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Title: 1er. de Maig : contra l'atur i la concertació social, contra el mercat comú. La terra per a qui la treballa!
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a fist holding the Senyera estelada, the unofficial flag of Catalan independence supporters. Poster calls for a demonstration against unemployment and the Common Market (European Economic Community). Declares that the land should belong to those who work it. White letters on black band across bottom of poster read "Moviment de Defensa de la Terra" followed by stylized Senyera estelada flag. Ink is black and red.

Title: Per l'alliberament dels pobles
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster recto shows a white abstraction of a fence post (against a green background) with six lines of barbed wire stretching out from it in different directions. On the lower right a black star appears behind the barbed wire. At top right, the title is printed in red diagonally over the fencing. Calls for the liberation of all people. Ink is red, green, and black. Poster verso (upper half) shows a man in the foreground with his right arm pulled back to throw a rock at about ten uniformed...
Show morePoster recto shows a white abstraction of a fence post (against a green background) with six lines of barbed wire stretching out from it in different directions. On the lower right a black star appears behind the barbed wire. At top right, the title is printed in red diagonally over the fencing. Calls for the liberation of all people. Ink is red, green, and black. Poster verso (upper half) shows a man in the foreground with his right arm pulled back to throw a rock at about ten uniformed American soldiers advancing toward him wearing helmets and carrying semi-automatic rifles. Ink is black.
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Title: 700 presos politicos se pudren en las carceles entre ellos 8 Gaditanos
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows black and white images of male Romani political prisoners. Captions include: name, age, home town, group affiliations, length of sentence, and prison in which each is housed. One of the captions lacks the prisoner's image. Prisoners listed include: Pedro Rios Perez, Ramon Foncubierta Arilza, Jose Maria Sanchez Casas, Pedro Luis Cuadrado de la Bat, Manuel Parodi Muñoz, Manuel Nuñez Ruiz, Manuel Almisas, and Juan Delgado Moreno. The last caption appears below two question marks...
Show morePoster shows black and white images of male Romani political prisoners. Captions include: name, age, home town, group affiliations, length of sentence, and prison in which each is housed. One of the captions lacks the prisoner's image. Prisoners listed include: Pedro Rios Perez, Ramon Foncubierta Arilza, Jose Maria Sanchez Casas, Pedro Luis Cuadrado de la Bat, Manuel Parodi Muñoz, Manuel Nuñez Ruiz, Manuel Almisas, and Juan Delgado Moreno. The last caption appears below two question marks and states, in rough translation: The next one could be you--a militante in the fight for freedom, condemned to silence behind bars. Most of the men are in their 20s and sentenced to 9 years. One is condemned to 400 and another to 1,000 years. Bottom left of poster is a red star partially behind [prison cell?] bars. Ink is red and black.
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Title: Setmana contra l'aïllament i la disperció dels presoners polítics
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a person's red silhouette standing beside the red bars of a prison cell. Text is black. Bottom left has a white star beside which "Comitè Català de Solidaritat Internacionalista" is printed across the bottom of poster. Ink is red and black.

Title: Festival pro-amnistia y libertades
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a bright red poinsettia bursting through the bars of a prison cell. To the left of the image ¡¡Amnestis!! appears in red. Poster advertises an event in support of amnesty and freedom.

Title: Fora la legislació antiterrorista : contra el terrorisme dels etats imperialistas
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Black and white poster shows a man cying out while being tortured. He is hanging upside-down from a bar by his calves. His hands appear to be tied to his ankles. At top right of poster is a black star with a white fist in the center. Curved about that logo is "Comitè Català de Solidaritat Internacionalista." Printed below logo and slanting downward left to right to left is "Solidaritat Internacionalista." Calls for an end to the terrorism of imperialist states.

Title: Libertad para Arenas : 26 años al frente del partido de la clase obrera de España
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows the Spanish Communist Party flag in red, black, and gray with a hammer and sickle on the flag's top left. The image of "Arenas" (from the shoulders up) is at the lower right of the poster and is partially superimposed on the flag. Photo caption: Manuel Pérez Martínez (Arenas), Secretario General del PCE(r). Poster is calling for the release of the political prisoner and politician called "Arenas." Ink is red, black, and gray.

