La Carrera Armamentista?/O la Raza Humana?

Artist Patti Eslinger

Publisher El Comité de la Concentración del 12 de Junio

Date1982

MediumOffset Lithograph

Dimensions23 x 17 1/2 in. (58.4 x 44.5 cm)

ClassificationsPoster

Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection

Object numberPH.8008

DescriptionOrganized around the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Disarmament held in New York in 1982, the March for Peace and Justice was the largest antinuclear event in U.S. history, attracting approximately one million protestors. Issued in both English and Spanish, this poster suggests that the continuation of the human race is in direct conflict with worldwide nuclear proliferation. Asking which is more important, the artist gradually morphs the silhouette of an atomic missile into that of a person. The lower margin of this poster lists the many national and local organizations that came together for this rally, including the Catholic Peace Fellowship, N.J. Sea Alliance, Diablo Canyon Task Force, the Socialist Party, and Students Against Militarism.
One year after the March for Nuclear Disarmament, a similar civic action took place throughout Europe when an estimated three million people protested against the arms race.

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