protest

02/11/71

Photo depicts: A large group of young men have turned over a US government vehicle for the Atomic Energy Commsssion, a Dodge car, into the middle of the street. They are rallying around the car....

02/11/71

Photo depicts: A US government vehicle for the Atomic Energy Commission, a Dodge car, has been turned over and set on fire. A mob hovers in the background. The car sits in the middle of the street...

10/16/65

The photo shows the following: Many men and a few women march down the center of a city street carrying war protest and support signs, some of which read "Stop Reds in Viet-Nam," "Liberate Hanoi...

21-Jun-82

One handbook, 61 pages. The book entitled "Livermore Weapons Lab Blockade/Demonstration Handbook" has a cartoon of a tree with nuclear weapons in its roots labeled and is entitled "Tree Power,"...

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8/20/63

Image depicts a number of people with signs which read, "Oakland is our town too" and "If the Mayor and Council won't help We will!" They are most likely protesting...

2/25/91

Handwritten on back, "Maudelle Shirek of Berkeley city council speaks in support of protesters" Image depicts Ms. Shirek speaking firmly at a microphone.

17-Jan-67

The flyer encourages people to participate in the Stop the Draft Week activities, specifically David Harris' refusal of induction into the army. On the revese side, the flyer is addressed to...

May-70

This is a typewritten and signed letter by Rafael J. Gonzalez, Faculty Senator, to the Faculty Senate at Laney College, protesting the involvement of the United States in Cambodia; the second page...

1970

This is a typewritten and signed letter by Rafael J. Gonzalez, Faculty Senator, to the Faculty Senate at Laney College, protesting the involvement of the United States in Cambodia; the second page...

2000

Dual sided protest poster. It claims "Choose One? I choose freedom! Bi-Poly-Queer-TG!" on one side. On the other side, the poster has written on it, "Remember- Biology in not destiny! Pro-...

1984

A Department Store Employees' Union flier to organize protestors for a Union Square Rally on Monday, July 16, 1984, printed on orange paper.

May-90

Issue #15 is sub-titled "Women in Combat," there is an image of a woman with a hankercheif on her head holding an automatic rifle.

There are three looseleaf papers included in the booklet...

c.1965

The white button reads in large red type- Beat the Draft!, in smaller blue type it reads, Wanna stay healthy? Keep your windows closed and install weather stripping today!

c. 1969

Two sided flyer. Front side is a type message entitled "To Our Cousins in the Guard." The text is addressed to members of the National Guard sent to Berkeley to contain the demonstrations at...

c. 1985

Canvas patch with "Vietnam Veterans Against the War" with the symbol of the VVAW in the middle.

c. 1985

Pin with "Vietnam Veterans are still dying of Agent Orange, VVAW."

Promotional pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) warning about the persistant threat of the affects of...

c. 1975

Pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). The orgainizations name and symbol, a M-16 standing on end with a helmet on top, are on the pin.

1987

Pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Printed on it: "20 VVAW."

This would be the 20th anniversary of the establishment of VVAW which was started June 1, 1967 (see Tom Wells "...

c. 1980

Pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Printed on it: "Support Vietnam Veterans Against the War." The VVAW was started June 1, 1967 (see Tom Wells "The War Within: American's...

The 1st International Day of Nuclear Disarmament, June 20, 1983
1983

Poster by Rene Castro, printed on gray paper (textured like watercolor paper) printed in red, black, white, blue, turquoise color and shocking pink. Lettering at the top, in red: "The 1st...

2002

On April 20 2002, approximately 20,000 people participated in a peace march in San Francisco. The demonstration began at Dolores Park and ended at the city hall. Many causes were featured on...

1970

The graphic shows in perspective an enormous military tank advancing under the dome of the Capitol in Washington, DC, with ascending aeroplanes fanning out like angels on either side of a...

1969

These are a group of photographs taken by various photographers at anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in the USA. They cover confrontation between police and demonstrators: an in-focus gun barrel...

2003

The bumper sticker is white, and in blue writing it reads "Support Our Troops" below which, in red is written, "Bring 'em Home Alive." The bumper sticker was handed out at antiwar and anti-...

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