What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men just can't be reached. Since its inception in September 2011, the Occupy Movement has generated
both praise and condemnation. A direct response to the financial
instability, subprime mortgage crisis and the decline of trust in the
government’s ability to effectively address the problems in the labor
market, it continues to resonate in the American consciousness. In
response to the significant output of art and documentation produced in
support of the Occupy Movement in Oakland and San Francisco, YBCA has
put together an exhibition of works that have proven to be particularly
effective in supporting the goals and aspirations of the Movement.
Impressively, various political poster artists devoted their talents to
messaging the politics and culture of the movement by creating iconic
images — designs that were a call to action, or posters announcing an
upcoming event. In many ways these works, by twenty-five Bay Area
artists, carry forward the region’s long tradition as a leader in
political struggles, from the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, to
struggles by communities of color in the 1970s, to AIDS activism in the
1980s. The exhibition also includes a selection of photo journalistic and
documentary photography and video that serve as a record of the events
around the Occupy Movement.
To learn more and see the schedule GO HERE
In support of this effort and to spread the word Chuck Sperry is giving you my fine readers the chance to win 9 of his Occupy Posters. That's right 9 people will win the poster and one lucky random person will win his beautiful Mind Spring Poster along with the Occupy Poster. We did have the idea of giving away 99 of them to represent the 99%, but that was going to be very difficult.
The Mind Spring poster is an edition of 50 22 x 28 6 color silkscreen
Now go to the top of the post above the picture and click on comments to
leave a comment about what you think should be done to make things better to have a chance at winning the poster. Don't worry if
your comment does not appear immediately I have to approve them before
they are published. I will use the random number generator to pick a
winner. Entries are limited to ONE PER PERSON PER HOUSEHOLD. Please
leave your name with the comment, comments without names will not be
accepted. Entries will be accepted until midnight PDT Saturday July 21
that's two days to enter with the winner announced on Sunday.
Since some people can't read instructions if you leave more than one
comment I will be deleting them all and you will have to do it again,
meaning if Sally leaves 3 comments I will delete them all and she will
have to do it again. ONE comment per person. It's not that hard, we're
not saving lives here just giving away a poster.
Thank you to Chuck Sperry for providing an insane amount of posters for the giveaway and for supporting the Occupy Movement
Hi,
ReplyDeletenice shot :) I would love to get it.
Best regards,
Jean-Baptiste
We need to regulate the financial sector and tax corporations who send jobs and profits overseas! Thanks Chuck!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this generous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteTerm limits for politicians.
ReplyDeleteskip hart
There should be a Chuck Sperry monument in every city!!
ReplyDeleteThanks
Thanks Chuck for all the great work you do!
ReplyDeleteGordon Monk
Time to Find a proper gains tax to make sure the rich pay their share.
ReplyDeleteI love Chuck's work!! I'm in!!
ReplyDeleteWe need Robin Hood!
ReplyDeleteCheers guys, love chucks work!
They need stronger oversight to reduce insider trading and corporate schemes that end up harming the individuals.
ReplyDelete"So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men"
ReplyDeleteArran
We need specific task forces to go after corruption in corporations, banking & politics.
ReplyDeleteChris Dalton
Chuck.....are Countrry needs an overhaul
ReplyDeleteFire all of the politicians!
ReplyDeleteshaftyjay at gmail dot com
We just need politicians whose focus is not on their pocket, but instead focus on the people's needs. gov't spending is out of control.
ReplyDeleteChristopher Jones
Quit your day job.........focus on your art.
ReplyDeleteWe can heal the world with killer poster designs!!!!!!
Hehehehehe.
jeff
moonduckie78()gmail
Pass a constitutional amendment that prohibits private money from going to politicians. End lobbying, get the (private) money out of politics.
ReplyDeleteWe need to focus our goverment on problems within the US and quit bailing out other countries for a while until our nation is back on track.
ReplyDeleteChucks posters are incredible!!
