demonstration in front of the EPA headquarters:
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4. Calling for peace in the Middle East:
5. Celebrating the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street:
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6. Seen on someone's drive to work:
7. "I didn't come from your rib, you came from my uterus" at Slutwalk São Paolo:
8. Westboro Baptist Church protest on the same night as a football game:
9. A student rally in London:
10. Protesters beside a Chick-fil-A food truck:
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11. A student protest in Montreal:
12. Occupy Wall Street in Manhattan's Union Square:
13. An anti–Westboro Church protest:
14. Anti-nuclear demonstrations in Tokyo:
Yuriko Nakao / Reuters
15. Medical marijuana protest in Oakland:
16. Taken in San Francisco:
17. Tegan & Sara for Under The Radar magazine's Protest Auction:
18. "Save the Humans" at a pro-life protest in Uruguay:
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19. A pro-choice sign at an anti–40 Days for Life rally:
20. Protests against NATO in Chicago:
James Fassinger
21. In response to Mitt Romney's comments on Big Bird:
22. Anti-nuclear protest in solidarity with Fukushima:
23. Anti-SOPA/PIPA demonstration in January:
24. Protests against San Francisco's nudity ban:
Robert Galbraith / Reuters
25. "Off to Narnia, I'd rather be governed by a lion," seen in Spain:
26. Wal-Mart strike in Los Angeles:
Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters
27. Pussy Riot supporters in New York:
Lucas Jackson / Reuters
28. Protesters at the NATO Summit in Chicago:
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29. Occupy L.A. in August:
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30. May Day in New York:
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31. NATO Summit:
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32. CNN Republican presidential debate in January:
33. The ubiquitous "Free Pussy Riot" sign in London:
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34. A nationwide demonstration against the sale of public assets in New Zealand:
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35. Long Beach, New York, after Hurricane Sandy:
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36. A demonstration outside of the Goldman Sachs headquarters:
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37. Occupy Denver:
38. New Yorkers calling for peace in the Middle East:
39. NATO Summit in Chicago:
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40. And the worst burn of all...
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Chicago Teachers Union protests, September 2012