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Occupy Wall Street Gets GraphicGraffiti artists worldwide have been
occupying walls and shop windows with
slogans promoting the movement.
—By Tasneem Raja (/authors/tasneem-raja)
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In Boston over the weekend a wave of grafitti hit nearly two dozen
downtown buildings, mostly banks. "End the Fed." "Tax the Rich."
"Burn the Money." A Bank of America branch got a big blue
anarchist circle-A on the sign above its doorway. #OccupyBoston
says its hands are clean—group members say they're into carrying
signs, not spray painting buildings. The mayor of Boston gave the
group his continued blessing
(http://www.necn.com/10/24/11/Occupy-Boston-protesters-deny-
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, and check out all
the rest of our
#OWS coverage.
(http://motherjones.
com/category/secon
dary-tags/ows)
graffiti-a/landing_newengland.html?
blockID=582136&feedID=4206) , saying, "99 percent of those
folks there don't want to cause trouble." But if a rogue 1 percent
believes that walls and shop windows should be occupied with
slogans, can the movement stop them? As hundreds of #occupy
gatherings wrestle with the tricky logistics of physical occupation
and crowd control (http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/homelessness-occupy-wall-
street) , graffiti artists and taggers around the world are leaving marks of protest in all sort
of ways. Here's a sampling.
On a bank in Boston:
(http://www1.whdh.com/images/news_articles/210x118/111024_occupy_boston_graffi.jpg)
Photo by Www1.whdh.com (http://www1.whdh.com)
(http://www1.whdh.com/images/news_articles/210x118/
111024_occupy_boston_graffi.jpg)
"Love, the 99%"
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranaghana/6255877541/)Occupy Austin graffiti
Photo by Flickr.com
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranaghana/6255877541/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranaghana/6255877541/)
Mass-produced:
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(http://www.flickr.com/photos/59686802@N03/6257828284/)
Occupy Grand Rapids Stencil
Photo by Flickr.com
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/59686802@N03/6257828
284/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/59686802@N03/6257828
284/)
A less aesthetic example:
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/entheos_fog/6274395541/)
Occupying Graffiti
Photo by Flickr.com
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/entheos_fog/6274395541/
)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/entheos_fog/6274395541/
)
Tag wars have flared up:
OWS Street Graffiti In The E Williamsburg Section Of NYC. : occupywallstreet(http://www.reddit.com/r/occupywallstreet/comments/jnyr7/ows_street_graffiti_in_the_e_williamsburg_section/)
(http://www.reddit.com/r/occupywallstreet/comments/jnyr7/ows_street_graffiti_in_the_e_williamsburg_section/)
Local merchant's shops are being tagged with OWS prop.This is causing the local gangs to re-tag, and theneighborhood has asked that this please stop.
Maybe the whole world is watching:
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(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-111017-libya-da.photoblog900.jpg)
Photo by Msnbcmedia.msn.com
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(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Ph
oto/_new/pb-111017-libya-da.photoblog900.jpg)
PhotoBlog - 'Today Libya, tomorrow Wall Street': Graffiti in Sirte(http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/17/8361211-today-libya-tomorrow-wall-street-graffiti-in-sirte#sUP)
photoblog.msnbc.msn.com(http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/17/8361211-
National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters rest outside ashuttered shop along a street in the town of Sirte, Libya, onOctober 16.
Rome, October 15, the "Global Day of Action":
(http://www.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large_610x456_scaled/photos/879734.jpg)Photo by Demotix.com (http://demotix.com)
(http://www.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/l
arge_610x456_scaled/photos/879734.jpg)
Rome Occupy Protest turns Violent | Demotix.com(http://www.demotix.com/news/879789/rome-occupy-protest-turns-
Hundreds of hooded, masked demonstrators rampaged insome of the worst violence seen in the Italian capital inyears, setting cars ablaze, breaking bank and shop windowsand destroying traffic lights and signposts.
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violent#ppf)demotix.com (http://www.demotix.com/news/879789/rome-
occupy-protest-turns-violent#ppf) , October 24, 2011 at 21:13
And in Madrid:
(http://financialpostbusiness.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/banks.jpg?w=620)
Photo by Financialpostbusiness.files.wordpress.com
(http://financialpostbusiness.files.wordpress.com/2011/1
0/banks.jpg?w=620)
Europe’s coming credit austerity | Investing | Financial Post(http://business.financialpost.com/2011/10/18/europe’s-coming-credit-austerity/)
business.financialpost.com(http://business.financialpost.com/2011/10/18/europe’s-coming-
A protester carrying a banner that reads "No home, no job,no pension, no fear" withdraws money from an ATMmachine of a bank next to graffiti sprayed by otherprotesters during a demonstration in Madrid. The graffitireads "Responsible for the crisis".
