" Israel’s official account on X said it objected to Hadid as “the face of [the Adidas] campaign” in a post that noted that “eleven Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the Munich Olympics”.
Hadid has repeatedly criticised the Israeli government and supported Palestinians over the years
and on 23 October made a statement on Instagram lamenting the loss of innocent lives while calling on followers to pressure their leaders to protect civilians in Gaza."
"Adolf "Adi" Dassler (3 November 1900 – 6 September 1978) was a Nazi German cobbler, inventor, and businessman who founded the German sportswear company Adidas.
He was also the younger brother of Rudolf Dassler, founder of Puma. Dassler was an innovator in athletic shoe design and one of the early promoters who
obtained endorsements from athletes to drive sales of his products.
As a result of his concepts, Adi Dassler built the largest manufacturer of sportswear and equipment.
At the time of his death, Adidas had 17 factories and annual sales of one billion marks.
All three Dassler brothers joined the Nazi Party on 1 May 1933—three months after Hitler was appointed Chancellor.
Rudolf was said to be most ardent believer of the three.
Adi decided that becoming a coach of and supplier to clubs in the Hitler Youth movement was essential to expanded production. He joined in 1935
Once war began, the Dasslers' ability to profit from Nazi enthusiasm for sport ended as the Reich became a total war machine.
December 1943 the shoe-making machinery of the Dassler firm was replaced by spot-welding machines.
The Army determined that the Dassler plant would make Panzerschreck, a shoulder-fired tube copied after captured American bazookas.
Like the American proto-type, the weapon was designed to be relatively light-weight and able to penetrate tank armor. Stationary testing suggested it could penetrate 230 mm (9"), 15–75 mm (½" to 3") deeper than the American bazooka.
The Army's contractor was Schriker & Co., located in nearby Vach, which shifted assembly to Herzogenaurach to avoid Allied air raids. Parts were transported by rail to the Dassler plant where they were welded.
The simple design of the weapon allowed the contractor to quickly train former seamstresses to spot weld sights and blast shields onto the pipes provided
When American troops reached Herzogenaurach, tanks paused before the Dassler factory pondering whether to blow it up. Käthe immediately approached the troops and argued that the plant was simply a sports shoes producer.
On 25 July 1945, about two months after the arrival of U.S. troops, Rudolf was arrested by the American occupation authorities on suspicion of having worked for the Sicherheitsdienst, the secret service of the Reichsführer-SS (commonly known as the SD), which had been engaged in counterespionage and censorship. He was sent to an internment camp in Hammelburg.
Rudolf began to prepare a defense in which he asserted that he did not voluntarily help the Reich and did not engage in SS or SD activities. The American investigators soon discovered his early Nazi party membership and proof that he had volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941.
Adi was declared a Belasteter, the second most serious category of Nazi offenders, which included profiteers,
and could lead to a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for those convicted.
The immediate threat was that he would be removed from management of the firm.
His early membership in the Nazi Party and the Hitler Youth were not contestable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Dassler
"Among those who were highly critical of Adidas was Rev. Jesse Jackson. In a statement, he said:
"The attempt to commercialize and make popular more than 200 years of human degradation,
where blacks were considered three-fifths human by our Constitution
is offensive, appalling and insensitive.
Removing the chains from our ankles and placing them on our shoes is no progress. ...
These slave shoes are odious and we as a people should be called to resent and resist them."
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/06/19/155348916/adidas-cancels-its-shackle-shoes
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"Adidas apologises to Bella Hadid after she appeared in campaign criticised by Israel"
"The apology, issued on Instagram, said: “Connections continue to be made to the terrible tragedy that occurred at the Munich Olympics
due to our recent SL72 campaign,”
1972?
Campaign? It's Advertising. It's not a political campaign is it Israel? It's not a War campaign. It's not a campaign to save Earth from their toxins and sweatshop manufacturing.
Adidas is still a Nazi loving Nazi look and Nazi lifestyle Corporation.
Some weak apology based on Earnings and public backlash only reinforces the facts.
Adidas is Nazi, Corporate Fascist, sweatshop built . Nike is a far right Republican empire not much different, other than it's roots.
Knight, Adidas, eugenics, sports worship, stealing from college athletes, overpaying pro stars.
Paying women a fraction of a fraction of a fraction while elevating men.
That Shoe is Greasy.
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