Lack of Humanity
In September 2012 ‘Freedom for Humanity’ was painted by Mear One AKA Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Ironically it’s the street my grandfather worked on when he fled from Nazi Germany in May 1939.
(detail)
Ockerman: “I chose to depict the likenesses of such early turn of the century Robber Barons, specifically Rothschild, Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie, Warburg, as well as Aleister Crowley who was a kind of philosophical guru to the ruling elite of that time and a well-known Satanist.”
Rothschild
Nathaniel Rothschild (1840-1915) – massive bulbous hook nose, biblical beard? not so much
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Snr. (1839-1937) – more of a pointy-uppy nose really
Maybe it’s supposed to be Jnr. – John D. Rockefeller Jnr. (1874-1960) – the suit looks right, but the nose is still a bit off (the specs have been lent to Warburg)
Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan – more fat than hooked in the nasal department
Crowley
Aleister Crowley – rather a slim nose, not much like Kalen’s effort
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie – schnozzular mismatch
Warburg
Paul Warburg – Kalen’s not quite captured him
More Alf Garnett really – it stands to reason, don’t it, you silly moo
Der Sturmer, Christmas 1929, urging people not to buy from Jewish shops. The caption included “Our people hung their Christ on the cross, and we do a great business on his birthday…”
Corbyn: “You are in good company. Rockefeller destroyed Diego Viera’s (sic) mural because it includes a picture of Lenin”
Diego & his missus (Frieda Kahlo)
Viera AKA Rivera: “My Jewishness is the dominant element in my life.” (1935)
Lenin: “The art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite truth, in such a way as to make it most convincing, most easy to digest, most graphic, and most strongly impressive.” (The Slogans and Organisation of Social-Democratic Work, 1919)
Corbyn: “I sincerely regret that I did not look more closely at the image I was commenting on, the contents of which are deeply disturbing and anti-Semitic.”
Simple Pleasures part 4 
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