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
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Is He Dead Yet? - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Put down Your Phone And Remember This - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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I Love Me - Women's T-shirt
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Immigrant - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Peace - Peace Symbol Recycled unisex sports jersey
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Adidas Che - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Try Again - Existential Crisis Unisex organic oversized high neck t-shirt
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More Blacks More Dogs More Irish - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Vive La Difference - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Shift Happens - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Zucked Human - Mark Zuckerberg Unisex organic oversized high neck t-shirt
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Take A Look Around - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Keep Smiling - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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People who say - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Fight Like a Girl - Princess Leia Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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No Boys - Women's T-shirt
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Be More Frida - Frida Kahlo Women's Crew Neck T-Shirt
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Put down Your Phone And Remember - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Vive La Resistance - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Fight Like a Girl - Princess Leia Unisex organic oversized high neck t-shirt
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Is He Dead Yet? - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Fight Like a Girl - Princess Leia Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Keffiyeh - Women's T-shirt
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Guernica - Pablo Picasso design Bodycon dress
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Adidas Che - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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I Want Out - Uncle Sam mug
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Put down Your Phone And Remember This - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Immigrant - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt
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Freedom Inspired Framed Print
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Be More Bjork - Cotton t-shirt dress
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Camarada Anti-Fascist poster - Recycled unisex sports jersey
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CLOTHING FOR MEN
Political t-shirts, protest hoodies and activist clothing for men - made from...
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Political clothing for women - feminist fashion, protest dresses and activist t-shirts...
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Solidarność Ceramic Mug
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Shift Happens - Large organic tote bag
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Keep Calm and Carry On Ceramic Mug
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Rosenstrasse Protest 1943 Mug
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Sisterhood - Women's Liberation Union glossy mug
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Skinner Box Pigeon - glossy mug
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Paix - Pablo Picasso Peace Poster glossy mug
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Skinner Box Rat mug
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What A Woman! Suffrage Atelier Ceramic Mug
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Resist symbol ceramic glossy mug
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ReLOVEution Ceramic Mug
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Suffragette Movement Ceramic Mug
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The Anarchists - Labour and Social Movement mug
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Shift Happens - Eco Tote Bag
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The Enemy is Listening - Rubber Case for AirPods®
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Jane Fonda - Mug Shot mug
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Unabomber Wanted Poster Mug
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The Suffragette - Suffrage Poster mug
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Angela Davis Civil Rights Activist Mug
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Votes for Women - US Suffrage mug
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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.
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