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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Dialectics [Lenin quote] KSL ~ artist 1969 Poster is printed black overall with white text. Poster reads from top to bottom: "Dialectics / Objectivity of approach / totality of interconnections / development and movement / contradictory...	Poetry and Jazz: Bastille Day Benefit for Eileen Kaufman Kristin Wetterhahn ~ artist 1991 Poster has a yellow border at the top and a grey drawing in the center. The drawing is of a man with long hair and a loose-weave gauze cloth. Above the drawing is "Bastille Day Benefit for Eileen...
1936-1986 : Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War Kerry Tremain ~ artist 1986 Poster has a dotted man figure holding a rifle. The upper left corner has 1936-1986 printed in large purple numbers. The upper right corner has "Comemmemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Spanish...	Commemorative exhibiton : International Days of Protest and Hiroshima Day Graphic Arts Workshop ~ printer, Ken Byler ~ artist 1965 Poster is printed on brown paper and has a black image of a baby laying down with its arms and legs apart. Printed above the image is "Commemorative Exhibition" in black and exhibition being...
Mitzvah: The jewish cultural experience Brooke Fancher ~ artist, Jos Sances, Keith Sklar ~ artist, Mission Grafica ~ printer 1985 Poster has a light pink background with a drawing of a mural in the center. The drawing appears to be taped up diagonally on the poster, and has a pencil and paintbrush around it. The top of the...	Nothing is Safe: Japan's Plutonium will go around the world 30 times. Kazu Aoki ~ artist circa 1995 Small poster with a drawing in the center of a large wave with an orange submarine protruding out of the wave. On the submarine is a black nuclear symbol. Behind the wave is a yellow background...
Altar Oaxaqueno y Mas: Altars - Photography - Sculpture Kate Connell ~ artist 1987 Poster is printed on brown paper with black text. In the center is a drawing of the Last Supper but the people are drawn as skeletons. The center skeleton has a black halo and a plate in front...	(Yvonne Wanrow quote) K. Sjoholm ~ artist 1976 Poster is printed on yellow paper and has a drawing of a woman holding a child and pointing a gun. Behind the woman is a red sun. Above the drawing is black text. The text reads, "I stand in...
A Benefit for Vietnam Summer San Fran. [Francisco] Kaleidoscope Studios ~ workshop 1967 Poster has a black background with yellow text and design. Center has an oval black and white photograph of two soldiers dragging a man and scared Vietnamese people at the front. On either side of...	Gay Olympic Games I: San Francisco K. Anderson ~ artist 1982 Poster has a black background with small white drawings of different sports that are being played at the games. A few sports represented are track, tennis, javelin, baseball, basketball, bowling...
Come out San Francisco June 25 Jungle Press ~ printer c. 1978 Poster has a red background with "come out" in the center. The letters have images of men's and women's faces in black and white. Below is "San francisco june 25/ Gay Freedom Day Committee (415)...	Fight the Attacks Against Women and Third World Peoples! Victory at Houston! Jungle Press ~ printer 1977 Poster has a drawing of an angry female figure with her arms raised. The background is yellow with white text that reads: " Anti-abortion Antigay / Anti E.R.A. / Genocide / Sterilization / Car Ter...
Guilty of the Gospel Fidelity Printing ~ printer, Julia Iltis ~ artist 1984 Poster has a blue background with a drawing of a crucifix with a small sign in the center that reads, "to share their life and share their death." Around the crucifix are four drawings of...	Graphic Arts Workshop benefit party Judith Clancy ~ artist 1966 Poster is printed on yellow paper with pink and green images and text. In the center is a woman wearing a pink polka-dot dress and holding a circle. The circle has "Graphic Arts Workshop Benefit...
Benefit Dance Joint Benefit for I-Hotel [International Hotel] Support Committee & Anti-Bakke Decision Committee Fits Printing ~ printer, Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1978 Poster has a red background at the bottom with the outlines of several men and women holding protest signs. The signs read, "Defend the Rights of Third World People," "Smash the Bakke Decision,"...	March Rally with Our Children to Demand a Future for Lebanese and Palestinian Children Juan Fuentes ~ artist, Popular Press ~ printer c. 1982 The top of the poster has a red background with black outlines of children's faces next to broken walls. The bottom has a black background with bullets and missles. The top right has "March Rally...
La Raza Centro Legal: Celebrating Twenty-Four Years of Community Empowerment Autumn Press ~ printer, Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1997 Poster has yellow background with a red border. In the center is a purlple drawing of a femal workier and a male worker in a field. The are carrying boxes with "Union Label" and the...	Cancion Chicana (benefit concert) Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1978 Poster has a large black and white drawing of a man playing a guitar. In the upper right is "Cancion Chicana" in bright green. Below in white is "Una noche de protesta con Jesus 'Chuy' Negrete (...
In the Belly of the Monster: a lecture series on liberation struggles Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1971 Poster has a drawing of men and women yelling. One man on the left has a red headband. Above the group is "a lecture series on liberation struggles" and below is "In the Belly of the Monster." The...	November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestine Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1980 Poster has a red background with a black border. In the center red are outlines of a soldier holding a gun and a young girl reaching toward him. The bottom right corner has "Zionism is racism" in...
Zionism is Racism Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1977 Poster has a red and black background with outlines of men being held back by people in white helmets. The bottom of the poster has "Zionism is Racism" printed in red with "2nd Anniversary of the...	Poetry for the Nicaraguan Resistance Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1976 Poster has a red background with a black and white image of a man in the lower right. The man has on a white shirt with black jacket and a white hat. The top area reads, "Poetry for the...
Pensando en la Paz Juan Fuentes ~ artist 1988 Poster has a thick white border overall. At the center of the poster is a stylized representation of two women from the chest up leaning together looking out at the viewer with calm pleasant...	Anarchist Book Fair, NYC Josh MacPhee, Keven Caplicki ~ artist 2007 Poster has several brown and white hands holding up books. The books from left to right clockwise: red cover with "Saturday April 14 2007 11AM-7PM at Judson Memorial 55 Washington Square South";...