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Call Number: |
0318 |
Identifier: |
AL2446_0318 |
Title: |
WE CALL FOR A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND : WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE MORAL RIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICANS TO EXERCISE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND CHOOSE NOT TO SERVE IN THE SADF : WE CALL FOR AN END TO CONSCRIPTION |
Date: |
1986 |
Subject: |
Images of Defiance- IOD;
Conscription;
End Conscription Campaign - ECC;
South African Defence Force - SADF;
Images of Defiance- IOD;
Youth;
conscripts;
End Conscription Campaign- ECC;
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Description: |
This poster is an offset litho in black, produced by the ECC, Cape Town This poster depicts conscripts who demanded the right not to serve in the SADF. The text reads: "WE CALL FOR A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND : WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE MORAL RIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICANS TO EXERCISE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND CHOOSE NOT TO SERVE IN THE SADF : WE CALL FOR AN END TO CONSCRIPTION". This poster was digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 131 (number 232) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It is also included in the SAHA virtual exhibition - 'The Future is Ours: Commemorating Youth in the Struggle'. |
Creator: |
Produced by the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) |
Type: |
Poster |
Format: |
Access image - jpeg
Preservation image - tiff
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Source: |
SAHA collection AL2446 |
Language: |
English |
Coverage: |
South Africa |
Rights: |
Copyright of some materials are held by individual postermakers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information. |
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