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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(Mexican woman) Mark Vallen ~ artist 1984 Poster has a green with black speckles background. In the center is a woman wearing tradtional clothing of Central America. She has a brightly colored blanket of blue, pink and red tied in a...	!El Salvador Presente! Mark Vallen ~ artist 1994 Poster has a black and white image of a woman standing in the center in a t-shirt that has FMLN on the front. Around her are other protestors wearing bandannas and holding signs and crosses....
Anti-Draft Week : March 16-22 Mark Morris, The Philadelphia Resistance Press ~ printer 1970 Poster has a helmet with six red, pink, orange and yellow flowers on green stems. In the center of each flower is a black and white photo of Vietnamese people, soldiers and a boy. The poster has a...	You Are On Aboriginal Land Marie McMahon ~ artist 1984 Poster has a black border with yellow and red stripes at the left and right edges. Poster has a stylized image of a male figure wearing a green shirt and a patterned white skirt, standing akimbo...
Donde Hay Voluntad Hay Fuerza [Where there is will there is strength] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist c. 1978 Poster has a drawing of two male figures in the center each holding up a green or pink ball. Below them are turquoise colored shapes. Above the men is a yellow half circle with "Donde Hay Voluntad...	Please Don't Kill or Test on Innocent Animals Mardys Minkler ~ artist Poster has a drawing in the center of a mouse in a yellow circle. The mouse is in light blue with purple ears and a dark blue eye. Under the circle are areas of blue and green. The poster has text...
In memory of Jose Barlow Benavides who was murdered on June 11, 1978 by O.P.D. [Oakland Police Department] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1977 The top half of the poster has an olive color background with a black and white skull that wearing a mask of a man's face. Below is a dark blue outline of an officer. The shoulder has O.P.D. and...	Legal Defense Benefet [Benefit] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist c. 1970 Poster has a light purple background with an orange guitar in the center. In the guitar opening is a hand holding a torch with "University Without Walls- Berkeley" printed around it. The poster...
Benifit [Benefit] Dance For Asian Manpower Service Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1976 Poster has a red background with a gold and white circle in the center. In the circle is a blue blutterfly drawing. The poster reads from top to bottom, "Benifit [sic] Dance for Asian Manpower...	Community Health in the Barrio: Health Conference Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1977 Poster has an image in the center of two purple hands grasping a red heart. Above the heart are two white hands holding a yellow circle with a purple arch. In the arch is "Community Health in the...
Strike : TWLF [Third World Liberation Front] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1969 Poster is printed on red cardstock. The center has "Strike" printed in large black letters. Below strike is a black bar with "TWLF" in white.	Unidos [United]: TWLF [Third World Liberation Front] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1969 Poster has a blue background with a red silhouette of a person walking. Under the feet of the figure is yellow and black. Over the image in while lettering is, "Unidos TWLF." The Third...
Uhuru : Libertad : TWLF [Third World Liberation Front] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1969 Poster has a light turquoise background with the outline of people and fists being raised in yellow, brown and black. Across the poster in large red letters is, "Uhuru Libertad TWLF." The...	Argentina: One year of Military Dictatorship Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1977 Poster has a white background at the top and a black background at the bottom. In the center is a fist risig up holding a bleeding red flower with barbed wire wrapped around the arm. Across the...
Stop!! Wells Fargo Bank Loans to Chile Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1979 Poster has a black and red outlined image in the center of the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoach being pulled by horses. The stagecoach is rolling over people on the ground. The top edge of the...	Julio 26 : Cuba Vietnam y nosotros venceremos [July 26 : Cuba Vietnam and we will triumph] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1972 Poster top section has a red background with a large blue 26 wtih outlines of people with weapons. Next to the 2 is "julio" printed in white. Poster center section has a green backgound with...
Arte: Latin American Exhibit : Aleman : [Rene] Castro : [Daniel] Galvez : [Malaquias] Montoya : Nilo : Nunez : [Ray] Patlan Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1977 Poster has a brown background with a half outlined figure of a human head and shoulder with a red border. Below the figure is "Arte" printed in red. The left side has "Latin American Exhibit Oct...	Chicano Studies: "Veinte A_os" [20 years] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1991 The poster has a thick white border overall. Bottom left corner has the text: "Chicano Studies". Center of poster has a blue background with a thin green border. At right there is a stylized...
Con nuestro trabajo se hizo esta nacion [This nation was built with our labor] Malaquias Montoya ~ artist 1982 Long rectangular poster with a red background and black and white images. In the center are men and women holding up baskets of fruit. One man on the right is holding a pick axe. The poster...	In solidarity with the struggle of the Black Nation to free the land. Madame Binh Graphics Collective ~ workshop c. 1971 Poster has a green field with a small brown house on the horizon and a blue sky. In the bottom center is a drawing of a woman with dark sking wearing a straw hat and yellow clothing. Behind her...
John Sinclair Magdalene Sinclair ~ photographer 1969 Poster has a purple and white photograph of John Sinclair with large "afro" hair. He has a moustache and eyeglasses and is staring intensely at something in his hands. He has on a white jacket and...	Support Black Liberation Madame Binh Graphics Collective ~ workshop c. 1971 Poster is printed on light silver grey paper. In the center are black and white drawings of various historical figures framed by a red and green wavy line: Toussant L'Overture, Harriet Tubman,...
Attica Madame Binh Graphics Collective ~ workshop c. 1971 Poster has a black background with red, white and green text. On the right is an image of a man above a group of people holding signs. The poster reads, "Attica/ San Quentin/ Solddad/ The tombs/...	Independencia y socialismo para Puerto Rico Madame Binh Graphics Collective ~ workshop c. 1973 Poster has an image on the left of green grass lines with two male figures reaching out towards it. In the center is a circle with a Puerto Rican flag and a gun pattern with a man in the center....