Object development - final idea

Soapbox
Political protest: a platform for politicians and people to speak their political views. 
The term originated from when people would to stand on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap from a manufacturer to a retail store
A blog can even now days be referred to as a soapbox in the context of opinions being spread on the Internet 

Wiki:
A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject.

The term is also used metaphorically to describe a person engaging in often flamboyant impromptu or unofficial public speaking, as in the phrases "He's on his soapbox", or "Get off your soapbox." Hyde Park, London is known for its Sunday soapbox orators, who have assembled at Speaker's Corner since 1872 to discuss religion, politics and other topics of protest. 

Ideas:
1)   creating a small satirical book on stupid things that politican's have said 
examples found: 

• “Babies from rape are a gift from God” – Rick Santorum
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• “The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Everyday cow in the world, you, when they do what they do, you’ve got more carbon dioxide.” – U.S. Rep. John Boehner
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• “Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3.” – Boris Johnson
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• “I’d like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.” - Boris
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• “So if we decrease the use of Carbon Dioxide, are we not taking away plant food from the atmosphere?” – John Shimkus U.S. Republican
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• “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich” – Donald Trump
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• “Hug a hoodie” – David Cameron 

2) Record day album sleeves

Soap boxing – political protest songs

Relating to current day issues - 

Trump

Racism

Equality

Sexism

Police brutaliy

Changing the names of existing well know and established protest/ anti-establishment songs to relate to current day political protest issues 

Research:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-protest-songs-of-all-time-20141203/rage-against-the-machine-killing-in-the-name-20141203
http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/03/sex-pistols-god-queen

Outcomes: 

3 album covers for different songs that would theoretically be sold on 'record day' making them original and one off singles to promote bands 

3 inside sleeves for the record 

3 back sides of the cover with the song, band, year and information about the single

KILLING IN THE NAME OF WHITE SUPREMACY

Rage Against The Machine

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN A FASCIST TANGERINE

The Sex Pistols

MASTERS OF WAR, YOU THAT BUILD WALLS

Bob Dylan 

• This song is about rebelling against British politics. A lot of young people felt alienated by the stifling rule of the old-fashioned royal monarchy. The Queen (Queen Elizabeth), was their symbol. Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren released this to coincide with The Queen's Silver Jubilee, the Sex Pistols and their fans detested the monarchy and this celebration. This became an anthem for the punk movement in England. It expressed the anger young people felt toward the establishment.

• Rage Against the Machine released "Killing in the Name" as their debut single in 1992, showing their unique fusion of rap and rock from the very start. It's a furious song about racism, police brutality and defiance, culminating in a furious cry of "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me." It has the power to stir up a crowd like virtually no other song in human history, and it served as the final encore at what could very well go down as their last concert.

• The very week that Bob Dylan arrived in New York City, outgoing president Dwight Eisenhower warned the country about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex." His words were largely ignored, and just two years later the world was even closer to nuclear war. Meanwhile, the arms industry was making a fortune and spreading money all over Washington, D.C. The situation enraged Dylan, and he funnelled this anger into the caustic "Masters of War." "I hope you die and your death will come soon," he wrote. "I'll follow your casket in the pale afternoon and I'll watch while you're lowered to your death bed and I'll stand over your grave 'til I'm sure that you're dead." It's hard to get much harsher than that.