Catalogue Number
NMLH.2023.39
Object Name
Poster
Title
Support the H Block hunger strikers
People
Bobby Sands
Events
The Troubles
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. This is a white poster with black text reading "SUPPORT THE H-BLOCK HUNGER STRIKERS" a coffin to the left of the text has words inside reading "Don't let them die!" Above the text are seven portrait photographs of the Irish Republican prisoners who staged a hunger strike in 1981 to regain prisoner
of war status within English prisons, which had been taken away in the years previous.