Bryan Simmons
unklebry2@yahoo.com
Hope one of these babies occupies a wall in my house!
ReplyDeleteJethro
Changes need to be made from top to bottom. The Financial sector needs a complete overhaul and our political system needs to be changed so that it doesn't take a rich man to become President. Also the 2 party system is killing the US.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Amazing job Squirt!
Tax the rich! Thanks for the contest! Mitch
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!
ReplyDeleteEat the rich! Happy Friday.
ReplyDeleteWe need a pie eating contest. thanks chuck! :)
ReplyDeleteCincinnati needs some love
ReplyDeletejustin.volz()meyertool.com
Just let Chuck make all the design in the bank's offices..
ReplyDeleteThanks
Corporate greed leads to social and economic inequality, the amount of people at or below "poverty level" and unemployed and homeless is disgraceful to allow to occur for far too long. Maybe we should take lessons out of the The Dobe Ju/'hoansi culture where people look after each other and share food, while in our country more goes to waste - while plenty are hungry. If we can find a happy medium, we would all be better off.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity and Chuck's work speaks for itself!
Well it's my birthday so if everyone just wished me a happy birthday that would make things better
ReplyDeleteThis looks great
ReplyDeletelove chucks stuff
ReplyDeleteStudent loans locked at 1% interest. Amnesty for federal student loans that are over 5 years old that have been on-time. An education should not make you an indentured servant.
ReplyDeleteEminent Domain to turn foreclosed houses into public housing. Banks should not be allowed to sit on, or worse, demolish, houses when people are in need.
Single-payer health insurance.
Credit cards locked to no more than 5% above Prime Rate.
PS: Just got my first Sperry (Patti Smith print). Gorgeous work! Can't wait to see more.
Chad Thomas
Financial system reform. Never-ending, unlimited commitment to visibility and transparency to Wall Street policies, procedures, and results.
ReplyDeletethe banks need to be held accountable
ReplyDeletenice print, thanks for the opportunity to win one
Stop allowing both parties to kick the can down the road....
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Love the posters. Thanks!
ReplyDelete-Nick Pensabene
Clearly nothings being done to regulate the financial sector. There was an opportunity for appropriate regulations w/the financial collapse of '08. Instead of breaking up these banks, there are now actually fewer banks w/more $ and power. It has to stop and these people need to be held accountable for their misdeeds when the next collapse occurs.
ReplyDeleteThanks as always!
Robert Scofield
thescofieldkid ()hotmail
Control for smilers can't be bought! thanks...
ReplyDeleteNice... Could this be my first Sperry???
ReplyDeleteWe need banks to focus on the customer, rather than the shareholder.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chuck, for this great opportunity for a great cause. What I think would be an enormous step for the Occupy movement is a centralized location on the internet to place ideas, with a petition-type voting system, where the public can decide in an effective and organized manner how they think change should come about. As someone who has never participated in an Occupy protest, I feel too uninformed to participate in discussions about it - and, at the risk of representing other opinions than my own, I think that's likely a problem others share.
ReplyDeleteI genuinely would love a simplistic rundown on what the public consensus is on problems occurring, shown in an easy-to-comprehend manner, and the ability to see what the 'general public' believes can be done.
As someone who's never participated in an Occupy movement protest, I have failed at understanding it; seeing it only as people in financial dire straits complaining that the wealthy are too wealthy, and holding flags up to bring about change. I know this is not what the movement is about, but it would be nice to hear what the movement IS about.
I think if everyone was just given a a single cupcake every morning with their favorite frosting flavor everyone would start their day with so much more love in their heart. With all of this extra love in their hearts, people can move foward making better decisions for our society as a whole! You have to feel better in order to do better. And once you do better, you feel better! It's a win/win situation!
ReplyDeleteThere's no free lunch, balance the budget
ReplyDeleteJohn. Planr4321@aol.com
flat tax baby.
