Flash Mob Takes Over Target

by Michael Jones · 2010-08-16 13:03:00 UTC
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Ready for the coolest take ever on a Depeche Mode song? Check out what a group of activists did inside a Target store this weekend, mixing up the words to "People are People" to provide a new anthem for folks angry at Target over its financial support of an anti-gay candidate in Minnesota. The message? "Target Ain't People."

"Target ain't people so why should they be, allowed to play around with our democracy," folks chant, while busting a move to some band instruments. "I can't understand what makes Target, think they'll get away, gonna make them pay."

Seriously, could someone make this available on iTunes?

The video comes courtesy of agit-prop and The Backbone Campaign, and it touches on an element of this story that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. It's not just Target's support for an anti-gay candidate that has progressives steaming. It's that they tried to use their corporate money, post Citizens United, to buy an election. And while Target isn't the only party guilty of this (not by a long shot), they are really the first ones to get burned. To the tune of 62,000 people and counting pledging to boycott via Facebook, as well as tens of thousands of petitioners urging Target to make amends for their shady political work.

Will Target listen?

Check out the flash mob video after the jump.


Photo Credit: youtube

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.

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