2010.54.8552

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Only one of these men was popularly elected
Only one of these men was popularly elected
2000s
17.00 in HIGH x 11.00 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.8552

Printed at bottom center: "design/printing: designaction/inkworks." A recycling symbol and a union label for Allied Printing #147 Inkworks is printed at bottom right.





Poster printed with black ink on white paper. A single line black border frames the page. Two small stylized portraits of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and George W. Bush are printed at top in rectangular boxes. Text above and below the portraits reads, "Only one of these men was popularly elected / The other guy just backed a military coup." Four paragraphs of small print at center discuss the Bush Administration's support for the military overthrow of the President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Text also calls for people to "CONTACT your Senator and Representative to demand the restoration of the legitimately elected Present of Haiti" and "SUPPORT a full Congressional investigation into the U.S. role in the coup as called for in the Barbara Lee/John Conyers T.R.U.T.H. Act." Phone numbers for the Congressional Switchboard and several URLs for information or to donate aid to Haiti are printed below. An address for Haiti Action Committee in Berkeley is printed at bottom center.
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