Poster, 'Smash the police State'

McMahon, Marie

1978

Poster, 'Organise! Smash the police state', screen print on paper, designed by Marie McMahon, printed by Earthworks Poster Collective, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1978

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A protest poster depicts a man in a suit with a Queensland Police badge, holding Australian currency. Hands are shown holding newspapers and money labeled 'Profits', while other hands hold a wrench and a fist, with text calling to 'Organize!' and 'Smash the police State!!'. A radiation symbol is also visible. Poster, 'Organise! Smash the police state', screen print on paper, designed by Marie McMahon, printed by Earthworks Poster Collective, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1978 Poster in fluorescent colours featuring the photographic screen print of Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson flanked on the left side by a hand holding a Queensland police badge with the caption 'law & order' and 'Courier Mail' and on the right hand side, a hand offering $10.00 notes with the caption 'profits'. Also features the feminist symbol superimposed over an outstretched arm with a fisted hand and the caption, 'Organize!' and an outstretched arm holding a spanner a