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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Time of Reckoning for Human Rights in Argentina La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1976 Poster has an image of two men holding their arms up in surrender with several men pointing guns at them. The image is in black outlines that are not clear and has shades of green and red...	"Permit me to tell you, at the risk of appearing ridiculous -- " (Che Guevara quotation) La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1976 Poster has a red background with small black outlined images of Che Guevara around the edges. The top right of the poster has a quotation from Che in blue printing that reads, "At the risk of...
La Segunda Independencia (The second independence) La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1976 Poster is printed on orange paper. Background is a light blue with an orange outlined image of Mexico and South America. On the left is an image of a person with long black hair wearing red and...	Che: 1978 Calendar La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1977 Top half of poster is an image of Che Guevara's head printed in multiple colors of blue, green, yellow, and red. Below the image is "Che" printed in a script font. The bottom half of the poster...
"Permit me to tell you, at the risk of appearing ridiculous -- " (Che Guevara quotation) La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop c.1975 Poster has a red background with small black outlined images of Che Guevara around the edges. The top right of the poster has a quotation from Che in blue printing that reads, "Permit me to tell...	Yo Quiero Salir del Mundo pro La puerta natural [I wish to leave this world by the natural door - quote from Jose Marti] La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop c. 1978 Poster has a green and white outline leaf pattern on the left with an opening that shows a green palm tree sillhouetted against a yellow sun. On the right of the poster is black printing with...
Documental de Transparencias Sobre el Che [Slide show presentation on Che Guevara] La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1976 Poster has a turqouise background with a white outlined head of Che Guevara on the left. Printed over the background and image is purple lettering in Spanish outlining the event.	Jose Marti La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1978 Poster has portrait of a man framed in an oval with green leaves on either side of the oval bottom. The man has short hair and is wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt and black ascot. The...
Resolution of the Chicano National Question La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1976 Poster has a green background with a red Texas shape in the center. Over the Texas shape is a man on a black horse holding a gun and a torch with a red flame. There are small black outlines of...	Raza Health Conference La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1979 Poster has a background that fades from red to yellow and has a brown symbol in the center similar to the medical symbol. The staff of the symbol is a spine and has two brown ethnic snakes...
La Raza Silkscreen La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop c. 1978 Poster has a bird with an orange body and yellow feathers outlined in black. Printed in black block lettering around the bird is "La Raza Silkscreen."	Come Celebrate El Tecolote's 8th Anniversary La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop 1978 Poster has a red, yellow, blue, green, and purple block border. There is an image of a female walking with a basket on her head. The image appears pixelated. The poster reads, "Come Celebrate El...
Cuando la ley significa la muerte, revolucion significa el orden : Fuera de Indochina [When the law means death, revolution means order : Out of Indochina] La Raza Silkscreen Center ~ print shop c. 1971 Poster is printed on yellow paper and has a blue border with several fists along the bottom border. Inside the border are three blue figures: a soldier with a gun, a person with conical hat, and a...	Benefit for La Raza Law Student Assoc. U.C. Hastings College of The Law La Raza Graphics ~ print shop 1979 Poster has a background with a yellow sky and brown ground. In the center is a figure with a yellow and white checked body. The figure is holding a scale with "Repression" on side and...
Salud y Raza [health and people of Mexican descent]: Chicanos in Health Education (UC Berkeley) La Raza Graphics ~ print shop c. 1970 Poster has yellow circle in the center with a symbol that resembles the medical symbol in red. The symbol has a staff with a red eagle on top and two green intertwined snakes. A brown hand is...	Zapata : "The land belongs to the one who works it" La Raza Graphics ~ print shop c. 1980 Poster has a black background with a yellow image in the center of Emiliano Zapata. Above the image in white is "Zapata." Below the image in white is, "'La tierra es de quien la trabaja' 'The land...
Vivan los Heroes del FDR!! [Long live the heroes of the Frente Democratico Revolucionario ] El Salvador Vencera!! La Raza Graphics ~ print shop 1980 Poster has a black and white image of four men's heads in the center with a large hand holding a gun above them. The top right corner has "Vivan los Heroes del FDR!! El Salvador Vencera!!"...	Ernesto [Che] Guevara La Raza Graphics ~ print shop c. 1978 Poster has a light blue background with a large image of Che Guevara in the center wearing a green shirt and looking down. The left side has "Ernesto Guevara" printed vertically in yellow. The...
III Contingente 1980 : Brigada Antonio Maceo [Third contingent 1980 : Antonio Maceo Brigade] La Raza Graphics ~ print shop 1980 Poster has a black background with an image of Cuba in red and white lettering coming down on to Cuba. The bottom edge has "Brigada Antonio Maceo" printed in white next to a small image of a man...	Fascism [Dimitrov quote] KSL ~ artist 1969 Poster has a red background with white text. The top has "Fascism" in large white letters. Below is, "Fascism is the power of finance capital itself. It is the organization of terrorist vengeance...
Colectiva Latino America : Despierta [Latin American Collective : Wake up] : KPOO 89.5 FM La Raza Graphics ~ print shop c. 1980 Poster has a black border that fades to a dark purple. In the middle is an outline of Mexico and South America in blue on a background of orange. The upper left corner has a white star that has...	Comrades KSL ~ artist 1969 Poster has a black background with white text. The top has "Comrades" printed in large white letters. Below is, "What measures have you taken to fight the bourgeois executioners: have councils of...
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...