Foiled in Portland, Oregon:
Two arrested for Occupy Portland graffiti - Koinlocal6.com(http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Two-arrested-for-Occupy-Portland-graffiti/CkMYruT5w0OItVDkomJbEQ.cspx)
koinlocal6.com (http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Two-arrested-for-Occupy-Portland-
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) reports that twosuspected taggers, an man and a juvenile, were taken intocustody at approximately 1 a.m. The two suspects werereportedly painting graffiti saying "Occupy Portland" and"Wall Street loves no one", authorities say. They were seenmarking a PPB patrol car and some local businesses,including the Starbucks in Pioneer Courthouse Square.
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(http://www.koinlocal6.com/media/lib/107/b/3/7/b37c8f8d-1a81-46a6-9718-cf2ea8966545/Story.jpg)
Photo by Koinlocal6.com (http://koinlocal6.com)
(http://www.koinlocal6.com/media/lib/107/b/3/7/b37c8f8
They gotta start somewhere:
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lstpgtzjdS1qbq6pko1_500.png)
Photo by 25.media.tumblr.com
(http://25.media.tumblr.com)
Not sure how this works, but it's captivating.
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(http://lightgraffiti.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/VickiDaSilva_Occupy2011_06
2.jpg)Photo by Lightgraffiti.com (http://lightgraffiti.com)
(http://lightgraffiti.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/10/VickiDaSilva_Occupy2011_06
Cleaning up someone else's mess, in this case (look closely):
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrbelex/6224368903/)Anarchist Removing Graffiti
Photo by Flickr.com
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrbelex/6224368903/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrbelex/6224368903/)
Tools of the trade:
(http://thebasispoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/0_OccupyStencil.jpg)
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Photo by Thebasispoint.com (http://thebasispoint.com)
(http://thebasispoint.com/wp-
Street murals are still banned in LA, but well-known street artist, Saber, contributed his spray-paint chops for #occupyLA:
(http://eyeone.tumblr.com/post/11322352435/cache-x-eyeone-x-occupy-l-a-in-echo-park-more)
eyeone | seeking heaven - Cache x Eyeone x
Occupy L.A. in Echo Park. More...
For a different kind of tagging, OccupyGeorge.com (http://occupygeorge.com/) providesdownloadable templates for stamping dollar bills with stats on income inequality. Theunnamed activists behind the site note that they aren't out to ruin any currency--instead, theyhope the tagged bills will travel far and wide, spreading knowledge one transaction at a time:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6239421216_a3a8f334c0_o.jpg)
Photo by Farm7.static.flickr.com
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The world needs more artful ways for people to express themselves.
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The occupy Austin one was pretty good.
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Pokey, I haven't stopped laughing at the "boxing glove" scenerio you set up
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yesss...It perhaps can assist the majority of male species in this world that are
emotionally retarded in communicating...hence war.
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The only problem is that graffiti, especially on old buildings, is equivalent to tattooing
someone against their will.
The building will never be the same. Its integrity is destroyed. No one else ever gets to
look at the building as it was built. A casualty is a casualty. A destroyed environment is
a destroyed environment, whether done by corporate pollution or well-meant spray
paint.
The first rule is :Do no harm.
The second rule is: Leave it better than you found it.
Tagging and graffiti do neither.
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Graffiti is little kid vandalism crap. Grow up and stop making the movement look like it is run
by a bunch of spoiled brat children with no sense of community or responsibility.
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"We will take"
Don't be surprised when people start objecting to that line of action.
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I've never been to Boston, but that photo looks like it was taken in England, judging by
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From the Boston area http://www.flickr.com/photos/6...
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How cute - delinquents being coddled by the MSM and morally bankrupt progressives 'think'
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How cute - a boot-licking right-wing troll taking his cues from propogandist trash like
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the MSM (main stream media) owned by 4 of the largest corporations-working hand-in-
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OF all the things I don't like to see it's graffiti. Paint a thousand signs but leave the
buildings, the walls and fences out of the conflict.
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So I'm supposed to be aghast when human beings express themselves in public spaces, but
corporate logos covering every square foot of public space is a normal, wholly acceptable
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