Posters: getting the message out

Top row, left to right:

Women: Oppression and Liberation – Promotes a lecture series for the public on Women’s Liberation, presented by the University of Toronto’s Interdisciplinary Studies program.

International Women’s Day 1989 – Event calling for solidarity to support women from different cultures and different socioeconomic statuses.

International Women’s Day 1981 – Flyer depicting the activities and political demands of the Women’s Day event. The demands include economic justice, affordable childcare, the end of violence, and opposition to far-right politics. This event also offers childcare for attending mothers.

Solidarity for Irwin Toys Striking Employees – Describes the circumstances that the employees of Irwin Toys faced including no benefits or seniority, low wages, and attempts to bust the strike by hiring an American Company.

Wacheea It Can Happen – A 1971 poster promoting efforts to create a safe encampment for transient youth travelling across Canada.

Bottom row, left to right:

Love and Let Love – Promotes gay rights and liberation in Winnipeg, created by Gays For Equality.

AIDS Awareness Week – Advertises an awareness campaign on AIDS to challenge the stigma and to encourage those with the disease or at risk to reach out for support.

Tools for Peace – Promotes a peace workshop and celebration of the 10th anniversary of the revolution in Nicaragua.

Riverdale Against The Klan – Highlights how LGBTQ+ organizations and rights groups organized to combat the rise of far-right politics in their communities.

Free South Africa Divest Now – Urges institutions to break their economic ties with South Africa as a form of pressure to de-legitimize the apartheid state and end apartheid.