ReplyDeleterichard morsa
ogrjmj@yahoo.com
Leaving behind the antiquated 2 party system would do wonders for cleaning out much of the corporate filth in politics - we need a new generation of thinkers leading us not yesterdays money grabbers.
ReplyDeleteAaron Harlow
The financial sector needs to take accountability for their actions - more than just paying a "fine" with the interest that was made on the money the took from their "customers." As for the American youth, we need to form a concentrated movement against the Baby Boomer elitists that are dividing our country. The only way to do this is vote them out of Washington and to OCCUPY.
ReplyDelete- Eric Blevins
We can start with mandatory compassion and mindfulness courses for everyone, especially executives and politicians.
ReplyDeleteThanks Guys!
Jason V
Raising awareness that the 99% includes people who are doing ok, even people driving BMWs and Buicks, would make people think. People thinking that champage and lets face it, art prints, are only for the actually-very-rich are missing the point. The super-rich are very different. Shut 'em down.
ReplyDeleteThanks to both you and Chuck for setting this up!
chris s. cstave () gmail
This looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteAdam Giroux
As Warren G and Nate Dogg said, "REGULATE"
ReplyDeleteI like everybody's ideas. What's needed is a change of perspective. Today, greed is rewarded and generosity is disdained. Needs to be the reverse.
ReplyDeleteSperry 2012
ReplyDeleteWe needed less partisan politics.
ReplyDeleteackirkpatrick@yahoo.com
who watches the watchmen?
ReplyDeleteMatt Abernathy
ReplyDeleteLimit corporate profits on health care to reduce costs
We need people that aren't self centered as leaders!
ReplyDeleteeverything chuck does is amazing!
ReplyDeleteTax reform that is not as corporation friendly as the current system. Complicated issue, but all signs point back to the dollar bill.
ReplyDeleteI am local to the Bay Area and have been following the Occupy Protests in both San Francisco and Oakland for about a year now. I agree with Chuck that there needs to be an awakening sense of people power and I think that the citizens of the Bay Area have been awakened!
ReplyDeleteI think that it will take strong action to make the changes needed to get this country back on track and Chuck Sperry's "This Is Our City and We Can Shut It Down" is a great message that will continue to motivate people to do what is necessary for change.
We are the people and we have the power to SHUT IT DOWN.
As always Great work Chuck!
Peace Out!
Great looking poster with a very important message for the 99% to unite! Ever so important during this election year with the 1% trying to buy the election!
ReplyDeleteLarry Porter
Start with electing Ron Paul
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Regulate the banks and hold executives accountable for taking advantage of their customers!
ReplyDeleteA government by the people, for the people. Not a government for businesses. Capitalism is not a form of government. It is an economic system. Let our votes speak and show the world that democracy works!
ReplyDeleteThank you CHUCK and ITRPF, very generous!!!
ReplyDeleteThe opposite of most of the stuff happening now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity, Chuck and ITRPF.
The opposite of most of the stuff happening now. Especially closely monitoring the financial sector and the head honchos.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity, Chuck and ITRPF.
Maybe we should use some of the oil that we "liberated" to lower gas prices. You cannot expect people to purchase goods or taking vacations (also more costly due to gas prices) when they are worried about about the price of gas... Isn't it funny how gas prices are lower during an election year... Just sayin
ReplyDeleteTed Cooper
We can start by stopping our bullying of the world and spending our efforts/money here on our people. -Rick C.
ReplyDeleteTired of every product, minus food, being produced in China and supporting a communist nation.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway,
Austin
chuck, you rock! thank you : )
ReplyDeleteThat's easy, vote Sperry in 2012.
ReplyDeleteJason Shults
Revise and simplify the tax code and close the loop holes that exist!
ReplyDeleteHere in Canada, we need the pubic to be aware of government spending and give them a chance to voice concern before our politicians spend billions of dollars in wasted services and expenses.
ReplyDeleteBankers need to have real consequences. Bankers basically brought down the entire financial system as we know it and instead of the leaders of these banks getting criminal charges they were rewarded with golden parachutes. This won't stop as long as the people at the top know they can keepgettingaway with it
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ReplyDeleteThanks to Gary and Chuck for this great contest!