Title: Vaga de fam a la R.F.A
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a graphic of four Red Army Faction members: two died on a hunger strike, one allegedly hanged herself, the fourth image is of a man named Herrera. Across the bottom, the word "Solidaritat" is printed six times. In the center of the graphic is an abstract image of a person shouting with their fist raised in the air. A black star is printed above the fist. Poster calls for solidarity with the hunger strikers.

Title: Acte 1er de Maig, dia 30, local AISS, 8 vespre
Date: 1980/1990
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: In top left corner, poster shows a man taking aim with a slingshot. He has a scarf tied over his mouth and nose and is wearing a hard hat. A large red star appears in the center of the poster. Bottom right of poster has the Estelada, the unofficial flag flown by Catalan independence supporters. Ink is red and black.

Title: Aufruf : gegen die Menschen vernichtenden Haftbedingungen in den deutschen Gefängnissen wir verlangen
Date: 1981
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows text in red ink describing prison conditions in West Germany for political prisoners and demanding reform. A red star is in the lower right corner. Border and text are red on a brown background.

Title: TUWAT, Bärlin ab 25.8.19-infinity
Date: 1981
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows street protesters with raised fists, faces covered with scarves, and many wearing helmets. The social unrest was due to urban renewal related evictions from residential buildings in Berlin, Germany. Inset at bottom right shows people below a fireball set off beside a Volkswagen van while two men with lighted torches stand nearby. TUWAT exhorts people to do something.

