A hockey mascot is now the official creature of antifa and US radicalism.
See:
Here is Gritty's pro-IWW twitter account, and here is Black Rose/Rosa Negra joining in on the fun
I think this is a sign that the revolution is imminent
A hockey mascot is now the official creature of antifa and US radicalism.
See:
Here is Gritty's pro-IWW twitter account, and here is Black Rose/Rosa Negra joining in on the fun
I think this is a sign that the revolution is imminent
Quote: “Gritty belongs to
They have a point. The mascot is there to promote a sports team and hence a brand, as a sports team tends to be associated with merchandise and promotion. It would be a weird thing for the left to actually just celebrate an NHL team's mascot. Of course, a lot of the US 'radicals' involved (eg. DSA) might just be reformist or liberal anti-Trump agitators, so they are already just a generic part of pop culture rather than being a real political current. I'm sure there are more meaningful leftist mascots than some brand's advertising ploy.
Well yes but the problem is
Well yes but the problem is that basically everything is a brand, you can buy plenty of things with every symbol of the labour movement slapped on it, often being sold by a large corporation that doesn't even use the excuse of "we're just selling pins and tee-shirts to raise funds" that some of the co-ops and publishers use.
We're all familiar with Che merch, but like in the Karl Marx museum it has a gift shop filled with Karl Marx merchandise with his face on everything.
I think you can correlate the popularity of a person or group based on the number of brands that rip it off.
This seems like the modern equivalent of Situ's Detournement, to me.
Yup, this has detournement
Yup, this has detournement written all.over it. The following freakout over it sort of proves how effective it is.
Well, that didn’t last
Well, that didn’t last long:
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/10/26/gritty-picket-line/
I quite liked this:
I quite liked this: http://www.redwedgemagazine.com/online-issue/true-grit-from-weird-mascot-to-eldritch-revolutionary
RT, was it comradely of you
RT, was it comradely of you to remind me of Red Wedge???
The absolute horror of it, just about every liberal lefty tool from the world of 80s pop indulging themselves in an orgy of mutual backslapping.
Weller, Somerville et al, plus of course the bane of all skateboarders and people with ears, Billy Fucking Bragg. Ew! I’ve come out in a terrible rash now thanks to you. I hope you’re pleased with yourself?
https://youtu.be/SaAK2xeHNVw