war and peace

Pass G in Oakland
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of blue and pink print on white paper. Image depicts a human head wearing a military cap with a cake on the cap and a small bomb on top of the cake. Text reads "It will be a great...

1936-1986 : Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War
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...

Peace is better than war
1985

Poster has a red drawing of a man standing over a tombstone with "RIP." Below the tombstone are three people laying with their hands crossed over their chests. On the right is yellow text. It...

untitled (Mark Twain quote)
1980

Poster is printed on green paper with red text overall. The lower right corner has a drawing of a man's head in black wearing a hat. Below the head is "Mark Twain" in black.Piech was a Brooklyn-...

untitled (nuclear war)
1985

Poster has three figures at the top that are crucified on bombs. In the upper left is a burgundy colored sun with a peace symbol in the center. The bottom has yellow text. It reads, "I say with...

Talk peace not war
1982

Poster has two blue and green heads at the top with red text in their brain areas. The blue head has "Protest against nuclear arms race for peace or extermination!" in red. The green head has "...

RIP: The silent majority who never protested against the nuclear arms race
1982

Poster has a red drawing on the right of a dove holding a branch. In the body area of the dove is a cross with a skull below it. The cross reads, "RIP/ The silent majority who never protested...

El Grito de Rebelde [The Shout of the Rebel]
1975

Poster has a black and gray background. In the center is an image of man with a white blindfold on and brown rope tying him to a brown pole. The man has a red face with his mouth slightly open....

The deformed human mind is the ultimate doomsday weapon
1985

Poster has a black drawing of a skull that is stretched wide. In the brain area are outlines of bombs. Above the drawing is light green text. It reads, "The deformed humanmind is the ultimate...

There is no folly of the beasts of the earth
1985

Poster has a black and white drawing at the top of a head. The head is drawn from the mouth up with a large eyes. In the brain area are people laying down scared of the bombs that are falling...

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy in to a friend
1985

Poster has a red and white drawing at the bottom and black text above. The drawing shows a heart with two hands shaking in the center. Above reads, "Love is the only force capable of transforming...

Plant Peace
1985

Poster has a pink hand pointing downwards and holding a single stem flower. The flower petals are small peace symbols. In the center is the head of a dove holding a branch. Below the hand is "...

Sow Peace
1985

Poster is printed on light green paper. At the top is a drawing of a wheat growing out of a bomb with a small dove in the center of the wheat. The bird is holding a branch in its mouth. Below is...

Protest Against Nuclear Arms Build-up
1985

Poster has a large red representation of the Statue of Liberty with a skull face. In one arm she is holding up two missiles labled, Trident MX and Pershing Cruise. The other arm is holding a book...

Work for peace
1985

Poster has a drawing of a man waving a flag with a peace symbol at the bottom center. On the man's shirt is the head of a dove holding a branch and "Work for Peace" in white. Above in green is "...

Our lives are in extricably linked by a comon thread of humanity
1985

Poster has a black intertwined wreath in the center with two hands clasped at the top. In the center of the wreath is gray/green text. It reads, "Our lives are in extricably linked by a common...

1972

Double sided poster. Front side has "Hail the treasurer of the Empire Rockefeller, Reagan, Goldwater & Dole in SF to kick off the Nixon Campaign 11 AM Union Square" printed in red. The "x" in...

October 14 march & rally against the war
1972

Poster has several images in squares and rectangles of people holding Vietnam flags and Richard Nixon in blue, black and brown. Below the images is "October 14 March & Rally Against the...

1973

Poster is divded in three horizontal sections. The top has a green background with a brown arm and fist on the left meeting a yellow arm and fist on the right. Center section has red and black...

Disconnect the war

Poster has a blue background with white lettering. In the center of the poster is a large peace symbol with the reciever portion of a telephone horizontally in the middle. From top to bottom the...

1967

Small poster with a large red and green botanic style peace symbol in the center. Top left has "Make" printed in green, top right has "Love" printed in red, bottom left has "Not" printed in green...

Circa 1968

Small poster with an image of a woman in the upper right raising her fist. The bottom edge has an drawing of a fist in a women's symbol with "Free Our Sisters Free Ourselves"...

1967

Small poster that has a white border around a center image. The center image is similar to the cartoon style of the Blue Meanies in the Beatles film "Yellow Submarine" and has a red background...

1970

Small poster with a dark blue background that has a blue and yellow image on the right. The image is not clear, but has a human figure on the right. The left edge of the poster has "May 5...

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