new "cherokee" ad

[Qwerty Dvorak]

showing regularly on tv in uk and ireland. its one of them "design by cherokee, price by tesco" ads. it basically has a load of commie stuff, like a lenin statue, and a woman holding a hammer and sickle on top of a red star, then a load of price tags keep popping up.

what the fuck is all that about? is it insulting communism, or trying to profit off it? CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME??!!

[Socialist Dave]

Well it ain't gonna be advocating commnism

[OleMarxco]

Oh well, it does, but not in a proper way, that is. Heck, even ideologies commodify-'remselves ;)

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

I don't understand any of your posts ole.

Lenin said something about things like this. How the rulling class tries to either destroy or coopt revolutionary ideas, symbols, personalities, etc. Trying to take the "revolutionary" out of them.

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

for anyone who hasn't seen it...

http://www.davidreviews.com/PlayMovie.asp?...B&ID=2005090506 (http://www.davidreviews.com/PlayMovie.asp?Format=WHB&ID=2005090506)

[Roses in the Hospital]

I contemplated starting a thread about it myself, but wasn't 100% sure I hadn't just dreamt it...

[workersunity]

what the fuck, it doesnt make any damn sense

[bcbm]

Soviet memorabilia and pre-communist movements (futurism, for example) are very kitsch and hip right now. The companies are just trying to profit off of that.

[comradesteele]

hey it was an interest in soviet/communist icons etc that got me interested in communism so its not all bad

[RABBIT - THE - CUBAN - MILITANT]

i that would be great if it wasn’t all cappied out and shit .. music and visualization is very "stunning"

[bcbm]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2005, 02:51 PM
hey it was an interest in soviet/communist icons etc that got me interested in communism so its not all bad
I didn't say it was bad. I just said it was hip at the moment. I own some soviet crap.