Summary
Alternative Name(s): Button
Badge with the slogan 'Earth is Flat, Pigs Can Fly....', made circa 1980. This is one of a series of badges and peace movement posters acquired by the museum following the exhibition 'Peace: an Exhibition' which explored the Peace movement and was part of the Victorian Government contribution to International Year of Peace in 1986. This was a very popular slogan of the Nuclear Disarmament movement, used by Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, among many others.
Physical Description
Round metal badge with plastic face and lockable pin on the back. Back is metallic silver. Face is purple with orange text, there is a pig with wings at the top of the badge.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Politics & Society, Clothing & Textiles
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Acquisition Information
Donation from People for Nuclear Disarmament, 23 Feb 1987
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Place & Date Used
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Place & Date of Event
McCoy Hall, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1986 - Sep 1986
Badge displayed in Peace: an Exhibition -
Inscriptions
Printed on front: 'earth is flat / pigs can fly & / nuclear power / is safe'
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Keywords
Anti-Nuclear Protests, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Industry, Nuclear Power, Peace Issues, Political Protests, Protest Movements, Activism
