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This stunning book of photographs details the graffiti and art that have transformed Israel's Wall of Separation into a canvas of symbolic resistance and solidarity. The compelling images are interspersed with vignettes of the people whose lives are affected by the wall and who suffer due to a lack of work, education, and vital medical care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Parry is a London-based freelance journalist and photographer whose work has been featured in the Guardian and the Independent. He has worked and traveled extensively in the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor: William Parry\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eArtist: William Parry\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781569767047\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 189 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Lawrence Hill Books\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lawrence Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175074181213,"sku":"9781569767047","price":26.93,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_875_againstwall3_0.jpg?v=1654987226"},{"product_id":"paper-politics-socially-engaged-printmaking-today","title":"Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaper Politics:\u003c\/em\u003e Socially Engaged Printmaking Today is a major collection of contemporary politically and socially engaged printmaking. This full color book showcases print art that uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in political conversation. Based on an art exhibition which has traveled to a dozen cities in North America, Paper Politics features artwork by over 200 international artists; an eclectic collection of work by both activist and non-activist printmakers who have felt the need to respond to the monumental trends and events of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaper Politics\u003c\/em\u003e presents a breathtaking tour of the many modalities of printing by hand: relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraph, collagraph, monotype, and photography. In addition to these techniques, included are more traditional media used to convey political thought, finely crafted stencils and silk-screens intended for wheat pasting in the street. Artists range from the well established (Sue Coe, Swoon, Carlos Cortez) to the up-and-coming (Favianna Rodriguez, Chris Stain, Nicole Schulman), from street artists (BORF, You Are Beautiful) to rock poster makers (EMEK, Bughouse).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e:\u003cp\u003e\"Let's face it, most collections of activist art suck. Either esthetic concerns are front and center and the politics that motivate such creation are pushed to the margin, or politics prevail and artistic quality is an afterthought. With the heart of an activist and the eye of an artist, Josh MacPhee miraculously manages to do justice to both. \u003cem\u003ePaper Politics\u003c\/em\u003e is singularly impressive.\" —Stephen Duncombe, author of \u003cem\u003eDream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For all of those who claim that poster art is dead in the age of YouTube and Blogs, \u003cem\u003ePaper Politics\u003c\/em\u003e will wheatpaste another message over your computer monitor. This exhibition and book is a testament to the vibrant trajectory of printmaking in the service of social change, including examples of earlier movements and artists as well as the graphics popping up right now. Obscure and familiar subjects are presented with wit, joy, and searing satire, guaranteed to snap your senses and challenge your opinions. 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He organizes the Celebrate People's History Poster Series and is often in front of his computer designing books for PM Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEditor: Josh MacPhee\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: \npaperback\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: \n978-1-60486-090-0\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSize: \n156 pages\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: PM Press\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175079129181,"sku":"9781604860900","price":34.93,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_918_paper3_0.jpg?v=1654987266"},{"product_id":"signal-01-a-journal-of-international-political-graphics","title":"Signal: 01: A Journal of International Political Graphics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSignal \u003c\/em\u003eis an ongoing book series dedicated to documenting and sharing compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles. 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The book mines what we do in our daily lives for the already-existent gems of a freer future—premised on anarchistic ethics like cooperation and direct democracy. Its pages depict everything from seemingly ordinary activities like using parks as our commons to grandiose occupations of public space that construct do-it-ourselves communities, if only temporarily, including pieces such as “The Gift,” “Borrowing from the Library,” “Solidarity Is a Pizza,” and “Waking to Revolution.” The aim is to supply hints of what it routinely would be like to live, every day, in a world created from below, where coercion and hierarchy are largely vestiges of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaths toward Utopia\u003c\/em\u003e is not a rosy-eyed stroll, though. The book retains the tensions in present-day attempts to “model” horizontal institutions and relationships of mutual aid under increasingly vertical, exploitative, and alienated conditions. 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Artists and cultural workers have been at the center of upheavals and revolts the world over, from the painters and poets in the Paris Commune to the poster makers and street theatre performers of the recent counter globalization movement. Signal will bring these artists and their work to a new audience, digging deep through our common history to unearth their images and stories. We have no doubt that Signal will come to serve as a unique and irreplaceable resource for activist artists and academic researchers, as well as an active forum for critique of the role of art in revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the U.S. there is a tendency to focus only on the artworks produced within our shores or from English speaking producers. Signal reaches beyond those bounds, bringing material produced the world over, translated from dozens of languages and collected from both the present and decades past. Although a full color printed publication, Signal is not limited to the graphic arts. Within its pages you will find political posters and fine arts, comics and murals, street art, site specific works, zines, art collectives, documentation of performances and articles on the often overlooked but essential role all of these have played in struggles around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the second volume of Signal include:\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eAnarchist Manga in Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eBreaking Chains: Political Graphics and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eSelling Freedom: Promotional Posters from the 1910s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eStreet Art, Oaxacan Struggle, and the Mexican Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eCovering the Wall: Revolutionary Murals in 1970s Portugal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eRøde Mor—Danish printmaking, pop music, and politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Signal reads like a magazine in that it consists of a number of smaller, independent articles but the loose continuity of subject holds it together as a book. As a series, this is going to be a great resource. Dunn and MacPhee are filling a void in terms of political graphics; there’s a lot of material for them to cover and this is solid start.