Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.11.9
Object Name
Postcard
Title
The people shall govern!
People
Morton, Paul
Date
1980s
Description
Postcard featuring a colourful green, yellow and black design with circle in the middle forming a yin and yang symbol (or taijitu). Inside the circle is spiralling text starting with "The people shall govern!" in the middle. Design named Freedom Charter by Paul Morton.
On the back there is a Leeds Postcards logo. Leeds Postcards was founded in 1979, with the intention of using postcards âas a political tool and agent for changeâ. They quickly became well-known, producing some iconic work with activist groups such as the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) branches across the country, and artists including Peter Kennard and Steve Bell. They are still publishing postcards today. Throughout the 1980s, Leeds Postcards published a number of cards satirising the threat of nuclear war, and celebrating the movement against the bomb.
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