In May 1968, thousands of demonstrators from across the United States gathered in DC to create an autonomous community of plywood and canvas homes along the Capital's Reflecting Pool. Part of the nation-wide Poor People's Campaign, they demanded a variety of anti-poverty measures, including full employment, a guaranteed income, and affordable housing for all.
This CPH poster printed at the worker-owned and union-run Community Printers, Santa Cruz, CA.
This is #203 in the Celebrate People’s History Poster Series.
Erik Ruin is a Michigan-raised, Philadelphia-based printmaker, shadow puppeteer, paper-cut artist, etc. His work oscillates between the poles of apocalyptic anxieties and utopian yearnings, with an emphasis on empathy, transcendence and obsessive detail. He frequently works collaboratively with musicians, theater performers, other artists and activist campaigns. He is a founding member of Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, and co-author of the book Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism (w/ Cindy Milstein, PM Press, 2012), His performance work has been seen in festivals and living rooms across the US and Europe.
