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Purpose of Good Government

Title: The Purpose of Good Government, Mike... Partisan skit for Toronto Days of Action, October 1996 with Mike Harris "Eraserhead" and erasable painting. L-R: Matt Hebb, Richard Slye, Alma Roussy, Peter Gillett, Mike Constable. Creator: Photographer unknown Source: Alma Roussy collection Date: 1996 Format: Photograph

Eraser Head

Title: Eraser Head Partisan skit for Toronto Days of Action, October 1996. (L-R: Mike Constable, Richard Slye, & Peter Gillett) Creator: Linda Hammond (photographer) Date: 1996 Format: Newspaper Photo    

Solidarity not Scapegoating

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

Boilermakers' Dance

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)  

Green Jobs, Not Pink Slips

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

Conrad Black: Self-Expression

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

Our Poverty is their Power

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