SAW´s 2006 campaign: Land & Globalization
2006: Land & Globalization
August 15,2006: The posters are on their way to the printers and will be hitting the streets soon. Please consider donating to help up print the posters. Keep checking back for updates!
Christopher Columbus began our current age of globalization in 1492. His invasion of the West Indies introduced the world to imperialism by stealing indigenous land, destroying native nations, and starting the transatlantic slave trade. In today´s world, multinational corporations have become modern-day conquistadors. Using the I.M.F., the World Bank, the W.T.O., N.A.F.T.A., and the F.T.A.A., transnational corporations have become more powerful than many countries. Setting up global assembly lines, these corporate giants have moved freely around the world forcing countries, rich and poor, to surrender their land, resources, and labor. In the process, corporations have poisoned the environment, destroyed labor laws, and made massive profits shifting wealth from the global south to the industrialized north.
SAW wants to look at how corporate globalization has affected our world, how it has impacted the land, and how people are fighting back. This collection of 25 posters represents artists from 10 different countries and over 20 different cities. These posters illustrate specific struggles in countries like Brazil and the United States, and they also tackle international issues around poverty and gentrification. Along with a strong critique of imperialism, the posters show how communities throughout the world are resisting corporate power for a more just and sustainable world.
Posters
To download high-resolution PDFs of the 2006 posters, click the link below each thumbnail. NOTE: These are very large (up to 12MB) files. Right-click to save and be patient!
