rethink the shoe
Founasse AL-Sheikh
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>Rethink the Cool + the Shoe
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>phil knight had a dream. he'd sell shoes. he'd sell dreams.
>he'd get rich. he'd use sweatshops if he had to.
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>then along came a new shoe. plain. simple. cheap. fair.
>designed for only one thing: kicking phil's ass.
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>the unswoosher
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>For years, Nike was the undisputed champion of logo culture,
>its swoosh an instant symbol of global cool.
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>Today, Phil Knight's Nike is a fading empire, badly hurt by
>years of "brand damage" as activists and culture jammers
>fought back against mindfuck marketing and dirty sweatshop labor.
>
>Now a final challenge. We take on Phil at his own game - and win.
>We turn the shoes we wear into a counterbranding game. The swoosh
>versus the anti-swoosh. Which side are you on?
>
>Adbusters has been doing R&D for more than a year, and guess what?
>Making a shoe - a good shoe - isn't exactly rocket science.
>With a network of supporters, we're getting ready to launch the
>blackSpot sneaker, the world's first grassroots anti-brand.
>You can help launch the blackSpot revolution.
>
>THE BIG QUESTION:
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> Is it possible to take Phil Knight's billion-dollar
> marketing momentum and, in a quick judo-like move, slap
> him onto the mat with the power of his own PR thrust?
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>OUR KICK-ASS MARKETING STRATEGY >> http://blackspotsneaker.org
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>buy it............................preorders@blackspotsneaker.org
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>sell it...........................wholesale@blackspotsneaker.org
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>invest in it......................investors@blackspotsneaker.org
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>support it........................donations@blackspotsneaker.org
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>join the jam........................jammers@blackspotsneaker.org
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> Make a straight donation... it's a worthy cause
> with the potential to set an historic precedent
> that could be repeated in other industries and
> usher in more grass roots version of capitalism
> in which megacorps do not control every area of
> our children's lives.
>
>https://www.groundspring.org/donate/index.cfm?ID=2217-0%7C742-0
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Founasse AL-Sheikh
by the people to lead the mosque/church but at the very end it
should be religious person who makes the decision how to run a religious
centre not a committee, the committee should only be there to share
opinion and provide views, but Imam/Priest must remain the leader.
It is very important but sadly not understood by many people today, they
just like to create a "different" kind of system. Many Muslim Imams have
complained that they can?t even give Friday Khutaba without committee?s
permission it is committee who tells them what to say and do, I don?t
know may be committees should be reminded that it is God?s religion and
God and those who know religions are the best people to decide what to
say and do. It may very well be that Imam?s and priests get paid to lead
mosque/church but leaders must be elected/rejected by people not the
committees the reason being committees can be corrupt and motivated by
political issues than religious issues.
I honestly don?t think things are going to change in a day, but we must
try to reverse and stop the current wave of thoughts and actions going
against religions, religion must be set free.
May God give us all the ability to question the current system and
thoughts in place around us. May God bring the days soon when religion
is free.
wa?Salam
Mohsin
Experience with pro-Israeli NSA.
Assalam u?Alekum all :)
During 20th of May 2002 and 24th of May 2002, I was doing a course. So
on Wednesday a man named Graham Sayers attended the class as teacher. I
honestly did not know what was going on, around me were only jewish
students in the class during that week, from all sorts of regions, like
African, Turkish, Asian and Irani, Pakistani jews.
This man was apparently from NSA, he openly threatened me and told me
that they will kill me. During the first half of the day he and his
students tried to communicate with me but failed as I was asleep. So I
went