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Some Notes on the No Human is Illegal, Immigrants and Refugees Welcome Sticker (& Stencil!) Design
The last weekend of January of 2017, after Trump’s Executive Order 13769 (the Muslim Ban), tens of thousands of protesters stormed dozens of airports across the US in solidarity with immigrants, especially those specifically targeted from Muslim-majority countries. Over 1,000 demonstrators flooded Raleigh/Durham airport. On the Sunday night that followed, this banner appeared on a…
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Some Notes on the John Brown Lives! Sticker (& Stencil!) Design
In October of 2006 the ku klux klan promised a demonstration at the site of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. About 12 klansmen losers showed up completely surrounded by police and escorted into double barricades. They were shouted down by about a hundred antifascists behind a John Brown Lives! banner. Municipal Adhesives was unable…
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Some Notes on the Total Liberation from Domination Sticker (& Stencil!) Design
The earliest version of this design appeared on a banner for May Day 2012 in Durham, NC. This banner was captured in December of 2014, and taken into police custody for 6 months for its participation in a demonstration against the non-indictment of disgraced former police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the strangling death of Eric…