Catalogue Number
NMLH.2012.60.4.21
Object Name
Poster
Title
Grasp the Nettle Fight for Jobs with the Morning Star
Description
Grasp the Nettle fight for jobs with the Morning Star poster
Green poster, advertising the Morning Star newspaper and the campaigns that the newspaper supported. The poster features an image of a stinging nettel with 'unemployment' written across the leaves. Underneath reads "fight for jobs with the Morning Star" and above "Grasp the Nettle".
The poster is campaiging against the high unemployment rates, using an analogy of a stinging nettle which does not sting if grasped firmly, but will sting if lightly touched.
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