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197716992Brooklyn NY: Win 1977. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 8" x 10.75" approx. in self wraps. Light toning else fine. 31pp. <br/><br/>Weekly pacifist publication this a special issue focused on nuclear disarmament edited by Bruce Birchard a Quaker activist and leader of the watchdog group National Action/Research on the Military Industrial Complex. The issue's theme is "peace conversion" the concept of converting war industries to civilian production. Includes articles on three community-based disarmament and peace conversion projects in Denver Oahu and Santa Clara County California. Win paperback books
194741677Philadelphia: Greater Philadelphia Committee Against Peacetime Conscription n.d. but ca. 1947. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; publisher's pictorial staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue; 12pp. Upper cover rather unevenly toned else Very Good and sound. Post-World War II arguments against universal military training; upper cover illustration signed in image by Bernard Seaman depicting Uncle Sam presenting the U.N. with a document reading simply "Disarmament" while holding behind his back another document which reads "We gotta have conscription!!!" One separately catalogued copy in OCLC as of August 2018 at the IISH. Greater Philadelphia Committee Against Peacetime Conscription unknown books
197043526New York: War Resisters League ca.1970. Original illustrated poster offset printed in three colors on white stock measuring 44.5cm x 54cm 17.5" x 21.25". Two faint folds smoothed out tiny pin-hole near text at lower right panel else Near Fine. Vietnam-era poster produced by the War Resisters League stating through words and images that the Vietnam War was being funded by the American public directly through the taxation system. Beneath the center image of a war plane is the following quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Every gun that is made every warship launched every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed those who are cold and are not clothed.". OCLC notes 3 holdings MoMA NY U.Michigan and U.Virginia and we note additional copies held at LC and the V&A. War Resisters League unknown books
197943527Philadelphia: Mobilization for Survival 1979. Original illustrated poster offset printed in three colors on yellow stock measuring 45.5cm x 58cm ca.18" x 23". Old folds smoothed out tiny pin-hole to upper margin with a short tear at lower edge and holograph local contact information pasted at lower right corner; Very Good. Poster produced by Mobilization for Survival a national coalition of peace and justice groups based in Philadelphia who advocated for denuclearization and an end to the arms race. The group states their demands above silhouettes of nuclear cooling towers and missiles of various sizes: Stop research production and use of nuclear weapons; stop operation and construction of nuclear power plants; guarantee adequate heating fuel for the poor during the winter. Not found in OCLC though we note an example held at OMCA. Mobilization for Survival unknown books
197943528Washington DC: May 6th Coalition 1979. Original illustrated poster offset printed in two colors on pale gray stock measuring 47.75cm x 63.5cm 18.75" x 25". Some wear handling and mild toning to extremities pin-holes to corners with a short tear to lower margin and a closed puncture to upper right corner affecting a few letters; Very Good. Poster issued by the May 6th Coalition in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident on March 28 1979. Center image features an illustration of a woman holding a baby and a crowd of people in front of nuclear cooling towers directly above text reading: "The people put nuclear power on trial! March on Washington Sunday May 6 1979. Not listed in OCLC though we note another poster with the same title; we find an example at OMCA. May 6th Coalition unknown books
198643529New York: Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Harbor / Staten Island Disarmament Campaign Coalition 1986. Original illustrated poster offset printed in colors on white stock measuring 45.5cm x 60.75cm 18" x 24". A few faint folds smoothed out staple holes along left and right margins with a few faint creases and small stains; Very Good. Poster produced by the New York-based Coalition for a Nuclear Free Harbor promoting a July 4 1986 event billed as "an alternative to the July 4th parade of warships led by the Battleship Iowa flagship of the proposed NY nukeport." Not found in OCLC. Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Harbor / Staten Island Disarmament Campaign Coalition unknown books
197843524New York: Mobilization for Survival 1978. Original illustrated poster offset printed in four colors on white stock measuring 40.5cm x 55.5cm 16" x 22". Mild handling to extremities faint corner crease and a tiny tear to upper edge with a staple hole toward upper margin; Near Fine. Poster produced by Mobilization for Survival a national coalition of peace and justice groups based in Philadelphia who advocated for denuclearization and an end to the arms race. Planet Earth prominently featured at center swallowed by a large mushroom cloud in the background. Not found in OCLC though we note an example held at OMCA. Mobilization for Survival unknown books
198018404San Diego: Bay Area Coalition to Oppose War Preparations 1980. Original screenprint in four colors; 35" x 22-1/2" ca 89cm x 57cm. Very minor surface rubbing else Fine Grade A. Superb mushroom-cloud graphic with a quotation from folk/rock musician Holly Near advertising a "Teach-In" at Laney College in Oakland. Designed and printed by the San Diego radical screenprinting collective Insurgent Squeegee. Bay Area Coalition to Oppose War Preparations unknown books
196841019Nyack NY: The Fellowship of Reconciliation 1968. Original photographic broadside offset printed in black on white stock measuring 36.75cm x 55.75cm 14.5" x 22". Old folds BOSS Archives rubber-stamp at upper right margin else Near Fine. Attractive broadside issued by the US arm of The Fellowship of Reconciliation FOR a religious nonviolent group founded in 1915 by 68 pacifists who claim to be "the largest oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States." The contents reproduced from their appearance in the New York Times June 16 1968 and Los Angeles Times June 23 1968 came closely on the heels of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Beside photographic portraits of Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy the broadside calls the abolition of small artms and for American citizens to disarm themselves: "But Americans have permitted a climate of violence to grow in their society. They have allowed advertising to fill their television screens with simple-minded glamorization of violence and pressure groups to block legislation that would make it harder for sick men to possess the weapons of murder." Listed are an "honor roll of self-disarmers" suggestions for how one could get on the honor roll and a mail-in pledge card at lower right corner. Scarce; not found in OCLC though we note an example held in the Martin Luther King Jr. collection at Beloit College. The Fellowship of Reconciliation unknown books
