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Postcard agitation
The time for sending postcards might have passed but JOHN GREEN believes the Leeds postcards political messages have been validated by history
Leeds Postcards, by Christine Hankinson and Craig Oldham
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Leeds Postcards
by Christine Hankinson and Craig Oldham
(Four Corners Books £12)
For many of us from the ‘80s onwards Leeds Postcards became a central feature of many a struggle against war, for workers’ solidarity and feminist goals. For today’s generation the idea of postcards will sound quaint, if this generation even knows what they are. I mean who sends postcards today?
Founded in Leeds, by young communist Richard Scott in 1979, Leeds Postcards would, he hoped, offer an alternative to the cheeky seaside cartoons or the twee country cottage scenes to be found on mainstream cards, but instead would help communicate vital political ideas in a forceful, but cheap way.
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