\" —Printeresting.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Signal is dotted with stunning photography that will certainly reel in many people who are into unusual art. Clocking in at just under 140 glossy pages, Dunn and MacPhee do an impressive job of conveying not only what is new and relevant in political art, but also its history and its presence in the everyday.\" —Political Media Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout Josh MacPhee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosh MacPhee is an artist, curator and activist currently living in Brooklyn, NY. His work often revolves around the themes of social movements, history, and public space. His most recent book with PM is is Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today. He also organizes the Celebrate People's History Poster Series, regularly produces posters and graphics for political groups and events, and is part of the political art cooperative Justseeds.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout Alec Icky Dunn\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlec \"Icky\" Dunn is an illustrator, amateur historian, and printer living in Portland, OR. He has designed book and record covers, political graphics and punk fliers. 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Kuper’s illustrations depict a climb to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, the homeless living in Times Square, roller skaters in Central Park, the impact of September 11, the luxury of Wall Street, street musicians, and other scenes unique to the city. With comics, illustrations, and sketches, this work of art portrays everything from the low life to the high energy that has long made people from around the world flock to the Big Apple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrawn to New York\u003c\/em\u003e is a reflection of one artist's thirty-four years on twelve miles of island with eight million people in a city whose story is ever being written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kuper is extraordinary, a one-of-a-kind talent, and like the city it chronicles, Drawn to New York is beautiful, mutinous, kaleidoscopic, and essential.\" —Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn to New York is Peter Kuper's New York, and anybody who's spent any time here, physically or otherwise, will recognize the\nenergy and architecture, the grime and crowds, the beautiful humanity, the foods, odors, and sights. Love it or not, there’s no place on Earth quite like New York City, and few people have captured it as effectively as Kuper.” —\u003cem\u003eNewsarama\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the strongest and truest radical voices to emerge from contemporary America.\" —Alan Moore, author of \u003cem\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eV for Vendetta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\"As a cartoonist and graphic novelist, Kuper's art reflects the sequential grid that is Manhattan. Each window tells a story, and the rows of squares and infinite right angles form a map of one man's journey through the modern labyrinth. When viewed as a whole, Kuper's concrete visions of New York amount to an epic love poem.\" —Eric Drooker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The island of skyscrapers, the Mecca of cities, and well-known capital of the\nworld, is the backdrop of this colorful odyssey of Peter Kuper and marks a triumph in his already successful career. Drawn to New York is a perfect choice while listening to 'New York, New York,' though not played by Sinatra.\" —\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e (Mexico)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout Peter Kuper\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Kuper’s illustrations and comics have appeared in \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMAD\u003c\/em\u003e where he has written and illustrated \"Spy vs. Spy\" every month since 1997. He is the co-founder of \u003cem\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e and has remained on its editorial board for over 30 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has produced over 20 books including \u003cem\u003eThe System, Sticks and Stones\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eStop Forgetting to Remember\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Not only are there no words to lean on, but there is also no movement. Every action and emotion in the story has to be conveyed through static images alone. Over the years there have been a few geniuses in this specialized art form. One of them is Peter Kuper. Long may his pencil, pen and brush silently flow.\" Al Jaffee, legendary \u003cem\u003eMad\u003c\/em\u003e cartoonist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Though it has no word balloons or thought bubbles, \u003cem\u003eThe System\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with so much urban clatter, you’ll want to seal your windows shut. Kuper uses his trademark spray-paint\/stencil art to send us careening through a kinetic New York landscape, jump-cutting from a crooked cop to a stripper, panning from a homeless guy to a cell-phone yuppie. 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Weir also explores Vigo’s relationship to other filmmakers of the period, such as Luis Buñuel, Jean Renoir, and Marcel Carné—all of whom, like Vigo, range across the leftist spectrum of the interwar years. In the end, Weir argues that, whereas \u003cem\u003eL’Atalante\u003c\/em\u003e and the other films have been mostly restored to something like their original condition, more work needs to be done to restore the original ideological meaning of those films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Decades ahead of his time, the film artist Jean Vigo was a one-man nouvelle vague. He was also a visionary who grasped cinema’s potential for embodying his political ideas—as demonstrated by David Weir in his acute and detailed appreciation of Vigo’s multi-faceted oeuvre, the best such to appear in English.\" — J. 