Gallery Guide for "Globalize THIS! International Graphics of Resistance"

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women) in the border towns, most notoriously in the city of Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.
In Juarez alone, a minimum of 400 women have met violent deaths or have disappeared. Up to
5,000 have met the same fate from other border towns since NAFTA began. The victims of
these crimes have preponderantly been young women, between 12 and 22 years of age; their
bodies found days or months later abandoned in vacant lots, outlying areas or in the desert. In
most of these cases there were signs of sexual violence, torment, torture or in some cases
disfigurement. Most of the cases remain unsolved.
CLIMATE CHANGE
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Think Globally Act Locally
Hideo Toyomasu
Silkscreen, 1993
Japan
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Wir Bringen die Pole zum Schmelzen
Klaus Staeck
Greenpeace
Steidl Göttingen
Offset, 1988 / Heidelberg, Germany
We Bring the Poles to the Melting Point—Most Catastrophically
Everybody only talks about the climate—we break it and make a good profit on it: by the
production of 140000 tons of FCKW [Fluorine chlorinated hydrocarbons] per year. Kali and
Hoechst, the Climate killers.
Chlorofluorocarbons, Ozone Depletion, and Global Warming
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were created in 1928 and first used on a large‐scale basis in the
1950s. Sold under the trade name of Freons, CFC’s were extensively used in refrigerators and
air conditioners, in the production of plastics used for insulation and packing materials, as
solvents for electronics, and as a propellant in spray cans for paint, insect repellants and
deodorants.
CFCs destroy the ozone in the stratosphere, and the greatest Ozone loss is over Antarctica.
Ozone is important to life in that it filters out or absorbs short wavelength ultraviolet radiation
in the range which can cause serious sunburn, skin cancer and eye disorders.
After the 1970s, CFCs were no longer used as aerosol propellants. When they were disposed of
before 1990, they were not tightly controlled and were allowed to escape into the atmosphere,
simply contributing to the problem. After the Clean Air Act of 1990, tight new regulations and
requirements were put on service stations and car manufactures in an attempt to limit the
amount of CFCs unnecessarily released.
In the 1980s, Greenpeace launched a campaign against the largest producers of CFC’s in
Europe: the chemical companies Kali‐Chemie and Hoechst. Hoechst also translates as “Highest”,
so the poster uses the double meaning of the name to both highlight the company, and its role
in contributing to global warming. In the 1990s, many Hoechst and Kali‐Chemie plants
throughout the world ceased production of CFC’s.