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: 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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Title: Gronings Politiet Muziekteater : Mania
Date: 1982
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster recto a shows black and white photographic image of a young child painting on a brick wall. The child has painted a capital A with a circle around it and a plus sign. Verso shows a black and while photographic image of several young men and women walking down a railroad track with two dogs against a backdrop of raised highways. These young people are presumably members of Mania, a political musical theater group based in Groningen, Netherlands, who are performing the piece whose title...
Show morePoster recto a shows black and white photographic image of a young child painting on a brick wall. The child has painted a capital A with a circle around it and a plus sign. Verso shows a black and while photographic image of several young men and women walking down a railroad track with two dogs against a backdrop of raised highways. These young people are presumably members of Mania, a political musical theater group based in Groningen, Netherlands, who are performing the piece whose title appears at the head of the poster verso: Wie ben ik nog over. This is a work of short vignettes and musical pieces about radical youth, resistence, and powerlessness. Includes the lyrics of four songs: Snelweg; Robot; Vrouenland; Wie ben ik nog over. Target audience is you 15-25. Ink is black.
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Title: Ni extradicions, ni expulsions : amnistia total : lluitem contra la collaboracio estats policias
Date: 1982
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a black and white graphic of a man beside a chain link fence. He is spraying painting "Ni extradicions, ni expulsions ... Amnistia total" as an expression of solidarity with political prisoners and a demand for complete amnesty that includes neither extraditions nor expulsions from Spain. At right of title is the Basque flag. At left of title is the flag of the Associació de Familiars i Amics dels Presos Politics. It comprises four vertical stripes with a lone star above the...
Show morePoster shows a black and white graphic of a man beside a chain link fence. He is spraying painting "Ni extradicions, ni expulsions ... Amnistia total" as an expression of solidarity with political prisoners and a demand for complete amnesty that includes neither extraditions nor expulsions from Spain. At right of title is the Basque flag. At left of title is the flag of the Associació de Familiars i Amics dels Presos Politics. It comprises four vertical stripes with a lone star above the shorter two interior stripes. At bottom left is the circular emblem of the the same organization with its name is printed around the outer edge. Its monogram is printed in the center with "mnistía FAPP" printed below it. Incorporated in the monogram are four horizontal stripes with the center two being shorter. The lone star dots the first "i" in the word "amnistiá."
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Title: Stop! Stopera
Date: 1983
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows "Stopera" in yellow on the handle of a dagger that is stabbing the center of a red rectangle with a black stripe running lengthwise down the center. X appears three times in white on the black stripe. Blood splatters above the dagger entry point and also pools below it. This represents the desire of left-wing and counter-culture groups (like squatter and Provo movements) to kill the construction of a building complex designed to house city hall and the national opera because it...
Show morePoster shows "Stopera" in yellow on the handle of a dagger that is stabbing the center of a red rectangle with a black stripe running lengthwise down the center. X appears three times in white on the black stripe. Blood splatters above the dagger entry point and also pools below it. This represents the desire of left-wing and counter-culture groups (like squatter and Provo movements) to kill the construction of a building complex designed to house city hall and the national opera because it required razing many residential and historic buildings. Riots broke out when construction began. This is a call to gather in the area of the planned complex. Ink is red, yellow, and black.
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Title: Turkije 83 : demokratie van fascistische junta
Date: 1983
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster is divided into three main colors horizontally: red, black, and white. Printed at head of poster on a red background is "Devrimci Yol" and "Turkije Informatie" with a white star between them. A fist forms the top point of that star. The largest section is black with a white circle in the middle. The main title is in the center of that circle with the subtitle printed around the outer edge. Below the subtitle is a mass of blood red color dripping down behind the text to form the word ...
Show morePoster is divided into three main colors horizontally: red, black, and white. Printed at head of poster on a red background is "Devrimci Yol" and "Turkije Informatie" with a white star between them. A fist forms the top point of that star. The largest section is black with a white circle in the middle. The main title is in the center of that circle with the subtitle printed around the outer edge. Below the subtitle is a mass of blood red color dripping down behind the text to form the word 'no' in upper case letters: NEEN. The blood red color continues down and around a black military tank at the bottom of the poster. Ink is red and black.
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Title: Freiheit für Micha und Benny : Freiheit und Glück für alle Gefangenen, schafft viele radikale Zeitungen, kämpft Freunde
Date: 1983
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a drawing of a young man in briefs with different areas of his body noted in short French phrases, possibly to facilitate torture. Inset shows head of a screaming man during apparent torture. This is a call for the release of Michael Klöckner and Benedikt Härlin, two German journalists arrested in 1983 under section 129a of the German criminal code. They were accused of supporting terrorist groups and publishing leftist ideologies. Lists addresses for Klöckner and Härlin as...
Show morePoster shows a drawing of a young man in briefs with different areas of his body noted in short French phrases, possibly to facilitate torture. Inset shows head of a screaming man during apparent torture. This is a call for the release of Michael Klöckner and Benedikt Härlin, two German journalists arrested in 1983 under section 129a of the German criminal code. They were accused of supporting terrorist groups and publishing leftist ideologies. Lists addresses for Klöckner and Härlin as well as information on how to make donations to their legal defense fund. Ink in blue and red.
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Title: Por la amnistía contra la guerra sucia abajo la ley antiterrorista
Date: 1984
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows abstract image in black, grays, and white with a white X in the middle.

Title: Solidarität mit dem Kampf der politischen Gefangenen : 18.10.77 Gudrun Ensslin, Andreas Baader, und Jan Carl Raspe in Stammheim ermordet : wir haben gesagt ... der Kampt geht weiter : d.h. den antiimperialistischen Widerstand in den Metropolen aufbauen!
Date: 1984
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows pictures of three late RAF members (Ensslin, Baader, and Raspe) beside a larger black and white image of 8 masked or hooded men burning the American flag. Lower section of poster shows five men: two in front carrying rifles, one in a police or military uniform, the last two (possibly hostages) wearing business suits. Lower right corner shows the emblem of the Rote Armee Fraktion which is a red star overlaid with the image of a submachine gun over which the uppercase letters RAF...
Show morePoster shows pictures of three late RAF members (Ensslin, Baader, and Raspe) beside a larger black and white image of 8 masked or hooded men burning the American flag. Lower section of poster shows five men: two in front carrying rifles, one in a police or military uniform, the last two (possibly hostages) wearing business suits. Lower right corner shows the emblem of the Rote Armee Fraktion which is a red star overlaid with the image of a submachine gun over which the uppercase letters RAF appear in white. Ink is red and black.
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