Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.11.18
Object Name
Postcard
People
Brown, Christopher
Date
1980s
Description
Colourful postcard featuring an illustration, possibly collage, of two men holding up their hands to red doves in a night sky. Design by Christopher Brown titled "Spread the Word". It was one of a set of 10 postcards from a collection called "Red A-Go-Go" by Red Wedge.
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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