ReplyDeleteThere are many things that need to be addressed to get our great country back on it's feet but corruption and waste in all branches of our government (Federal, State and Local) need to be addressed first. If you don't kill the cancer of corruption/waste, it will perpetuate no matter what else changes.
Jon Housknecht
Thank you very much for the opportunity-- James Willingham
ReplyDeleteWe all need to work some amount of empathy into our cultural ethic if not our business ethic.
ReplyDelete--Sam Armstrong
Money needs to become less important than people.
ReplyDelete-jessica
We need to realize our limitations when it comes to money. Set priorities.
ReplyDelete-Erika
Hold the large corporations with sky rocketing prices on their goods and record profits accountable. Oil. They are the cause of the inflation felt by every sector. The reason hard working people making the right decisions are unable to get ahead and really barely break even. Something has to give. Lets keep this real and focus where the source of the problem is. Thanks Chuck for the opp.
ReplyDelete-Michael Groover
Everyone needs to change. Beginning with ourselves, people need to be comfortable living within their means - what ever level that is at. Governments need to act for the interests of the people, protecting our savings and pensions through legislation, our bankers need to act responsibly for their clients, and pay responsibly against performance. The stock markets and the people buying shares need to think about what their actions drive companies and banks to do in the search for never ending profits.
ReplyDeleteNo one comes out of this without a need to change, we need to recognise what we can do, and vote for and invest with people who share and demonstrate these values. The first step begins with us
Never let funding for education get cut. Support arts education in schools. Grow a creative class and hope we overtake the corporate control of the masses.
ReplyDeleteThings need to change with regards to how closely connected the financial industry is with those who we elect. Their interests lie in making money.
ReplyDelete-Kelsey kh5095@gmail.com
Lots needs to be done the hardest part is where to begin?? ROB
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately this world will always be filled with greed and corruption. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeletetravj5@yahoo.com
Eliminate career politicians!
ReplyDeletebeing able to apply for jobs without credit checks and drug tests.
ReplyDeleteJason Ochs
Well Chuck I think it is simple I think it comes down to our kids we are loosing them,it seems like education is just not that important anymore. We have to do something about it, what people forget is our kids are going to be taking care of us. We have to do something now before it is really to late.
ReplyDeleteJesse Sidwell
Politicians are public servants and their finances need to be clear and above board.
ReplyDeleteSteve H.
A shift in priorities!
ReplyDeleteScott Johnston
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
ReplyDeletelets change this
Micah
mwbrewdog123@yahoo.com
Thanks for the poster giveaway. The Occupy movement, who I fully support, need a list of demands that are in line with what the public would back. That would help financial reform and the rich from getting richer and the poor from being poorer and the middle class from disappearing.
ReplyDeleteThx,
Ray - milehighphan@comcast.net
does the entire country
ReplyDeletethats what we need to do
jon
quizzard_2000@yahoo.com
Anyone over retirement age should not be allowed in a government position! The world has passed them by!
ReplyDeleteThis may not solve any problems but one thing we need is better music. Our times are just as troubling as those in the past, but in the 60's and 70's musicians were artists with their finger on the pulse of America. I just don't see that with modern (popular) music.
ReplyDeleteThanks for contest!
Drew - sogr8ful@yahoo.com
Less guns, more love.
ReplyDeletePeace,
Jesse S.
Thanks for bring this to the forefront. The more education the better off we will all be. People looking at what the government does, is a great start.
