Never Again Means Never Again - Poster of the Week
- politicalgraphics
- Jan 28
- 3 min read
This Tuesday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. It is a time to reflect on the millions of Jewish, Roma, Catholic, queer, disabled, and other marginalized peoples who were dehumanized and murdered en masse by the Nazis during World War II.
It is difficult to comprehend the level of horror committed during those times. But if you have never understood how the Nazi Party came to power… we’re living through it now.
Warsaw 1943 Never Again
Claude Moller
Silkscreen, 2002
San Francisco, CA
16974
This poster was produced in response to escalating anti-immigrant sentiments and actions following the horrific crime of September 11, 2001. It uses one of the most infamous photographs taken during the Holocaust: Jewish families arrested by Nazi troops and sent to be gassed at Treblinka extermination camp after the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising (May 1943).
Rounding up people into camps and pointing guns at children should have ended with World War II. Now we’re seeing it daily.
Ohio Troops Shoot Down Students
Artist Unknown
Silkscreen, 1970
Berkeley, CA
18307
Poster text:
Ohio Troops Shoot Down Students Kent State · May 4, 1970
“The Streets of our Country are in Turmoil. The Universities are Filled with Students Rebelling and Rioting. Communists are Seeking to Destroy our Country. Russia is Threatening us with her might. And the Republic is in Danger from within and without. We Need Law and Order.” Adolf Hitler 1932
On May 1, 1970, students across the US held protests and began a national strike against President Richard Nixon’s illegal expansion of the Viet Nam war into neutral Cambodia. On May 4th, 28 National Guardsmen fired on more than 300 students holding a peaceful demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio. Four students were killed and nine wounded. One remained permanently paralyzed. Eleven days later, police killed 2 students and injured 12, at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University), Jackson, Mississippi. The shootings outraged the country, and expanded support for the strike. Within days, over 4 million students participated in the Strike, protests and teach-ins that took place at nearly 900 universities, colleges and high schools.
Trump has been threatening to use U.S. troops on the “enemy within,” and he has kept that promise.
Strike For Sanity
Mark Rogovin; Columbia Collective (CC)
Silkscreen, 1970
Chicago, Illinois
92191
This is one of 22 protest posters created by students at Columbia College by the "Columbia Collective." They were produced in 1970 as a reaction to the Kent State massacre and the wars on Cambodia and Viet Nam. The poster called for a General Strike–a mass stoppage of labor, school, and commerce to halt the U.S. economy until leaders moved towards peace.
Last weekend, tens of thousands marched in Minnesota in General Strike against ICE raids and state violence. There will be another nationwide General Strike this Friday, January 30th.
On Thursday/Today, U.S. Senators are voting on a federal spending bill that would allow additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The majority of Senate Democrats say they will oppose it, despite 7 Democrats in the House approving it.
Voice your outrage.
Call your representatives.
Demonstrate.
Do not normalize the violence–document, report, and educate.
Take Action
Call your Congressional representatives, local government, and state officials to demand action and legislation that defends people from state violence.
Get to know your neighbors
Provide support to people who need legal service & accompany them to immigration hearings and appointments
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