Surveillance Means Security: Remixed War Propaganda

by Micah Ian Wright, J.R. Norton (Foreword)

Subversive and incendiary, this full-color poster book reworks classic war propaganda to comment on corporate corruption, domestic spying, election fraud, gay marriage, blind patriotism, the "War on Terror," and surveillance in America today.
With laughs and jeers, Wright’s distinctive artwork and astute political commentary offers timely and clever insight into the state of post-9/11 America. Surveillance Means Security! is the hilarious follow-up to Wright’s previous books of reworked propaganda posters, You Back The Attack! We’ll Bomb Who We Want! and If You're Not A Terrorist ...Then Stop Asking Questions.

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Micah Ian Wright is a Native American author who has worked in film, television, animation, video games and comic books. He is a tribally enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

Reviews

[Marissa Barbieri · Rating 5 out of 5]

The third of Wright's phenomenal Propoganda Remix Project books - can't say enough good things about the man. In my mind he runs parallel to Shepard Fairey (Obey), who I also deeply love, but Wright's got smarts where Fairey's got... arts? haha Terrible phrase, but true!

[Jon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This third collection of Micah Ian Wright's remixed war propaganda wasn't as satisfying to me as the first. I thought the posters were still good and interesting for the same reasons as in the first volume. But they didn't seem quite as consistently sharp this time around, with some just good, some great, and some just ok. The primary weakness in the book was the writing. Wright writes the blurbs himself this time and he's pretty upset, which is fine - angry leftist shouldn't be thrown out any more readily than anyone else -, but can become tiresome after a while. His final statement at the end of the book was probably my favorite writing moment; his basic thesis is that, as a nation, we need to re-evaluate our priorities and regain some perspective. Sounds good to me.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a fascination with propaganda art, so I was interested in a book that combines vintage artwork with new, left-leaning slogans.

Unfortunately, many of these “remixed” posters weren’t as clever as they could have been.

I was pleased that the author included the original posters at the end of the book.