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Title: Leegstandswet = oorlog
Date: 1980
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows white silhouettes on a black background. It shows policemen in riot gear with police vehicles alongside. One figure in the foreground has the international squat symbol (kraakteken) on his chest: a circle with a lightning-shaped arrow running through diagonally, with the arrow ending upwards to the right. Translation of the poster text: Vacancy = War.

Title: Oproep tot anti-papenoproer, Utrecht 12 Mei, 11 uur, Mariaplaats : breek door het kordon! : laat het duidelijk zijn : neem helm, stok en molotovs mee!
Date: 1985
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: At top left of poster there is an image of Pope John Paul II waving in what looks like a Nazi salute. The photo is altered to show him wearing an red and black armband with a swastika on it. His head is in the crosshairs of an unseen weapon. A second picture at the bottom of the poster shows protesters in helmets pushing against police wearing helmets with face shields and holding up shields between themselves and the protesters. A gas mask dangles from the belt of one of the protesters. The...
Show moreAt top left of poster there is an image of Pope John Paul II waving in what looks like a Nazi salute. The photo is altered to show him wearing an red and black armband with a swastika on it. His head is in the crosshairs of an unseen weapon. A second picture at the bottom of the poster shows protesters in helmets pushing against police wearing helmets with face shields and holding up shields between themselves and the protesters. A gas mask dangles from the belt of one of the protesters. The poster is a call for an anti-papist revolt during the pope's 1985 visit to the Netherlands. Red and black ink.
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Title: Diskussie Vrouwenhuis : relatie vrouwen-klassenstrijd psychologiese oorlogvoering inkapselig en inkonsekwenties
Date: 1990/1999
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows large black and white star with the female gender symbol in the center. Within the circular area of the symbol is a clenched fist.

Title: Dwangarbeid en isolatie
Date: 1980
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: This poster points out the problems suffered by political prisoners including forced labor, torture, and solitary confinement.

Title: Stem niet laat van je horen
Date: 1974
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a black and white drawing of a large, transparent jar full of rats and election ballots. There is a hand dropping a ballot into the jar. The rats are labeled for different groups: labor unions, speculators, and political parties (both left and right). They are chewing up ballots marked with the acronyms of various political parties in the Netherlands: PVDA, CPN, AAP, ARP, PPR, KVP, and CHU.

Title: Steun het spaans verzet!
Date: 1986
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a center illustration of two opposing groups. The group to the left is advancing with clenched fists and weapons (a gun and a sickle). They march below a large flagged marked "Volksrepubliek." The group to the right shows two fearful men in suits and hats with their hands in the air as they stare at the advancing group. Beside them is a wide-eyed soldier with his back turned away from the advancing crowd. The second group is in front of large, uppercase letters spelling "FASCISME...
Show morePoster shows a center illustration of two opposing groups. The group to the left is advancing with clenched fists and weapons (a gun and a sickle). They march below a large flagged marked "Volksrepubliek." The group to the right shows two fearful men in suits and hats with their hands in the air as they stare at the advancing group. Beside them is a wide-eyed soldier with his back turned away from the advancing crowd. The second group is in front of large, uppercase letters spelling "FASCISME" upon which sits a crown with a cross on top of it. Poster gives details about a rally and demonstrations to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the second Spanish Republic (founded April 14, 1931). Slated speakers were from the Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota and some Dutch resistance and solidarity organizations. A choir and an Ethiopian student dance group are listed performers. A film was also listed on the poster: !S' avonds spaans feest! Ink is black on pale yellow paper.
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Title: Prys--schieten
Date: 1980
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: At top center, poster shows the head of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands wearing a tiara and drop-earrings. Her smiling face is centered in the crosshairs of a weapon's scope. In the center is a small image of the face of an unidentified man. Bottom right shows five uniformed men, three armed with rifles. That image is captioned: "Org: Bernhard Kommando." The date of the alleged competition is the same date that Princess Beatrix, who had married a German, would be crowned Queen after the...
Show moreAt top center, poster shows the head of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands wearing a tiara and drop-earrings. Her smiling face is centered in the crosshairs of a weapon's scope. In the center is a small image of the face of an unidentified man. Bottom right shows five uniformed men, three armed with rifles. That image is captioned: "Org: Bernhard Kommando." The date of the alleged competition is the same date that Princess Beatrix, who had married a German, would be crowned Queen after the abdication of her mother, Queen Juliana. The announcement of a fake shooting competition appears to be black humor aimed at the Dutch monarchy and Beatrix in particular.
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Title: Filmmanifestatie vrijheidsmaand
Date: 1976
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a man standing defiantly, arms akimbo, in a darkened cell while six bayonets point at his torso at close range. Behind the dark scene, cumulus clouds are visible in a bright sky. The illustration caption demands the release of Spanish political prisoners. Lists the screening dates and titles of films and videos in support of liberation movements and freedom for people worldwide to be featured at a month-long film festival.

