Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.531
Object Name
Poster
Title
Fight the cuts poster
People
Margaret Thatcher
Date
1979
Description
Red Communist Party poster, saying "Fight the Cuts" in large red writing at the top, "Join the Resistance" underneath. On the right there is a picture of a hand holding a pair of scissors. On the bottom left of the poster it says "A communist party poster." There is a large crease in the middle of the poster, where it looks like it has been folded. On the back of the poster there is black hand writing saying "fight the cuts - Join the resistance. November 1979." Thatcher was Prime Minister in 1979, and many opposed the cuts she enacted. At the bottom it says it was published by the CPGB and lists the address.