Object number:
2010.54.9504
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
UC Berkeley Teach-In On Torture
Production organization:
Inkworks Press
Date made:
2005
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 17 in, W: 11 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Poster has a background of a stylized United States flag in blue, red and black. The bottom edge of the flag is dripping blood. In the center is the black sillhouette of a tortured Abu Gharib prisoner in a hood. The poster reads, "UC Berkeley Teach0In on Torture/ A Call to Action Against toruture/ April 28, 2005/ Noon at Sproul Plaza: Rally Against torture/ Teach-In Sessions 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Thrust Theater 2025 Addison Street (Berkeley Repertory) Admission Free." The right side has a list of speakers in white. The bottom left corner has information for the actvists Conference - Attica to Abu Ghraib." The bottom right has "www.tortureteachin.org tortureteachin@bigfoot.com.
Concepts:
Abu Ghraib Prison; rally; stars and stripes; torture; teach-in
Places:
Iraq
Organizations:
University of California, Berkeley
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