In 1959, a Cuban artist, silkscreen printer, and journalist by the name of Eladio Rivadulla Martínez made the very first political poster in celebration of the Triumph of the Revolution. In Martínez’s ...

El Voto! La Diferencia..! The Vote! The Difference…! Artist Unknown Offset, 1982 El Salvador. Photo courtesy of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” ...

A poster included in the show ‘No Human Being is Illegal’ (Image courtesy the Center for the Study of Political Graphics) It often feels like the loudest voices in the immigration debate belong to the ...

Hendrix College’s Dr. Jay Barth will give a talk and sax player Dr. Barry McVinney and pianist Mark Binns will provide the music at tonight’s opening of “The Sign of the Times: The Great American ...

A new exhibition of political posters in Hollywood showcases more than a hundred artist-activists who wield the graphic as a weapon. With bold colors, stark images and strong words, the artists take ...

Let’s explore a selection of powerful, vintage political art. These posters, often using simple visuals and stark typography, deliver a message that is both inspirational and a little terrifying. A ...

Political art from past decades shows how protesters have long used July 4th to demand civil rights, social change and economic justice—messages that still resonate today. "Sixth Annual Fourth of July ...

In May 1970, students at the University of California, Berkeley, came together to form the Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, which produced hundreds of silkscreen designs. In May 1970, students at ...

Long before the ascendancy of tweets and television, protest posters were a preferred way to broadcast dissenting viewpoints. Temple history professor Ralph Young’s new book “Make Art, Not War: ...

Before political memes ruled supreme in our current age of social media slacktivism, political posters offered artists a tangible expression of empathy or outrage. It’s true that political graphics ...

LYNN, Mass. (AP) - Stephen Lewis collects posters. Progressive political posters and labor posters. He has more than 8,600 of them in his attic. “They’re starting to expand into the basement,” the ...