Does He Destroy Your Way of Life? , 1970

Poster with blue image and text on white paper; central image of Vietnamese farmer wearing non-la, plowing with an ox. This famer reprents a traditional image of Vietnamese. And the slogan is the question to the American government at that time. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, the Vietnam War absorbed much of the energy of social protest. Against this backdrop, other social and political movements adopted activist images and messages originally developed by the radical left. Anger against racism, demands for armed resistance to the draft, fury against elected officials, and calls for autonomy by communities of color, were kept in front of the public on posters and cheaply printed broadsides. Following the killing of students at Kent State University and Jackson State College just days after President Nixon revealed the invasion of Cambodia in the Spring of 1970, college students at Berkeley, and other schools nationwide, participated in political poster workshops, creating art to express their outrage and engage potential allies in the battle against militarism and entrenched power. The posters became part of a general social turmoil that would eventually force policy changes and an increased awareness of the fragility of civil and human rights.
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