Send in the clowns: the new guard of activists combating the right
Photograph: Courtesy of Tillie the ClownView image in fullscreenTaylor Horne, AKA Tillie the Clown. Horne had started getting into character at 5am, for a makeup and clown-costuming process that would take two hours. It would be another 10 hours before Horne was allowed to address the city council about the passing of Romanch’s Law, which would phase out and ultimately ban New York’s horse carriage industry.From the moment Horne walked into the meeting room, carriage horse proponents ridiculed them, pointing and laughing.
- ▪Photograph: Courtesy of Tillie the ClownView image in fullscreenTaylor Horne, AKA Tillie the Clown.
- ▪Horne had started getting into character at 5am, for a makeup and clown-costuming process that would take two hours.
- ▪It would be another 10 hours before Horne was allowed to address the city council about the passing of Romanch’s Law, which would phase out and ultimately ban New York’s horse carriage industry.From the moment Horne walked into the meeting
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Taylor Horne, AKA Tillie the Clown. Photograph: Courtesy of Tillie the ClownView image in fullscreenTaylor Horne, AKA Tillie the Clown. Photograph: Courtesy of Tillie the ClownProtest (US)Send in the clowns: the new guard of activists combating the rightA growing cohort of performers ‘clown’ as a means to innovate traditional protest and create social changeMorgan JerkinsWed 16 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 16 Sep 2026 07.01 EDTShare@font-face{font-family:Guardian Headline Full;src:url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/noalts-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Light.woff2) format("woff2"),url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/noalts-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Light.woff)…
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