or Customize it as You Wish.
Trump’s Long-awaited Nobel Peace Prize!
or Customize it as You Wish.
or Customize it as You Wish.
Trump’s Military Parade (Revisited) in Action, June 14, 2025
On Saturday, June 14, 2025, a defiant crew of true patriots took to the streets for Trump’s Military Parade Revisited—marching from Trump Tower to Bryant Park in Manhattan to join the No Kings rally.
Their counter-parade stood in stark contrast to the authoritarian spectacle unfolding in Washington, D.C. that same day. Wearing Trump masks and singing “Happy Birthday to me,” they mocked the narcissism of a president whose agenda is corrupt, anti-American, delusional, and designed to dismantle democracy and divide the nation.
Rain or shine, show up. Speak out. Resist. Democracy depends on it.
Joey Skaggs Presents a Call to Arms for Trump’s Military Parade Revisited, June 14
with your war toys.
721 5th Ave (between 56th and 57th St)
New York, New York 10022
(feel free to make your own).
Art & Place Conference Keynote, May 2, 2025
I thought I was getting on a flight to Germany to deliver my keynote at the
Art & Place conference in Saarbrücken.
Instead, I wound up giving it via Zoom—from a prison cell.
Not literally, of course. But I dressed for the part. A fitting backdrop for a talk on creative dissent.
Guerrilla theater, unsanctioned public art, protests in disguise—these are the tools I’ve used to question authority and reclaim public space. Sometimes with humor. Sometimes with a bullhorn. Always with intent.
While my prison cell was symbolic, the consequences of challenging power are very real. So, this was a reminder: dissent isn’t just a right. It’s a necessity. And we need to protect the freedom to speak out—especially when it’s uncomfortable.
Thanks to the organizers for inviting me. And to everyone still raising hell where it matters.
See Spot Run. Run Spot Run!
30 years ago, I perpetrated a media hoax called Dog Meat Soup in which, pretending to be a Korean entrepreneur, I solicited dog shelters for their unwanted dogs to be used as food for human consumption. My intent was to expose hostility and racism that permeates both the public discourse and the media’s coverage. As I expected, all hell broke loose, as gullible animal lovers spewed outrageous invectives against ALL Asians (they apparently couldn’t tell the difference between Koreans, Japanese, Chinese and others) accusing them of outrageous acts of violence against animals and telling all Asians to go back to their countries and cook their own babies.
This cultural intolerance is eerily like what’s happening now based on fake information perpetrated by politicians with an agenda, targeting immigrants and accusing them of eating family pets in Springfield Ohio. Prejudiced and biased opinions about this are dominating our news and social media platforms. Let’s not be fooled by reactionary politicians who have a political agenda to confuse and divide the public.
Check out John Tierney’s 1994 expose of the Dog Meat Soup hoax for The New York Sunday Times Magazine.
And watch the Dog Meat Soup segment of a 2003 ABC TV 20/20 interview.
