Stormzy sold out and other mechanically-recovered meaty news nuggets
BRITISH AIRWAYS AD ADDITION
A little addition to these BA ads which I found particularly annoying. If you want to print one for a billboard near you I’ve uploaded the two fingered file to my website.
STORMZY SOLD OUT
As Israel ramped up it’s genocide in Gaza, bombing civilians indiscriminately and cutting off food and water to 2.2 million people, McDonalds in Israel gave out free food to soldiers doing the killing and offered a 50% discount to anyone taking part in the massacre.
In response, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement called for a boycott of McDonald’s. McDonalds Malaysia responded with a $1.3 million lawsuit against the BDS campaign.
The boycott has had a “meaningful” impact on McDonald’s revenue according to their CEO.
Last week Mcdonald’s launched their ‘collaboration’ with Stormzy, who seems to have deleted his pro-Palestine posts as part of the deal, and by Monday every McDonald’s drive-thru in south London had these stickers on them.
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In the deleted Free Palestine post Stormzy had said:
“In the future, if there is ever a clear injustice in the world, no matter how big or small, 100 times out of 100 I will be on the side of the oppressed. Unequivocally.”
Yet he has unequivocally sold his credibility to McDonalds to help them try and break the boycott.
Beyond the issue of Palestine, McDonald’s is manipulatively using Stormzy’s image to sell garbage food to working class kids. “Order like Stormzy’ is about monetising a para-social relationship, subconsciously deceiving young people into thinking they can get closer to, or even become Stormzy, by putting their money into the pocket of McDonald’s shareholders.
It’s still possible for Stormzy to do the right thing. Cancel the deal and stand with Palestine. Leaving that much money on the table wouldn’t be easy, but he is already a multi-millionaire, and an artist’s credibility is worth far more than whatever McDonald’s is willing to pay for it.
A print file of this graphic is available to download from my website
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ADVERTISING ADVERTISING SPACES
Daft one I’ve been wanting to do for ages.
COCA-COLA: “REUSE – REDUCE – BURN”
Spotted these stickers on the caps of Coca-Cola bottles in my local supermarket.
Coca-Cola is the world’s largest plastic polluting company and over half of UK plastic “recycling” is exported to be burned or dumped abroad.
The focus on “recyclability” of plastics is a marketing greenwash strategy. Most plastic is never recycled and instead breaks down over decades and centuries into irremovable micro plastic pollution that is making its way into our environment, food, bodies and bloodstreams.
Coke is also the target of a BDS boycott for operating factories on stolen Palestinian land, and a boycott called by workers of bottling plants in South America whose union organisers have been tortured and murdered by the company.
If anyone wants a sheet of these stickers (in red and black) you can order them at cost price here.
SWAN EATING KINGS
Announcements from Buckingham Palace have started appearing in parks around London. He must be preparing for a big feast!
OFF DOWN SHOP
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I have an online shop. The things I sell here, and my Patreon, are literally the reason I’m able to be a full time artist, which is a ridiculous profession to have and I am so fucking grateful I get to do this every day.
Thank you!
Quick reminder that the sale on the new run of Hell Hoodies ends on the 28th Feb. Order them from my website shop here, for a 15% discount use the code HAVEANEWYEAR
Also, as a subscriber to my mailing list you also get 10% off my posters (not art prints tho soz) if you use the code: DON’T EAT THE POSTER
2024 ZINE
My 2024 zine for Patreon backers is currently in the printers, I’m expecting to send them out next week! Sorry for the wait!
If you’d like a copy, just sign up for £3.50+ a month on my Patreon, and I’ll send you a copy of my 2024 AND 2023 zine. Massive thanks to all who support me on there so far.
Patreon is the only way to get these zines. But you still get the zine even if you sign up and then cancel soon after.
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