Political Posters

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day. When Rossman died May 12, 2008 his family donated the collection to the Oakland Museum of California. More …

The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. It is strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, but its scope is national: approximately one-quarter of its holdings come from out of state, primarily New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. These are complemented by a representation of international work. The collection consists of approximately 24,500 distinct titles.

The collection includes examples from well-known graphic artists including Malaquías Montoya, Emory Douglas, Rachael Romero, Rupert Garcia, Yolanda Lopez, Favianna Rodriguez, Carlos Cortez, Nancy Hom, Juan Fuentes, and Jos Sances, as well as material from seminal collective workshops such as La Raza Silkscreen, the Royal Chicano Air Force, Japantown Art and Media, Kearny Street Workshop, and Inkworks Press. Perhaps more important, the depth and breadth of the collection reveals the contribution of numerous lesser known or even anonymous artists whose cumulative impact on this democratic public art form has yet to be properly understood.

The cataloging of the AOUON Archive was made possible by a generous grant from the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation.

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Merceded Sosa Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white image at the left showing a woman. Across the top of poster is "Canto Para Toda America" in black followed by the name "Mercedes Sosa" in blue and "En Concierto /...	untitled (illustration of a soldier) Andres Hernandez, Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL) Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a color illustration of a soldier in uniform holding a gun. At the bottom of the poster is "''The Blood Shed By Our Brotehrs Has Not And...
We Appeal Late 20th Early 21st Century Top of poster has a red tinted aerial photo of a city. At the top left corner is "We Appeal..." in white and "from Hiroshima -Nagasaki / worl without nuclear weapons" in green. To the bottom right...	Discrimination and War Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text and and an orange background image of Japanese text printed on white paper. Text running down the length of the poster reads "Work Shop / Discrimination / And /War / EDB - 04...
exposicion 1966 Poster has a central image showing an illustration of a face in blue with the area where the eye is in white. The eye is lined with colored boxes. The left side of the image is yellow with a white...	Pura Sangre 1982 Poster has a black and white illustration of a horse, with a portion of his stomach and legs covered in strips of red and orange colors. At the top of the poster is "Pura Sangre / Documental...
Populations Autochtones 1997 Poster has a printed border of indigenous symbols in bright colors enclosing a yellow background with a central color collage of indigenous people in their traditional attire. At the top is "...	Dia Internacional De La Mujer 1981 Poster has a color background illustration showing a woman in a straw hat in front of greenery. Across the top of the poster is "Dia Internacional De La Mujer / 8 De Marzo" in white. At the bottom...
Peacewave 1990 Poster has a central illustration of a colorful oragami crane. Across the top of the poster lines in the same colors is "Peace Wave" followed by "Abolish All Nuclear Weapons / August 3-9, 1990" in...	Cari Festa 1979 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a color background design of blue faces. At the center is a white box with "Cari / Festa" in bright letters and "Cuba 1979 / 3rd Carribean Festival of...
El Desarrollo 1980 Top of poster has a green striped background with graphics of machines to the left in blue, pink and yellow. On the right is "Impasar / Las / Exportaciones / Es Impulsar" in white. At the bottom...	Esto no se agota Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central color image of a group of youth, perhaps at a concert or another outdoor event. Across the top of the poster is "esto no se agota." in black. Centered below the image is "la...
Cuba 1980 Poster has a black background with two stone-like images in black and white at the bottom left and right. In the crack down the center is "Cuba" repeated in red. At the bottom is "Contra / Las /...	Alto A La Represion Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black printed background with a color image of a fist crushing a model of soldiers in gray uniforms surrounding a black swastika flag on a platform of green grass with a sign reading...
Jose Rafael Varona OCLAE (Cuba) ~ publisher 1968 Poster has a red printed background with a white unprinted border enclosing a black dotted image of a boy in glasses in front fo a blue and white dotted background. Across the top of the poster...	Cese la represion 1975 Poster has a blue printed background with a stylized image of a flower with petals like the Chilean flag surrounded by barbed wire. Diagonally at the top right is "cese la represion / contra el...
1986 Ano Internacional De La Paz 1986 Poster has a background image of a black vase filled with flowers sitting on a windowsill with shutters to the left and right and a blue sky int he background. At the top left in small white text...	Solidaridad con Panama Cuba, Latin American and Caribbean Student Association 1978 Poster has a black printed background. Poster is divided into four sections - photos in the top two and bottom left and text at the bottom right. Photos show a man climbing a flagpole,...
untitled (bird on a man's head) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a gray background showing an image of a man smoking a cigar with a dove holding a leaf perched on his head. Over the figure''s back is a gun and behind...	1986 Ano Internacional De La Paz 1986 Poster has white unprinted edges at the top enclosing a black background with a rainbow at the bottom. A portion of the rainbow has been cut out in the shape of a bird, leaving a black bird shape...
untitled (two females with guns) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster is a color photo of two women holding guns with large radios on their chests, in front of greenery.	Viva el 1 De Mayo! 1988 Poster has red text and black illustrations printed on thin white paper. At the top is "Ante El Hambre y / La Represion..." At the center of the poster is an illustration showing a fist with a...
Sta. Juana de America Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a color background image of a figure with long nails wearing a colorful poncho and holding a gun. In large text at the bottom right is "Sta. Juana / de / Americana /de Andres Lizarraga...	Carifesta 1979 Poster has a stylized illustration showing a green plant-like thing growing up the poster, filled with other plants, images and a house. At the bottom left is a sun and "Carifesta" in black. At...