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WE CALL FOR AN END TO CONSCRIPTION : WE CALL FOR A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND

Theme: The End Conscription Campaign


Call Number: 0192
Identifier: AL2446_0192
Title: WE CALL FOR AN END TO CONSCRIPTION : WE CALL FOR A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND
Date: 1985
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Conscription;
Militarisation;
End Conscription Campaign - ECC;
Youth
Description: This poster is silkscreened red, green, yellow and black, produced by the ECC in 1985, Johannesburg. This poster depicts the ECC condemning conscription and social injustice. The text reads: "WE CALL FOR AN END TO CONSCRIPTION : WE CALL FOR A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND". This poster was digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 130 (number 229) 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
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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