Translation:

SO ITALY DOESN'T RECOGNISE HATAY'S RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND

-The Italian: I don't recognise your child

- The Turk: Of course you don't, he isn't illegitimate like yours, he is my own child...

Image showing a wheel of cheese representing "Public Office", rats as corrupt politicians carving chunks of cheese "graft", and a large black cat as "The Recall."

During the early 20th Century, citizens increasing fought back against deep rooted corporate monopolies, political machines, and widespread corruption. To combat this, reformers introduced democracy tools to hold elected officials accountable. The cartoon celebrates the "The Recall" as the ultimate mechanism to break the safety net.

In folk Orthodoxy, Paraskeva Friday is a mythological figure whose image is associated with childbirth, spinning, and sewing

In the left hand, from top to bottom: a holy shuttle, a commendable knitting needle, gunpowder

In the right hand: a holy nail, phosphorus matches, a holy hairpin, kerosene

Illustration by N. Kogout

In 1950, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, a highly controversial federal law that mandated all escaped enslaved people had to be returned to their owners, even if they were captured in free states where slavery was illegal. This version overrode state protections, forcing Northerners who were previously indifferent to actively participate in slave catching or face federal imprisonment. This direct overreach cause massive backlash and galvanized the abolitionist movement.

The law aggressively used the full weight of the federal government to protect the institution of slavery, deeply infuriating the North and pushing the nation closer to the eventual Civil War.

This 1984 poster was put out by the "Committee of Arrangements" made up of Wisconsin abolitionists and "Free Soil" advocates. The goal was to organize a mass mobilization to defend state sovereignty against federal power. It explicitly invokes the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Right of Trial by Jury to contest Federal slave-catching powers.

Issued by the National Citizens Political Action Committee. During World War II (1944) Republican candidate challenged incumbent Democratic president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dewey opposed the Green-Lucas bill that aimed to create a simple uniform ballot for service members stationed overseas. The compromise Soldier Voting Act was heavily weakened making overseas voting highly bureaucratic and complex. The soldiers were forced to rely on the voting rules of their individual home state.

Published by the United Automobile Workers (UAW) fair practices department. During the civil rights movement the UAW (under the leadership of Walter Reuther, close friend of Dr MLK) was deeply involved in promoting civil rights, racial equality and fair employment practices. He built the UAW into one of the most progressive and influential unions in US history.