Title: Anti Kraakwet : indien je illegaale woont laat je dan hier informeren en geef je op, dan sta je niet aleen als hij komt
Date: 1978
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a menacing man (from the chest up) staring directly at the viewer. He is wearing a black coat and black military-style hat with a starburst design badge on the front showing two crossed hatchets in the center circle with sprigs of laurel on either side. Below the center circle is: "[unidentified word] revell." The main title and the lips and inner left eye of the man are bright red. The poster seems intended to frighten squatters at a time when squatting was being criminalized in...
Show morePoster shows a menacing man (from the chest up) staring directly at the viewer. He is wearing a black coat and black military-style hat with a starburst design badge on the front showing two crossed hatchets in the center circle with sprigs of laurel on either side. Below the center circle is: "[unidentified word] revell." The main title and the lips and inner left eye of the man are bright red. The poster seems intended to frighten squatters at a time when squatting was being criminalized in the Netherlands. Ink is red and black.
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Title: Boycot toerisme naar Turkije : financier niet de vuile oorlog in Turkije en Koerdistan : politieke oplossung van de koerdische kwestie, nu!
Date: 1990/1999
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a modern hotel complete with large pool and gazebo surrounded by a green lawn and decorative plantings of trees and flowering shrubs. Just steps away is a sandy shore with beach umbrellas and other amenities awaiting guests. Below that illustration, and against a black background, are five scenes that illustrate what life is like by comparison for those caught up in the Turkish conflict with the Kurds. Shown are a bombed-out apartment or storefront, three armored tanks rolling...
Show morePoster shows a modern hotel complete with large pool and gazebo surrounded by a green lawn and decorative plantings of trees and flowering shrubs. Just steps away is a sandy shore with beach umbrellas and other amenities awaiting guests. Below that illustration, and against a black background, are five scenes that illustrate what life is like by comparison for those caught up in the Turkish conflict with the Kurds. Shown are a bombed-out apartment or storefront, three armored tanks rolling down a city street, a group of people waiting to evacuate from a conflict zone with their belongings piled beside a truck, a woman squatting by the road with three young children, and a small child lying bloodied and lifeless in rubble.
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Title: F15.000 beloning voor het liquideren van Karol Wojtyla alias Paus Johannes Paulus II : tegebeuren tussen 12-15 mei
Date: 1985
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows black and white image of Pope John Paul II in profile, seated with his right arm outstretched and raised as if in greeting (obscures his face below the chin). The image is altered to make it appear as though he is wearing an armband with a swastika on it. Superimposed on his head are the concentric circles and cross-hairs of a weapon's scope. This is made to look like a wanted poster offering fifteen thousand Dutch guilders to the assassination who kills the pope between May 12...
Show morePoster shows black and white image of Pope John Paul II in profile, seated with his right arm outstretched and raised as if in greeting (obscures his face below the chin). The image is altered to make it appear as though he is wearing an armband with a swastika on it. Superimposed on his head are the concentric circles and cross-hairs of a weapon's scope. This is made to look like a wanted poster offering fifteen thousand Dutch guilders to the assassination who kills the pope between May 12 and 15, [1985?]. Partial profile of an unidentified man appears on left side of poster. The pope is seated with a microphone in front of him and holding a sheet of paper in his left hand.
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Title: Hans Helffer : Marianne De Ridder
Date: 2000/2010
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows names of two people (Hans Helffer and Marianne De Ridder) printed in dark blue on a white background. Possibly candidates of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands. Ink is dark blue.

