HelenaNMay 17
Street Art Utopia

Seen near Holborn Station, on the route of the Unite the Kingdom rally. By the artist Frank Riot.

The poster says it better than most speeches:

When the scapegoats are gone, the borders are fortified, and the hatred has done its damage, the cost of living will still rise, the NHS will still be dying, and corporate vultures will still be picking our lives apart.

Who will they blame then?

What will they have gained?

A badge for barbarism against a backdrop of decay.

May 17 at 10:34amWeb
Show threadStreet Art UtopiaMay 17
Show thread🌈☔🌦️🍄🌱🍉May 17
@streetartutopia
When you've got rid
off all the mosques
but the costs
of life still rise
and you've built
your fortressed borders
but the NHS still dies
and the muslims are all gone
and your town's a wall of white
but corporate vultures
are still pillaging
every facet of our lives
who will you blame then?
what will you have gained?
a badge for barbarism
against a backdrop of decay.
Show threadErikMay 17
@wmd Thank you so much for sharing the important thing in this image so that I can access it!
Show threadAviendha69 🦋🍁 🇨🇦 | ᑐ ∪ ∩ ⊂May 17
then, they eliminated all the nagging women, and 10 years later, there was no one left. like Easter Island.
Show threadCandela-Fotografie 📷May 17
@streetartutopia incredibly powerful
Show threadAndrew DeaconMay 17
@streetartutopia Obviously, if things do not improve there must be Internal enemies sabotaging the project and a purge is needed (repeat ad nauseam) (based on previous similar occurrences)
Show threadSashaMay 17
@streetartutopia historically it'll be Poland. But that's too far, and they are too well armed so the Irish. Shudder.
Show threadCount HoldemMay 17

@sashabilton The US is a Poland, now.

A #duopoly excludes the middle, so land-of-Poles it is!

Show threadLukefromDCMay 17
@sashabilton @streetartutopia The Irish have proven they too can fight and fight well. The Troubles were enough to force the UK government to the peace table after all.
Show threadSashaMay 18

@LukefromDC @streetartutopia facists don't want peace. Once the troubles at home aren't distracting enough they need perpertual war to keep the mob's focus away from how bad things have got.

And yeah, once the IRA figured out blowing up finanical instituations was more effective than people, things started to change for the better.

Show threadMagnus AhltorpMay 17

@streetartutopia I know the answer! I know the answer of who they will blame then!

Women.

Oh, wait, they already do that.

Show threadOsitoMay 17
@streetartutopia
Show threadcanleaf08✅ 加拿大葉子 🏳️‍🌈⚧️🇪🇺🍁May 17
@streetartutopia then they will get rid of gay cafes, lesbian book stores and trans support groups.
Show threadXerz 💗May 17
@streetartutopia Some people will feel safe being abused by their side. That's what they'll gain.
Show threadJhooperMay 17
@streetartutopia my only problem with this is that the people that need to hear the message are too stupid to get it, sadly.
Show threadJörgen WintherMay 17
@jhooper @streetartutopia True, it speaks to those who already think this way. It is difficult to reach out of any such bubble.
Show threadJhooperMay 17
@Inidox @streetartutopia also the message needs to be clearer, honestly.
Show threadDJHVIIMay 17
@streetartutopia Quote "The poor are always with us " ....
Show threadNicole ParsonsMay 17

@streetartutopia

Billionaires fear a 99% that wakes up to the fact that blameshifting bigotry solves nothing real in their lives.

Bigotry is distraction.

It doesn't provide affordable housing.
It doesn't create jobs.
It doesn't fund public services.
It doesn't lower prices for gas or groceries.
It doesn't stop fascism in government.
It doesn't stop wars.
It doesn't stop public corruption in business.
It doesn't educate the young or support seniors.

It enriches billionaires.

Show threadnanowizMay 17

@Npars01 @streetartutopia

Billionaire bigotry = class warfare 2x

Show threadOmnivoreMay 17

@streetartutopia

Reading the words, I feel like this is a poem or song. It has a ragged meter and it rhymes in places.

Show threadjasper89May 17
@streetartutopia this is filled with partial truths. The professional display is certainly not “street”. Whether it’s actual art is at the viewer’s discretion, but doesn’t meet most criteria. Post it elsewhere, please; perhaps on a “public screed utopia” account.
Show threadmagnus (he/him)May 17

@jasper89 @streetartutopia how is it not street art? It is a poster put up in the street?

I'm assuming that whoever put it up did so in guerilla fashion by opening the glass frame with a key. The way it subverts the "official and sanctioned" poster display makes it even more artful than a mere poster wheat pasted on a wall

Show threadLokjo - a European online mapMay 17

@streetartutopia

I hope in the near future people will understand that the only reason which makes corporation/right wing do their thing is that millions of people keep using their products, therefor financially supporting them to make the next lobbying advertisement.

choosing local shops will get rid of this. That's why we've build a worldwide map to easily find those places, while corporate and chains are noted with a grey dot and no information appart from 'we don't support this place'.

Show thread☑️ CathMay 17

@lokjo Good initiative: https://www.lokjo.com/

@streetartutopia

#lokjo

Lokjo.com - Your worldwide local map

Show threadLokjo - a European online mapMay 17

@Kletskous

Thanks Cath! Your link has an error. though. Did you mean to post to our website? https://lokjo.com

Lokjo.com - Your worldwide local map

Show thread☑️ CathMay 17

@lokjo Yes and excuse me.

#edit

Show threadLokjo - a European online mapMay 17

@Kletskous

No worries! And thanks for the support. :)

Show thread☑️ CathMay 17
@lokjo 💜
Show threadPhosphenesMay 17

@streetartutopia

Well obviously we blame the poets next.

Show threadLawrenceMay 17

@streetartutopia

More than likely we will have religion of the type that can be found in the history books of Great Britain in the 1500 - 1600s.

Show threadRobTrewMay 17

@streetartutopia
though perhaps the switch to “corporate vultures” and “pillage” is just a step change in the very same music ?

( difficulty attributed to the malign and misguided - remedies sought in smiting and correcting )

Show threadNikolaus Bösch-WeissMay 17

@robtrew @streetartutopia well... but there's some difference as to what do you blame? and who do you blame it on?

If you blame a lack of funding for a welfare state to those people who have lots of money and don't pay tax ... well, you might be right.... more right than if you blame the poor. right?

Show threadRobTrewMay 17

@niko @streetartutopia
Same game … “blame” as an easy and familiar substitute for the very hard and difficult work of analysis and experiment.

( All it offers is smiting and preaching )

Show threadSarMay 17

@streetartutopia

Welcome to The Troubles, English style.

We had it for decades, so don't worry England, you'll get there soon enough...

Show threaderwinblonkMay 17
@streetartutopia It's turtles all the way down. There's always someone or something else to blame.
Show threadxs4me2May 17

@streetartutopia

Could not be more clear…

Show threadtiago May 17
@streetartutopia
Show threadLow TideMay 17
@streetartutopia The root cause of the listed points - dare we name it? - capitalism. Until that is mentioned all minorities fight for themselves.
Show threadcrumbletiltskinMay 18
@streetartutopia the cruelty is the point
Show thread@iveylineMay 18
@streetartutopia Brilliant!
Show threadTired and AngryMay 18
@streetartutopia
It’s bad isn’t it that I’ve seen this image elsewhere in the last few days and just assumed that it was a bit of photoshop/AI, rather than a real poster. Great message either way 👍
Show threadridicol 🍉🇵🇸 🏳️‍🌈💚May 19
@streetartutopia absolutely true, but the frog's supporters won't even understand it