Summary
Alternative Name(s): Button
Badge issued by IS (International Socialists), promoting International Socialism. According to the Reason in Revolt website from the University of Melbourne: "The International Socialists emerged in 1975 out of a tendency formed in 1971 as the Marxist Workers Group and known after 1972 as the Socialist Workers Action Group., The group identified with a neo-Trotskyist analysis hostile to Australian nationalism and identifying the Soviet Union as a class society. By the 1980s, it identified explicitly with the International Socialist Tendency formed by the Socialist Workers Party (UK)."
Physical Description
An orange badge with black text on centre. From left and right towards centre are several white missiles, with US missiles onthe left and USSR missiles on the right. On the back is a pin.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Nic Maclellan, 23 Feb 1987
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Issued By
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Inscriptions
NEITHER/ WASHINGTON/ NOR/ MOSCOW/ BUT/ INTERNATIONAL/ SOCIALISM/ IS on missiles on the left, red on white: US on missiles on the right, red on white: CCCP
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
4.4 cm (Length), 4.4 cm (Height)
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References
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Keywords
Peace Issues, Political Protests, Protest Movements, Socialism, Missiles, Badges
