Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.36
Object Name
Poster
Title
La storia e l'avvenire
Date
1990
Description
This poster is part of a collection of 100 posters designed by Ettore Vitale for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) between 1973 and 1991. The posters promote a range of events and campaigns using the colours of the Italian flag- red, white, and green, along with motifs of roses, rainbows, and stars. This poster features black text reading "La storia e l'avvenire" (English: history to the future) next to the PSI logo. Underneath is a paragraph of text which reads: "THE SOCIALIST PARTY HAS ALMOST HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY. IT IS THE STORY OF AN ITALY WHICH HAS ITS MOST AUTHENTIC ROOTS IN THE RISORGIMENTO, ITS REASONS FOR FIGHT IN THE EMANCIPATION OF THE WORLD OF WORK, IN THE FREEDOM IN PROGRESS AND IN THE MODERN TION OF THE COUNTRY ITS TRUE IDEALS. DEMOCRACY, REFORMS, FREEDOM, SOCIAL JUSTICE, CIVIL RIGHTS, LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTONOMIES, DEFENSE OF PEACE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, ARE THE RED THREAD THAT BINDS SO MANY POLITICAL BATTLES OF SOCIALISTS FROM THE END OF THE LAST CENTURY TO TODAY. MUCH HAS BEEN DONE, MUCH MORE CAN BE DONE. BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE TO OVERCOME THE DIVISIONS THAT IN THE PAST HAVE WEAKENED AND DISPERSED THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT. BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE TO BUILD A NEW POLITICAL STRUCTURE, WHICH Mobilizes NEW ENERGIES, IN THE CONTINUITY OF THAT DEMOCRATIC AND SOCIALIST COMMITMENT THAT HAS SOLID ROOTS IN OUR HISTORY AND THAT IS A GUARANTEE FOR THE PROGRESS AND THE COMING OF ITALY." (translated from Italian)
