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Art for a World Without Borders

Graphic Archive for The Great American Boycott, May 1

Following the momentum of massive March 25th mobilizations, student walkouts, and April 10th’s historic day of action for immigrant rights, comes the call for El Gran Paro Americano (The Great American Boycott). May 1st is a day for global action against upcoming anti-immigrant legislation and in favor of universal amnesty. Across the country, a broad network of immigrant rights groups, labor unions, workers associations, student groups, and collectives of all sorts have announced calls for a general strike, boycott, no sales or purchases, walkouts, marches, and actions in financial centers and at anti-immigrant corporations throughout the country. Groups throughout Latin America, such as Mujeres Creando and La Otra Campaña, have called for a boycott of all American products as well as actions in solidarity with the North American immigrants movement.

Visual Resistance would like to offer our own call. A call for artwork to promote and support the actions of May 1st. We welcome art by organizations, collectives, or individuals. Whether you are a professional graphic designer, a fine artist, or just someone with a lot of heart and passion that needs expressing, please, SEND US YOUR ART! Our hope is that this archive of imagery will help contribute to an aesthetic expression of ideas and actions against government repression of immigrant communities.

For some ideas on possible ways to use these graphics, visist our How To Make Street Art Zine.

Specs

— Suggested poster dimensions: 8.5×11′’ or 11×17′’; sticker and stencil designs can be any logical size.

— E-mail designs to visual.resistance [at] gmail.com in JPG, PDF, or Photoshop formats, preferably 300 dpi or greater. If you prefer to send hard copies, drop us a line and we’ll give you a mailing address. Any other questions, suggestions, tips, or ideas, just drop us a line.

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