Title: Big tricks
Date: 1980
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows caricature of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands wearing a helmet with face shield and topped with a townscape of five multi-storied buildings. She is shown with vampire fangs biting a 1980 Dutch guilder coin that is marked with a value of millions. The coin image is also stamped with a Dutch phrase meaning police state. In the center of the coin is a shield topped with a royal crown below which stands a lion also wearing a helmet and face shield. The lion is holding two...
Show morePoster shows caricature of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands wearing a helmet with face shield and topped with a townscape of five multi-storied buildings. She is shown with vampire fangs biting a 1980 Dutch guilder coin that is marked with a value of millions. The coin image is also stamped with a Dutch phrase meaning police state. In the center of the coin is a shield topped with a royal crown below which stands a lion also wearing a helmet and face shield. The lion is holding two unidentified objects in its front paws. At the time of the queen's 1980 investiture, there were riots due to poor housing conditions and an atmosphere of anti-monarchism because Beatrix had married a German noble who had been in the Hitler Youth.
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Title: Argentina '78 : libertad
Date: 1978
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows black and white image of three rifles standing in a tripod with a soccer ball resting in the area just above where the barrels cross. That is a reference to the suspected involvement of Argentina's military junta in World Cup victory of the Argentine team in a year when that country hosted the games. Ink is black.

Title: Poging tot doodslag op wie? : Wat gebeurt er met een demonstrant, die geïsoleerd raakt?
Date: 1980
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection

Title: Steun de strijd van het Palestijnse volk!
Creator: Gerritsen, Wim
Date: 1976
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows likeness of the Palestinian flag at top. Below it is a line of five men armed with long guns moving toward a dragon/dinosaur marked as zionism that is moving away from them while clutching a man [Henry Kissinger?] who holds a briefcase marked VS. Top right of poster has a circular emblem with Arabic character text, stylized Palestinian flag, and laurel leaves around the outer edges and a sub-machine gun as part of the center design. Ink is red, green, yellow and black.

Title: 30 april aktiedag! : Prestige objecten ... Dit schreeuwt om akite (en nu niet ludiek) laat deze belachelijke miljoenen : dans niet ongestoord doorgaan : Kom naar Amsterdam maar denk eraan-- Helm hoofdzaak!!
Date: 1980
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: The outline of a bomb surrounds head of the princess wearing a tiara; this image appears six times on the poster along with a list of expenditures made by the monarchy and text beginning: Behartigt de overheid het volkbelang? Nee! Ink is black on orange paper.

Title: Stemmen helpt niet meer
Date: 1981
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a graffiti-covered brick wall with a large hole smashed through it. Ink is yellow, pink, blue, green and black.

Title: Portugal moordt met NATO-wapens in Afrika
Creator: Wolkers, Jan, 1925-2007
Date: 1970
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows three fighter jets pointed toward a line of scantily clad African men in postures of alarm. Below the title are six practice targets with the head of a black man repeated in the center of each. The poster asserts that Portugal is using NATO provided weapons to commit murder in Africa. Ink is green, red, black on white paper.

Title: Amsterdam helpt Berlijn : TUWAT
Date: 1981
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a black and white nighttime image of a man and a woman in conversation on the sidewalk flanking a cobblestone street. They stand before a row of multi-storied stone buildings. This poster advertises a meeting of TUWAT ("do something") in support of the sqatters movement in Berlin, Germany. TUWAT hopes to prevent the demolition of older, occupied residential buildings. The poster appeals to Dutch sympathizers to rally in support of the Berlin protesters. Ink is black and red....
Show morePoster shows a black and white nighttime image of a man and a woman in conversation on the sidewalk flanking a cobblestone street. They stand before a row of multi-storied stone buildings. This poster advertises a meeting of TUWAT ("do something") in support of the sqatters movement in Berlin, Germany. TUWAT hopes to prevent the demolition of older, occupied residential buildings. The poster appeals to Dutch sympathizers to rally in support of the Berlin protesters. Ink is black and red. Text is in red.
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