Naked Protesters & Nude Activists

I don’t know if this photo is real. It came without context and the faces look as if they may have been uncharitably photoshopped. But if the photo is real, it’s naked protest of a sort:

Update: It’s from a movie.

Here’s an older one, from San Francisco in 1999. A bunch of folks went for a naked stroll down Van Ness. The Chronicle said they were trying to raise consciousness about Y2K issues, but they are quoted as chanting classic anti-nuke chants. Possibly, as often happens in San Francisco, the protest was the only thing the protesters all had in common. Anyway, here’s a shot of the naked streets:

Thanks to Naked For Peace for the picture and the details.

Here we have the Women of the Brisbane Neighbors for Peace and Justice showing flesh for “peace and justice for all members of the human family”.

The picture was taken on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo, California. This page at Bare Witness explains it all.

This photo was taken during an anti-war protest in Santiago, Chili. This news story here explains these hairy male asses:

The annual naked protesting of the running of the bulls at Pamplona. This year:

This news story provides context and a caption: “A PETA activist has her say during the protest in Pamplona.”

Last year was fun too:

Thanks to these folks for the story (plus they have more pics and info.)

Here’s an anti-globalization protester with cute buns:

Found at BodyFreedom.Org, which reports that the original news caption for this photo was as follows: “Two nude female anti-G8 protesters, one with a slogan painted on her back, take to the streets in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday, May 31, 2003.”

Here’s a classic image from the long-running PETA campaign against fur. The lovely Lisa Franzetta shares her tawny flanks with us from the electronic pages of SFGate.com:

Nude women in cages on the public streets, what’s not to like?

From Doctor Menlo (alas, the permalink is kerflunkt) comes this pretty lady with a message for Herr Ashcroft: “Read my lips! No Drug War!”

Doesn’t she have an infectious smile?

Although this blog will endeavor to remain more or less neutral on the underlying causes which inspire all the nudity herein (although we retain the right to laugh at silly people, even attractive naked ones), one cannot ignore the fact that nudity-inspiring causes are often progressive. Thus, there is a refreshing novelty to the sight of a little conservative flesh, especially when it’s as pretty as this:

These ladies from the Caerphilly Hunt are in town and representing for traditional British fox hunting rural values! Or so it would appear from the picture.

Thanks to no lesser a worthy than Instapundit for the link.

Here’s a protest that looks amazingly similar to a vacation:

From the Yahoo News caption: “Naked protesters spell out ‘No WTO’ in the sand with their bodies during a protest against the upcoming ministerial World Trade Organization Meeting in Cancun, September 8, 2003.”

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We have lots of historical naked protester pictures to post here, and more turn up with every Google search. So we don’t really need pointers to those, unless you have a special favorite. What we do need is help spotting the new ones as they come up. This is particularly vital because a lot of news organizations run photos like this only briefly, and remove them at the first complaint. So if you see a current news story on naked protesters, please send the link – and if you can, save and attach the photo in case it’s gone by the time we get to it.

Also, if you see a picture here that doesn’t identify the cause or the activist shown, and you know who, what, or why – by all means please send along that info. These people got naked for us, they deserve all the exposure we can give them!

Finally, be aware that to protect your privacy, you’ll be credited as “a reader” or by your first name only (if you give one). If you’d prefer the use of a full name or handle, or would like your “Thanks to” credit linked to a website, please be sure to say so!

I’ve liked this picture ever since I first saw it on Erosblog. The Yahoo news story where it originally appeared is long gone, so the cause in which this lady got nude is forgotten, but what we have here is a female naked protester getting arrested and hauled away by a matched set of five uniformed policewomen:

Hello everyone, and welcome to Naked Protesters! All over the world, people are getting naked to get attention and to promote their causes. The purpose of this blog is to give them a little bit more of the attention they so obviously crave. We here at Naked Protesters don’t propose to judge the causes being promoted; rather, we see it as our job to celebrate the flesh that gets exposed in the process. Nudity is beautiful, folks, and these activists are freely baring and sharing it with us all. Here’s to them!