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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: 8 de marc
Date: 1970/1990
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a woman on a step ladder spray-painting the symbol for woman on a wall. The title probably refers to International Women's Day which is May 8th. Ink is black, maroon, and purple.

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: 2.10. Demo - AgitProp Aktion : Mittwoch, 2. Oktober 1996, AgitProp 11.30 Uhr, Demo 17.30 Uhr, Gänseliesel, Göttingen
Date: 1996
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Advertisement for a demonstration against capitalism and police states. Poster shows a masked protestor scuffling with a police officer holding a billy club. Printed across the officer's jacket is "BRD Kapitalismus." Below the protestor is a black circle with white in the center over which are printed images of a red flag and a white flag. On the black part of the outer circle is printed in white: Antifaschistische Aktion. The same emblem is on the front of the protestor's shirt. Ink is red,...
Show moreAdvertisement for a demonstration against capitalism and police states. Poster shows a masked protestor scuffling with a police officer holding a billy club. Printed across the officer's jacket is "BRD Kapitalismus." Below the protestor is a black circle with white in the center over which are printed images of a red flag and a white flag. On the black part of the outer circle is printed in white: Antifaschistische Aktion. The same emblem is on the front of the protestor's shirt. Ink is red, black, and yellow.
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Title: Maitag des Proletariats : Stammbaum des modernen Sozialismus
Date: 1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Black and white poster shows a large tree with three trunks representing 1) Utopian socialism, 2) Communism of the workers and class struggle, and 3) Humanitarian criticism of the political economy. The trunks converge at the 1848 Marx/Engels Communist manifesto then continue upward past Ferd. Lassalle and the 1863 workers' unions, "Die Internationale" (1864), the Paris Commune" (1871) and finally the international congresses of Paris (1889), Brussels (1891), Zurish (1893, and London (1896)....
Show moreBlack and white poster shows a large tree with three trunks representing 1) Utopian socialism, 2) Communism of the workers and class struggle, and 3) Humanitarian criticism of the political economy. The trunks converge at the 1848 Marx/Engels Communist manifesto then continue upward past Ferd. Lassalle and the 1863 workers' unions, "Die Internationale" (1864), the Paris Commune" (1871) and finally the international congresses of Paris (1889), Brussels (1891), Zurish (1893, and London (1896). The phrase at the top of this family tree of socialism is "Maitag des proletariats." The tree is marked with dozens of personal names, dates, and concepts related to socialism.
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Title: Unterstützt den Freiheitskampf in Irland
Date: 1965/1980
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows seven separate images of fighting and unrest in streets. Among them are a child holding a Molotov cocktail and rioters throwing bricks at approaching tanks. Expresses solidarity with the freedom fighters in Ireland.

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: Wer sich nicht wehren will--muss fühlen!
Date: 1979
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows black and white image of residential apartment buildings in Berlin, Germany. The building on the right appears to be in the process of being demolished while the building on the left seems to be occupied. The buildings occupy land that is part of the city's urban renewal plan. Banners on the occupied building express such things as: residents wanting to remain in their apartments; a halt to evictions as long as there is available land elsewhere for the city to use; insistence on...
Show morePoster shows black and white image of residential apartment buildings in Berlin, Germany. The building on the right appears to be in the process of being demolished while the building on the left seems to be occupied. The buildings occupy land that is part of the city's urban renewal plan. Banners on the occupied building express such things as: residents wanting to remain in their apartments; a halt to evictions as long as there is available land elsewhere for the city to use; insistence on transparency in the city's urban planning process; demands to know where residents could find comparable housing at the same price; and a demand for repair/maintence versus demolition.
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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: 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: Que no ens enganyin!! : De qui es la O.N.U.? : Kuwait lliure? : Fora del Golf!! : ONU = U.S.A. = Star of David = $
Date: 1990/1999
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows (top right) two American soldiers in full battle gear patroling an unidentified area of the Middle East. Both are wearing camouflage and one is drapped with bandoliers and carrying a semi-automatic rifle. Bottom left image shows protesters desecrating American and British flags. Poster calls for American soldiers and forces backed by the United Nations to get out of the Gulf Region. To left of corporate body name at bottom is a white star with a map of the world on it. Ink is...
Show morePoster shows (top right) two American soldiers in full battle gear patroling an unidentified area of the Middle East. Both are wearing camouflage and one is drapped with bandoliers and carrying a semi-automatic rifle. Bottom left image shows protesters desecrating American and British flags. Poster calls for American soldiers and forces backed by the United Nations to get out of the Gulf Region. To left of corporate body name at bottom is a white star with a map of the world on it. Ink is shades of red.
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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: 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: 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: Irland, der Kampf geht weiter : Frauenarmee der I.R.A
Date: 1974/1981
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a black and white image of a young women in a military style beret holding an unidentified, unfurled flag. To her left stands an older women wearing a head-scarf. Both women are staring into the distance with serious expressions. Two men stand in the background.

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: Kämpft mit uns : proletarische Aktion
Date: 1987
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows a large red star (the symbol of the RAF) in the center with the image of co-founder Ulrike Meinhof superimposed. The star is surrounded by eight black and white images of destruction and political unrest. Appears to be a call to protest a meeting of the Federation of German Industries and a visit to Berlin by then President Ronald Reagan.

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