Category Archives: Colour

Women, protest, and the colour black: South Africa and Israel/Palestine

by Managing Editor Posted on February 21, 2023

In the next instalment of the Colour Series, Rebecca Swartz, Ana Stevenson and Sarah-Jane Walton engage with the representation of the colour black in protest movements to challenge the apartheid state and end gender-based violence. In September 2019, following the … Continue reading →

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Black, Green, and Gold: An African Protest Story

by Managing Editor Posted on December 8, 2022

Many organisations inside the South African protest movement against apartheid implemented colour as a way to represent and reflect their goals. These colours remain central to the future of South Africa today. In various protest movements around the world, single … Continue reading →

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From South to North: Green as Transnational Solidarity

by Managing Editor Posted on August 9, 2022

For the first post in our Gender, Emotions, and the Colours of Protest Series, Vera Mackie and Sharon Crozier-De Rosa analyse the colour green at pro-choice protests. In June 2022, protesters across the USA took to the streets to signify their … Continue reading →

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Gender, Emotions, and the Colours of Protest

by Managing Editor Posted on August 8, 2022

This blog begins a new series, edited by Vera Mackie and Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, dedicated to exploring the role of color and emotions in the history of social movements. Emotions, Colour, Protest Social movements engage in framing activities to enable … Continue reading →

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