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UMSEBENZI : VOICE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY : may day : WORKERS UNITE!

Theme: Labour: An injury to one is an injury to all!


Call Number: 1569
Identifier: AL2446_1569
Title: UMSEBENZI : VOICE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY : may day : WORKERS UNITE!
Date: 1991
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
South African Communist Party -SACP;
Labour;
May Day;
Socialism;
Media
Description: This poster is an offset litho in full colour, issued by the SACP, Johannesburg.Even though it was issued as the first SACP May Day poster produced legally inside the country since 1950, this was painted in prison by an ANC member during 1990. The text reads: "UMSEBENZI : VOICE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY : may day : WORKERS UNITE!". Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 66 (number 116) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition.
Creator: Issued by the South African Communist Party (SACP)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image – jpeg
Preservation image – tiff
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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