Graphic Liberation

• Key publicity targets

• • Interview in Jacobin Magazine

  • Review in Los Angeles Review of Books

  • Review in Tribune Magazine

  • Review in Dissent Magazine

  • Interview in Novara Media

• Social media marketing campaign

• • Pre-order discount and bundle sales 

  • Endorsement and pre-publication reviews

  • Publisher giveaway to drive engagement and sales

  • Merchandise giveaway with pre-orders

From the fight against the AIDS crisis to the struggle for Black liberation and international solidarity, Graphic Liberation! digs deep into the history, present, and future of revolutionary political image making.

What is the role of image and aesthetic in revolution? Through a series of interviews with some of the most accomplished designers, Josh MacPhee charts the importance of revolutionary aesthetics from the struggle for abolition by Black Panthers, the agitation during the AIDS crisis from ACT-UP, the fight against apartheid in South Africa and Palestine, as well as everyday organizing against nuclear power, for housing, and international solidarity in Germany, Japan, China, and beyond.

In ten interviews, political designer and street artist Josh MacPhee talks to decorated graphic designers such as Avram Finkelstein, Emory Douglas, and more, focussing on each of their contributions to the field of political graphics, their relationships to social movements and political organizing, the history of political image making, and issues arising from reproduction and copyright.