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'''Alec Zammitt''' (born 15 February 1994), known professionally as Craze, is an Australian artist, activist, demolition derby driver and content creator, with a history of publicity stunts and corporate activations. He is the lead member and founder of the [[Craze collective|Craze Collective]] and [[420 (cannabis culture)]] protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?' <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™ |url=https://www.maxim.com.au/archives/16366 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=MAXIM Australia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-01-23 |title=Australian Activists Face Charges for 4/20 Sydney Opera House Projection Protest |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-activists-face-charges-for-4-20-sydney-opera-house-projection-protest/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref> |
'''Alec Zammitt''' (born 15 February 1994), known professionally as Craze, is an Australian artist, activist, demolition derby driver and content creator, with a history of publicity stunts and corporate activations. He is the lead member and founder of the [[Craze collective|Craze Collective]] and [[420 (cannabis culture)]] protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?' <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™ |url=https://www.maxim.com.au/archives/16366 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=MAXIM Australia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-01-23 |title=Australian Activists Face Charges for 4/20 Sydney Opera House Projection Protest |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-activists-face-charges-for-4-20-sydney-opera-house-projection-protest/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Activism == |
== Activism == |
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* On 20 April 2023 the Who Are We Hurting? Army commandeered a motorcade of military vehicles to launch operation 'Driving with THC, shouldn't make you an enemy' in company of Legalise Cannabis NSW Member of Parliament [[Jeremy Buckingham]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Activists launch huge protest against Australia's 'failures on the war on drugs' |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/activists-launch-protest-against-australias-failures-on-war-on-drugs-383004-20230419 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=LADbible |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-04-24 |title=Australian Cannabis Activists Protest THC Ban for Drivers |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-cannabis-activists-protest-thc-ban-for-drivers/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Steve |date=2023-04-19 |title='We're not the enemy' - activists roll through Sydney in a tank to highlight drug-driving inequality |url=https://www.cannabiz.com.au/were-not-the-enemy-activists-roll-through-sydney-in-a-tank-to-highlight-drug-driving-inequality/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Cannabiz |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
* On 20 April 2023 the Who Are We Hurting? Army commandeered a motorcade of military vehicles to launch operation 'Driving with THC, shouldn't make you an enemy' in company of Legalise Cannabis NSW Member of Parliament [[Jeremy Buckingham]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Activists launch huge protest against Australia's 'failures on the war on drugs' |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/activists-launch-protest-against-australias-failures-on-war-on-drugs-383004-20230419 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=LADbible |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-04-24 |title=Australian Cannabis Activists Protest THC Ban for Drivers |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-cannabis-activists-protest-thc-ban-for-drivers/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Steve |date=2023-04-19 |title='We're not the enemy' - activists roll through Sydney in a tank to highlight drug-driving inequality |url=https://www.cannabiz.com.au/were-not-the-enemy-activists-roll-through-sydney-in-a-tank-to-highlight-drug-driving-inequality/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Cannabiz |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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* On 20 April 2022 activists from "Who Are We Hurting?" projected dancing cannabis leafs on Australian Landmarks - [[Sydney Opera House]] & [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Leading protagonists held by police in fight to protect cannabis patients. |work=Yahoo News |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/leading-protagonists-held-police-fight-123000922.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=4/20 activists illuminate Opera House & Harbour Bridge with cannabis art |work=The Brag |url=https://thebrag.com/4-20-activists-sydney-landmarks/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Will Stolk and Alec 'Craze' Zammitt Take a Stand Against Cannabis Laws in Australia |url=https://www.thechronicmagazine.com/post/will-stolk-and-alec-craze-zammitt-take-a-stand-against-cannabis-laws-in-australia |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Chronic Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Du Cannabis Projeté Au Laser Sur L'opéra De Sidney - Le Cannabiste |url=https://lecannabiste.com/du-cannabis-projete-au-laser-sur-lopera-de-sidney/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> |
* On 20 April 2022 activists from "Who Are We Hurting?" projected dancing cannabis leafs on Australian Landmarks - [[Sydney Opera House]] & [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Leading protagonists held by police in fight to protect cannabis patients. |work=Yahoo News |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/leading-protagonists-held-police-fight-123000922.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=4/20 activists illuminate Opera House & Harbour Bridge with cannabis art |work=The Brag |url=https://thebrag.com/4-20-activists-sydney-landmarks/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Will Stolk and Alec 'Craze' Zammitt Take a Stand Against Cannabis Laws in Australia |url=https://www.thechronicmagazine.com/post/will-stolk-and-alec-craze-zammitt-take-a-stand-against-cannabis-laws-in-australia |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Chronic Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Du Cannabis Projeté Au Laser Sur L'opéra De Sidney - Le Cannabiste |url=https://lecannabiste.com/du-cannabis-projete-au-laser-sur-lopera-de-sidney/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> |