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It combines written contributions from movement participants with original printed materials—from pamphlets to posters, flyers to newspapers—to tell this politically rich and little-known story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe dawn of the 1970s witnessed an explosion of interest in revolutionary ideas and activism. Young people radicalized by the antiwar movement became anti-imperialists, veterans of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements increasingly identified with communism and Pan-Africanism, and women were organizing for autonomy and liberation. While these movements may have different roots, there was also an incredible overlapping and intermingling of activists and ideologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese diverse movements used printed materials as organizing tools in every political activity, creating a sprawling and remarkable array of printing styles, techniques, and formats. 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She overcame physical infirmity and the prejudice she faced as a Jew to become an active revolutionary whose philosophy enriched every corner of an incredibly productive and creative life—her many friendships, her sexual intimacies, and her love of science, nature and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlways opposed to the First World War, when others on the German left were swept up on a tide of nationalism, she was imprisoned and murdered in 1919 fighting for a revolution she knew to be doomed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this beautifully drawn work of graphic biography, writer and artist Kate Evans has opened up her subject’s intellectual world to a new audience, grounding Luxemburg’s ideas in the realities of an inspirational and deeply affecting life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat People Are Thinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A courageous leader of the early twentieth-century socialist movement—a woman who dared to question both Marx and Lenin—Luxemburg was also, as Kate Evans reveals in this brilliant graphic biography, a person of deep passions, ecstatic insights, and ultimately, as fascism emerged from the ruins of World War I—heartbreak of historic dimensions. 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Within its pages you will find political posters and fine arts, comics and murals, street art, site-specific works, zines, art collectives, documentation of performances, and articles on the often-overlooked but essential roles all of these have played in struggles around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the sixth volume of \u003cem\u003eSignal \u003c\/em\u003einclude: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eImaging Palestine: Rochelle Davis and Emma Murphy take a look at Palestinian Affairs, one of the PLO’s major publications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eFighting Fire with Water: Lincoln Cushing discusses the Bay Area Peace Navy’s large-scale visual interventions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe Walls Speak Even If the Media Is Silent: Tennessee Watson documents a project made in response to the violence in Juárez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRevolutionary Continuum: Jared Davidson cracks open New Zealand’s Kotare Trust Poster Archive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eKommune 1: Michael McCanne teases out the early years of West Germany’s militant counterculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eIllustrating the 3rd World: Josh MacPhee interviews Max Karl Winkler, book cover designer for Three Continents Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eDynamic Collectivity: Ryan Hayes traces the history of Toronto’s Punchclock Printing Collective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Offering these graphics to generations far beyond their original audiences, this title is recommended for designers, activists, archivists, and scholars studying protest movements.\" —\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“If you are interested in the use of graphic art and communication in political struggles, don’t miss the latest issue of \u003cem\u003eSignal\u003c\/em\u003e.” —Rick Poynor, \u003cem\u003eDesign Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“As a series, this is a great resource. 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Each of the books is an important and unique historical record of imagery relating to conflict and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow can the political wall murals in the North of Ireland cope with the peace process and ceasefires? This second volume of unique photographs charts the changes in loyalist and republican mural painting between 1992 and 1995 and casts a tentative glance towards the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory essay: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe story so far; the story continues - loyalist murals; republican murals in the 1990s; 25 years on - the peace process; ceasefire; murals - the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalists:\u003c\/strong\u003e King Billy; flags; Red Hand of Ulster; military; memorials; prisoners; historical; humorous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublicans: \u003c\/strong\u003eMilitary; prisoners; repression\/resistance; elections; international; peace process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCeasefire:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Future?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEditor: Bill Rolston\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9780951422977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 72 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Beyond the Pale\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Beyond the Pale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175401173085,"sku":"9780951422977","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/drawing_support_2coverfrontrab.png?v=1771510926"},{"product_id":"drawing-support-3-murals-and-transition-in-the-north-of-ireland","title":"Drawing Support 3: Murals and Transition in the North of Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the third of five world-renowned Drawing Support books (see the other four \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-2-murals-war-and-peace\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-3-murals-and-transition-north-ireland\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-4-murals-and-conflict-transformation-northern-ireland\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e), and \u003ca href=\"leftwingbooks.net\/products\/drawing-support-5-murals-memory-and-identity-in-the-north-of-ireland\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e—or buy all five for a discount \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/drawing-support-four-book-bundle\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e) by sociologist Professor Bill Rolston, first published in 2003. Each of the books is an important and unique historical record of imagery relating to conflict and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited third volume of photographs of political wall murals looks at the period 1996 to 2003. The book covers both loyalist and republican murals - 114 in all - reproduced in full colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe murals reflect the period leading up to the Belfast - or Good Friday - Agreement and what the author calls ‘the frustrating