electoral arena

Vote No on Recall
1980

Poster advertising a benefit concert for Judge Mario Barsotti. Poster has black text on white background, with an illustration of the Statue of Liberty at center.

Anarchist Agitprop * Radical def Magazine Issue #6
2001

Poster with illlustration titled "Pyramid of Capitalist System" with--from top to bottom--money at top, rulers below, soldiers, middle class, and working at the bottom. Paragraph of text at bottom...

Rise Up!
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with black text and images on yellow paper, in the form of a newsletter. Four columns of text about Frank Little across top half of page. Bottom half has newspaper clipping about working...

Wobbly Road Show
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster advertising the Wobby Road Show, a celebration of labor support, in Seattle. Poster is black and white and has a drawing of a man in early 20th century clothing, holding a flyer with...

Emma Goldman 1869-1940
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster mimicking a playing card with a queen, but faces have been altered to look like anarchist Emma Goldman. In one hand, Goldman holds a bomb; in another, she holds a condom.

Food for Thought
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster titled "Food for Thought" with a black and white photograph at left of a pantry. The largest item in pantry is a bottle with a label reading: "Alienated / Labor Power."

Is There Life Before Death?
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster titled "Is There Life Before Death?" with two columns of text about welfare and social services. Small photo of men carrying a coffin with text reading "Department of Welfare" at top of...

A Warning to the Board
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with a headline reading "A Warning to the Board." Below is a black and white photograph of several men wearing suits and standing in a row. Below are two paragraphs of text about boredom....

Sperry * Univac
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with a black and white photograph of a hand with a glowing star and index finger''s tip. The background of image is a night sky. Text below in two columns about technology.

The Opening in Iran
1979

Poster with two columns of text in dark red on white paper. Text is about the uprising in Iran in the late 1970s. First column includes a map of Iran, but all of the city names listed are not...

Public Secrets
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with black text and comic illustrations on light yellow paper. Illustrations and text are from the Ken Knabb book Public Secrets. Comic panels include images of children playing in the snow...

The Hipster's Greatest Fear Is That She May Be Just as Boring As Everyone Else.
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with black text about hipters, with a photograph of a young woman holding a phone to her ear at bottom center. Poster on light blue paper.

Socialist Educational Weekend
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster advertising the Socialist Educational Weekend on the UC Berkeley campuse, with several lectures about socialism and marxism. Poster has a black and white image of Karl Marx on a red...

Socialism 2003
2003

Poster advertising a conference about socialism called "Socialism 2003." Poster has a blue background with three small photographs of people with protest signs. Verso is divided into four...

Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with an advertisment for ScotTissue Towels. Ad includes a large black and white photo of a man with paper towels in his hands and a headline reading "Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?"...

Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with an advertisment for ScotTissue Towels. Ad includes a large black and white photo of a man with paper towels in his hands and a headline reading "Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?"...

Lenin's Centennial
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with black and white image of Vladimir Lenin on red background.

Feeling Like a Piece of Meat?
Circa 2002

Poster with illlustration of a man on hands and knees, with dashed lines all over his body to mimic cuts of meat. A arm is over him holding a cleaver that has the text "United We Stand" on the...

Untitled
1983

Poster with illustration by Doug Minkler. At left is a man holding a fork and a piece of pie on a plat. At right is a row of five people over the text "We Dont Want a Bigger Piece, We Want the...

circa 1982

Poster with images of various Chinese leaders, including Mao Zedong, at top, with a large, outstretched hand hovering over a spider, snake, and frog. Text in white is a quote from Mao Zedong.

...and he gets rich from our work!
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with a simple line drawing of a worker using a machine that is putting money (literally) in the boss''s pockets. Drawing is superimposed on a set of newspaper want ads.

Rich Bastards
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with a simple illustration of a cleaver. Black text on white background about the rich.

Radical Transitions: a marxentenary
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster for the Radical Transitions lecture series. Poster lists 7 events, each with a description and small line drawing.

End the Occupation from the Streets Here to Streets Everywhere
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster with stylized images of a police officer on left and soldier on right with text above and below.

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