Description
Object description
whole: The sheet has a black background, the majority of which is filled by one word in white, splattered with red. Down
the left edge of the sheet, integrated into the vertical stroke of the first letter are thirteen lines of black type. Across the bottom of
the sheet are two lines of white type, concluding in a circular logo in grey, white and black in the lower right corner.
image: A circular logo consisting of a grey circle on a white background containing the black silhouette of a missile pointing downwards,
crossed through with a grey line: the logo of Stop The War Coalition.
text:' No. War on Iraq. Axis of oil. Brute Force. Friendly Fire. Body Bags. Blood price. Smart bombs. Collateral. Orphans. Imperialism.
Hypocrisy. Heroics. Quick fix. Demonstration Saturday 15 February. 12 noon, Embankment, London, called by Stop the War Coalition, Muslim
Association of Britain and CND 020 7053 2155 www.stopwar.org.uk'.
Physical description
Material using similar designs : IWM EPHEM 00427- 00436, IWM EPHEM 00438, IWM PST 8812-14, IWM PST 8836/8837, IWM
PST 8839-8846, IWM PST 8848/8849/8852/8856 also flyers with similar designs dispersed to printed books.
Physical description
Single sheet, printed on one side only.
Label
Stop the War
The last 25 years have seen a range of complex regional conflicts. In the 1990s, wars in the Middle East and the Balkans elicited opposition from anti-war campaigners, though not on the mass scale yet to come.
Events in 2001 changed everything. The 9/11 attacks on the USA were met by a US-declared 'War on Terror', beginning with military action in Afghanistan. Groups including the Stop the War Coalition were created and Brian Haw's protest camp became a feature of London's Parliament Square.
The gathering storm clouds of war in Iraq ignited mass anti-war sentiment. With the US and Britain pursuing military action on the supposed presence of weapons of mass destruction, opposition mobilised. On 15 February 2003, the largest anti-war protest in British history took place in London. Millions protested in cities across the world.
These efforts ultimately failed, but the Stop the War Coalition and other groups remain active. Anti-nuclear protest also continues, with CND leading demonstrations against Britain's Trident submarine-based missile system.
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'I sometimes wondered if the designs themselves were getting a bit repetitive…But the war itself was repetitive, as it got deeper in the mire…killing and wounding more people'
David Gentleman, 2008
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No poster designed by David Gentleman for the Stop the War Coalition to promote the demonstration in London on 15 February 2003. This was the first of many he designed for Stop the War.