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National Press Day 19 October: STOP THE POLICE STATE: We want a free press

Theme: Culture: The doors of culture shall be opened!


Call Number: 530
Identifier: AL2446_530
Title: National Press Day 19 October: STOP THE POLICE STATE: We want a free press
Date: 1989
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Police;
Press;
Media;
Repression
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black and red, produced by SASPU, Johannesburg. This poster depicts the media protesting against restrictions on press freedom under the States of Emergency of the later 1980s. The text reads “National Press Day 19 October: STOP THE POLICE STATE: We want a free press” Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 176 (number 324) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition.
Creator: Produced by the South African Student's Press Union (SASPU)
Type: Poster
Format: Preservation image - tiff
Access image - jpeg
Source: SAHA Collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement.
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