Poster
What are Your Taxes Buying in El Salvador?
| Poster advocating against United States governmental support for the Salvadoran military and government. The poster reproduces a photograph of people, including armed officers, standing around a corpse in the street. A caption identifies the dead person as "Jose Menjivar Flores, 35, Professor of Economics, University of El Salvador, killed by Death Squads, 14 August 1987." The poster also covers Flores' body with a white square that includes a chalk outline, and includes a separate close-up of his body with stylized drawn blood pouring from him. Text reads: "Help end U.S. support for the Death Squad Government in El Salvador. There is an alternative. Call 'Winning Democracy' 212-925-0161." |
| Image ID: | 141637 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1987 |
| Creator Name: | Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador |
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| Collection Name: | Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador records, 1980-1993 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | M2018-082 OV Folder 1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 28 x 11 inches |
| Artist: John Baldessari Partly funded by CISPES Education Fund |
| Posters |
| Organizations |
| Clothing and dress |
| Shoes |
| Uniforms |
| Propaganda |
| Police |
| Firearms |
| War |
| War casualties |
| Crowds |
| Dead |
| Latin Americans |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Civil rights |
| Violence |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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