Every word ❤️ “This idea took me to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a secular statement with a rarely quoted preamble, which urges “every individual and organ of society” to strive “by teaching and education” to promote awareness of and respect for the declaration’s rights and freedoms.”

Monica’s words in the interview are so resonant especially right now.

“I speculated that having the bravery to resist injustice might be connected to a strong sense of communal commitment to a clearly articulated ethical code.

Monica developed Anniversary - an act of memory in 2005, in response to the Met police’s shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazillian electrician living in London.

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Gallery in Margate packed on its first day - uplifted by images of hope and of action for change #Resistance

#Resistance - I was in there somewhere - against the war on Iraq, 15 February 2003

Bottle dump at Cadbury Schweppes HQ 1971 by Friends of the Earth - against the withdrawal of deposit system on glass bottles & in favour of recycling #Resistance

Too much armour, too little brain - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Ban the Bomb, 1960 #Resistance

Against Clause 28, 1988 #Resistance

“They shall not pass” Battle of Cable St 1936 - anti-fascist blockades in London’s East End against Mosley, adopting Spanish Civil War slogans #Resistance

Greenham Common women’s peace camps - dancing on the missile silos

Women’s Liberation Movement 1970s