Showing posts with label Kataeb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kataeb. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Elections 2022: Kataeb

So here we go again... Elections time! In may that is and campaigns have just started pouring in a very shy manner. We start off with the Phalangists or Kataeb. "Free economy or/and social justice #we_will_not_compromise" - do note, the "or" has been stricken through and made to look like an "and" but the trick is poorly seen visually from afar. The image below better illustrates this. Now how they plan to achieve this is beyond me. But hey some nice taglines could be interesting. Please note, I said it before and I say it again, in Lebanon there is no political advertising (I explained it here - and more exhaustively here - and I stand by my words). Interestingly the Kataeb has been painting itself as a party from the revolution (meaning whatever happened in/since October 2019 which was the start of the current turmoil - whether they wanted it or not).



Saturday, July 4, 2020

Concord - on staying home and patriotic slogans



Concord, the Lebanese white good manufacturer, has an ad that combines staying at home and patriotic slogans. "Stay home and shop online" has obvious meanings and roots. Now the patriotic bit I have blogged about before but may need repeating.
بتحب لبنان؟ حب صناعتو
You love Lebanon? Love its industry

The slogan which was coined when slain Minister Pierre Gemayel was Minister of Industry, has firm roots in an old poster by the Phalangists (which were created by his own grandfather - Pierre Gemayel after whom he was called), the poster in question (circa 1976) is below:
Photo taken from Maria Chakhtoura's book La Guerre des Graffiti
You love it... Work for it.
The analogy between the two slogans is uncanny once you think about it.