politics of transition’. The themes of murals in republican areas include political prisoners, sectarian harassment, memorials around the 20th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes, the RUC\/PSNI and British Army, plastic bullets and international solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoyalist murals also cover memorials, as well as the peace process, mythology, loyalist military groups, territory, Ulster Scots history and culture, and royalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection Bill Rolston includes a number of unique photographs of murals from inside the H-Blocks taken shortly before the prison’s closure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory essay:\u003c\/strong\u003e Murals: a brief history; after the ceasefire, the frustrating politics of transition; the changing face of republican murals; what we have we hold - loyalist murals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublican murals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peace process; sectarian harassment; prisoners; RUC and British Army; plastic bullets; memorials; hunger strike; mythology; history; international; other themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalist murals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peace process; heroes; military; mythology; territory; memorials; history; Ulster Scots; royalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEditor: Bill Rolston\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781900960236\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 72 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Beyond the Pale\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Beyond the Pale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175401369693,"sku":"9781900960236","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/drawing_support_3.jpg?v=1771510810"},{"product_id":"drawing-support-4-murals-and-conflict-transformation-in-northern-ireland","title":"Drawing Support 4: Murals and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the fourth of the five world-renowned Drawing Support books (see the other four \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-2-murals-war-and-peace\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-3-murals-and-transition-north-ireland\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-4-murals-and-conflict-transformation-northern-ireland\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e), and \u003ca href=\"leftwingbooks.net\/products\/drawing-support-5-murals-memory-and-identity-in-the-north-of-ireland\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e—or buy all five for a discount \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/drawing-support-four-book-bundle\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e) by sociologist Professor Bill Rolston, first published in 2013. Each of the books is an important and unique historical record of imagery relating to conflict and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost twenty years after the 1994 ceasefires in Northern Ireland and fifteen years since the signing of the historic Good Friday or Belfast Agreement, loyalists and republicans continue to paint murals as they have done - in the case of loyalists - since 1908, and - in the case of republicans - since 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the themes have changed. Where once military imagery dominated, especially in loyalist murals, now artists on both sides select from a wider palette when choosing themes. There is still a strong political message in many of the murals as each community seeks to come to terms with the compromises necessary for peace and the slow task of conflict transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unique collection of photographs explores the changes in mural painting in the last decade and briefly considers other sources of mural painting which have emerged during the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory essay\u003c\/strong\u003e: Murals in the North of Ireland - the background; murals and ‘the troubles’; peace process; the role of the state - re-imaging; a mixed economy of mural painting; the murals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublican murals\u003c\/strong\u003e: Military\/memorial; hunger strike; history; mythology; state force; children and young people; women; culture; elections; international; prisoners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalist murals\u003c\/strong\u003e: Military\/memorial; home rule; first world war; war; identity and culture; victims\/peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRe-imaging \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther murals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 pages of text, 60 pages of photographs (114 plates).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEditor: Bill Rolston\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781900960311\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 72 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Beyond the Pale\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Beyond the Pale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175401402461,"sku":"9781900960311","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/drawing_support_4newcovrab.png?v=1771351058"},{"product_id":"drawing-support-four-book-bundle","title":"Drawing Support Five-Book Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world-renowned Drawing Support books edited by sociologist Professor Bill Rolston, were first published from 1992 to 2013, with a fifth covering murals painted between 2013 and 2021. Each of the books is an important and unique historical record of imagery relating to conflict and peace in the North of Ireland. Available here as a bundle at a discounted price. You can see each book individually \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/drawing-support\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e, or read below for each book's description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDrawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-murals-north-ireland\"\u003ealso available here\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1992. The political wall murals of the North of Ireland are an integral part of loyalist and republican communities. In its murals each group displays its hopes and fears, struggles and aspirations. Sometimes the murals are long-lived, more often their existence is fleeting. This unique collection of photographs captures a large section of the murals in their original colour and grandeur. It provides a revealing glimpse into the ideologies of the communities which produce this lively political art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory essay:\u003c\/strong\u003e Loyalist murals; republican murals; sources themes and process; the murals of Mo Chara; conflict and propaganda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalist murals:\u003c\/strong\u003e King Billy; Loyalist flags; Red Hand of Ulster; Historical events; Military images; Humorous and miscellaneous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublican murals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hunger strike; Military images; Elections; Historical and mythological; Repression and resistance; Prison; International.