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In a world saturated with billboards, corporate branding, and algorithmic feeds, the humble sticker emerges as a radical act of defiance. Bumper Sticker Manifesto argues that these adhesive fragments are not kitsch or throwaway decoration, but micro-manifestos: compact declarations of dissent, solidarity, and identity that reclaim public space one lamppost, mailbox, or bumper at a time. From the lineage of counter-culture slogans and punk DIY aesthetics to the sly humor of stickers slipped into HOA newsletters or HR break rooms, Darren Hendricks traces how stickers democratize protest and puncture the self-importance of everyday authoritarianism. Typography becomes a weapon, color palettes a rallying cry, and satire a survival strategy. This book reveals stickers as the silent screams of the unheard, the adhesive poetry of protest, the equalizers in a discourse too often monopolized by wealth and authority. They are small acts with immense weight - visual interruptions that spark recognition, solidarity, and laughter in the face of conformity. Part of the This Is Our Country series, Bumper Sticker Manifesto joins titles like The Resistance Manual, We, The Unruly, and The Dictator's Playbook (and How to Burn It) in celebrating dissent as a civic virtue. Together, these volumes remind us that democracy is not obedience but participation - and sometimes, the revolution begins with three words on a strip of vinyl.

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