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Samen Werk, Samen Sterk
Together Work, Together Strong
F. J. E. Mettes
Kühn en Zoon
European Recovery Programme
Lithograph, 1950 / Rotterdam, Netherlands
During World War II, the European left, primarily members of the Communist Party, led the
underground resistance movements against the Nazis in France and Italy. As a result, the
Communist Party had considerable legitimacy among the general population when the war
ended, and members were winning elections, to the dismay of the U.S. In response, the U.S.
inaugurated The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) to rebuild
Western Europe and counter the appeal of communism. Named after Secretary of State George
Marshall, the plan ran from 1948‐1952 and helped rebuild the economies of Western Europe
on a capitalist model.
In the fall of 1950, a poster contest was held in Europe to promote the Marshall Plan. Of over
10,000 submissions, 25 designs were selected by an international jury, including this one.
ECONOMIC PROTESTS BEFORE NAFTA
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Corporation
Doug Minkler
Silkscreen, 1994 / Berkeley, California
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They Plan for Profits
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural
Implement Workers of America
Silkscreen, date unknown / United States
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Bank of Amerika Isle Vista Branch
Metamorphosis
Offset, 1970 / Goleta, California
In February 1970, a rally was held at the stadium of the University of California in
Santa Barbara to respond to national and local issues including the firing of several radical
faculty, police harassment of black student activists, and the ongoing Viet Nam War. Police
harassment of students leaving the rally, including the arrests of several demonstrators,
escalated into a struggle for control of the college community of Isla Vista, during which the
Bank of America was burned down. The Bank of America was the largest bank in California, had
a number of branches in Viet Nam, and was a symbol of corporate support of the war. Two
months later the temporary Bank of America structure was also burned down, and a student
defending the bank structure was killed by a police sharpshooter who claimed his gun went off
accidentally. The Gothic style lettering and German spelling of "Amerika" was a reference to
Nazi Germany.
Object Description
| Exhibition | Globalize THIS! International Graphics of Resistance |
| Title | Gallery Guide for "Globalize THIS! International Graphics of Resistance" |
| Year | 2012 |
| Decade(s) | 2010s |
| Curator(s) |
Bennett, Guy Steinberg, Kerri Wells, Carol |
| Description | List of 71 objects grouped by theme. |
| Notes | 20 pages |
| Gallery | Ben Maltz Gallery |
| ImageID | Globalize_THIS_Gallery_Guide |
| Collection | Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive |
Description
| Title | Page 2 |
| Full Text of PDF | 2 | P a g e 3 Samen Werk, Samen Sterk Together Work, Together Strong F. J. E. Mettes Kühn en Zoon European Recovery Programme Lithograph, 1950 / Rotterdam, Netherlands During World War II, the European left, primarily members of the Communist Party, led the underground resistance movements against the Nazis in France and Italy. As a result, the Communist Party had considerable legitimacy among the general population when the war ended, and members were winning elections, to the dismay of the U.S. In response, the U.S. inaugurated The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) to rebuild Western Europe and counter the appeal of communism. Named after Secretary of State George Marshall, the plan ran from 1948‐1952 and helped rebuild the economies of Western Europe on a capitalist model. In the fall of 1950, a poster contest was held in Europe to promote the Marshall Plan. Of over 10,000 submissions, 25 designs were selected by an international jury, including this one. ECONOMIC PROTESTS BEFORE NAFTA 4 Corporation Doug Minkler Silkscreen, 1994 / Berkeley, California 5 They Plan for Profits International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Silkscreen, date unknown / United States 6 Bank of Amerika Isle Vista Branch Metamorphosis Offset, 1970 / Goleta, California In February 1970, a rally was held at the stadium of the University of California in Santa Barbara to respond to national and local issues including the firing of several radical faculty, police harassment of black student activists, and the ongoing Viet Nam War. Police harassment of students leaving the rally, including the arrests of several demonstrators, escalated into a struggle for control of the college community of Isla Vista, during which the Bank of America was burned down. The Bank of America was the largest bank in California, had a number of branches in Viet Nam, and was a symbol of corporate support of the war. Two months later the temporary Bank of America structure was also burned down, and a student defending the bank structure was killed by a police sharpshooter who claimed his gun went off accidentally. The Gothic style lettering and German spelling of "Amerika" was a reference to Nazi Germany. |
