We are them.. they are us... Moratorium!

This poster was printed by the Comment Publishing Company in Sydney on behalf of G Morrison of the Arts Vietnam Committee around 1970-1 to promote the Vietnam Moratorium movement during this period. The Vietnam Moratoria were a series of three major, and several other small protests from around 1968-1972. The largest of these protests occurred on 8 May 1970, where some 200,000 people around Australia to protest, with the largest protest being held in Melbourne and accounting for around half of this number.

This black and white anti-war poster depicts a figure of a man covering his eyes, averting his gaze away from a skull representing death, which looms in a smoke and cloud-filled sky behind him. The man hovers slightly above the a hill as if he is being pulled towards the skull. The clouds, taking the loose shape of the skull, may indicate others that have been drawn towards death. The text "we are the... they are us" highlights that those who were conscripted were just regular members of society and it was only through the chance of their birthday falling on a particular day that they are being 'pulled towards death'. The word "Moratorium!" in large lettering on the lower section of the poster promotes the Moratorium cause.