Have you seen these men?
Poster
1977 (made)
1977 (made)
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aColour screenprint poster depicting a photograph of Lee Kuan Yew (Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, widely considered the 'founding father' of Singapore and also a benevolent dictator) and Hussein Onn, the third Prime Minister of Malaysia (1976-1981). Below is information about both men having had an educational history in Britain and that their governmental policies are designed to 'maintain the interests of British and other foreign capital and the local elites' by surpressing worker's rights, banning protest, manipulating judicial processes etc.
Object details
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| Title | Have you seen these men? (generic title) |
| Brief description | "Have you seen these men? They jail and kill people". Protest poster by The Poster Collective campaigning against the Prime Ministers of Singapore and Malaysia. Published by COBRA (Conference for Basic Human and Democratic Rights in the ASEAN Alliance), and the NUS (National Union of Students). UK, 1977. |
| Physical description | aColour screenprint poster depicting a photograph of Lee Kuan Yew (Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, widely considered the 'founding father' of Singapore and also a benevolent dictator) and Hussein Onn, the third Prime Minister of Malaysia (1976-1981). Below is information about both men having had an educational history in Britain and that their governmental policies are designed to 'maintain the interests of British and other foreign capital and the local elites' by surpressing worker's rights, banning protest, manipulating judicial processes etc. |
| Content description | colonial |
| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.240-2004 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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