2010.54.9506

Object number:

2010.54.9506

Object name:

poster; work on paper

Title:

Refuse Illegal War

Date made:

LATE 20TH EARLY 21ST CENTURY

Material/Technique:

Offset lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

H: 17.25 in, W: 12.75 in

Credit line:

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

Physical description:

poster

Content description:

Poster has a light blue background at the top with a dark blue outline of a hand. Over the hand is "Refuse Illegal War" in large white block lettering. The bottom is divided by a blue stripe with white stars. The bottom area is green. The left corner has a photograph of a man in a military uniform. Next to it in white is "www.lthankyoult.org Ehren Watada. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada is the first commissioned officer to refuse to fight the illegal Iraq War and occupation." [After multiple legal challenges the military court martial against Watada was dismissed on May 6, 2009. -LMC]

Concepts:

war; Conscientious objectors; army; soldier; resistance

Places:

Iraq

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