Adbusters, Adbusted

Kalle Lasn, the founder and editor of Adbusters, doesnâ??t have the matinee idol looks of Che Guevera, nor the clenched-fist ardor of Tom Hayden. Indeed, until very recently, the 69-year-old was an obscure figure who spent his days on a farm outside Vancouver producing an art magazine-cum-radical political journalâ??$8.95 an issue; no ads, natchâ??with a modest following on the anti-globalization left. But in September, the former ad man midwifed the Occupy Wall Street movement, sending an email blast to Adbusters readers advising them to set up camp in lower Manhattan and begin the â??seizure of the financial district.â?