Activists Collection

Demonstration in London -- Tariq Ali (b. 1943, centre), writer, journalist and filmmaker, linking arms with others and walking along a road

Boris Reinstein, American socialist, c1901-c1914 (b/w photo)
LLE5233960 Boris Reinstein, American socialist, c1901-c1914 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boris Reinstein (1866-1947), American socialist

Women's suffrage parade, New York, USA, 4 May 1912 (b/w photo)
LLL5235924 Women's suffrage parade, New York, USA, 4 May 1912 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's suffrage parade, New York, USA)

Che Guevara Mausoleum (1997), Santa Clara, Cuba
DGA925658 Che Guevara Mausoleum (1997), Santa Clara, Cuba; © NPL - DeA Picture Library / V. Giannella. Please note: This photograph requires additional permission prior to use

Helen Keller, American deaf and blind author
LLL5235919 Helen Keller, American deaf and blind author, political activist and lecturer, with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, and the author Edward Everett Hale

Joseph Trumpeldor
UIG3739671 Joseph Trumpeldor; (add.info.: Joseph Trumpeldor formed the 650-strong Zion Mule Corps, of whom 562 were sent to the Gallipoli front in World War One)

March of the poissardes, or market women
KWE3083282 March of the poissardes, or market women, to Versailles on 5th October 1789 during the French Revolution

Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) Austro-Hungarian journalist
UIG1578120 Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist and writer

Christabel Pankhurst waving to the hunger strikers from a house overlooking Holloway Prison
STC321053 Christabel Pankhurst waving to the hunger strikers from a house overlooking Holloway Prison, 1909 (sepia photo) by English Photographer

Le Figaro, Satirique en N & B, 1977_4_22: President of the Republic
ICA4868123 Le Figaro, Satirique en N & B, 1977_4_22: President of the Republic, Angola - Giscard d'Estaing Valery, Brejnev, Che Guevara - Illustration by Jacques Faizant (1918-2006) by Faizant

Richard Cobden (1804-1865) the apostle of free trade. English politician, economist and potash producer from Lancashire. Founder of the Anti-Corn Law League in 1838 and campaigner for free trade

James Wilson (1805-1860), British politician and economist, born in Hawick, Scotland. Liberal MP for Westbury, Wiltshire, 1847, campaigner in favour of free trade

Lina Morgenstern, 1830, 1909, a German writer, woman's rights activist and social activist, c

Portrait of Zdzislaw Lubomirski (born 4 April 1865) (died 31 July 1943), Polish jurist, politician and social activist, President of Warsaw, member of the Council of Regency, Prince

The grave of Friedrich Ludwig Weidig, 1791-1837, German Protestant theologian, pastor, activist, teacher and journalist, cemetery in Darmstadt, Historic

Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle, 1825 - 1864, German jurist, philosopher, and socialist political activist, Ferdinand Lassalle oder Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassal, 1825 - 1864

Maria Anna Loehn Siegel, 1830-1902, a German women's rights activist, writer and Royal Court actress, Maria Anna Loehn-Siegel, 1830-1902, eine deutsche Frauenrechtlerin

Louise or Luise Otto-Peters, pseudonym of Otto Stern, 1819-1895, a German writer, feminist, poet, journalist, and women's rights movement activist, Louise oder Luise Otto-Peters

Adam Bernard Mickiewicz, 1798 - 1855, Polish national poet, publicist, translator, Adam Bernard Mickiewicz, 1798 - 1855, der Nationaldichter Polens und wichtigster Vertreter der polnischen Romantik

Thomas Paine, 1736-1809, an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary, Thomas Paine oder Pain, einer der Gruendervaeter der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika

Sayyid JamAl al-DIn al-AfghAnI, or Sayyid JamAl ad-DIn AsadAbAdI, 1838/1839-1897, a political activist and Islamic ideologist

Giuseppe Mazzini, 1805 - 1872, an Italian politician

Joseph Sturge, 1793 - 1859, an English Quaker, abolitionist and activist

Clovis Hugues, a French poet, journalist, dramatist, novelist, and socialist activist, political caricature, 1882, by Alphonse Hector Colomb pseudonym B. Moloch, a French caricaturist

Louis Auguste Blanqui, a French socialist and political activist, political caricature, 1882, by Alphonse Hector Colomb pseudonym B. Moloch, a French caricaturist

