“Is War the Cost of Living?”

“Is War the Cost of Living?”

Chicago Anti-Apartheid

The End Conscription Campaign’s main role during the Anti-Apartheid movement was to create pressure on the government in South Africa to end conscription and opposition against militarization in white communities. As well as build support from youthful objectors, who opposed the government using racism to structure the laws in South African states. In the article Visualizing Apartheid Abroad: Gavin Jantjes’ Screenprints of the 1970’s, British artist Keith Piper’s statement, “African works of art appear meaningless unless seen in relation to Africa’s cultural and historic realities.” can be related towards the End Conscription Campaign’s use of imagery for their poster. Having rows of Rands as a backdrop, it gets the audience relate and compare the value of a soldier’s life to the value of a single Rand. This specific End Conscription Campaign’s poster was created by using offset litho printing.

Columbia College Chicago Students

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection, College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago

College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago.

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