The Fist is Still Raised

Democracy: A Challenge

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Title

Democracy: A Challenge

Description

Fists evident in the WPA/FAP archives are not only connotative of holding tools and showing labor power in a strike, but also conjure the fist of justice held up but the Statue of Liberty – certainly not an oppositional image.

Creator

Chicago Illinois WPA Art Project

Publisher

WPA

Date

1938 or 1939

Files

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Citation

Chicago Illinois WPA Art Project, “Democracy: A Challenge,” The Fist is Still Raised, accessed April 26, 2018, http://raisedfist.femmetech.org/items/show/26.