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Contains 8 Results:

Nkosi Sikelel' ¡Afrika!

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Text of a song that was an unofficial anthem of the freedom struggle in South Africa and now part of the South African national anthem. Text is in Xhosa and English.

Dates: approximately 1990-2008

Chevwrong

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T-shirt is part of a campaign against Chevron's practices in Nigeria. The back of the T-shirt reads: Do people; murder, undermine democracy, threaten life thru / the decimation of the worlds ecological systems, / support unjust incarceration of / youth, people of color and the poor, / while exploiting workers and prison labor, / for exorbitant profits and corporate oil interests / in places like Nigeria, Iraq and California, / in the good old USA? / People Do.

Dates: approximately 1990-2008

South African Women Crush Apartheid

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On the front of the shirt is a photograph of Winnie Mandela. On the back of the T-shirt is text from the oft-quoted poem about the courageous role of women in the struggle against apartheid: Now you have touched the women / You have struck a rock / You have dislodged a boulder / You will be crushed.

Dates: approximately 1990-2008

Mobilize for Global Justice, 2000

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The front of the shirt has an image of a McDonalds employee mocking the ???? Picture and reads: Mobilize for Global Justice! The back of the T-shirt reads: Mobilize for Global Justice! More World, Less Bank! Apr. 16-17, 2000, Washington D.C.

Dates: 2000

End Apartheid - Vote for the People

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This T-shirt was produced as part of a campaign to promote the transition to democracy in South Africa. The collection contains two of these T-shirts.

Dates: approximately 1990-2008

Keep the Pressure on Apartheid

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This T-shirt was produced after the release of Nelson Mandela shortly before his first visit to the United States in June 1990. The slogan was used nationally during and after his visit. The T-shirt was manufactured by Donnelly/Colt, Box 188, Hampton, CT 06247. At the time this T-shirt was produced the designer, Clive Helfet, used the nom de guerre of Kaptein Kuns.

Dates: approximately 1990-2008

Resistance to Corporate Colonialism

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The front of this shirt has the silhoutted profile of a person with a flower inside of it. Around him are the logos of various corporate brands, including HBO, Starbucks, and GM. At the bottom it reads: RESISTANCE TO CORPORATE COLONIALISM.

Dates: approximately 1990-2008

Eat the Rich

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This T-shirt has the image of a skull and bones and reads: Eat the Rich

Dates: approximately 1990-2008