GDR, Berlin, 01. 05. 1987, 1. May rally 1987 on Karl-Marx-Allee, VEB, activists, best workers

GDR, Berlin, 01. 05. 1986, 1 May 1986 on Karl-Marx-Allee, Our Activists

Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, 1784 to 1885, British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London, Historic

Ferdinand Lassalle, 11 April 1825, 31 August 1864, a Prussian-German jurist, philosopher

Giuseppe Mazzini, 22 June 1805, 10 March 1872, an Italian politician, journalist, activist for the unification of Italy and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement, Historical

The grave of Friedrich Ludwig Weidig, 1791, 1837, German Protestant theologian, pastor, activist, teacher and journalist, Darmstadt cemetery, History, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Franz Julius Delitzsch, 23 February 1813, 4 March 1890, was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian specialising in Old Testament exegesis and an activist in the Christian mission to the Jews

Ludwik Adam MierosNawski, 17 silver hake (1814) in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, 22 November 1878 in Paris, was a Polish general, writer, poet, historian, and political activist, Historical

A collection of signatures by students, as here in Bochum on 18.8.1971, opposed sentencing of Red Dot activists, Germany, Europe

A collection of signatures by students opposed the sentencing of Red Dot activists, as here in Bochum on 18 August 1971

A collection of signatures by students opposed the sentencing of Red Dot activists, as here in Bochum on 18 August 1971

A collection of signatures by students, as here in Bochum on 18.8.1971, opposed sentencing of Red Dot activists, Germany, Europe

Palestine Jews served with the British Army as the Zion Mule Corps in 1915
UIG3739576 Palestine Jews served with the British Army as the Zion Mule Corps in 1915 by Unknown photographer

Helen Keller (b/w photo)
UIG3739449 Helen Keller (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), American author, political activist, and lecturer

Lina Morgenstern, 1830 - 1909, a German writer, feminist and social activist, historic engraving, 1883

Henriette Goldschmidt, born Henriette Benas, 1825 - 1920, a German woman's rights activist, educator and social worker, historical engraving, 1883

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Sarah Margaret Fuller, 1810 - 1850, an American writer and journalist of the transcendentalists and an activist for women's rights

Le Figaro, Satirique en N & B, 1977_4_19: Cuba
ICA4868062 Le Figaro, Satirique en N & B, 1977_4_19: Cuba, Angola - Brejnev, Noir, Che Guevara - Illustration by Jacques Faizant (1918-2006) by Faizant, Jacques (1918-2006); (add.info.: Le Figaro)

Theodor Herzl, 1900
UIG1578134 Theodor Herzl, 1900; (add.info.: Photograph of Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist and writer. Dated 1900.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Anthony Eugene Gornisiewicz, 1890
UIG1577997 Anthony Eugene Gornisiewicz, 1890; (add.info.: Photograph of Anthony Eugene Gornisiewicz (1827-1899) polish political activist

Martin Luther King Jnr - Voting Rights Bill, 1965 (b/w photo)
UIG7133785 Martin Luther King Jnr - Voting Rights Bill, 1965 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Washington, DC)

Wojciech Korfanty, 1898
UIG1576635 Wojciech Korfanty, 1898; (add.info.: Photograph of Wojciech Korfanty (1873-1939) Polish nationalist activist, journalist and politician

Theodor Herzl, 1900
UIG1577886 Theodor Herzl, 1900; (add.info.: Photograph of Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist and writer. Dated 1900.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth, 1865
UIG1577862 Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth, 1865; (add.info.: Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist

Jonas Basanavicius, 1900
UIG1576611 Jonas Basanavicius

Suffrage pickets tend their watchfire during a protest in front of the White House
RCN4073019 Suffrage pickets tend their watchfire during a protest in front of the White House, 1919 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Edward Carpenter and his partner George Merrill, c.1900 (b/w photo)
DGC2647821 Edward Carpenter and his partner George Merrill, c.1900 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer

The hunger strikers waving to Christabel Pankhurst from their cells in Holloway Prison
STC321054 The hunger strikers waving to Christabel Pankhurst from their cells in Holloway Prison, 1909 (sepia photo) by English Photographer

New York suffragists promote a Carnegie Hall meeting featuring Jane Addams
RCN4073046 New York suffragists promote a Carnegie Hall meeting featuring Jane Addams, 1913 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Creator: Unknown
Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Sculpture, constructed in 1898, by Polish sculptor Cyprian Godebski (1835-1909)

Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Creator: Unknown
Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Sculpture, constructed in 1898, by Polish sculptor Cyprian Godebski (1835-1909)

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the movement for independence from British rule (b / w photo)
6014960 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the movement for independence from British rule (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London

A Civil Rights March on Washington
Photograph taken during a Civil Rights March on Washington, a crowd of African-Americans behind a storm fence with police on the other side. Dated 20th Century

A silent protest parade in New York City against the East St. Louis riots
Photograph taken during a silent protest parade in New York City against the East St. Louis riots. Dated 20th Century

A Civil Rights March on Washington
Photograph taken during a Civil Rights March on Washington. Dated 20th Century

A Civil Rights March on Washington
Photograph taken during a Civil Rights March on Washington. Dated 20th Century

A Civil Rights March on Washington
Photograph taken during a Civil Rights March on Washington. Dated 20th Century

Asa Philip Randolph along with other civil rights leaders during the March on Washington
Photograph of Asa Philip Randolph along with other civil rights leaders during the March on Washington 1963

The March on Washington in 1963
Photograph taken during the March on Washington in 1963. Visible is the Lincoln Monument and the Washington Monument. Dated 20th Century

The Republican National Convention
Photograph taken during the Republican National Convention. Dated 20th Century

A Civil Rights parade during the Republican National Convention
Photograph taken of a Civil Rights parade taking place during the Republican National Convention. Dated 20th Century

Civil Rights Leaders talking with reporters after meeting with President John F. Kennedy
Photograph of Civil Rights leaders talking with reporters after meeting with President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) after the March on Washington. Dated 20th Century

Portrait of Maxim Gorky, 1906. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Portrait of Maxim Gorky, 1906

F.B. Sayre & wife, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
F.B. Sayre & wife, 1913. Shows Francis Bowes Sayre (1885-1972) with President Woodrow Wilson's daughter, Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1887-1933) whom he married on Nov. 25, 1913

Lewis Nixon, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Lewis Nixon, between c1915 and c1920

Henry Cantwell Wallace, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Henry Cantwell Wallace, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924), Secretary of Agriculture during Harding Administration

Alex. Berkman [on crutches], 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Alex. Berkman [on crutches], 1917. Shows anarchist and political author Alexander Berkman (1870-1936)

Morris Hillquit, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Morris Hillquit, between c1910 and c1915

Officers, World Court League, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Officers, World Court League, 1916. Shows the members of the World Court League at the World Court Congress in May 1916. League president, John Hays Hammond is seated at center

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Activists: Catalysts of Change From the bustling streets of London to the vibrant protests in Melbourne, they have long been at the forefront of social and political movements, and are individuals who refuse to remain silent, using their voices as powerful tools for change. Tariq Ali, a renowned writer, journalist, and filmmaker, stands tall amidst a sea of demonstrators in London. His presence embodies the spirit of activism that has shaped generations. With unwavering determination etched on his face, he symbolizes the resilience required to challenge societal norms. In another corner of history lies Bertrand Russell, seated on a pavement during a Committee of 100 demonstration against nuclear weapons. This British philosopher's commitment to peace echoes through time as he joins fellow protesters under an expansive banner proclaiming "Action for Life. " The Spanish Civil War brings forth Les J. E. R. E. C. , united in their fight against fascism. These brave souls stand shoulder to shoulder with unwavering conviction, their collective strength illuminating hope amid dark times. London witnesses yet another march against racialism—a battle fought not only with placards but also with hearts filled with compassion and solidarity. Activists from all walks of life come together to dismantle prejudice brick by brick. Sports become more than just games when activists protest Lions playing South Africa during apartheid years. Their actions transcend stadiums; they embody resistance against injustice and discrimination. A boycott takes shape as Shell petrol becomes synonymous with environmental degradation—a testament to how activism can extend beyond borders and industries alike. The power lies within ordinary people determined enough to make corporations listen. Leaders emerge from within activist circles like Mike Terry—his voice resonates at annual general meetings where decisions affecting countless lives are made. He fearlessly advocates for justice while inspiring others around him. Anti-apartheid demonstrators take center stage—an indomitable force fighting tirelessly until equality prevails over oppression's grip on humanity's conscience. Their struggle unites nations, transcending boundaries and reminding us of the power of collective action.