Catalogue Number
NMLH.2023.93.1
Object Name
Poster
Title
Does it look like justice to you?
Place
Bristol
People
Mark Stewart
Events
Post-punk movement
Date
1972-1982
Description
The Poster Collective was a collective formed in 1971 at the Slade School of Art,  a group formed to initially produce posters in response to the miners strike and on the wars in both Vietnam and Ireland. It was formed on the basis of developing a coherent visual style, which addressed the political issues of the time. This included the armed struggles against colonialism in Africa, the struggle of women for equal rights and the continuing struggle against racism. The collective was active in the 70's and 80's, producing posters on a wide range of issues, including for educational purposes. The group was not-for-profit and used a variety of hand-printing techniques to create their posters. Large black and white landscape poster on newspaper material. This poster was produced by pop-punk group 'The Pop Group', for their vinyl album release of ' For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder.' They produced four double sided posters (different posters on each side). The band
are a rock/post-punk group; their music was radical and political, and the band also performed at rallies, benefits, and protests. The poster shows lots of different text in different fonts. The top of the poster says "Does it look like justice to you?." The border of the posteris made up of various photographs from posters, images from protests, newspaper clippings about police brutality, governmental issues, human rights in Ireland, napalm and violence in Vietnam, and many other social and political issues. The main image is a large square replicating a stamp, with '10p' in the corner. This shows a policeman bending down to talk to a young girl, with speech next to the policeman saying "No, I didn't kill your father." The text within this image are song lyrics from the bands' song 'Justice.' "I wake up every day, And look at my country, This is what the blind man sees, Does it look like justice to you, It doesn't look like justice to meThey've got to protect their property, Better
phone up the police Call up corruption. Who killed Blair Peach?; Political prisoners caught at Southall; And tried by kangaroo courts; A man had to have his balls removed; After being kicked by the S.P.G. It doesn't look like justice to me |Have your heard the rumours |You've got 2 years till conscription |Do you want to go fight Zimbabwe |Do you want to go fight in Ireland |Soon it's got to be you and me |Who guards the guards|Who polices the police |What happened at Red Lion Square|Who killed Kevin Gately|Jimmy Kelly arrested in Liverpool|And later died in custody|And they'll bring in the army. |To break up the strikes|and they'll bring the legal terrorists|To control civil disorders| Ireland is their practice ground| To control civil disorders| Our very own VietnamWho guards the guards| Who polices the police." This poster is the reverse side of another poster by the band. Condition: frayed edges and slightly ripped.
