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Australia

B&T Magazine —

2021 – Climate Change “Ad Hack” Campaign Calls Out Top London Ad Agencies For Supporting Fossil Fuels

B&T Magazine —

2021 – Queensland Teen Inspires Spoof HSBC “Subvertising” Campaign In UK

Canada

CBC —

2015 – Fake ads mocking corporate sponsors of the COP21 climate talks pop up in Paris

CBC Radio (Interview) —

2012 – Poet Robert Montgomery on hijacking over 35 billboards across England

France

La Réclame —

2020 – Des activistes antipub parodient des publicités automobiles

Germany

Der Spiegel —

2015 – Klimakonferenz in Paris streetart von Brandalism

DW —

2012 – ‘Brandalism’ street art takes aim at advertising

International

Euronews —

2021 – Artists hijack billboards to protest the greenwashing of ‘Europe’s dirtiest bank’

It's Nice That (Interview) —

2021 – How one organisation is calling out the hypocrisy of fossil ads with its own spoof versions

CNN —

2018 – The Hackers Using Street Ads to Protest

VICE (Interview) —

2015 – 600 Fake Ads Flood Paris to Protest Climate Talks

Buzzfeed —

2012 – Guerilla Group Hijacks 30 UK Billboards, Pre-Olympics

Huffington Post —

2015 – Brandalism campaign points out the paradoxes of the Paris climate conference

Collosal —

2015 – Brandalism: 82 Artists Install 600 Fake Ads Across Paris to Protest the COP21 Climate Conference

The World Post —

2015 – World leaders bombarded by art protest at Paris climate talks

Business Insider —

2016 – Inside the anti-advertising movement that’s recruiting ad agency workers to destroy billboards

Reuters —

2012 – Londoners complain of strict Olympics branding code (VIDEO)

Italy

La Republica —

2015 – Parigi, false pubblicità per denunciare gli sponsor di Cop21

La Republica —

2012 – Gran Bretagna, la street art contro la pubblicità

Spain

El Diario —

2021 – Así desafían colectivos de artistas los mensajes engañosos de las empresas de energías fósiles

El Espanol —

2015 – El activismo toma las marquesinas de París

UK

The Conversation —

2021 – Artists are not at the negotiating table at COP26 but art is everywhere. What can they accomplish through their work?

Campaign —

2021 – To boycott or not to boycott: how agencies should work with high-carbon clients

The Drum —

2021 – ‘Fight for the soul of the industry’: adland under scrutiny from watchful green activists

The Drum —

2021 – London’s biggest ad agencies targeted in anti-advertising climate protests

VICE —

2021 – Climate Activists ‘Hack’ More Than 200 Billboards To Protest Alleged Greenwashing

The Big Issue —

2021 – ‘Stop fossil fuels or get out our city’: Spoof ads in Liverpool target bank

The Guardian —

2021 – Activists target Liverpool FC sponsor Standard Chartered over fossil fuel links

Ecologist —

2020 – Activists hijack HSBC climate advertising

Street Art News —

2020 – Brandalism take over 100 UK billboards in anti-car protest

Morning Star —

2020 – Taking back the billboards

Marketing Week —

2018 – Beware the ‘subvertisers’ if your deeds don’t match your message

Campaign —

2018 – Shell Protesters Create Ads Decrying Brands Sustainability Marketing

Product Magazine —

2018 – ‘Earth For Sale’: Brandalism Subverts Shell Campaign

Guardian —

2018 – From Trump to Brexit: how bad graphics triumphed over slick design

The Independent —

2015 – ‘Brandalism’ activists post satirical adverts around Paris to protest climate change

Creative Review —

2015 – Brandalism hijacks Paris ad space to target climate conference sponsors

AdWeek —

2015 – 600 fake outdoor ads in Paris blast corporate sponsors of the COP21 climate talks

Guardian —

2015 – Anti-advertising: the hijacked bus stops of Paris – in pictures

Guardian —

2015 – Paris Climate Summit: survey reveals ‘greenwash’ of summit sponsors

BBC —

2015 – Eco activists Brandalism launch Paris ad takeover

Creative Review —

2015 – Brandalism hijacks Paris ad space to target climate conference sponsors

Telegraph —

2015 – The climate activists who secretly replace adverts with artwork

Channel 4 'Random Acts' —

2012 – Brandalism (A Short Film)

Campaign —

2012 – Guerrilla art group sabotages outdoor ads

Independent —

2012 – Brandalism: Street artists hijack billboards for ‘subvertising campaign’

USA

Forbes —

2020 – Glitzy SUV Adverts Subverted On 100 Billboards By Guerilla Eco-Warriors

Bored Panda —

2015 – Artists Fill Paris With 600 Fake Ads To Protest Corporate Sponsorship Of Climate Conference

Mother Jones —

2015 – The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Bankrolling the Paris Climate Talks

Washington Post —

2015 – Activists flood Paris with ads mocking corporate sponsors of climate change talks

CNBC —

2015 – Climate activists ‘brandalize’ Paris ads

New York Times —

2015 – Chasing a Climate Deal in Paris

MTV News —

Check Out A Guerrilla Art Group’s Great Takedown Of Corporate Sponsors At The Paris Climate Talks

MTV News —

2015 – Check Out A Guerrilla Art Group’s Great Takedown Of Corporate Sponsors At The Paris Climate Talks

Forbes —

2012 – Brandalism At The London Olympics

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01.12.2021 RT @stopadani: 🚨BREAKING🚨 The first coal train from the Carmichael mine to Adani’s coal port has been STOPPED near the port. Two community…
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29.11.2021 RT @DistortedAd: Welcoming new digital ad spaces, Manchester uses the usual flawed argument that adverts offer an important revenue to the…
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29.11.2021 RT @adfreecities: Great article in @BusinessGreen as today's ruling by the @ASA_UK lets Land Rover off scot-free over its SUV adverts - whi…
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26.11.2021 RT @AndrewSimms_uk: As a fun #BlackFriday special - why not pop over to the #Badvertising site & brush up on what the scientific research h…
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20.11.2021 RT @GlasgowAgreeme2: All activists which were arrested today in Copenhagen have been released!!! #CollapseTotal
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20.11.2021 RT @GlasgowAgreeme2: Climáximo in Portugal is approaching Galp’s refinery in Sines to block it in a #CollapseTotal action #uprootthesystem…
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20.11.2021 RT @ClimaximoPT: VITÓRIA PARA A JUSTIÇA CLIMÁTICA ✊🏽🌍 Saímos agora de Sines, sabendo que bloqueámos a infraestrutura mais emissora de gase…
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20.11.2021 Whoop! Artwork by @signsofrevolt https://t.co/A2ZbmAMLy0
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19.11.2021 RT @biofuelwatch: Thanks @BrandalismUK & https://t.co/inPyDcud3t for designing & putting this posters up in Bristol. Drax should not be pro…
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19.11.2021 RT @adfreecities: Nice to see Adhack Glasgow's #StopCambo bus stop pieces and @darren_cullen 's Hell Bus in this spread of protest art from…
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18.11.2021 RT @GreenwashEarth: The Decades of Destruction Lifetime Achievement Award goes to… @Ogilvy!! For their planet-bashing, responsibility-shirk…
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18.11.2021 RT @GreenwashEarth: Next up, it’s the hotly contested Let’s Pretend We’re Lovely Award. And the Winner is… @aandeddbe for nominating their…
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