EPHEMERA : POSTERS

Title: Demand Political Status
Object Name: Political Poster
Maker: Irish Republican Socialist Party (Primary maker)
Date Made: c.1980
c.1980
Place Made: Republic of Ireland: County Dublin: Dublin
Dublin
Description: Irish Republican Socialist Party poster issued in support of republican prisoners in the Maze Prison’s H Blocks. Poster is printed black on white with a man silhouetted behind bars, 'Long Kesh H Block demand political status. Daily beatings, No visits, No letters.' This poster supports the demand for prisoners to be given political status.
Materials: paper
Catalogue Number: BELUM.Zg10247
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