Английская Википедия:Conrad Schmidt (social activist)
Шаблон:Short description Conrad Schmidt (born 1969) is a social activist, filmmaker and writer living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who is known for his role in founding the Work Less Party of British Columbia and for creating the internationally known World Naked Bike Ride protest.
Biography
Schmidt was born and raised in South Africa and, in 1998, moved to Vancouver where he resides.
Community involvement
In 2003, Schmidt organized a protest in which 50 demonstrators from Artists Against War formed a peace sign with their naked bodies to protest against possible US action in Iraq.[1] Schmidt created the international clothing-optional World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in 2004.[2][3]
In 2003, Schmidt was a co-ordinator for the Work Less Party of British Columbia, a political party which advocates a 32-hour work week and reduced consumerism.[4]
Media activities
Schmidt is the author of Workers of the World Relax: The Simple Economics of Less Industrial Work (Шаблон:ISBN)[5] and Efficiency Shifting, and the director of the documentary, Five Ring Circus.
See also
References
External links
- ConradSchmidt.org
- Work Less Party web site, includes films and clips, some including Schmidt.
- World Naked Bike Ride web site and Wiki site
- Artists For Peace and Artists Against War activism web site. This is an archive of the old site, which is now hosted on the Work Less Party web site.
- Work Less Party of Victoria
- You Never Bike Alone. Documentary includes interview and footage from first WNBR.
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- Social nudity advocates
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- Canadian anti-war activists
- South African emigrants to Canada
- Work Less Party politicians
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