A Just War -- or just Business?

(left) World War II United States Goverment Printing Office Poster by Illustrator Harold Von Schmidt, 1944.

(right) One of 15,000 posters distributed by the office of San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, October 2001.

Images courtesy of Adbusters.

Soon after the "Open for Business" posters infested San Francisco, a local artist drafted a poignant rebuttal -- an altered version of the poster appeared with missile silhouettes emerging from the top of the bag. The title read: "America: Dying for Business." (Now I can't find a copy; isn't that a surprise? If you have a photo of this revamped poster, please send it in and I'll post it.)

Posted by sean at September 13, 2002 12:40 AM