Alec Dunn and Josh MacPhee, eds.
Signal:01, Signal:02, Signal:03, Signal:04, Signal:05, Signal:06, Signal:07 and Signal:08.
$80 ($40 off the cover price of all seven books combined!!)
Signal is an ongoing book series dedicated to documenting and sharing political graphics, creative projects, and cultural production of international resistance and liberation struggles. Signal digs deep through our common history to unearth this often-overlooked but essential role art and culture have played in struggles the world over. Published by PM Press.
Signal:01 includes:
- Red Rat and Dutch Squatter Comics
- The Future of Xicana Poster Making: An Interview with Taller Tupac Amaru
- Adventure Playgrounds: A Photo Essay
- Propaganda Brigades in Mexico 1968: The Graphic Production of a Movement
- Early 20th Century Anarchist Publisher Imprints
- Designing Anarchy: the Graphic Covers of Rufus Segar
- The Political Freight Train Graffiti of Impeach
Signal:02 includes:
- Revolutionary Mozambican painter Malangatana Valente Nguenha
- Murals from the Carnation Revolution in Portugal
- A collection of early 20th-Century broadsides from Freedom newspaper
- The Gestetner Press and its influence on movements
- Oaxacan Street Art
- The Yamaga Manga an illustrated history of early Japanese anarchism
- A history of Danish art collective Røde Mor
Signal:03 includes:
- Jeu de Massacre: Deltor's 1930 Anarcho-Communist Print Portfolio
- Making Revolutionary Music: Alec Dunn and Erin Yahnke Interview Paredon Records' Founder Barbara Dane
- Quebec Spring: The Visual Culture of the 2012 Student Strike
- Época Clandestina: The Mastheads of Spanish Exile Newspapers
- Memories of Revolution: Yugoslav Partisan Memorials
- Confronting Neoliberalism: Reflecting on the Medu Arts Ensemble
Signal:04 includes:
- The Legacy of Berlin’s Kommune 1
- Book Designs of Three Continents Press of Max Karl Winkler
- New Zealand’s Political Poster History
- A History of Toronto’s Punchclock Printing Collective
- The Bay Area’s Peace Navy
- Imaging Palestine: The Cover Art of Palestinian Affairs Magazine
Signal:05 includes
- Emerging Print Collectives
- Displacement and Design in Barcelona
- Political Prints from 1970s Uruguay
- NYC’s Come!Unity Press n Italian Political Records
- The Pyramid as Symbol of Capitalism
Signal:06 includes
- Stickers from the German Antifa, 1970s Portugal, and the IWW
- Appalachian Movement Press
- Mexican Collective ECPM68
- 1970s Asian American Resistance in NYC
- Lebanese Collective Jamaa Al-Yad
- Incite! Bay Area 1980s Anti-Imperialist Collage
Signal:07 includes
- Philadelphia Printworks
- The Vinyl of Victor Jara
- Estación Darío y Maxi in Argentina
- A biography of printmaker Belgian radical printmaker Albert Daenens
- Spectacular Commodities: The book arts of the Situationist International
- One Red Star and Four Red Stripes: 50 Years of Left Catalan Graphics
- Giving Voice to the Voiceless, Malaquías Montoya interviewed
Signal:08 includes
- Josh MacPhee interviews artist/organizer Dread Scott about his Slave Rebellion Reenactment
- Alec Dunn highlights Liberation magazine and the cover art of Vera Williams
- Andrew Fearnley on the politics of publishing and designing books of the Black Power Movement
- Vijay S. Jodha memorializes victims of anti-Sikh violence with postage stamps
- Sightseeing with the PFLP: Travel documents for a 1970 hijacking
Get all eight books at once for a super good deal!!!
:01 is an 144 page full color book, 5"x7".
:02 is an 160 page full color book, 5"x7".
:03 is an 160 page full color book, 5"x7".
:04 is an 176 page full color book, 5"x7".
:05 is an 176 page full color book, 5"x7".
:06 is an 176 page full color book, 5"x7".
:07 is an 176 page full color book, 5"x7".
:08 is an 176 page full color book, 5"x7".
You can see samples from each issue on these pages:
Signal:01, Signal:02, Signal:03,
Signal:04. Signal:05. Signal:06.
“For everyone interested in the expression, repression and expansion of politics through mass communications and design, all eight issues of Signal—and those to come—are invaluable resources.”
—Steven Heller, Print
“If you are interested in the use of graphic art and communication in political struggles, don’t miss the latest issue of Signal.”
—Rick Poynor, Design Observer
“Offering these graphics to generations far beyond their original audiences, Signal is recommended for designers, activists, archivists, and scholars studying protest movements.”
—Michael Dashkin, Library Journal
Published by PM Press.
Signal:01 is available HERE.
Signal:02 is available HERE.
Signal:03 is available HERE.
Signal:04 is available HERE.
Signal:05 is available HERE.
Signal:06 is available HERE.
Signal:07 is available HERE.
Signal:08 is available HERE.
More information about Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture HERE.
