Rear-View Mirror

Title: Solidarity not Scapegoating “Solidarity not Scapegoating” demonstration against federal Liberal government's regressive immigration reforms. Endorsed by a wide range of progressive organizations. Toronto Coalition Against Racism. Creator: AKS Date: 1994 Format: Poster

Title: Boilermakers' Dance Tom Brouilliette created several dance performances with members of the local (of which he was also a member) based on the work and exercises (as they worked in cramped quarters) the workers did. It also used tools and metal as percussive accompaniment (prior to the musical Stomp). Creator: Tom Brouilliette Date: 1994 Format: Still photo from performance (photographer unknown)  

Title: Green Jobs, Not Pink Slips The Green Work Alliance was formed around the closing of the Caterpillar Plant in Toronto to demand it be converted to green production. The Alliance involved environmentalists, unionists (namely from the CAW that represented plant workers) and artists. Creator: Carole Condé + Karl Beveridge Publisher: Green Work Alliance Date: 1992-93 Format: Poster

Title: Conrad Black: Self-Expression Cartoon for Now Magazine satirizing Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. and the concentration of media ownership in Canada. Creator: Mike Zaharuk Date: 1992 Format: Cartoon

Title: Our Poverty is their Power A poster depicting the trap of welfare that keeps people in poverty and how it's used as a threat to the working poor. Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) and Metro Labour Council . Creator: Carole Condé + Karl Beveridge Date: 1992 Format: Poster  

Title: Shut Down Free Trade A billboard against the Free Trade Agreement of 1989 and the current NAFTA agreement being negotiated between the US, Mexico and Canada. Artcite (artist-run centre), Windsor. Creator: Carole Condé + Karl Beveridge Date: 1991 Format: Billboard  

Title: Chief Warrior Oka Crisis. Canadian army sent in to evict Mohawks from Oka golf course on Mohawk land. Montage of Prime Minister Mulroney. Creator: Mike Constable Date: 1990 Format: Poster