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 pages of text, 60 pages of photographs (112 plates)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDrawing Support 2: Murals of War and Peace (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-2-murals-war-and-peace\"\u003ealso available here\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1998. Each of the books is an important and unique historical record of imagery relating to conflict and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow can the political wall murals in the North of Ireland cope with the peace process and ceasefires? This second volume of unique photographs charts the changes in loyalist and republican mural painting between 1992 and 1995 and casts a tentative glance towards the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory essay: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe story so far; the story continues - loyalist murals; republican murals in the 1990s; 25 years on - the peace process; ceasefire; murals - the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalists:\u003c\/strong\u003e King Billy; flags; Red Hand of Ulster; military; memorials; prisoners; historical; humorous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublicans: \u003c\/strong\u003eMilitary; prisoners; repression\/resistance; elections; international; peace process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCeasefire:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Future?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDrawing Support 3: Murals and Transition in the North of Ireland (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-3-murals-and-transition-north-ireland\"\u003ealso available here\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2003; the long-awaited third volume of photographs of political wall murals looks at the period 1996 to 2003. The book covers both loyalist and republican murals - 114 in all - reproduced in full colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe murals reflect the period leading up to the Belfast - or Good Friday - Agreement and what the author calls ‘the frustrating politics of transition’. The themes of murals in republican areas include political prisoners, sectarian harassment, memorials around the 20th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes, the RUC\/PSNI and British Army, plastic bullets and international solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoyalist murals also cover memorials, as well as the peace process, mythology, loyalist military groups, territory, Ulster Scots history and culture, and royalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection Bill Rolston includes a number of unique photographs of murals from inside the H-Blocks taken shortly before the prison’s closure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory essay:\u003c\/strong\u003e Murals: a brief history; after the ceasefire, the frustrating politics of transition; the changing face of republican murals; what we have we hold - loyalist murals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublican murals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peace process; sectarian harassment; prisoners; RUC and British Army; plastic bullets; memorials; hunger strike; mythology; history; international; other themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalist murals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peace process; heroes; military; mythology; territory; memorials; history; Ulster Scots; royalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDrawing Support 4: Murals and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leftwingbooks.net\/book\/content\/drawing-support-4-murals-and-conflict-transformation-northern-ireland\"\u003ealso available here\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2013; almost twenty years after the 1994 ceasefires in Northern Ireland and fifteen years since the signing of the historic Good Friday or Belfast Agreement, loyalists and republicans continue to paint murals as they have done - in the case of loyalists - since 1908, and - in the case of republicans - since 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the themes have changed. Where once military imagery dominated, especially in loyalist murals, now artists on both sides select from a wider palette when choosing themes. There is still a strong political message in many of the murals as each community seeks to come to terms with the compromises necessary for peace and the slow task of conflict transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unique collection of photographs explores the changes in mural painting in the last decade and briefly considers other sources of mural painting which have emerged during the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory essay\u003c\/strong\u003e: Murals in the North of Ireland - the background; murals and ‘the troubles’; peace process; the role of the state - re-imaging; a mixed economy of mural painting; the murals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublican murals\u003c\/strong\u003e: Military\/memorial; hunger strike; history; mythology; state force; children and young people; women; culture; elections; international; prisoners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalist murals\u003c\/strong\u003e: Military\/memorial; home rule; first world war; war; identity and culture; victims\/peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRe-imaging\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther murals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEditor: Bill Rolston\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Beyond the Pale\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDrawing Support 5: Murals, Memory and Identity in the North of Ireland (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/drawing-support-5-murals-memory-and-identity-in-the-north-of-ireland\"\u003ealso available here\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe murals in\u003cem\u003e Drawing Support 5\u003c\/em\u003e were painted between 2013 and 2021. This period almost perfectly coincides with what has been termed the ‘decade of centenaries’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA century ago, opposition to Home Rule grew; the Irish Volunteers prepared for revolution; the Ulster Volunteer Force moved from rebellion to the killing fields of the western front; the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme occurred; a war of independence was fought; the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland were formed and partition became copper-fastened. 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This book shows why being against violence now more than ever means repatriating stolen royal and sacred objects and restoring stolen memories' - Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor in the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Destined to become an essential text' - Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dan, your words brought tears to my eyes. 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