Posters

In April 1921, the Seki Ran Kai (Red Waves Society) was formed with socialism as its goal. It was the first…

“It has been said that the biggest man in the Populist Party of Kansas today is a woman,” wrote The Leavenworth…

Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was the first slave to win her freedom in court on human…

In 1977 at the Washington State Penitentiary, a group of prisoners formed the group Men Against Sexism in order to…

This Celebrate People's History poster (part of a series by the justseeds artist collective) commemorates the burning of…

Quechua is an ancient language, used since the time that the Incan civilization stretched across South America. But it…

Primo Tapia de la Cruz (1885–1926) was born into the indigenous Tarascan community of Naraja, Mexico. While working as…

This poster features Solidarity Park, a massive occupation and protest of anti-union legislation in Australia in 1997.…

June Jordan, radical Black poet, activist, and teacher, made an enormous impact on the world of poetry and literature…

Hønsestrikk is a type of narrative knitting that came out of Denmark in the 1970s. By creating a politically and…

A protest movement spread across Japan in 1918 in response to inflated costs of rice. On top of existing inflation, the…

With this poster, commemorate the bravery of the Mohawk women who created the Mother's Milk Project, bringing attention…

In mid 2012, protests erupted in Khartoum opposition to the the reign of Omal al-Bashir and his National Congress party,…

Sojourner Truth was famous for her dedication to the abolitionist and feminist causes, and for overcoming such radical…

The first People's History poster about New Zealand! The New Zealand Federation of Labor, the Red Feds, was the first…

Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas was born in Nigeria in 1900. Funmilayo (the name she went by) was the fisty female…

In St. Louis, Missouri in 1933, 500 Black women who worked for the Funsten Nut Company mounted a successful strike…

Today Portland, Oregon is often thought of as a haven for progressive thinking and antiracist and antifascist activism,…

In the early 1920s, a group of Korean student activists in Tokyo got together to form an anarchist group, Futeisha, or…

“Confronting the FTAA: Thousands of people from across the Americas converged April 20th to 22nd, 2001 to protest the…

In 1920, women incarcerated at New York's Bedford Hills Correctional Facility staged a series of 'sonic riots.' One…

In 1936, when the Olympics were held in Nazi Germany, Barcelona set about hosting the Olimpiada Popular, an explicitly…

The precursor to today's Planned Parenthood, the American Birth Control League was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921.…

The Spanish Maquis were guerrillas who fought against the Franco regime. They carried out sabotage in Spain, as well as…

Co-founder of COPINH (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) Berta Cáceres struggled to…

"We will not kill for your profits. We will not sacrifice for your profits." These words were stenciled in mud by Iraq…

From 1972 to 1991, former Chicago police commander, John Burge, and his men systematically tortured over 119…

Dedicated to the cause of racial equality from a young age, Anne Braden was an activist, journalist, and educator who…

“Our decolonisation starts now as we, as a people, will no longer accept that we are third class citizens in our own…