ReplyDeleteThe SINGLE biggest thing that we can do to fix this country is for people to start thinking for themselves, rather than believing everything they hear in the media and partaking in the sheeple mentality. Once (if it ever actually happens, which is doubtful) the American public starts asking questions and doing the proper research into who they are electing and what policies their elected officials actually support, and more importantly what is actually being done by their elected officials, the entire political system would be reborn into a true democracy. Too many people follow the mob mentality and like to complain about the things that are wrong with the country before they even understand the real issues. If Americans (and the rest of the world for that matter) actually did their homework and then took the appropriate stance according to the general morality (right vs wrong) inherent in us all, then we would have representatives in government that would be forced to have the people's best interests in mind or lose their positions in the government. We wouldn't have a 2-party political system that people blindly followed because they are "life-long Democrats/Republicans" voting only along party lines because it doesn't require them to think.
ReplyDeleteJust my 2 cents, but the changes definitely need to start with us if we ever hope to make things better for ourselves and fellow Americans.
Kush
john_a_k@yahoo.com
Stop allowing the government to make laws and regulations. Everything should be passed through the people.
ReplyDeletemake Kazaam the President
ReplyDeletealex - alex.zurowski@gmail.com
Tougher regulations for the financial institutions and bigger fines not just for the companies but individuals as well, not just that they lose their bonus. Hit them hard and make them more accountable to the people.
ReplyDelete"THIS IS OUR CITY" - Stand Strong
ReplyDeleterossandgaffney@aol.com
wow that is pretty amazing! thanks for the contest
ReplyDeleteResponsible government.
ReplyDeleteJesse
prettyguts@yahoo.com
clarity and enforcement.
ReplyDeleteAustin - beaster1627@gmail.com
More accountability for those in power.
ReplyDelete- Chris Sison
I'd like to see politicians randomly chosen from Driver's license lists, a draft for politicians. Then we would have real representation by the people, not just by people that can afford to run for office.
ReplyDeletePoliticians need to start acting like the public servants they are supposed to be.. no more private agendas. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteKyle L.
kyle.leduc@mnsu.edu
Hells yah, keep Oakland groovy!
ReplyDeleteITS MY CITY AS WELL...
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just need to stop and ask people how they are doing.... be aware of people that seem on edge and truly try to befriend them. Help people direct their anger in a positive direction
ReplyDeleteDillon in Denver, CO
walkinthegrass at yahoo dot com
Guadalupe Villanueva,
ReplyDeleteI'd say tax the rich but that is also not the solution. I'd say free education and free healthcare for everyone
PEACE!
ReplyDeleteKris ~ jamkrdo@aol.com
Legalize it.....tax it, less people in jail that we pay for...more tax for gov't
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance
Andy
Put a cap on how much big companies can mark up an item. There's no reason to mark everything 3 to 6 hundred percent what they pay for it. They could be helping people of our nation and still be making a profit off of us at a 200 percent mark up. Even buying locally instead of going over seas helps our nation quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteSupport America's small business and keep jobs in the state's.
Charles - Doodle1620@hotmail.com
winner winner;I hope to have this poster occupy my office Mark P. deviousturtles@wi.rr.com
ReplyDeleteGet money out of politics.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Matt
karlmalowned@gmail.com
great giveaway. hmsheedy@verizon.net
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway Chuck. You continue to lead by example. I think if everyone were to take seriously the driving speed limits in residential & school zones, you know, 25MPH, & why not keep it @ 22MPH or less, it would help a lot.
ReplyDeleteRegulate..Regulate..and then Prosecute..Prosecute. A man can get tasered and jailed for jay walking...What about the bankers? Capitalism is an experiment and we should treat it as such.
ReplyDeletethank you
bbear419@hotmail.com
Eat the rich!
ReplyDeleteColt
Ratstop1@verizon.net
Stop trusting politicians, corporations and lobbyists to ru(i)n our lives; start taking responsibilty for your own future and demise.
ReplyDeleteyada yada yada
Thanks,
marseed@verizon.net
Henry Hardman
ReplyDeleteHardman314@gmail.com
I like to start out saying what a badass giveaway so awesome of y'all here at the Rock Frame and Chuck to help out the Poster Public=) I wish the American Gov't would take the same route and have giveaways that would lift the spirits of the general public and make the world such a happier place to live because people would actually attempt things out of their usual routine. It is all about being yourself and being loud and proud!!! To many people are silenced for speaking out.
