General Strike Logo and Posters

[Ichingcarpenter]

The IWW in Wisconsin hired Eric Drooker to design posters for a General Strike, which he is told may be immanent. The "Industrial Workers of the World" asked him to create versions in Spanish and Arabic, for international solidarity. Please forward (& print) attached images widely, as you see fit, to union locals, blogs, websites, facebook, solidarity organizations,



http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Drooker/66294768335

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. Why the feardy cat?

Have they no knowledge of the field of propaganda? Otherwise, why choose a weak symbol?

[socialist_n_TN]

20. Wildcat strike. Non union authorized so the union's ....

can't run afoul of the Taft-Hartley laws against unauthorized strikes.

[Cronus Protagonist]

22. OK, I can get that... so can we have it look wild?

It looks frightened to me.

[Lucky 13]

2. Ok... I have a dumb question...

Why the cat?

[Aerows]

11. I think...

...it's in reference to a "Wildcat Strike"

[QC]

13. As in "wildcat strike" maybe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat_strike_action

[mike_c]

3. I thought that looked like Drooker's work....

I like it a lot. 'Course I tend to like most of Drooker's graphic design.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. Yes I like it too

some won't but each to their own.

Cats have been the protagonists of myths and legends from all over the world. and today people are idolising them again, though maybe not with that fervor of the Ancient Egyptians.

The Roman mythological personification of Liberty, -Libera was the cat

[mike_c]

14. the black cat was a common wobblie image, too...

Here's a couple more:

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. Have any unions with a significant number of members in WI called for a general strike?

[abelenkpe]

5. tools down

Cat is an odd choice though.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. The Black Cat is an Anarchist symbol.

http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/2354

Politically, the black cat was associated with anarchism, and even today it is a symbol of the workers' movement. In this instance the cat was depicted with an arched back with claws and bared teeth. Also called the wild cat or sabot cat, it suggests wildcat strikes and radical unionism. This logo was designed by Ralph Chaplin, who was prominent in the Industrial Workers of the World. The union fought to organize women and people of color and for the 8-hour workday in the early 20th century and is active today focusing on the rights of low-wage service workers. In 2005, the IWW became the first American Labor Union to successfully organize a Starbucks coffee shop.

[nebenaube]

18. Zeller Swartze Katz...

Good cheap table wine too.

[loudsue]

7. Cat? Looks like the rest of the liberal support...trying to turn it into something that will purr

instead of something that will succeed.

Methinks an infiltrator is at work again.

[Ian David]

16. ...

[RufusTFirefly]

8. Isn't Wisconsin known as the Cat State?

Oh. Wait. That's not right.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

[felix_numinous]

9. The cat family is good

though I think a domesticated one defeats the purpose. I say move up to lion, tiger, puma or such.

[travelingtypist]

10. I like it.

Thank you!

[Ian David]

15. Mine are better...

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. LOL.... I love me some cat woman

My favorite Batman movie and character... Michelle ...
Oh my.... and her in the fabulous Baker Boys.

Oh, well...... now back to the SNAFU

[Cleita]

19. Eyes on kitty need to be a little more slanted to look

fierce. That kitty just looks startled.

[RufusTFirefly]

21. I'm no artist, but I think angry badgers are fiercer

And more appropriate