513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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Nazis Suck! poster, Seattle, January 25, 1992
On January 25, 1992, about 400 protesters marched from Seattle's University District to the Capitol Hill neighborhood, demonstrating against Neo-Nazis and unprovoked racial violence. The protest, according to news reports at the time, had no permit and was loosely organized, with isolated acts of violence characterizing the march. Police arrested 14 people for assault or failure to disperse, while demonstrators…
ID Number:2002.23.8.2.1
Date:1992
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No Plutonium poster, July 15, 1986
The 1986 anti-nuclear rally advertised on this poster was organized in response to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to use the Hanford facility in Washington state as the nation’s nuclear waste repository. In the wake of the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and recent news that Hanford was a finalist for housing America’s nuclear waste, public distrust of the DOE…
ID Number:2002.23.8.3.3
Date:1986
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Operation Homestead poster, Seattle, May 1991
Through the 1980s, low-income housing was steadily disappearing in Seattle. Many older downtown apartment buildings which offered affordable housing were condemned by their landowners as, in many cases, it was more profitable to have an abandoned property then to pay for management and upkeep. The direct-action group Operation Homestead, formed in 1988, occupied abandoned buildings to draw attention to this…
ID Number:2002.23.8.7.1
Date:1991
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Poster for Indian Fishing Rights demonstration, May 12, 1979
The poster pictured here advertises a demonstration in support of Indian fishing rights, with a march from Westlake Mall to a rally at Waterfront Park in downtown Seattle. Sponsored by the Native American Solidarity Committee, the event featured speeches as well as Indian drumming and a performance by Sioux musician Floyd Westerman (1936-2007). Caption information source: "Demonstration set on Indian…
ID Number:2002.23.8.9.1
Date:1979
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Poster for anti-war march and rally at University of Washington, Seattle, 1972
After large protests against the Vietnam War in 1970, University of Washington students and other activists continued smaller protests over the next several years as the war became increasingly entrenched. This poster identifies a May 1 march and rally, beginning at the University of Washington Husky Union Building. The event was "to support the Vietnamese people" and the poster features…
ID Number:2002.23.8.12.4
Date:1972
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Frog's March against War, handmade poster, May 27, 1972
After large protests against the Vietnam War in 1970, University of Washington students and other activists continued smaller protests over the next several years as the war became increasingly entrenched. This hand-painted poster advertises one of these demonstrations with a frog carrying a snare drum and "peace" written on his leg. Below is a quote from Henry Thoreau, "If a…
ID Number:2002.23.8.12.6
Date:1972
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Women Take Back the Night poster, Seattle, May 9, 1992
The phrase "Take Back the Night" became popular in the 1970s to draw attention to sexual violence and violence against women, and it become the name of the annual marches held nationally and around the world beginning in the 1970s and continuing today. The march began as a way to protest the violence that women experienced while walking in public…
ID Number:2002.23.8.13.1
Date:1992
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United Farm Workers boycott poster, Seattle, 1975
This 1975 poster calls for the boycott of all lettuce and grapes sold without the UFW label, and calls out Gallo wine in particular for its contract with the Teamsters rather than the farm workers union. Printed on both sides, the poster also describes union-busting efforts by grape growers, the hazardous nature of farm work, and the success of the…
ID Number:2002.23.8.14.4
Date:1975
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Get Peaced Off! poster, January 14, 1991
After Iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League passed resolutions giving Iraq a deadline of January 15, 1991 to leave Kuwait and authorizing military intervention if this did not occur. When Iraq did not withdraw, the United States and coalition forces from other countries began a heavy bombing campaign, codenamed…
ID Number:2002.23.9.20.1
Date:1991
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November 12th Coalition March poster, November 12, 1983
During the Reagan administration in the 1980s, U.S. foreign policy was rooted in winning the Cold War and dispelling communism. U.S support was given to right-wing governments in Central America and the Caribbean in an effort to dispel Soviet influence and leftist regimes. In 1983, the November 12 Coalition organized a day of protest to bring attention to the violations…
ID Number:2002.23.11.11
Date:1983