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Occupy Protest Flags (U.S.)

99% Stars and Stripes
Corporate America Flags
- Logos used on Corporate America flags

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99% Stars and Stripes

image courtesy of Pete Loeser
Source: http://www.loeser.us/flags/protest.html#occupy

A stars and stripes, with the stars spelling out "99%".

Corporate America Flags

image courtesy of Pete Loeser, 3 November 2011
Source: www.loeser.us/flags/protest.html#occupy

The flag with the Corporate logos instead of stars has been around for quite a while. I featured it in a piece in NAVA NEWS April - June 2003 Issue (#178), page 13: www.vexman.net/nnpdf/NN178.pdf
Dave Martucci, 4 November 2011

It seems to me that most of these designs, if not all, stem from Adbusters. Since they are the ones who have been distributing such flags since at least 2003, I would consider theirs the official version.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 November 2011

Logos used on Corporate America flags

Image reported in 2001:

image by Phil Nelson, 27 June 2001

CBS television, Playboy, Coca Cola, ABC Network, Camel cigarettes, Microsoft Windows;
Sprint, Travellers Insurance, Apple, Nike, AT&T, Chrysler;
Warner Brothers, Westinghouse Electric, Chase Bank, Intel (Inside), Pizza Hut, McDonald's;
Xerox, Adobe, IBM, General Electric, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Bell;
United Airlines, Shell, adidas, NBC television, Pepsico, Compaq
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 November 2011

image courtesy of Pete Loeser, 3 November 2011
Source: www.loeser.us/flags/protest.html#occupy

CBS television, Playboy, Coca Cola, ABC Network, Camel cigarettes, Microsoft Windows;
Sprint, Travellers Insurance, Apple, Nike, AT&T, Chrysler;
Warner Brothers, ??, Chase Bank, Intel (Inside), Starbucks Coffee Co.,McDonald's;
Xerox, Adobe, IBM, General Electric, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Bell;
United Airlines, Shell, adidas, NBC television, Pepsico, Compaq
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 November 2011

At Flickr, on 17 October 2008, Yire Shalom 3000 posted a version that is somewhat different:
www.flickr.com/photos/yire_shalom3000/2950160000/. I'm not sure whether Yire Shalom 3000 created this version, the posted flag designs all seem to be original, unless they are all obscure.

CBS television, Playboy, Coca Cola, ABC Network, Camel cigarettes, Microsoft Windows;
Sprint, Travellers Insurance, Apple, Nike, AT&T, Chrysler;
Warner Brothers, Westinghouse Electric, Chase Bank, Intel (Inside), MTV, McDonald's;
IBM (over three columns), General Electric, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Bell;
United Airlines, Citicorp/Citibank, ??, NBC television, ??, Compaq

This is the version also used for the Wikipedia article on Adbusters: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adbusters. No evidence of a real flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 November 2011

A more different version can be seen, as a graphic from 21 January 2010, at:
theragblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/supremes-make-it-official-corporations.html).

CBS, Nike, Coca Cola, AT&T, Walmart Stores, Lilly;
General Motors, Citibank, Apple, Google, Fox, Verizon;
Warner Brothers, Bank of America, Exxon, Chevron Corporation, Visa, McDonald's;
Hewlett Packard, Disney, Pepsico, Ford, NBC, Starbucks Coffee Comapy;
Procter & Gamble, Intel, Master Card, General Electrics, Adobe, Microsoft.

Shown 17 October 2011, this photograph: www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/willis-report/blog/2011/10/17/occupy-wall-street-going-pro appears to show the same one. It does not use the "Sold" tag.

At www.corporateamericanflag.com/, this is offered as "Rare 3x5 ft Corporate America Flag with the original logos".
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 November 2011

For different takes, have a look at:
- www.thevoterupdate.com/articles/2011/5_31_11_corporate_cash.php;
- s194492532.onlinehome.us/2010/01/24/a-new-flag-for-the-corporate-states-of-america/;
- media.photobucket.com/image/corporate%20america%20flag/Darmoe/USCorpFlag.jpg?o=10.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 November 2011

See also a US barcode flag posted at recollectionbooks.com/bleed/1124.htm (near bottom of page). It is a mock US flag composed of red on white barcode stripes and a canton of blue on white barcode stripes (image at recollectionbooks.com/bleed/images/radical/bndFlag.jpg. It is credited to Adbusters 2001, but the link now goes to an updated page without the flag and browsing through some past iterations of the page on webarchives didn't reveal it.
Ned Smith, 7 November 2011