{"id":1618,"date":"2021-07-22T07:43:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2021-07-22T07:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:43:11","slug":"magazine-that-birthed-occupy-removed-from-all-1300-shoppers-drug-marts-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/magazine-that-birthed-occupy-removed-from-all-1300-shoppers-drug-marts-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Magazine that birthed \u2018Occupy\u2019 removed from all 1,300 Shoppers Drug Marts in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada\u2019s largest retailer of print magazines, has \u201cdelisted\u201d Adbusters and removed all copies of the magazine from its 1,300 stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explaining its decision, the company (by way of its Atlanta-based magazine distributor, The News Group, Inc.), cited an unspecified number of customer complaints regarding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/article\/yep-weve-been-cancelled\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three \u201cgraphic\u201d pages<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0July\/August 2021 issue. One lists six corporations or related entities (e.g., ExxonMobil, the Sackler family) following an expletive. The other two show images of cows being slaughtered at a commercial abattoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adbusters, an independent, bimonthly publication of Vancouver-based Adbusters Media Foundation, has sparked some of the era\u2019s defining activist campaigns, from Buy Nothing Day to Occupy Wall Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShoppersDrugMartThornhill3-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShoppersDrugMartThornhill3-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShoppersDrugMartThornhill3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShoppersDrugMartThornhill3-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShoppersDrugMartThornhill3.jpg 1087w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada\u2019s largest retailer of print magazines, has \u201cdelisted\u201d Adbusters and removed all copies of the magazine from its 1,300 stores. Explaining its decision, the company (by way of its Atlanta-based magazine distributor, The News Group, Inc.), cited an unspecified number of customer complaints regarding\u00a0three \u201cgraphic\u201d pages\u00a0in the\u00a0July\/August 2021 issue. 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