| Place | Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Carlton |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2016.74.3 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 50.1 x 37.6 cm |
| Object type | Poster |
| Physical description | screen-print |
| Maker |
Students for a Democratic Society |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Carlton |
| Date made | c.1968 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
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Description
This engaging screen print features a nuclear mushroom cloud with the US flag as a backdrop. It was created as a recruitment poster for the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) formed at the University of Melbourne in 1968 and printed in a share house (headquarters) on the corner of Palmerston and Canning Streets in Carlton. The SDS was directly inspired and modelled on the Students for a Democratic Society in the United States whose style of activism continues to be influential today.