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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Unity now! Crazy Horse Express ~ printer, R. Baker ~ artist c. 1969 Black and white poster with a peace symbol with a fist coming out the center. Below the peace symbol is "Unity Now!" printed in white. Small white border.	Salud y Paz [health and peace]: U.S. & Nicaraguan Healthworkers United for Peace & Progress Craig Stewart ~ artist 1985 Poster has an image in the center of a woman in a pink shirt holding a child with green shorts on a blue background. Above the image is "Salud y Paz" printed in black. Below the image printed in...
Working in the Cold Mine: Ranier Draft Costacos/Weston ~ print shop 1992 Poster has a color photograph overall. In the background there is a wall that appears to be ice in which bottles of beer are lodged. In the foreground there is a mining cart on a track with the...	Stop racism Stop repression: March on Raleigh, North Carolina Consuelo Mindez Castillo ~ artist 1976 Poster has a black background with a drawing of three African American people on the right with a person on the left jabbing a United States flag towards them. The poster reads in red, "stop...
Say No to the Klan: Friedman for Congress Vote Socialist Workers Connie Jeung-Mills ~ artist 1980 Poster has a brown background with an image in yellow at the top that outlines a klan member in uniform in front of a fire. The poster reads below, "The campaign of Ku Klux Klan leader and...	Venceremos : A Film about [the] Chilean Situation : and a presentation -- What is this thing called S1? [Senate Bill 1] Come! Unity Press ~ printer 1976 Poster is printed on yellow paper with a background image of a person behind bars. Above the image is "A film about Chilean Situation Venceremos" printed in red and dark brown. Below is...
Days of Gay Rage: Recall Stonewall Come! Unity Press ~ printer 1974 Small poster with red text and image. At the center is a small car that is flipped upside down and is on fire. Around the car in blackletter is "Recall Stonewall." The rest of the poster reads, "...	The Living Theater Colby Poster Printing Co. ~ printer 1971 Poster has a black background at the top with red text and an upside down peace symbol. The poster reads from top to bottom, "Radical Theatre Repertory In Association with Mel Howard, Beverly...
Co-ops Fair: Beechwood-Leeds Clifford Harper ~ artist, Spider Web Offset ~ printer 1980 Poster has 16 small squares alternating between a dark green and maroon. Each square shows people working in different situations, such as farming, sewing, baking, welding, painting, woodworking,...	Haight Ashbury San Francisco: Come to Middle Earth Berkeley Bonaparte, Clifford Charles Seeley ~ artist, Tea Lautrec Posters ~ print shop 1969 Poster has a purple border. Right side of poster has a stylized representation of a male face with long hair in orange, red, and purple. Left side of poster has the text: "Haight / Ashbury / San...
If Vietnam were now what would you see? Claude Moller ~ artist 2003 Poster has a background image of a Vietnamese man pointing a gun at the head of another man. The image is in yellow and black and is pixelated and not clear. Over the man pointing the gun is a...	Kalifornia [California] Kaiser Chris Shaw ~ artist 2004 Small poster with an image of Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was a body builder posing in the center. In the background is the capital building superimposed with Austrian seal and the California...
Dia Internacional De La Mujer: International Women's Day Chicago Women's Graphics Collective c. 1975 Poster has a red background. At the top of the poster there is a symmetrical geometric design consisting of a circle inscribed inside an ellipse with two arcs and perpendicular intersecting...	An Epithalamion (a song sung to a soon-to-be bride by her maidens) Chicago Women's Graphics Collective c. 1975 Poster has burgundy background. Left side of poster has text: " Never more will the wind / cherish you again, / never more will the rain. / Never more / shall we find you bright / in the snow and...
Women Working Chicago Women's Graphics Collective 1972 Poster has a yellow background with black border and black text that reads: " Women Working".	Sit-Down: an original play by the Bread & Roses Theater based on the sit-down strike in Flint, Mich - 1937 Chicago Women's Graphics Collective c. 1975 Top edge of poster has text: "Sit-Down: an original play by the Bread & Roses Theater based on the sit-down strike in Flint, Mich - 1937" Center of poster has text: "If our hands do the work...
Working Women Unite Chicago Women's Graphics Collective 1975 Poster has a red and cream colored border around a black and white photograph. The photo shows two women hugging while sitting on office chairs. Behind them are desks and filing cabinets. In the...	Third Annual Lesbian Writers Conference Chicago, Illinois Chicago Women's Graphics Collective 1976 Small poster with a background that fades from orange to purple. In yellow are images of books burning in a fire. At the top in black is, "...and the men ask, 'Where is your Shakespeare?'" and "'...
Chicago Maternity Center Chicago Women's Graphics Collective 1972 Poster has a yellow background with white stars. The top has a light brown arc with "Have your baby safely at home/ De luz su casa con seguridad" printed in white bubble lettering. Below is a...	Health Care is For People Not for Profit Chicago Women's Graphics Collective 1975 Poster has a yellow-green background with a thin blue border. In the center is a yellow winged female figure with her arms raised. Intertwined around her legs and torso are two green snakes. Below...
Women Are Not Chicks Chicago Women's Graphics Collective 1973 Poster has a bright pink background with green lettering in the center. It reads, "Women Are Not Chicks." Below the text is a black and white baby chicken upside down.	International Women's Solidarity Chicago Women's Graphics Collective 1974 Poster has a yellow background with a large blue wave at the bottom. In the wave area are groups of women in shades of purple, pink, and salmon. The women represent different ethnic groups from...
Mountain-moving day : Yosano Akiko (poem) Chicago Women's Graphics Collective c. 1972 Poster has a blue background with an outlined image of a woman wearing a green patterned dress, a purple patterned headscarf, and a blue hoop earring. Around her waist is a purple blanket holding...	Benefit! Vietnam Summer Charles Fleischman 1967 Poster is printed in blue ink on orange paper. In the center of the poster is a blue image of a man with long hair, flower garlands, beads and peace symbol necklaces, and a fringe shirt holding a...