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In this case graffiti can be regarded as a non-violent protest that was theoretically described by Henry David Thoreau in the treatise on \u201cThe Duty of Civil disobedience\u201d, a work that has become an essential part of anthologies of political and social philosophy. To a certain degree, in its visual format, graffiti is a continuation of the \u201csamizdat\u201d tradition dating back to the Soviet era, both in the sense of a socially critical message and in the use of an alternative medium. Proposing a new, tactical usage of technology critically directed against technocracy of contemporary society youth of the city is trying to occupy it\u2019s public space by specific type of aesthetization and, in the same time, is delivering clear message. The goal of this paper is the reading and interpretation of messages of the images and texts in stencil \u2013 graffiti in Riga in the context of interplay between counter cultures, different minor social groups and their ideologies. 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