![\"Liberty](\"http:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/liberty600.jpg\" "\\"Liberty")
<\/a><\/p>\nAmerica is filled with gangstas from your neighborhood drug dealer to our government.\u00a0 Its time to realize & recognize.\u00a0 Here liberty comes by the gun.\u00a0 From sun up to down.\u00a0 One.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A statement that represents an underlying truth in America.\u00a0 An image that portrays the heavy-handed, violent techniques employed in the name of democracy and freedom.\u00a0 The way we treat our enemies, yet also the way we treat our own citizens.\u00a0 Wars and death penalties.\u00a0 Prisoners and interrogations.\u00a0\u00a0 The hidden effects of capitalism on democracy.\u00a0 To each his own.\u00a0 Get it while you can.\u00a0 By any means necessary.\u00a0 The force of liberty wielding a gun in hand.\u00a0 Freedom and liberty through the oppression of others.\u00a0\u00a0 The land of the free and the home of the brave, but you\u2019ve got to fight for it.\u00a0 Stand for the liberty, freedom, truth, and refuse to take no for an answer.\u00a0 You\u2019re either on the way up or you\u2019re on the way down.\u00a0\u00a0 Stand for what you believe in and be willing to die for it, or stay the fuck out of the way.\u00a0\u00a0 Or perhaps it all means something completely different to you:\u00a0 a political statement criticizing our government\u2019s international meddling, a shout-out to hip-hop music and its full range of gangsta personas, or an American Dream message appealing to the libertarians among us? The right to bear arms, a simple proclamation of our 2nd amendment?\u00a0\u00a0 So many meanings tied to a single image.\u00a0 To us at Akomplice, the Liberty T stands for an amalgamation of all of this.\u00a0 Most definitely not a pro-gun slogan, but more a design to question beliefs.\u00a0 A representation of the complex socio-political systems as they change and evolve, letting the populous run the gamut from riotous to subdued, oppressed to liberated.\u00a0 A micro-macrocosm conundrum in society.\u00a0 Who really should be holding the gun power?\u00a0 Our government?\u00a0 Our people?\u00a0 If you really do believe in the United States and what this country represents, you should ask yourself this question.\u00a0 Are you in control of your life?\u00a0 Are you oppressed?\u00a0 Would you know it if you were?\u00a0 Are you sure your freedom\u2019s not an illusion?\u00a0 Are you willing to die for your beliefs?\u00a0 Is our government fighting for your beliefs or are you able to even able to discern your beliefs from the mass media beliefs of the brain-washed general population?\u00a0 Tell me\u2026 Are you free?\u00a0\u00a0 Are you fighting with tooth and claw, pen and sword?\u00a0 With everything you\u2019ve got?\u00a0 Because one thing\u2019s for certain: Freedom ain\u2019t free, and if you aren\u2019t free (and you\u2019re probably not) you had better be fucking fighting for it until you die.\u00a0 Which is exactly what we\u2019re doing here at Akomplice.\u00a0 Making moves and motions, growing, struggling, and on the up and up.\u00a0 Fighting to stay alive.\u00a0 Fighting to maintain our creative freedom.\u00a0 Fighting to exercise our right to the freedom of speech.\u00a0 So yes, while we\u2019re peaceful brothers, we\u2019ll fight to stay alive.\u00a0 And now after six years here, we are still climbing.\u00a0 Ready to get to the mountaintop and plant our flag.\u00a0 Claim our rights.\u00a0 The Liberty T was the hit that solidified our spot in the game, and it has been a mainstay in our collection over the last four years, representing not only a message, but also solid flow in the books.\u00a0 A collective hit, appreciated by a diverse multitude.\u00a0 So this six anniversary Liberty 1000 T is a commemorative issue.\u00a0 A thank you to all of you who have supported us along the way, by rocking the Liberty T, and standing up for what you believe it.\u00a0 Big Boi of Outkast rocking two separate Liberty prints on back-to-back days over the NBA All-Star weekend.\u00a0 A Liberty Blood-Money LTD, A Liberty Black-on-White.\u00a0 Big Boi\u2019s wife also showing mad love by picking us up at her boutique in Atlanta.\u00a0 The Game rocking the Money LTD Liberty for a Spin Magazine photo spread.\u00a0 XXL and Entertainment Weekly both exhibited the Liberty T with a write us, helping this design gain press time.\u00a0 Turtle from Entourage rocking the Liberty T turned out to be one of our biggest breaks in grabbing the media spotlight and shining it where it should.\u00a0 Seeing Immortal Technique, one of our favorite rappers, rep the Liberty on-stage at his live shows while claiming how much he loved the T, gave us incredible motivation to keep the movement going.\u00a0 Striving for higher heights.\u00a0 Knowing that there are still people out there searching for the truth.\u00a0 People willing to address issues that others might find taboo or politically incorrect.\u00a0 It would seem that so many of the world\u2019s most pertinent issues are too easily be swept under this politically incorrect rug, yet here at Akomplice we don\u2019t believe that\u2019s an option, and we\u2019re happy to know that at least a few of you are willing to stand beside us in this fight for freedom.\u00a0 This T is a tribute to the countless stories we\u2019ve heard of people rocking the Liberty not only as a T but also as a Tattoo.\u00a0 Rocking the T to work and to school.\u00a0 A six-anniversary shout-out to Eric from the Bay Area who got suspended from school after refusing to take off his Liberty T or even turn it inside out.\u00a0 He felt like the image conveyed a message that needed to be discussed and he was right.\u00a0 Even when Eric\u2019s principal wasn\u2019t having it and threatened suspension, Eric stood his ground and suffered suspension rather than sacrifice his freedom of expression.\u00a0 So remember: refuse to be brainwashed by the ruling elite, stand strong for what you believe in and fight for what you know to be true.\u00a0 The image on this Liberty Anniversary Issue is a call to arms for the entire world.\u00a0 There is a lot in this world worth fighting for: freedom, equality, and environment just to name a few.\u00a0 Just make sure you know who and what it is that you are fighting for.\u00a0 Stand up for Truth, Freedom, and Liberty even if you have to stand against the establishment.\u00a0 This Liberty 1000 T marks the next installment in a long lineage of Liberty prints including the Money LTD, Blood Money LTD, Common Sense LTD, Money Cents LTD, Goldie LTD, Candy Gangsta LTD, Mother of Pearl LTD, Light It Up LTD, Caladon LTD, Red White & Blue LTD (in purple!), Purple Crack, and World Takeover prints.\u00a0 Hope you\u2019ve got \u2018em all.\u00a0 This design is now sold in over 25 countries, and surely by now viewable on nearly every continent.\u00a0 That\u2019s the way to spread the message!\u00a0 As the original hand responsible for the shoulder text on every Liberty ever issued, it is an honor to once again be the magic hand behind the words on such a controversial shirt.\u00a0 One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What’s good. Since we originally released the Liberty 1000, a grip of homies have hit us up asking about the text that makes up the graphic. Our good friend Josh Paigen dropped this 1000 word essay about Liberty – both as a concept and as a reality. Here’s what Josh wrote in its entirety: America … Continue reading The Liberty 1000 Essay<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2852,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions\/2852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}