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** The pairs lawyer Mark Davis has launched a defence based on their implied constitutional right to political expression or communication. The matter is still ongoing.<ref name=" |
** The pairs lawyer Mark Davis has launched a defence based on their implied constitutional right to political expression or communication. The matter is still ongoing.<ref name=":0" /> |
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* On 1 April 2020 (April fool's day) activists from 'Who Are We Hurting?' delivered Prime Minister Scott Morrison a pound of artificial cannabis. [[Kirribilli House]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=420 activists deliver a pound of weed to Scott Morrison as peace offering |url=https://thebrag.com/420-activists-deliver-weed-scott-morrison/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=The Brag |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
* On 1 April 2020 (April fool's day) activists from 'Who Are We Hurting?' delivered Prime Minister Scott Morrison a pound of artificial cannabis. [[Kirribilli House]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=420 activists deliver a pound of weed to Scott Morrison as peace offering |url=https://thebrag.com/420-activists-deliver-weed-scott-morrison/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=The Brag |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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* On 20 April 2019 activists moved in a 9 metre tall cannabis sculpture at Sydney's [[Martin Place]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-19 |title=A Giant Cannabis Plant Was Put Up At Martin Place Overnight, Here's Why |url=https://10daily.com.au/news/a190419yas/a-giant-cannabis-plant-was-put-up-at-martin-place-overnight-heres-why-20190419 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=10 daily |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
* On 20 April 2019 activists moved in a 9 metre tall cannabis sculpture at Sydney's [[Martin Place]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-19 |title=A Giant Cannabis Plant Was Put Up At Martin Place Overnight, Here's Why |url=https://10daily.com.au/news/a190419yas/a-giant-cannabis-plant-was-put-up-at-martin-place-overnight-heres-why-20190419 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=10 daily |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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* On 20 April 2018 activists & hemp health and innovation expo placed cannabis plants over Sydney CBD, the stunt made national headlines with the organizers being interviewed on network tens breakfast tv show [[Studio 10]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dopamine |date=2018-04-19 |title=Artists hide 'cannabis plants' around Sydney CBD for 420 protest |url=https://dopamine.net.au/cannabis-plants-sydney-cbd-420-2018/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Dopamine |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Connellan |first=Shannon |date=April 20, 2018 |title=Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt |url=https://mashable.com/2018/04/19/marijuana-plants-hidden-420/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney |url=https://junkee.com/420-weed-cannabis-sydney/155337 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Junkee |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20 |url=https://www.beat.com.au/these-two-weapons-covered-sydney-in-cannabis-plants-to-celebrate-4-20/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Beat Magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
* On 20 April 2018 activists & hemp health and innovation expo placed cannabis plants over Sydney CBD, the stunt made national headlines with the organizers being interviewed on network tens breakfast tv show [[Studio 10]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dopamine |date=2018-04-19 |title=Artists hide 'cannabis plants' around Sydney CBD for 420 protest |url=https://dopamine.net.au/cannabis-plants-sydney-cbd-420-2018/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Dopamine |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Connellan |first=Shannon |date=April 20, 2018 |title=Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt |url=https://mashable.com/2018/04/19/marijuana-plants-hidden-420/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney |url=https://junkee.com/420-weed-cannabis-sydney/155337 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Junkee |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20 |url=https://www.beat.com.au/these-two-weapons-covered-sydney-in-cannabis-plants-to-celebrate-4-20/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Beat Magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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* On 20 April 2017 Alec set up a Hydroponic grow room in a store window in the heart of [[Sydney]]. Police attended the premises to investigate and found that the plants were artificial and the instillation was allowed to stay. |
* On 20 April 2017 Alec set up a Hydroponic grow room in a store window in the heart of [[Sydney]]. Police attended the premises to investigate and found that the plants were artificial and the instillation was allowed to stay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=Some Blaze Lord Put A Hydroponic Weed Pop-Up In Sydney's Kings X For 4/20 |url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/some-blaze-lord-put-a-hydroponic-weed-pop-up-in-sydneys-kings-x-for-420/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Pedestrian TV |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Public Cannabis Nursery Appears in Kings Cross |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/city-file/article/cannabis-shop-appears-kings-cross |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Broadsheet |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=This 420 hydroponic weed shopfront is all substance, no actual drugs |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/420-hydroponic-weed-shopfront-substance-062445251.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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====== Other Activism ====== |
====== Other Activism ====== |
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*In the lead up to the 2023 NSW State Elections, Alec coordinated a crowd funded campaign of digital billboards depicting the slogan 'End Evidence-Free RDT' in support of [[Jeremy Buckingham]] and the [[Legalise Cannabis NSW Party]] <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Australian state is being called on to stop punishing drivers if they have marijuana in their system |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/nsw-called-on-to-stop-punishing-drivers-with-marijuana-in-system-810099-20230324 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=LADbible |language=en |
