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"Philippine Consul Importing Martial Law?" poster, May 1978

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This poster denounces president Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines for using violence and repression to contain protests against his government. Legislative elections in the Philippines led to a massive public protest the day before the election, which Marcos responded to with mass arrests, torture, and burning a worker's settlement. In response to the violence, anti-Marcos protests erupted across the US, including in Seattle. The poster condemns the arrest of four Seattle residents for protesting at the Philippine Consulate, asks readers to write letters to support them, to picket the consulate on May 18, 1978, and to attend the protesters' trial.
ID Number: 2002.23.1.49.3.3
Date: 1978
Creator(s): Friends of the Filipino People, Creator
Physical Description: 1 poster; 8.5 x 11 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Don Paulsen Collection of Political and Social Ephemera, 2002.23.1.49.3.3
Copyright: All Rights Reserved