25 Apr Le Pen – Ne Pas Avaler
Fake news & political rhetoric.
What are we to believe?
This original poster (1968 below) warned people against believing the version of events as reported by the capitalist pro-government press.
Written on a black bottle, the type reserved for poisons, Press – Not To Be Swallowed.
During the general strike against de Gaulle's government (May-June 1968), students of the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts occupied their own buildings and set up a poster press. Named Atelier Populaire, it put out an estimated 120,000 posters from 300 different designs in support of the uprising. Most were printed by cheap and 'home-made' silkscreen processes. The operation was highly organised and democratic, with slogans and designs selected by assemblies and committees. Perceived government misuse of the police and the press were grievances aired in many of the designs.
Today we have to question the internet as a news source. Propaganda factories deliver fake news helping create a perfect day of outrage to everyone on the planet. Who’s to blame? The feeders or the masses who just can’t get enough…
Marine Le Pen is running for office in France. This is probably, maybe, potentially, not a good thing.
Le Pen represents a far right party (National Front) but appears to be more moderate than her father, whom she expelled from the party after he made some controversial statements. The questions always remained as to whether she was all smoke and mirrors because she has gone on record to show admiration for Trump. And hitching yourself to that wagon says a lot about a person.
Either way, Le Pen has some good policies but proceed with caution. Her affiliations with some pretty extreme Far Right Parties across the EU has to leave you wondering.
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