RESOURCES FOR BUILDING
A PROPAGANDA PRACTICE
Free and open source software alternatives
Image editing (photoshop) - GIMP
Vector graphics editor (illustrator) - Inkscape
Desktop publishing application (Indesign) - Scribus
Online collaboration, storage, and communication
(google workspace) - Disroot | Riseup
Free online artist resources
Just Seeds Open Type Project - open source typefaces
Just Seeds Graphic Liberation Project - Conversations on the history, present, and future of political image making around a set of core questions related to individual vs. social expression, image reproducibility/ownership/copyright, and responsibilities between artists and movements.
Anti-Capitalism for Artists - inclusive education community offering an array of politically-focused education courses and events accessible to artists and creatives of all modes and practices, regardless of professional title, or formal training, all on a donation-based pay model.
Books / Zines:
Graphic Liberation: Image Making and Political Movements by Josh MacPhee
Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority
Finally got the News
Artists / Art-Activist Collectives:
Propaganda Inspiration:
Local to Portland:
-Independent Publishing Resource Center
“Check out your own local…”
-Community print studio
-Risograph studio
-Creative Reuse shop
-Zine Library
Do-it-yourself(together) guides:
How to Build a DIY Single-Color Screen Printing Station
Art Build Techniques for Protest
How To Build a Portable Screen Exposure Unit
A Beginner’s Guide to Billboard Liberation