We met in Paris for a gathering of The Subvertisers’ International: 24 – 26 June 2022
The Subvertisers International network and members of Résistance à l’Agression Publicitaire (RAP) met up in Paris across 23 – 26 June 2022 to connect, learn and exchange tactics... Read More
European subvertising campaign targets ad industry’s role in climate breakdown
UK, Paris, Belgium; October 2021. More than 200 bus stop spaces were hijacked with spoof adverts in the UK, Paris and Belgium, as activists target the advertising industry... Read More
Ad hijacking in Paris
Paris, October 2021. Bus stops in Paris that continuously pester passers-by with high consumption, cheap trips, cars and fossil fuel advertisements were hijacked by activists from Résistance à... Read More
Ad cover-ups in Bristol, England
Bristol, England, October 2021. An action in Bristol saw three advertising sites across the city put to better use as part of four European days of action to... Read More
Anti-advertising activists in Stockholm hand out cigarettes to politicians
Stockholm, October 2021. Volunteers from Greenpeace Stockholm stood outside of city hall on Wednesday handing out cigarettes stuffed with a new report that highlights that two thirds of... Read More
Une centaine d’affiches contre la publicité fossile à Liège, Belgique
Liège, Belgique, Octobre 2021. Mercredi soir 6 Octobre, des activistes du collectif Liège Sans Pub ont placardé une centaine d’affiches dans la ville avec pour cible la publicité... Read More
A hundred posters against fossil ads in Liège, Belgium
Liège, Belgium, October 2021. On Wednesday 6th October 2021, activists from the collective Liège Sans Pub plastered about a hundred subvertising posters across the city of Liège in... Read More
Greenpeace blocks Shell refinery in Rotterdam port to #BanFossilAds
Rotterdam, 4 October 2021 More than 80 activists from 12 EU countries used fossil fuel advertisements from all over Europe to block the entrance to Shell’s refinery in... Read More
Call Out: Subvert the City 2020
Call Out: Subvert The City 2020 International week of action: Thursday 19th – Wednesday 25th March 2020 Around the world, citizens and artists are taking action to... Read More
Melbourne, Australia: Video screens extinguished
On the 22nd of March, Kyle Magee (democraticmediaplease.net) used a fire extinguisher full of paint to cover 3 video screens at Melbourne Central train station. Video is available... Read More