Collection: CULTURE JAM - POP CULTURE SUBVERTED AND POLITICAL CULTURE

Culture jamming is the art of using the language of commercial culture against itself - taking its icons, its slogans, its images and re framing them until something true emerges. This collection lives on that edge.

Be More Frida. Be More Amy. Is He Dead Yet? Zucked Human. More Blacks More Dogs More Irish. Guns don't kill people - people who say guns don't kill people kill people with guns. These are not just slogans. They are cultural interventions: ironic, pointed, sometimes funny, always deliberate.

The Culture Jam collection draws on film, music, politics and the everyday absurdity of the world as it is. Some pieces are tributes to people who refused to conform. Some are direct statements about power, racism, technology and resistance. All of them are connected - by attitude, by a refusal to take the dominant culture at face value, and by the belief that a well-placed image or phrase can cut through what a thousand arguments cannot.

THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS COLLECTION:
The History of Activism and collective action
Resistance and Solidarity - the complete tradition
Mark Thomas – comedian who turned protest into performance

BROWSE RELATED COLLECTIONS:
Art and Soul collection
Voices of Women collection
Peter Kennard collection - wearable protest art
Full clothing range

CULTURE JAM - Propaganda Department

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FEATURED ITEM

  • THE WARDROBE


    Protest t-shirts, political hoodies, activist dresses, feminist clothing and more

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  • PETER KENNARD COLLECTION

    Our collaboration with Peter Kennard - Britain's most significant political artist

    EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTS 
  • THE ARCHIVE

    Products celebrating the history of protest.

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  • THE PRINT ROOM

    Political art prints and protest wall art.

    WALL BASED WORKS 
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ABOUT PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT

The Propaganda Department is the shop of Pen vs Sword Magazine - we are an independent British publication covering art, politics, resistance and cultural history.

We make protest t-shirts, political art prints, activist clothing and feminist apparel from original artwork connected to the magazine's editorial. Our range includes organic cotton political t-shirts, protest hoodies, unique all over print dresses, original framed and unframed prints, political mugs and activist gifts.

Our clothing features original and vintage protest graphics, culture jams and political art including a collaboration with Peter Kennard - one of Britain's most important political artists.

All garments are made to order. Most clothing is printed on organic cotton. We ship from the United Kingdom where possible.