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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

Listen to the Mocking Bird: Satiric Songs to Tunes You Know / Kupferberg, Tuli., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-49570-70618
Scope and Contents

This is the first printing. In this book, Kupferberg writes new lyrics for established popular songs. Stored in "Yeah" box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Little Cockroach Press: Concrete Warriors. No.15/Aug / Harvey Manning., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33151-34778
Scope and Contents

Manning's book consists of realistic photographs of street people who are mainly First Nations people. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Little Sparta Claims 'Secret Weapon' / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Eyres, Patrick., 1983

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Identifier: CC-11907-12129
Scope and Contents

Deals with Finlay's dispute with the Strathclyde tax authorities.Filed in Finlay box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Little Sparta's Christmas Card / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

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Identifier: CC-12074-12298
Scope and Contents

This card consists of a statement about Finlay's dispute with the Strathclyde region tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Logo for... / Corris, Michael., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-18104-18476
Scope and Contents

The cards depict a logo for the Activist, Cultivated, Confused, and Dispossessed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Logo for the Activist , 1986

 Item — North map case 5, Folder: 1, Drawer: 4
Identifier: CC-20006-20394
Scope and Contents

The repitition of the statement "Art Is A Weapon!" creates a moire efffect. A central square is printed in finer type making a Malevich style logo. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Long Slow March / Meador, Clifton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-33707-35369
Scope and Contents

This book describes the civil rights struggle in Montgomery, Alabama and the march from Selma to Montgomery in the 1960's with documentary texts and photographs layed out as postmodernist non-fiction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Louis Treize / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12132-12356
Scope and Contents

The poem on this card reads, "Louis Treize - Louis Quatorze - Louis Quinze - Louis Seize - Louis Cane." Cane means duck in English. The poem is captioned with the following phrase, "On ne point regner innocemment" and refers to the King of France during the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Lubb Dub / Tyler, Ann., 1998

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Identifier: CC-32582-34163
Scope and Contents

The author tells the story of the murder of a homosexual man by a heterosexual man, both of whom appeared on Jenny Jones' TV talk show with the gay person indicating that he was in love with the unsuspecting straight person. The murder was committed with a gunshot wound to the heart. Images of the heart, arteries and veins and portraits of the men are interspersed with various textural comments. This is a very powerful book on the misuse of power by the media. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Luftwaffe after Mondrian , 1976

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12431-12658
Scope and Contents

This image is adapted from an early Mondrian abstracted painting and depicts crosses of various sizes and shadings that act as a metaphor for the cross on Luftwaffe airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Lullaby / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Andrew, John., 1975

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Identifier: CC-12769-13034
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a grid of carrier-based aircraft with folded wings. The caption "Lullaby" signifies that the airplanes are not prepared for "sleeping" or when flying and attacking an enemy ship destroy it or put it to "sleep." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Luxo-Lixo / Vater, Regina; DeCampos A., 1992

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Identifier: CC-00851-870
Scope and Contents

Based on a poem by Augusto DeCampos, Vater writes that the label is her participation in the ecological summit in Rio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Lyres (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Heideken, Carl., 1976

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Identifier: CC-11262-11477
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a black and white photograph of a stationary, automatic cannon model made by Finlay. It was photographed by Heideken. The caption on the verso taken from Heraclitus provides a definition of the tuning of a lyre that is the title of this poem. By this, Finlay implies the tuning of a weapon of destruction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Lyres (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Heideken, Carl., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-11263-11478
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a colored photograph of a model of a stationary automatic cannon made by Finlay. It was photographed by Heideken. There is a cryptic caption taken from Cocteau on the verso, "With us, there is a house, a lamp, a plate of soup, a fire, wine, and pipes at the back of every important work of art." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977