re: #58 Killgore Trout

Charles said on the previous thread…

he lucked into it. The Tea Party dusted off the old model of the of the anti-communist right. Libertarians and the religious right held together by the John Birch Society and McCarthy era paranoia. This is why I found researching Adbusters so illuminating. He’s using the model of the Situationists . It’s a collaboration of Marxists, labor unions and anarchists (Paulians). It explains the Tea Party, OWS and G20 riots. It’s a recycled formula but still useful. Useful idiots on both sides of the political spectrum eagerly flock to these destructive movements no matter how many times they repeat themselves.

I’ve been reading Adbusters for over 10 years. I’ve read nearly every issue during those years and I’d say it doesn’t have an easy ideology that you can pin down. It has evolved over the years, in part due to changes in editorial leadership and in part due to the radicalization of the zeitgeist.
I’d say its evolved from a more tongue in cheek (think Bansky) critique of our excessively consumerist, heavily advertised, heavily medicated society, to a more anarchist revolutionary orientation.
I dont think I’ve ever seen support for Ron Paul in Adbusters, and it has never really focused on unions or syndicalism.