Object number:
2013.8.11
Object name:
zine
Title:
We Are the 99%
Date made:
October, 2011
Material/Technique:
Ink on paper
Dimensions:
H: 4.25 in, W: 2.75 in
Credit line:
Gift of Miguel Arzabe
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
This is a zine that is hand-drawn in black and white, reproduced on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, and fan-folded in such a way as to create a small 8-page publication.
Content description:
These were produced during the Occupy Oakland demonstrations in October of 2011. This zine is 8 panels, each drawn by a different artist, with 8 stories of who the 99% of the population are and what their challanges are for attaining the American dream. The overall intent is to create solidarity and empower the 99%. The cover identifies this zine as a Mission Mini Comic that is #2 in a series, and that there is a blog of the same name.
Concepts:
strike; Occupy Movement; publication; political protest
Places:
Oakland
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