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By Rory Carroll
In the Trump era, the right, however, has its own guerrilla artist: Sabo, a former U.S. marine who works from an apartment-cum- studio in Los Angeles beneath a sign that says “Fuck Tibet.” Another says “Fuck peace.” Under cover of darkness, he peppers public spaces in LA with images and slogans targeting liberals, whom he associates with “pot-smoking lazy bums” hostile to western values. He puts the same images and slogans on posters, T-shirts and pins which he sells depicts oppression and resistance. Shepard Fairey gilded Barack Obama’s rise with the iconic “Hope” poster and now highlights the scapegoating of Muslims and the corporatization of U.S. politics. Banksy targets capitalism, consumerism and inequality. Blek le Rat, the father of stencil graffiti,
from his website and at Republican party gatherings across the U.S. “I think leftism is a mental disorder,” Sabo, 49, said in an interview at his home. “I truly believe I’m fighting the good fight.” The fight is proving lucrative. After a decade of inflammatory guerrilla art which yielded little money or recognition, Sabo is on a roll plastering images of Donald Trump, and most recently Milo Yiannopoulos, across LA. In a city thrumming with opposition to the president, the artist is part of the resistance to the resistance, a figure feted in Republican
The guerrilla art movement is usually associated with leftwing politics...
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