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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Politique Fiction Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a stylized color illustration of a couple in back packs walking in the grass toward the Centre Georges Pompidou, which is overgrown with plants. At the top is a black and yellow box...	untitled (man with a city on his back) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster shows a man in a robe, hat and scarf carrying a large object on his back using a rope. In the oval-shaped object is a city. Poster is laminated.
untitled (Arabic scene) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a stylized brown-colored image. At the top left are doves with leaves. At the top right are six faces. On the left side is a scene showing a city . In...	Makibaka! 1978 Poster has a red image and black text printed on white paper. At the top is "Makibaka! / struggle! luttons!". Centered on the poster is an image of a soldier with a gun. At the bottom are three...
Spelplats San Quentin Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white image printed on white paper. The image shows an African American man in a trench coat with no shirt and a top hat yelling. Across the top of the photo is "Spelplats...	Vote Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black background. At the top is "Vote" in yellow follwoed by a multi-colored graphic design with animals on it. Below the image is "In The Federal Election" in yellow. In a white box...
untitled (woman carrying oranges) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster shows a stylized image of a woman in a head scarf carrying oranges. The tips of her fingers and around her eyes are dotted in red. To the left of the woman is a city in the distance. At the...	Makibaka! 1978 Poster has a red image and black text printed on white paper. At the top is "Makibaka! / struggle! luttons!". Centered on the poster is an image of a figure with her back turned holding a gun. At...
Umanita' Nova Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central stylized color image of the pope in different positions falling flat on his face. At the top left is "settimanale anarchico" in black, "Umanita'' Nova" in red and four lines...	IV International Conference in Aids 1988 Poster has a background color photo of sailboats on the water in front of a brick building with a green roof. In the sky at the top of the poster is blue text: "IV International / Conference / on...
Gaetano Bresci 29 luglio 1900 Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges with a subsequent black and then red border and a white background. At the top is a dotted image of a man with a moustache. At the bottom is "Gaetano / Bresci / 29...	Mayo 1987 Poster has red edges at the top and left and black edges at the right and bottom enclosing an unprinted white (yellowed) background. At the top left is "10" in red and "Mayo" in black. At the top...
untitled (black and white image and Italian text) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a red border printed on white paper. At the top is a black and white image of a man holding a gun at the left. On the right an image of another man has been imposed over the top. At the...	untitled (hands ripping a red flag) 1990 Poster has red printed edges enclosing a black background. At the center is a red flag with the communist hammer and sickle logo at the top left. Hands grasp the four corners of the flag, creating...
Viva la rivoluzione Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a yellow background. At the top is "viva la rivoluzione kurda contro il regime fascista irakeno per la democrazia dell''Irak e l''autonomia per il Kurdistan" in brown. At the center of...	untitled (snail shell) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster tinted purple. Across the top is a white bar with black Russian text. At the bottom of the poster is a spiraling snail shell.
untitled (hamster wheel) 1989 Poster has a gray background. At the top left is white Russian text. At the center of the poster is a colorful illustration of a hamster wheel with a white shaded figure running on it.	Underground Eugene Delacroix, Sture Johannesson 1968 Poster has a green and yellow background. At the top is "The" in red and "Underground" in blue/pink/white follwoed by "Will Take Over" in red, "Lunds Konsthall" in blue and "February / 69" in pink...
Stoned Agin! R. Crumb, artist Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black background. Across the top is "Stoned Agin!" in pink/yellow. Below the title are six frames (two columns, three rows) showing a pink man in a blue shirt with a yellow pipe...	Stoned Agin! R. Crumb, artist 2004 Poster has a black background. Across the top is "Stoned Agin!" in black/red. Below the title are six frames (two columns, three rows) showing a man in a blue shirt with a yellow pipe sitting in...
Cigarette Papers Of The World Pyramid Posters, designer, publisher 2004 Poster has a beige background and is covered with numbered colored images of different brands of rolling paper. At the top center is "Cigarette Papers / Of The World" follwoed by criss-crossing...	Maximus Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a blue background. At the top left and right are black velvet circles with cannabis leaves in them. Arched at the top is "Maximus" in black velvet with a...
untitled (Aztec stone statue) 1992 Poster has a blue muddled, storm-like background. Across the top of the poster are columns of information on different drugs, with their chemical structures illustrated at the top. Arched below...	Legalize it Pyramid Posters 2003 Poster has a black background with a central image of the continent of Africa formed by a list of different varieties of marijuana in shades of red, yellow and green. Across the top is "legalize...