2010.54.10934

SWAPO: the People Armed
circa 1966
22.375 in HIGH x 17.5 in WIDE
(56.83 cm HIGH x 44.45 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.10934

Small print at bottom reads, "All proceeds go to provide a printshop for SWAPO of Namibia. Published by Liberation Support Movement, PO Box 756, Berkeley, Ca. 94701. Printing labor and materials donated by Glad Day Press. Designed by Artworks." A union label for Glad Day Press #450 is printed at bottom right.

Poster printed with blue, red, green, and black ink on white paper. A blue, red, and dark green horizontal stripe borders the top quarter of the page. White text aligned at left within the stripes reads, "SWAPO: the people armed / August 26, 1966 - Beginning of armed struggle in Namibia / ''It is by the people''s effort that colonialism is routed, / it is by the sweat of the people''s brow that nations are built.'' / -Kwame Nkrumah." The lower three-quarters of the page contains a light green background with a blue and black image of two men holding machine guns. The men are shown slightly hunched over in a walking pose on the right side of the page. "South / West / Africa / People''s / Organization" is printed in red at lower left. More information on SWAPO is printed on the lower half of the back of the poster.
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