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The piece features a large figure in red overlooking the people of South Africa chained up from this Apartheid. Linked together to fight against it, this shows the people affected by this Apartheid coming together as one but breaking once it reaches…

Voting Station is a step by step instructional poster on how to vote created by South African comic Jonathan Zapiro. This poster was created in response to the South African government holding its first democratic election in years and allowing the…

This poster was created with orange construction paper, an outline template and was silkscreened. This image itself has a lot of symbolic messages within itself. The American solider in front that is in combat has a soldier behind him and coming…

On May 4th, 1970, Ohio national guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University who had an objection to the United States involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia during the late 60’s and into the 70’s. After all the years since the…

This “Special Edition” poster was created in response to the events of Kent State by a group of Columbia College Chicago students know as the Columbia Collective. Uncle Sam, the central figure of this work, has long been used as a recruiting tool for…

This is a black crew neck sweater from the British organization called ‘Anti Apartheid’, promoting solidarity in the movement to boycott South Africa. In the center of the sweater, black and white people have joined together, signifying their unity…

This collection acts as a strong voice for anyone who couldn’t speak up about the topic directly. It allowed them to display this through art. This piece in particular is very impactful and conveys a strong message.
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In this image, we see an…

On June 17, 1988, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood crowds of many nationalities came together against injustice of human rights. The event “Get Up, Stand Up” was organized by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador and Chicago…

On the poster is a simple white background with the world ‘STRIKE’ on it, each letter gets increasingly larger as if it’s exiting from being shouted through a megaphone. The letter E is the largest, and from it lists Vietnam, New Haven, Cambodia,…

This poster is made very simply, but the context behind the poster holds so much depth. In purple letters written diagonally, the poster reads, “AND WHEN IT’S YOUR CHILD?” In the bottom right corner is a mother with a dead child in her arms. The…