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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Yes/No Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster separated into two section by a vertical black line down the center. At the left is "Yes 130 / Forests Forever / institutes strict policy of sustainable forestry" with a tall tree growing...	Outrage against Max Xam 1997 Poster has black and white text and graphics printed on white paper. Black background at the top has the date and "International Day Of" followed by white background with "Outrage against Max Xam...
Redwood Summer Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has green text and images printed on recycled white paper. Top half of the poster shows a peace symbol with "Redwood Summer" printed in the top and "a non-violent action" in the bottom. In...	Redwood Summer in Ft. Bragg Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black image and text printed on white paper. "Redwood Summer in Ft. Bragg" followed by the date and time across the top. Below at the left is an image of a crowd of people, some...
Save Headwaters Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a photo background showing a forest. Over the top of the photo is "Save Headwaters" in white, "ancient redwood Forest" in black and "Rally" in white. At the bottom of the photo is the...	Crossing the Frontier 1997 Poster shows three men posing by a gigantic tree, one holding an ax, one laying in the cut out of the tree stump, and two standing on platforms supported by the tree. At the bottom of the poster...
Redwoodstock Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text, red, green, and blue graphics and a blue border printed on white paper. Border looks like twisted roots, forming peace symbols at the four corners. Across the top is "...	Rainforest Rhythms Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text, images and thick line border printed on white paper. Background image shows the shape of a person at the bottom with his arms raised and filled with graphic designs -...
untitled (handprint) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has the copy of a stamped handprint (gorilla?) at the center printed on white paper.	Stop Citibank Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text and a copy of a negative photo printed on white paper. "Stop Citibank" at the top followed the image of a factory or plant with a speech bubble at the bottom left with text...
Legalize Ferrets 1994 Poster has black text and images printed on light blue paper. Enclosed in two horizontal black bars at the top of the poster is "Now We Have A Fighting Chance To Legalize Ferrets With AB2497 /...	Untitled Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has large image of a jaguar sitting at the left with a carved wooden cat at the bottom right, a factory and a pipe puring linquid at the top right, and a patterned item at the top left, all...
Killing Eagles Is Unlawful Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text, images and line border printed on thick white paper. "Killing Eagles Is Unlawful!" printed at the top followed by two images of eagles on tree branches. Left image has black...	Untitled Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text and images printed on white paper. Text at top reads "your soap, shampoo and detergent wash millions of animals'' lives away". Centered on the poster is a black and white...
Samuel Johnson Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text and a black line border printed on white paper. Text is quote from Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) reading "among the inferior professors of medical knowledge is a race of...	Department of Psychology Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text enclosed by a black line border printed on white paper. Text centered and starting at top reads "Mark Rosenzxeig and Edward Bennet shock rats by electrifying the floors of...
Will Cuppy Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text enclosed in a black border and printed on white paper. Quote starting at top left reads "if an animal does something we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same...	Imagine 1999 Poster has black background with white borders all around. At the top right is a color image of a monkey''s face. At the top left is a yellow text box with "the most significant step in the...
Addicting Animals to Drugs Late 20th Early 21st Century Red text at top of poster reads "addicting animals to drugs and driving them insane does Not solve our mental health problems." Centered on the poster is a collage of black and white images of...	Don't Cut Me Up PETA Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has green images and black text printed on white paper. Image of a front facing frog at the top followed by "Don''t Cut Me Up Cut Out Dissection", all underlined. At the bottom of the...
Go vegetarian PETA Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has the image of a poster taped to a brown background. Poster in poster shows a man riding a bicycle on a ramp - text at top left reads "go vegetarian" in black followed by the PETA website...	Think Before You Eat PETA Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has the background image of a man in a beanie (rapper Common) in front of an orange background holding a burger in his right hand. At the bottom of the poster is the beige and yellow text...
Did Your Food Have A Face PETA Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a background image of a bloody cow head hanging on a hook in front of a wall of white square tiles. At the top is black text reading "Did Your Food Have A Face?" At the bottom of the...	Go Vegetarian PETA Late 20th Early 21st Century Top half of poster has an image of a dog with a pig''s head eating out of a dog dish. Bottom half of the poster has a blue background with dark blue and white text reading "if your dog tasted like...