*In the lead up to the 2023 NSW State Elections, Alec coordinated a crowd funded campaign of digital billboards depicting the slogan 'End Evidence-Free RDT' in support of [[Jeremy Buckingham]] and the [[Legalise Cannabis NSW Party]] <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Australian state is being called on to stop punishing drivers if they have marijuana in their system |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/nsw-called-on-to-stop-punishing-drivers-with-marijuana-in-system-810099-20230324 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=LADbible |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Martin |date=2023-02-16 |title=Cannabis campaigners take out billboard ads to protest NSW drug-driving laws |url=https://www.cannabiz.com.au/cannabis-campaigners-take-out-billboard-ads-to-protest-nsw-drug-driving-laws/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Cannabiz |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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[[File:Demolition_derby_driver_craze.png|alt=Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway|thumb|Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway]] |
[[File:Demolition_derby_driver_craze.png|alt=Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway|thumb|Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway]] |
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[[File:Alec2.png|thumb|Alec Zammitt Demolition Derby Car No 69]] |
[[File:Alec2.png|thumb|Alec Zammitt Demolition Derby Car No 69]] |
Revision as of 17:54, 22 June 2023
Alec Zammitt | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Other names | Craze |
Occupation | Artist |
Years active | 2006–present |
Employer | Craze collective |
Website | crazeco.org |
Alec Zammitt (born 15 February 1994), known professionally as Craze, is an Australian artist, activist, demolition derby driver and content creator, with a history of publicity stunts and corporate activations. He is the lead member and founder of the Craze Collective and 420 (cannabis culture) protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?' [1][2]
Activism
Who Are We Hurting? 420 Stunts
Australia
- On 20 April 2023 the Who Are We Hurting? Army commandeered a motorcade of military vehicles to launch operation 'Driving with THC, shouldn't make you an enemy' in company of Legalise Cannabis NSW Member of Parliament Jeremy Buckingham[3][4][5]
- On 20 April 2022 activists from "Who Are We Hurting?" projected dancing cannabis leafs on Australian Landmarks - Sydney Opera House & Sydney Harbour Bridge[6][7][8][9]
- The pairs lawyer Mark Davis has launched a defence based on their implied constitutional right to political expression or communication. The matter is still ongoing.[2]
- On 1 April 2020 (April fool's day) activists from 'Who Are We Hurting?' delivered Prime Minister Scott Morrison a pound of artificial cannabis. Kirribilli House[10]
- On 20 April 2019 activists moved in a 9 metre tall cannabis sculpture at Sydney's Martin Place.[11]
- On 20 April 2018 activists & hemp health and innovation expo placed cannabis plants over Sydney CBD, the stunt made national headlines with the organizers being interviewed on network tens breakfast tv show Studio 10.[12][13][14][15]
- On 20 April 2017 Alec set up a Hydroponic grow room in a store window in the heart of Sydney. Police attended the premises to investigate and found that the plants were artificial and the instillation was allowed to stay.[16][17][18]
Other Activism
- In the lead up to the 2023 NSW State Elections, Alec coordinated a crowd funded campaign of digital billboards depicting the slogan 'End Evidence-Free RDT' in support of Jeremy Buckingham and the Legalise Cannabis NSW Party [19][20]
References
- ^ "Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™". MAXIM Australia. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ a b Herrington, A. J. (2023-01-23). "Australian Activists Face Charges for 4/20 Sydney Opera House Projection Protest". High Times. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Activists launch huge protest against Australia's 'failures on the war on drugs'". LADbible. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Herrington, A. J. (2023-04-24). "Australian Cannabis Activists Protest THC Ban for Drivers". High Times. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ Jones, Steve (2023-04-19). "'We're not the enemy' - activists roll through Sydney in a tank to highlight drug-driving inequality". Cannabiz. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Leading protagonists held by police in fight to protect cannabis patients". Yahoo News.
- ^ "4/20 activists illuminate Opera House & Harbour Bridge with cannabis art". The Brag.
- ^ "Will Stolk and Alec 'Craze' Zammitt Take a Stand Against Cannabis Laws in Australia". Chronic Magazine. 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Du Cannabis Projeté Au Laser Sur L'opéra De Sidney - Le Cannabiste" (in French). 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "420 activists deliver a pound of weed to Scott Morrison as peace offering". The Brag. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "A Giant Cannabis Plant Was Put Up At Martin Place Overnight, Here's Why". 10 daily. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ Dopamine (2018-04-19). "Artists hide 'cannabis plants' around Sydney CBD for 420 protest". Dopamine. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ Connellan, Shannon (April 20, 2018). "Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney". Junkee. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20". Beat Magazine. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "Some Blaze Lord Put A Hydroponic Weed Pop-Up In Sydney's Kings X For 4/20". Pedestrian TV. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "A Public Cannabis Nursery Appears in Kings Cross". Broadsheet. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "This 420 hydroponic weed shopfront is all substance, no actual drugs". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Australian state is being called on to stop punishing drivers if they have marijuana in their system". LADbible. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ Lane, Martin (2023-02-16). "Cannabis campaigners take out billboard ads to protest NSW drug-driving laws". Cannabiz. Retrieved 2023-06-05.