Community struggles

Capital punishment means them without the capital get the punishment
1978

Poster has a light orange background with black and white drawings and black text. On the left is a man being hanged and on the right is a person sitting in an electric chair. Above the figures...

Libertad Para Los Prisoneros Politicas! [Freedom for Political Prisoners!]
1971

Poster has light brown background with a large black silhouette of Angela Davis in the middle. Across the top is "!Libertad para Los Prisoneros Politcas!" printed in blue.

Thomas Paine
2004

Poster has a light tan background with stars in a circle. In the center is a large drawing of Thomas Paine in a brown coat with a white cravat. He is holding a book and a quill pen in a hand that...

untitled (orgins of life)
2004

Poster has an oval shaped drawing in the center. The drawing depicts a pile of rubbish made of computers displyaing binary code on the screen. The lower left has a scythe and on the right a strand...

Circa 1972

Poster is printed on a silver colored metallic material with a paper backing. The right side of the poster has an image of Angela Davis shown from the neck up. The Left side of the poster has...

Circa 1974

Top of poster has the text: "No Amnesty..". Below is an image of Richard M. Nixon located between vertical black bars on a green and yellow background. The bottom of the poster has the...

untitled [Anatole France quote]
1970

The top of the poster has a stylized photographic image of a metal bridge seen from on the bridge deck. The bottom of the poster has the text: "The law, / in its majestic equality, / forbids the...

VD- Don't Give The Gift That Goes On Giving [venereal disease]
1971

Right side of poster is framed by a thin black border. Inside the border at top is a stylized drawing of a rose the stem of which becomes a noose or hangman's knot. Below the drawing is the text...

untitled (Joseph Pantauro poem)
c. 1969

Poster has a yellow and black photograph of a small baby laying on its stomach. Below is a pink background with small black cursive text of a Joseph Pantauro poem.

Sister Mary Corita Kent...

untitled (Pieta, Rose Kennedy quote)
1969

Poster has an image at the top of a man and woman embracing each other in yellow and purple. Below is a yellow background with small purple text that appears as cursive handwriting. Along the...

The Moment [part 2 of a 2-part poster]
1969

Poster is the right side to 2010.54.2967. It has a birght orange background with black text and and a white image of a man. Across the top are large black block lettering and in the bottom right...

Not I nor anyone else can travel that road [part 2 of a 2 part poster]
1969

Poster has a green background with black text and images. At the top is an image of a road with a sign that says "Entrance Only." Below the image is "Hope is being able to go in any direction- to...

untitled (road signs) [part 1 of a 2-part poster]
c. 1968

Poster has a yellow background with light brown images. The images are of various road signs showing arrows.

Sister Mary Corita Kent was a social justice artist and a Sister of the...

Common Cause
1971

Poster has a blue and pink design in the center resembling an arrow. The lower left has a quote in light gray. It reads, "nations decay / only the citizen critical and loving can bring them back...

Give a damn.
1968

Poster has a purple background with yellow text. In the center is a large yellow X. On the top right is a small yellow circle with "Give a damn" printed in purple. The lower left corner has an...

General Strike!
c. 1972

Poster has a turquoise background with white text along the right side. On the left is an image of factory or construction workers in black and white striking with signs. In the foreground is a...

Speedups: Workers Never Profit
1972

Poster has a dark blue background with a large silver hand holding a large silver stop watch. In the center of the stop watch is an image of man in gold working a desk. The image of the man is...

Upward Mobility: A False Promise
1974

Poster has a sky background that fades from dark blue to a light blue. At the horizon are black buildings and construction equipment. Along the top is "CLASS" in large white lettering. Walking by...

Ideological Coverup
1974

The top portion of the poster has a representation of the Love print in blue, red and green. The bottom right corner of the stamp is being lifted up by a man in black and white and reveals a group...

A.M.A's Nightmare
1969-1970

Poster has a black background with a white image in the center. The image shows a next with an eagle and a small bird emerging from an egg. In front of the small bird is a fetus and the bird is...

The Greatest Show on Earth? The Commodity Fetish
1972

Poster has a purple background with white text. In the center is a window that is outlined in turquoise with two signs on either side. The signs read, "The Mechanics of Everyday Life." Behind the...

If there is a fuel shortage, make the big fuel companies carry our burden!
1974

Poster is divided in halves by two images. The top image has a gray background with blue and white images and has a gas pump on the right with a sign that reads, "Sorry! We are out of gas." On the...

untitled (25 dollars)
c. 1973

Poster has a red background in the center comprised of an image of a large crowd of people. The people in the crowd are blurry. Rising from the crowd is a large green 25 dollar United States...

Cut Out Women's Work! Demand Job Equality
1973

Poster has a red background at the top with white text and a gray background at the bottom with white text. The upper half has three women, one is walking, the other is holding pointing, and the...

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