Radical Prints | The Berkeley Poster Collection | 2 — Peace, Humanism, Environmentalism
Many posters call for "Peace" or "Peace Now", but these simple slogans relate to a much deeper theme of humanism that animates many of these posters. They rebel against a worldview that saw causalities as statistics and that valued Vietnamese lives less than American ones. The result can be perceived as sentimental, but it is also deeply empathetic and fundamentally human. With their understanding of common humanity and their joyful bridging of cultural divides, these posters are truly 'radical'.
