2010.54.4143

• international solidarity
• latin america

Black and white poster printed on white paper with an overall plastic textured coating. The page is filled with a photograph of a woman holding a baby on her hip in an outdoor setting. Two children stand next to her. "'Esta es la nueva cancion que he querido que cantemos juntos.' / (This is the new song that I want us to sing together.)" is printed across the image at upper right." In small print at lower right text reads: "from a poem entitled La tierra recobrada, written in 1979 by the Nicaraguan poet, Vidaluz Meneses." Five inset photos of men, women, and children appear in a horizontal band near the bottom of the page. Small text at bottom reads: "The New Mexico Construction Brigade to Nicaragua, 3211 Silver SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 * 505-268-9557."The Construction Brigade was started in 1986, among the organizers was SDS and Weather Underground founder Mark Rudd. [LMC]