David Fine Freedom Committee | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society

Poster

David Fine Freedom Committee

David Fine Freedom Committee | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society
Poster advertising the David Fine Freedom Committee. David Fine was the youngest of the four men involved in the Sterling Hall bombing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970.<p>Poster reproduces an image of David Fine standing in a field in Dane County, dated April 1970. Image is screenprinted in shades of red shifting to blue, with a poem in black letters. The poem reads:<p>They call it terror
if you are few
and have no B-52's
if you are not a head of state
with an army and police
if you have neither napalm
nor tanks
nor electronic battlefields
terror is if you are dispossessed
and have only your own two hands
and each other
and your rage<p>It is not terror if you are ITT
and you buy the men
who line Chilean doctors up in their hospital corridors
and shoot them for supporting the late
democratic government of their country
It is not terror but heroism
if you were captured by the Vietnamese
for dropping fragmentation bombs on their schools and hospitals
Only those who have nothing
can be terrorists<p>At the bottom of the poster is the address: David Fine Freedom Committee Box 93 Madison, Wis. 53701

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Poster advertising the David Fine Freedom Committee. David Fine was the youngest of the four men involved in the Sterling Hall bombing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970.

Poster reproduces an image of David Fine standing in a field in Dane County, dated April 1970. Image is screenprinted in shades of red shifting to blue, with a poem in black letters. The poem reads:

They call it terror if you are few and have no B-52's if you are not a head of state with an army and police if you have neither napalm nor tanks nor electronic battlefields terror is if you are dispossessed and have only your own two hands and each other and your rage

It is not terror if you are ITT and you buy the men who line Chilean doctors up in their hospital corridors and shoot them for supporting the late democratic government of their country It is not terror but heroism if you were captured by the Vietnamese for dropping fragmentation bombs on their schools and hospitals Only those who have nothing can be terrorists

At the bottom of the poster is the address: David Fine Freedom Committee Box 93 Madison, Wis. 53701

RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:102518
Creation Date:circa 1976
Creator Name:Unknown
City:
County:
State:
Collection Name:Emile de Antonio papers, 1868-1990 (bulk 1950s-1980s)
Genre:Poster
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:US Mss 117AN OV Folder 3
Original Dimensions:12 x 21.5 inches
SUBJECTS
Fields (Agriculture)
Poetry
Committees
Clothing and dress
Bombings
Landscape
Men
Outdoor photography
Violence
Sky
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