Posters From Paddington Printshop - John Philips éditions divergences la lutte des classes s'habille

la lutte des classes s'habille en jaune / Marine Semeria

The publications of Provo could be considered as proto-zines but their production has much more to do the history of European political pamphlets than with zines

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by Joe Bucciero

Posters From Paddington Printshop - John Philips éditions divergences la lutte des classes s'habilleIn the mid 1970s, in a disused taxi meter factory, a group of artists and designers opened Paddington Printshop. Specialising in making posters for local campaigns, it quickly became a model of community activism, crystallising a wide range of causes into brilliant and memorable images. Anyone could come in to request a poster (although 'nothing sexist, racist or commercial please!'). Focusing on housing rights, neighbourhood initiatives as well as