STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 22/06/01 14:49:36 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:32:34 -0400 From: Micki Honkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: York Grad P Sci Students <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fwd: (en) Gap's new "anarchist" image] > >Gap's New Image > > > >On Monday, June 18th Gap unveiled a new promotional > >display at stores nationwide. > > > >Faded black jeans hanging in front of an anarchist-red > >banner, the words "INDEPENDENCE," "FREEDOM," and "WE > >THE PEOPLE" scrawled across display windows in fake > >black spray paint. > > > >Despite the fact that Gap makes their clothes in > >sweatshops, and have been subject to many > >demonstrations across the nation, they believe that > >the growing movement against corporate power is now > >large enough to begin marketing on. Now the protest > >itself can be essentially sold to consumers as an > >image. > > > >However ridiculous this new marketing scheme seems at > >first, due to the tremendous power of corporate > >advertising over consumers, Gap just might pull it > >off, trivializing the movement against free trade, and > >selling jeans at the same time. > > > >The effect that this new marketing could have on the > >movement is tremendous. If Gap succeeds, it will mean > >that every protest that is staged will be building on > >their new image, in effect turning protestors and > >activists into living, walking ads for Gap. Further, > >if Gap succeeds it may become a trendsetter, and other > >corporations might follow. > > > >Currently, the majority of consumers are unaware of > >how Gap stands on "independence" and "freedom." > > > >Gap inc. is the corporation under which Gap, Old Navy, > >and Banana Republic exist. All three companies have > >been notorious for paying sweatshop workers as little > >as 11 cents per hour in the third world, denying them > >basic health care and the right to form unions, as > >well as harassing, beating and forcing contraceptives > >on them. Sweatshop workers generally work 12-14 hour > >days (although sometimes 24) and can be as young as 12 > >years old. > > > >Although many of Gap's clothes say "Made in USA" they > >are actually produced in Saipan, a US territory where > >normal US labor laws do not exist. > > > >The Fisher Family that owns Gap also owns Mendicino > >Redwood Company, an active logging company that is > >deforesting the valuable redwood forests in Mendicino > >County, California. The Fisher family also has a > >notorious reputation for lobbying for privatizion of > >education and other public works in their home state > >of California. > > > >It appears that to Gap inc., "Freedom" and > >"Independence" only applies to the market, not the > >people. > > > >For more info visit: gapsucks.org, globalexchange.org, > >and sweatwatch.org > > > > > > > >===== > >For info on all that's going on in Sheffield check out: > >http://www.sheffieldmayday.ukf.net > > > >Nine ladies site - http://pages.zoom.co.uk/~nineladies/ > >Excellent national and international news from: > >http://www.schnews.org.uk/ http://www.urban75.com/ > >http://www.indymedia.org/ http://uk.indymedia.org/ > > > > > > ******** > > ****** The A-Infos News Service ****** > > News about and of interest to anarchists > > ****** > > COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ > > INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org > > > >-To receive a-infos in one language only mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] the message: > > unsubscribe a-infos > > subscribe a-infos-X > > where X = en, ca, de, fr, etc. (i.e. the language code) > > >> ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:32:34 -0400 From: Micki Honkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: York Grad P Sci Students <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fwd: (en) Gap's new "anarchist" image] > >Gap's New Image > > > >On Monday, June 18th Gap unveiled a new promotional > >display at stores nationwide. > > > >Faded black jeans hanging in front of an anarchist-red > >banner, the words "INDEPENDENCE," "FREEDOM," and "WE > >THE PEOPLE" scrawled across display windows in fake > >black spray paint. > > > >Despite the fact that Gap makes their clothes in > >sweatshops, and have been subject to many > >demonstrations across the nation, they believe that > >the growing movement against corporate power is now > >large enough to begin marketing on. Now the protest > >itself can be essentially sold to consumers as an > >image. > > > >However ridiculous this new marketing scheme seems at > >first, due to the tremendous power of corporate > >advertising over consumers, Gap just might pull it > >off, trivializing the movement against free trade, and > >selling jeans at the same time. > > > >The effect that this new marketing could have on the > >movement is tremendous. If Gap succeeds, it will mean > >that every protest that is staged will be building on > >their new image, in effect turning protestors and > >activists into living, walking ads for Gap. Further, > >if Gap succeeds it may become a trendsetter, and other > >corporations might follow. > > > >Currently, the majority of consumers are unaware of > >how Gap stands on "independence" and "freedom." > > > >Gap inc. is the corporation under which Gap, Old Navy, > >and Banana Republic exist. All three companies have > >been notorious for paying sweatshop workers as little > >as 11 cents per hour in the third world, denying them > >basic health care and the right to form unions, as > >well as harassing, beating and forcing contraceptives > >on them. Sweatshop workers generally work 12-14 hour > >days (although sometimes 24) and can be as young as 12 > >years old. > > > >Although many of Gap's clothes say "Made in USA" they > >are actually produced in Saipan, a US territory where > >normal US labor laws do not exist. > > > >The Fisher Family that owns Gap also owns Mendicino > >Redwood Company, an active logging company that is > >deforesting the valuable redwood forests in Mendicino > >County, California. The Fisher family also has a > >notorious reputation for lobbying for privatizion of > >education and other public works in their home state > >of California. > > > >It appears that to Gap inc., "Freedom" and > >"Independence" only applies to the market, not the > >people. > > > >For more info visit: gapsucks.org, globalexchange.org, > >and sweatwatch.org > > > > > > > >===== > >For info on all that's going on in Sheffield check out: > >http://www.sheffieldmayday.ukf.net > > > >Nine ladies site - http://pages.zoom.co.uk/~nineladies/ > >Excellent national and international news from: > >http://www.schnews.org.uk/ http://www.urban75.com/ > >http://www.indymedia.org/ http://uk.indymedia.org/ > > > > > > ******** > > ****** The A-Infos News Service ****** > > News about and of interest to anarchists > > ****** > > COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ > > INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org > > > >-To receive a-infos in one language only mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] the message: > > unsubscribe a-infos > > subscribe a-infos-X > > where X = en, ca, de, fr, etc. (i.e. the language code) > >