First,Think For Yourself
ReplyDeleteNext,Question Authority
Then All Will Be Well
YURAKAPTIV......Thomas
Get corporations out of politics
ReplyDeleteI am the 99%!!!
ReplyDeleteAndrew
Ajstarwars101@gmail.com
Very cool.
ReplyDeleteOccupy needs to get involved in the political realm. Protests just serve to the notion that we are still free "see they can do that and not go to jail" (never mind many went to jail) Look at the teabag party. From nothing to some level of political control.In just a few years. Occupy! Get involved or become less than a foot note in the countries history.
Thanks for the chance to win a poster!
Erikgustafson@gmail.com :)
count me in...99% of me...
ReplyDeletemike
pjmlbaic@yahoo.com
Kudos to Sperry
ReplyDeleteAnd the image is absolutely entrancing
BJ
smokey289@hotmail.com
stop bitching about whose fault it is and start being active.
ReplyDeleteron reinert
reject big corps, choose small local businesses
ReplyDeleteGreg D
Invest in all levels of education (primary, secondary, etc.) & health care, and also revise the tax code. Reduce spending and increase taxes (for certain tax brackets).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome giveaway!!
Ed
ewilson1mph@gmail.com
AP614@Live.com
ReplyDeleteOpen your ears things should stay the way they are in the bBay..!!
Peyotepaul@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteRead a F-in Book..............
Laughter, art, love and music. If only we had more of it the world would be a better place...
ReplyDeleteGlen Holder
"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance"
Delete- James Madison
Jeff Tiemann
jefftiemann at gmail dot com
I love the occupy poster!
ReplyDeleteHold people more accountable for their actions and provide government assistance as a crutch instead of providing it as a life style.
ReplyDeleteRodney Garland
Great work a always Chuck. The Revoloution will notbe televised...papatyler@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteSteven Pawelko: Support IBEW Local 827 in our fight against Verizon's corporate greed!
ReplyDeleteFight The Power!!!
ReplyDeleteDarren H.
Take the ridiculous excess of money out of politics, for one thing.
ReplyDeleteThanks ITRPF, you're so godlike. And Chuck, you forever remain at #1 for the poster scene!
-Matt N
awesome as always!! Thanks Chuck & Gary!!
ReplyDeleteWe need more cowbell
ReplyDeleteFlashphishin@yahoo.com
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/246091/
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am polyannish, but this is a easy start. Sorry, there is a quick commercial before it starts. Thanks for this opportunity.
Patrick Fitzsimons
Great contest! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteWe need to get rid of all the lobbyists in Washington.
ReplyDeleteMoney should not dictate policy. The best interests of the people should.
Awesome prints Chuck!
CC
thecombine@hotmail.com
I agree with the above comment to get money out of politics. I favor publicly funded elections and greater proportional representation.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance.
brent23tick@yahoo.com
Occupy Wal-Mart. Thanx for the Free Friday Fun ~ John H.
ReplyDeleteI say legalize marijuana and tax the hell out of it! This is coming from a non-smoker.
ReplyDelete~Mary
hatfield5877@yahoo.com
I think the Occupy movement 1st needs to agree on one specific goal, like taxing the rich, it might then stand a better chance at being successful.
ReplyDeleteNara R.
naraedit@gmail.com
outstanding!
ReplyDeletebenjamin.lund@gmail.com
We should take the time to visit other countries and embrace different cultures. By understanding others, we can better understand ourselves.
ReplyDeleteWill Flickinger
Thanks for the shot!
ReplyDeleteTim
Help the less fortunate, hold everybody accountable and remember money does not equal happiness, enjoy all the small things everyday. Cool poster thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteDmdoomd@gmail.com
Looks like I may be the last guy. Not good odds at winning, would like to though.
ReplyDeleteDreamline
Tax the rich and educate the poor.
ReplyDeleteTravis Smith
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