A huge poster reproduction of American artist Paul Davis' iconic painting of Che Guevara. The image was created for the cover of the February 1968 issue of the leftist journal Evergreen Review in the months following Guevara's death in October 1967. In July of 1968 the offices of Grove Press, the publisher of Evergreen Review, were bombed with a hand grenade by anti-Castro Cubans, thought to be in retaliation for publishing Guevara's diaries and the saint-like cover image. Grove Press owner Barney Rosset later filed a lawsuit alleging the bombing.....
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Poster from the Nicaraguan Revolution featuring the popular slogan “Aquí no se rinde nadie,” which translates from Spanish as “Nobody surrenders here.” The phrase is closely associated with the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and was used to promote loyalty and resistance during the revolution to overthrow of the Somoza family dictatorship in Nicaragua, which occurred in 1979. The words of Ricardo Morales Avilés, a Nicaraguan educator, poet, and leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), accompany a photograph by Esrom María depicting two guerrilla soldiers (one an.....
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A 1987 poster honoring the legacy of Augusto César Sandino, the 1920s resistance leader that the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was named after. 1986 was the 25th anniversary of the FSLN. It's goal was to overthrow the U.S.-backed dictatorial Somoza family. Led by figures like Daniel Ortega, they achieved their goal, ruling until 1990 after implementing reforms in education, healthcare, and land reform, while engaging in conflict with U.S.-backed Contras. Illustration by Armando Morales with art direction by Liberation Graphics.

Condition: Near Fine, a few surface dimples.
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A 1989 poster celebrating 10 years of Nicaraguan independence from the Somoza dictatorship and published by the Nicaragua Network, a national grassroots organization that promotes friendship projects with Nicaragua and works to end U.S. intervention in Central America. Illustration by Chilean graphic designer and artist René Castro, a co-founder of Mission Gráfica, the community-based print center in San Francisco that became an icon of 1980s Bay Area political poster production. Art Direction is credited to Liberation Graphics. The composition depicts a smiling young woman holding two pink bouquets.....
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A rare copy of one of the five original commemorative silkscreen prints of Che Guevara, designed by Cuban graphic designer Félix Beltrán for the Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP) [Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People]. Commissioned by the government of Fidel Castro in 1967, the series was produced shortly after the execution of Guevara in Bolivia. Each of the five silkscreen designs features a silhouetted image of Guevara, printed in various colors and captioned in English with the phrase “Other Hands Will Take Up the.....
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A circa 1984 poster protesting U.S. intervention in Central America that reproduces a famous 1967 David Douglas Duncan photograph from the Vietnam war. It mirrors the image on left and right sides of the poster, asking if the U.S. tactics in Central America will lead to another Vietnam in El Salvador during the 1980s. With a small credit at bottom right for the worker controlled Northwest Working Press of Eugene, Oregon.

Condition: Very Good+, some soft creasing/surface dimples from previous rolling; very light edgewear.
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Scarce 1971 poster criticizing American President Richard Nixon and the country's involvement in the Vietnam War. The original image, titled “Nixon Tearing the Heart out of Indochina,” was created by prominent Cuban graphic designer and artist René Mederos. The composition depicts a map of Southeast Asia, with North Vietnam and Laos represented as a burning red hole in the map. A bird of prey bearing the face of Richard Nixon, with exaggerated vampiric fangs, grips the affected countries in its talons. Although Nixon is directly depicted, the work reflects.....
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An anti-fascist poster protesting the right-wing political party ARENA (Nationalist Republican Alliance) of El Salvador. The party was founded by individuals deeply embedded in the military command linked to right-wing death squads during the country's civil war. ARENA was established in 1981 and held the presidency of El Salvador between 1989 and 2009. The poster shows two leaders of the group, Roberto D’Aubuisson and Alfredo Cristiani, as the eyeballs of a skull with a swastika on its forehead. The text reads "Arena is Terror, is War" and "Everyone Against.....
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An El Salvador solidarity poster expressing support for the country during its twelve-year civil war. The design features a stylized depiction of a soldier silhouetted in front of a wall covered in revolutionary graffiti, based on a photograph by José Lavanderos. Above the image appears a quote attributed to Farabundo Martí, leader of the 1932 uprising and founder of the Central American Socialist Party, emphasizing the necessity of guerrilla fighters to claim their own history: "When history cannot be written with a pen it must be written with a gun.".....
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Translating to "The Power of Words," this exhibition, held in the waiting room of the German State Library, brings together books, images, newspaper articles, and documents related to the anti-fascist literary movement. A diverse and international movement that took root in the 1930s, anti-fascist literature often opposed and challenged authoritarianism, nationalism, and oppression, while advocating for democracy and marginalized communities. The exhibition’s location in the German State Library in Berlin, Germany, is especially significant. As a historical epicenter of the Third Reich, the site adds resonance to the materials.....
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A silkscreen poster featuring a quote from the radical Japanese feminist, activist, and poet Yosano Akiko (1878–1942). The quote speaks to the power of women and their capacity to rise, act, and create change. The design complements Akiko’s words: the central figure, bearing a gun, a child, and a book, symbolizes strength and the ability to inhabit multiple roles, from caregiving to protection, both physical and intellectual. Stamped with “PRG” (Provisional Revolutionary Government) in the lower right corner, the image and text are connected to a broader political struggle.....
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A 1978 poster designed by artist Rúpert García to benefit of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Created to rally support and raise funds for the NPA’s campaign of guerrilla warfare against the kleptocratic regime of Ferdinand Marcos, the text denounces the greed of the ruling class while highlighting the exploitation, hardship, and desperation experienced by those affected by authoritarian rule. García, an American Chicano visual artist known for his bold graphic style and involvement in the Third World poster.....
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Campaign poster produced by the Committee for a Free Mozambique advocating for the independence of Mozambique from Portuguese colonial rule. The phrase “FRELIMO has won,” translated from Portuguese, served as a slogan of the FRELIMO Mozambique Liberation Front party. Founded in 1962, this national movement in Mozambique fought for self-determination and the liberation of Mozambican people from Portugal. After independence, it became the country’s ruling democratic socialist political party and has governed since. According to the Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), which also holds a copy of this poster.....
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